AH Get Together El Campo Texas, October 18th 2025

[375 Ruger Fan]

So if your spouse is wondering why you are going to El Campo, just tell her you are going to meet a man you met on the internet. Please have your phone ready to take a photo of the strange look she gives you and post it here!

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

Great meeting all that came! We had a good time at both stops. I don’t get any pics but Bob and his wife did plus Houston Bill. Hope they post some up!

Bundy was not bad, helped wash the Vegimite down

 

[sgt_zim]

Great meeting all that came! We had a good time at both stops. I don’t get any pics but Bob and his wife did plus Houston Bill. Hope they post some up!

Bundy was not bad, helped wash the Vegimite down

I should've taken a really long pull on the Bundy to get the vegemite taste dealt with.

Reminded of that Ron White bit where he's feeding his bulldog Sluggo bits of his wife's cooking under the table, then they see Sluggo licking his butthole.

"What's he doing," asked Ron's wife.

"He's trying to get the taste out of his mouth."

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Great meeting all that came! We had a good time at both stops. I don’t get any pics but Bob and his wife did plus Houston Bill. Hope they post some up!

Bundy was not bad, helped wash the Vegimite down

@Mark Biggerstaff
Thanks for organising a great time Mark we greatly appreciated your hospitality and meeting everyone. Y'all are a really good bunch of people and my wife loved meeting y'all and thinks the same.
Just to show in a man of my word I did bring the Bundy and VEGEMITE.
For some reason my phone isn't letting me upload photos at the moment so will post them later
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Well my lovely bride has decided she needs to stay home today so I'll be flying solo and there will be an empty chair if someone else wants to fill it.

@Action Bob
It's got me curious as to why you wanted those 2 guns devalued by get getting me to sign the boxes. They are now worth Diddley squat with my name on the box. I know you are a man of your word when you told me they were 35 Whelen rifles in the box not 243s.
And I deny I ever said the 243 with the right projectiles with a good shooter may actually be able to kill game. If'n I'm ever asked I will either plead the 5th or tell them I can neither confirm or deny that statement.
Thanks for a great night Bob it's a pity Gina couldn't make it .
Bob

 

[Houston Bill]

It was a pleasure to meet everyone that joined the party. We had a great time!

And I do have witnesses that heard Bob Nelson say "I suppose if you have the right shooter (which I am) and a good projectiles (I only use good projectiles) the 243 might be...well it might be acceptable!

I really enjoyed our time together this evening and thanks to all who came and thank you Mark for setting this up.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Just rolled in, looking forward to meeting yall

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

It was a pleasure to meet everyone that joined the party. We had a great time!

And I do have witnesses that heard Bob Nelson say "I suppose if you have the right shooter (which I am) and a good projectiles (I only use good projectiles) the 243 might be...well it might be acceptable!

I really enjoyed our time together this evening and thanks to all who came and thank you Mark for setting this up.

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@Houston Bill
It was a pleasure to meet y'all. I can neither confirm nor deny I did say that. I must have been having a senit moment if'n I did. Old age can make you say some strange things.
Bob

 

[Katy Darren]

A very good time! Nice to meet those I hadn’t…what better reason than to meet an AH legend and his very nice better half who came all the way from Australia. I think I woke up with some vegemite after taste in my mouth. That stuff does have a distinctive taste. Bundy was smooth!

Holy cow those margs were loaded up, glad Bill was driving home! Usually two regular margs don’t hit me that hard.

Enjoy your walkabout across the US! Give us reports here to keep track of your journey.

 

[Houston Bill]

@Houston Bill
It was a pleasure to meet y'all. I can neither confirm nor deny I did say that. I must have been having a senit moment if'n I did. Old age can make you say some strange things.
Bob

Bob, I was a pleasure to meet you and your better half! Enjoy your remaining adventures in the USA and safe travels back to the Land Down Under!

 

[ActionBob]

I should've taken a really long pull on the Bundy to get the vegemite taste dealt with.

Reminded of that Ron White bit where he's feeding his bulldog Sluggo bits of his wife's cooking under the table, then they see Sluggo licking his butthole.

"What's he doing," asked Ron's wife.

"He's trying to get the taste out of his mouth."

Yea I've never seen anyone take a pull like that on a bottle of Vegemite! I was stunned and at a loss for words. And to see you still standing was impressive!

A normal way to torture yourself with the stuff is to stick the tip of your finger in and get a small drop Or spread it very thinly on toast.

The Bundy was smooth I'm not a big fan of Rum but that was good.

 

[ActionBob]

@Action Bob
It's got me curious as to why you wanted those 2 guns devalued by get getting me to sign the boxes. They are now worth Diddley squat with my name on the box. I know you are a man of your word when you told me they were 35 Whelen rifles in the box not 243s.
And I deny I ever said the 243 with the right projectiles with a good shooter may actually be able to kill game. If'n I'm ever asked I will either plead the 5th or tell them I can neither confirm or deny that statement.
Thanks for a great night Bob it's a pity Gina couldn't make it .
Bob
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I had a great time meeting everyone.

The signatures are to be treasured and certainly add to the Provenance and value of those Ruger M77 Hawkeye African 35 Whelen's.

 

[Houston Bill]

I had a great time meeting everyone.

The signatures are to be treasured and certainly add to the Provenance and value of those Ruger M77 Hawkeye African 35 Whelen's.
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[ActionBob]

I had a great time meeting everyone.

The signatures are to be treasured and certainly add to the Provenance and value of those Ruger M77 Hawkeye African 35 Whelen's.
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Here's a message i sent to @Just Gina along with the above picture

"That's him smiling.... but he eats Vegimite so....."