Atlanta Fall Classic 2022
 

The Atlanta Fall Classic took place at Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds on Saturday, October 22, under clear blue skies and the mildest of temperatures. This was a 200 target event and the Arrow was finding its mark in the first hundred with a decisive 99 and a 2 bird lead for the championship. However the Indian lost his rhythm in the second hundred, dropping 5 and leaving the door wide open for two other shooters to take the lead with final scores of 195 apiece. That tie for champion and runner up was settled by compromise, aka coin toss, leaving the Parker SA with AA honors.

That’s great! Nice trophy too.

Way to go John

Congratulations, John. Good shooting.

But, I have to ask why the tie was settled with a coin toss and not a shoot off? Having been in several shoot-offs over the years I always looked forward to them, and felt a great sense fo accomplishment when I won them. i never heard of a coin toss settling a tie, though I will admit to not knowing much about trap. Is that a common way of settling a tie in trap?

Coin tosses aren't uncommon and the option is available if all involved agree. Sometimes folks just don't want to waist the shells or the prize isn't worth it. If I had secured one more target, there would have been a shoot off.

Congratulations ! You’re giving Koneski a run for it in the bling bling department :cool:

In the past I always preferred shoot offs over win by long run or coin toss . But as one older fellow told me once “ya takes Uhm how you can gets Uhm” !

In the past I always preferred shoot offs over win by long run or coin toss . But as one older fellow told me once “ya takes Uhm how you can gets Uhm” !

Waist (waste) the shells? Hmmmm ....... I never considered it a waste. I always love shoot-offs. IMO, the prize is hardly ever worth it. It's mostly braggin' rights.

I certainly don't mean to demean in any way your accomplishment, John. Just getting to the first place tie is a win! Well done!

I wasn't in the first place tie. I finished one target out. The two gentlemen who tied are both AA shooters and All Americans. It was getting late, the shoot off targets weren't going to count toward their averages and they were both going to walk away with a buckle regardless, so I'm sure they decided to save the shells and let a coin decide the outcome. I typically prefer to shoot it off, although I have differed to my fellow competitor at times.

However, at the 2022 Georgia State Shoot I was in a 3 way tie with money on the line. The other two gentlemen in the tie wanted to just split the money three ways. I refused, figuring I came with no money I can leave with no money. I left with the money.

My philosophy exactly! When I have gotten to a shoot off I always tried to be optimistic by telling myself that I've beaten everybody else in the field to get to this point. Now I just need to beat one more. Hasn't always worked, but it's always been fun!

Thanks for sharing the experience with us.

Kind of like live bird shooting. Two guys in a shoot-off agree to split the purse and shoot the birds anyway. Well, they're birds and we can shoot them. :)

Someone has to!!! :rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf: There are plenty of Parker shooters who win a lot of bling.

I try and I get a bit here or there . Just not the same magnitude as some .

John You do a lot for the PGCA with your scores at these events, Way to go! Gary

When you stop for a minute and think about it, this is a truly amazing accomplishment. He’s not shooting vintage events. He and his Parkers are going against guns that have a hundred years more evolutionary development. Contraptions that barely resemble a traditional shotgun and are current state of the art. Yet he is consistently beating his competition. What’s more amazing is he’s only been shooting trap about 5 years. Had he been around back in the day we would be reading about his exploits in Parkers in Pulp. A. W. Money, Judge Gildersleeve or even I. R. Pancake have nothing on J. N. Davis!

Since Parker would already have "Gaucho" west of the Mississippi selling wares, maybe they would have John east of the river doing the same. His nickname could be "El Scorcho"!! :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

Now that's too funny!

Evolution is overrated.

Boy`s... It`s The Indian not The Arrow. Mighty fine shooting John!

First, it's extremely important that the Indian finds an arrow that fits him.

Second, there's no substitute for practice.

:clap: :clap: :clap: YOU ARE 100% CORRECT EL SCORCHO !!

Randy I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with that. You see JN Davis shoots as well as he does precisely because he’s shooting a Parker - guns that he loves and has great passion for. I don’t believe he would be as involved with the game were he shooting a K gun or anything else. He tried Elsie’s and Ithaca’s and didn’t get very far.

First to God, then to Parker Bros.

That's Because He is a ''Excellent Shot'', Practice's a lot, AND I Believe He Has His Own Trap Shooting Range in His Back Yard. I think John would out Shoot
Most of Us Guys no matter what Gun He was using. But He uses a Parker , the Gun He Shoots the Best. Keep up the Good Shooting John.

Harry

But Randy, this Indian would rather miss with a fine old gun…and enjoy when someone of John’s caliber does so well with his

A trap range in my back yard and a pallet of 7/8 ounce 1200 fps 12 gauge shells. I think that may be the solution to my problem. I already have a rack of Parker singles.

I prefer 1 1/8 oz., but only because they want let me shoot 1 1/4.