TACfoley visits Portland

[Dwight Gruber]

Yesterday afternoon several of us Luger Forum members had the pleasure of meeting and shooting with Terry Foley here in Portland. He is in town from Great Britain for a few weeks with a friend, sightseeing and taking the opportunity to do some handgun shooting which is forbidden in his home territory.

Present were myself, Steve Richards, Bob Maddix (Maddog350GT), Terry's friend Larry Jackson, and of course Terry himself. Oh, and also Ig We met at The English Pit shooting range, a Clark County (Washington) park about half-an-hour's drive from Portland, an old former gravel pit. It is a rather rustic outdoor range, with separate pistol, smallbore rifle, and two longer large-bore ranges. The weather was rainy, cloudy, and cold, typical for the Pacific Northwest and England this time of year, so I'm sure that Terry felt right at home (except for the guns, of course!).

For our shooting enjoyment there was a selection of guns: a 1940 42 (Terry's adopted Luger), 1936 S/42, 1916 LP-08 with stock rig, 1917 LP-08 with stock, Simson rework, .30 Mauser Parabellum, .30 Orimar stainless, 1900 American Eagle with Ideal stock rig, Colt 1911 .45, and a couple of .22 Rugers. There may have been a couple other guns which I didn't catch.

Meeting Terry was an honor and a delight. He is a very interesting person, a great storyteller, we spent as much time shooting the bull as we did shooting the guns. And he was like a kid in a candy store, with the opportunity to actually shoot these pistols--a salutary reminder of the vigilance necessary to maintain our own 2nd Amendment rights.

Terry graciously left us all with patches from his Gun Club in England.



As you can tell, it was a wonderful afternoon, not soon to be forgotten.

--Dwight