George,
I will be there but suggest that if the NH crew will not be there until 9:30 perhaps we should wait and start after they arrive.

I called today to ask the conditions of the course and if the golf carts can be used.

All good to go!

Chris T and a few friends from work will also be there.

Maybe the New Hampcha guys could just get up an hour earlier and not hold everybody else up...:duck:





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Dean, we need to milk the cows, clean the barn, chop the wood, fill the wood stoves, shovel the snow, feed the animals, gather the eggs, and boil the sap as it is maple season...............................do the laundry and clean the house as we are all renaissance men, our work never ends up here.

Well...... How was it?





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We had a really good time👍

It was terrible. The weather was awful. Hodges had brought no guns so we had to loan him guns and ammo. Jannell Shot lousy as usual. I shot with Larry and Russell Cleary and thank god I beat Larry by one bird or it would have been a long ride to the Cape.
I’m happy we had all those NH boys for entertainment.

They are funny aren't they?
I feel bad for them, havin' to do all them chores before they can go out and play.





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The “Shoot Something—Anything” extended-Winter, ad hoc, shoot was a most enjoyable get-together. Good weather and good course conditions.

Thanks go to all involved and especially George P. for putting it together.

Looking forward to the Addieville Spring Fun Shoot.

When will that be? Any dates yed?





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Dean:

And, in memoriam, there were at least two superb Brad Batchelder-restored guns brought, shown and shot there.

But, enough about guns and shooting. How’d things go with the stove installation?

Setting aside my smart a— answer , we had a great time. Jack is a great guy and it was great to see everyone.

I feel bad that I did not take a group picture. Or any pictures in fact. Did anyone?

I thought it would be a thirty-minute job but it turned into almost three hours.

I had to convert it from natural gas to LP gas. Changed all the jets and made several air mixture adjustments and had to remove a few panels and baffles to get to the oven manifold jet and adjust that for LP.
Probably the most time-consuming part was disconnecting the gas line from the old stove which was waaaaay over tightened. I finally had to put vise-grips on the flare nut ans slip my 20" length of 12 ga. Shotgun barrel over the vise-grip handle to use as a breaker bar.

A real PITA... but that's what we do for our kids.





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We had a great time. Awesome to see most of everyone again.

Due to recent events, I decided to bring my Syracuse Quality Three LC Smith 10 gauge that Brad Bachelder did work on and in memory of him. He restored the barrels and the case colors.

She's a monster. Extra heavy frame, 10.6lbs, 32" barrels, and choked very tight for those long shots. This is also the earliest found Syracuse Q3 in the chronology of surviving LC Smith shotguns.

Nice!!





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