Mojave Lever Crew - Roll Call!

[200Apples]

...I would like to nominate Mrs. Horsewright for membership (if she will have us). A self professed "lever girl" and I have more pics of her with a lever in hand than you. LOL

Do I hear a second?

G'mornin MLC.

Duece, if you'll have look at the first post, you'll find "Horsewright & Spouse" listed. Been that way since we initiated these here shenanigans.

[200Apples]

Some of the most beautiful work I've seen.

Thanks for posting these.

[Horsewright]

Bee what cal is that BLR?

Thanks guys she is honored by the nomination and does enjoy her lever guns. Coming back from popping ground squirrels:



She'll always tell ya how much she loves her Henry which she has named Henrietta:



Handy with a rope, blade, or branding iron, she's just not into whirlenpoppers!





Dan, the north side, east of the new hospital, all the flats and the mountains behind. Probably the only hospital in CA surrounded on three sides by cattle ranches.



A friend sent me these pics and I thought I'd share them with you guys. He runs a "camp" for a large ranch in northern Ca. A camp in ranching terms is an area away from headquarters, usually a long ways, where its more feasible to have a cowboy or two or a married couple live, rather than travel back and forth. Accommodations can range from a teepee, to a house or cabin or like the one my son runs part of the year in Oregon, a camper trailer. Their job is to take care of that area of the ranch, the fences and all the cattle on it. Basically its like a separate ranch that they run. Anyhoo my friend carries a 336 with him constantly. The quintessential cowboy truck:



Besides the 336 we got us a book on horsemanship, a 20 ga shell, some Copenhagen, a cup of coffee, a pistol of some type, even some hand sanitizer.

After some horseback work with a storm coming in:

[RayPDA]

[bergmen]

Dan, the north side, east of the new hospital, all the flats and the mountains behind. Probably the only hospital in CA surrounded on three sides by cattle ranches.

Outstanding! BTW, many years ago (maybe 30 or so), I remember traveling east on 58 (can't remember if it was just before or just after Tehachapi) on my way to visit my sister in Redlands and I saw a small group of pronghorn antelope 100-200 yards north of the highway. First I had ever seen in California.

Have you seen any on your ranch?

BTW, who is your wonderful photographer that seems to follow you and your crew everywhere? I don't remember seeing him/her mentioned.

I thank you for your many wonderful posts and fabulous photos of your ranch and activities, always look forward to them.

Dan

[DueceMcGurk]

Sorry Apples. I thought that was the case. You threw me off with:
"These fine souls of men (and women, should they ever appear)". Give her a stand alone spot.

[Killer Bee]

dad's 336 is a .30-30 and his BLR 81 is a .308.. I was in the store in grain valley with him when he bought the BLR, I was getting my 7400 .243

I'll get some better pictures of my belgians and others I have out here and post them together for y'all

don't know if I posted this but I spoke to Mr. Imperato on the phone for the first one and I emailed for approval for the second one along with one for my friend..

the actual serial numbers are my kids initials and birthdates - yah I'm an old dad with a young wife

[Killer Bee]

saw this in the market place, nice sidearm for someone

Ruger Vaquero, 45LC, $475. Riverside

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[Horsewright]

saw this in the market place, nice sidearm for someone

Ruger Vaquero, 45LC, $475. Riverside

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Carried one of those for many a mile horseback. Those Old Models are rock solid and handle heavy loads like they were .22s

[DueceMcGurk]

HW,
If you put your FS 1911 in that holster, how would it fit? I have this crazy idea that I can design a holster for the Ruger Vaquero that will also work with my 1911 for Wild Bunch.

[200Apples]

Sorry Apples. I thought that was the case. You threw me off with:
"These fine souls of men (and women, should they ever appear)". Give her a stand alone spot.

You are correct. Only reason I haven't so far is that she does not participate in/on calguns. Consider it done.

[splithoof]

Those Old Models are rock solid and handle heavy loads like they were .22s

Ive got one of those old Vaquero’s in .44 Magnum; I hope to be sending it over to Hamilton Bowen for some work. After the artwork he made out of a Super Redhawk for me, I have no desire to use that Vaquero as is.

[elSquid]

After the artwork he made out of a Super Redhawk for me, I have no desire to use that Vaquero as is.

Very unfair that you make that post, yet don't provide pics.





What package did you get?

-- Michael

[200Apples]

splithoof. You send. We see here.

[Horsewright]

Outstanding! BTW, many years ago (maybe 30 or so), I remember traveling east on 58 (can't remember if it was just before or just after Tehachapi) on my way to visit my sister in Redlands and I saw a small group of pronghorn antelope 100-200 yards north of the highway. First I had ever seen in California.

Have you seen any on your ranch?

BTW, who is your wonderful photographer that seems to follow you and your crew everywhere? I don't remember seeing him/her mentioned.

I thank you for your many wonderful posts and fabulous photos of your ranch and activities, always look forward to them.

Dan

I use to see a group of antelope consistently on the south side of 58, at the east end of the Tehachapi valley about 10 years ago. They were there often. We've seen them one time on the ranch two springs ago. We'd had a superbloom on the ranch in a particular area. We'd seen it from afar and decided to ride over there one Sunday afternoon with friends. Just as we crossed a canyon to get to the flat where the wildflowers were we saw two antelope, that were also enjoying the wildflowers, leave. We've got all kinds of critters but the only time I've seen antelope.







As far as our pics go. I've always been very visual. All the stuff we make, there's no diagrams or plans, I see pics in my head. Nichole says I'm a photojournalist at heart. So anyhoo most of the still lifes I take, but with supervision. Here's my art director:




A lot of the ranch pics particularly at brandings etc are taken by our young friend Emma, horseback with me here:



She'll be 18 come Oct. She's been taking pic for me for several years now. I have a friend who is an art director for a major advertising outfit in NYC and he says to tell her to keep on taking pics, she has a great eye:





I've had various other folks take pics too and often will myself, if I'm not too busy at the ranch.


Deuce, yep those Rangeflap holsters work off of frame size and are not molded to a particular gun. One of their advantages. They'll fit a bunch. A 1911 would fit in that one.