New Years Day Shoot - Major Waldrons - Barrington NH

[J.B. Books]

Speaking of small doublegun shoots. The NYD shoot at MWSA has always been pretty much run what you brung. All old doubleguns are interesting. The doublegun shoots do get some interest and attention from non double gun shooters. Tim Day and Glenn Watts come to mind, Tim stopped by, shot a round and visited and then headed over to the rifle range. Glenn shot his new SBT and pulled targets for us on the protection. Four or Five years ago Glenn didn't own a Parker, now he has several and is talking about getting a 10ga. Both of them became curious about doubleguns from "our" activitities, so these shoots can grow new double gun aficionados.

I also found out why we had a group of the regular die hard trap shooters join us in the morning and then leave. The trap shooting club in North Hampton NH has held a NYD fun shoot for as long as I can remember, 30 years or more. That club unfortunately was recently told to cease and desist their shooting by the NH Dept. of Environmental Services because lead shot was being deposited in wetlands. This is the second club in the nearby area to suffer this fate, Exeter NH being the other. It's the the third if the skeet field in Farmington remains compromised with unusable stations because of the same problem. The loss of farms and shooting clubs has been the sportsmans fate for the last 30 years in this area, sad.