Parker Gathering/Fun Shoot-Indiana

[Randy G Roberts]

As some of you already know I have been attempting to organize a gathering/shoot in SE Indiana on 08/25/18. Below is the information as was sent out to PGCA members that are residents of IN,OH, & KY. Mary Bowes was kind enough to help with their email information. It was originally sent to those members as it seemed only logical to reach out to local folks and I had no clue what the interest would be and the club in question can only handle so many shooters. As for now it appears that I have about 15 shooters lined up so we are in need of more. Below is the actual email that was sent out. Please look it over and feel free to reach out to me if you have questions and do let me know if you have an interest... Thanks !!
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Some of you folks I know so for those of you that I have not had the pleasure of meeting let me simply state that I am a fellow Parker shooter and I would have to add
the word accumulator or possibly collector behind that tag. The purpose of my reaching out to you folks is to determine if there is enough interest within the tri-state area
of IN, OH, and KY to organize a gathering/shoot. For now I have been in touch with the PGCA and they have furnished contact info for members in these states. At some
point in time I will extend the invitation to all PGCA members but it seems only logical to start more locally.
Basically this all began back in April, 2018 when I had the idea of getting some Parker folks together and meeting at Elk Creek for a shoot and lunch afterwards. It worked out
very well and we all got to meet some new folks and see some cool guns, and shoot ! Some of you may have seen it mentioned on the Parker Forum where Mike Franzen
posted it. It seems as though from there the idea was spun that this gathering was a good thing and that we should attempt to organize a few events. I am sure some of you
have read on the forum where John Davis is having one in GA, actually in just a few days. The theme if you will would be to gather as many Parker folks together as we can.
In the perfect world everyone would be shooting a Parker but this is not a requirement, shoot any SxS you like. You need not be a member to attend so feel free to bring
a friend or friends as we are going to need at least 25 shooters as that is the club minimum participation. This is not a full time facility so they need numbers to make it worth
their time setting up etc.
We have a local gun club near my home called the Tri-County Coon Hunters and they have a real nice sporting clays course that is about 3 miles south of Batesville, IN which
is in the SE part of the state just off I-74. The course has evolved over the years to the point of 12 stations with newer Pro-Matic traps and wireless releases at each station of
which there are 12. The course is a perfect blend of shots. Nothing long, most all can be shot with a skeet choke, a couple might require an IC but yet it is set up with some
challenging angles and speeds. They do not have carts for rent however the course is relatively short and is all in the woods excepting 1 station and is easily walked. I am sure
some of the local folks will have carts there to assist if need be if the walking is to strenuous, get there and we will get you around, I promise. In an attempt not to get to long
winded the following are some points of interest:
• Shoot date would be Saturday, August 25, 2018.
• Start time would be 10:00AM (Shotgun start)
• Squad with whomever you like
• Should be finished around noon
• Lunch would be available
• Total cost including lunch/100 birds will be $40.00 max, hopefully less.
• Batesville has 2 primary hotels close by (Hampton & Quality Inns) and ample dining
• Cincinnati and Indianapolis are both about an hour away via I-74
• Bring anything you have to sell, trade, show off or just discuss
• This is a non-competitive fun shoot with no trophies or prize money.

At this point if you could let me know if you have any interest I will proceed with making the arrangements and please do let me know if you should have any questions. I hope
we can make this work. Thanks !


Randy G. Roberts
Hummel Winters Agency
118 W Indian Trail Unit 1
Milan, IN 47031
PH: 812-654-2071
Fax:812-654-3220
www.hummelinsurance-milan.com

[Mills Morrison]

Excellent! Our shoot in Georgia was fun and anyone who can go to this shoot should.

[Randy G Roberts]

UPDATE:I can tell everyone for certain that this thing is a GO! I have been on a recruiting mission and so far it appears that we have about 33 confirmed shooters some of which are hoping to bring along shooters which are not included in the 33. There are also a handful of folks that have shown interest and may attend and then there are those I am still in pursuit of so I do expect the number to grow. I attended the Elk Creek Commonwealth SxS shoot and a local sporting clays shoot this weekend and managed to recruit some additional shooters. I will be attending a shoot in Indy this weekend and will be doing a little campaigning there as well. By my count we have 11 PGCA members that are shooting with some driving great distances. I will elaborate on that after the shoot as I am uncertain who is traveling the greatest distance. I know of one from KY that has to be pushing 4 hours and another from VA that I suspect is of a similar distance.
It was suggested by a shooter (Ed Livezey) that I name this the "HOOSIER SxS CLASSIC" and make it an annual event. Who am I to argue with that logic. So for now we have a new name and as for the annual part I would not rule it out. We have room for more shooters so please let me know if you can make it.

[Mills Morrison]

That is excellent!

[Rick Roemer]

Hi
I still plan to make this shoot. Looking forward to it. Everything still as planned? Thx

[Randy G Roberts]

Hey Rick:

Everything is still as planned. I did not have you on the list of attendees but you are now. Will you be coming alone or bringing someone ? I will be sending out an update about 2 weeks in advance and another just prior to the shoot. I sent an update out on 07/25, did you get it ? Want to be sure I have the correct email address for you ? Thanks !

[Kenneth V Jones]

Randy,
If you compile a list of contacts for this event in the future, add me to it. I plan for it.
Kenny

[Randy G Roberts]

Kenny:

Looks like you joined the PGCA after I obtained the list for OH so if you would PM me your email address I will add you to the list. Are you planning on attending this year ?

Randy,
If you compile a list of contacts for this event in the future, add me to it. I plan for it.
Kenny

[Randy G Roberts]

Hard to believe that this shoot is just a tad over 2 weeks away. Since the last update my recruiting mission has stalled a little. We are in competition with a local shoot and also the KY State Shoot. Can't help that as I had only two days to choose from. I am still expecting 30+ shooters so it should be a good time. I have been in touch with a local business that will be providing a pulled pork lunch, I can attest to their food, it will be good.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS--Please pay special attention to this if you are coming from out of town. You "cannot" google this facility to get there. If you do you will end up at their trap & skeet fields near the town of Batesville about 5 miles from the sporting clays course. The shoot facility has no physical address but is easy to get to as follows:
For those of you coming in on I-74 which lies just N of Batesville you will exit 74 at the Batesville exit 149. Turn S on IN 229 . You will travel about .1 miles to a left turn (East) on to SR 46. Go about 1.5 miles to a right turn (South) on SR 129. You will travel 5 miles to the facility on your right.
For those of you coming in from the South there are many options but you all are going to end up on SR 129 at some point. I would suggest that you look at a map and you will see the junction of SR 129 and SR 350 which is about 10 miles S of Batesville. The facility is 4.9 miles N of the junction and will be on your left heading N towards Batesville. There is a white sign out by the road that will be hard to miss.
If anyone has any questions over the directions feel free to call or email and I will help out. I plan on sending one final update out just prior to the shoot. Thanks and see you all soon !

[Randy G Roberts]

Only a hand full of days remaining and as of now the weather Gods are going to cooperate. Looks like a low in the upper 60's and a high in the lower 80's for Saturday with "NO" rain. Some of you may be coming in from areas lacking rain, well this is not one of them as we are something like 6" OVER for the month so far. As a reminder this is going to be a 10:00AM shotgun start. The gate at the club will be open around 9:00AM. I would suggest about a 9:30AM arrival. If you have a cart please do bring it as there are none available to rent. The course can be walked but it's always nice to have at least one cart for your squads gear, any help there is appreciated. Lunch will follow immediately and then afterwards maybe we can all get together for a little show and tell and maybe even sale so if you have some eye candy please do bring it. The response to this shoot has been tremendous so we should have a good crowd. Looking forward to seeing all of you Saturday !!

[Rick Roemer]

The first annual Hoosier SxS Classic was my first Parker/side by side event and my Dad and I had a great time. Everyone was most welcoming and friendly. And we got to look at and handle some really sweet side by sides. What a great experience. Hope to get to more similar events in the future. Thank you Randy for making it happen.

[Mills Morrison]

Awesome!

[Kenneth V Jones]

Randy,
Give a run down from your perspective. How did it go and so forth?
KVJ

[Jeff Kuss]

I didn't get too many pictures. When the rain stopped, I was too busy
shooting.

[Randy G Roberts]

My apologies for the delayed report. After the shoot Saturday I returned home just in time for Mother Nature to pay us a visit and make a mess of things. Had an inch of rain in the blink of an eye and a lot of wind. Spent all day Sunday cleaning up, thankfully no structural damage.

Concerning the shoot Mother Nature played a hand in that as well. There was little doubt that it was going to rain and it did. Shotgun start at 10:10AM and I would guess that at about 10:20AM the rain started. All of the Shooters went back to the club house excepting one group that took shelter in a building on the course. At that point we pulled some guns out for a make shift display. I had 4 long barreled Parkers and a couple of LC Smith Crown Grades, a 12 and a 20. Jeff Kuss brought along several Parkers, a beautiful CH, a 36" VH, but of course the show stopper was his AAH 16 gauge. Most folks had never seen much less handled 36" guns, same goes for the AAH, the engraving impressed a lot of folks. While we were waiting for the rain to stop I took the opportunity to measure a handful of guns. We ate lunch a little early and then shortly after that the rain did pass by. A lot of shooters left after lunch as the radar showed
no signs of it letting up however a gap appeared and at somewhere around 12:45 we were able to get back out and complete the course in dry weather. I am not certain but I think about 12-15 shooters stuck around and shot, the sun actually came out. I shot with Jeff Kuss who made the 3 1/2 drive in 5 hours due to construction and also Chuck Dredge (PGCA member) who drove 3 hours. Interestingly enough the two of them spent a year in college together way back in the day.

In summary I can tell you that we had 42 shooters show up. In as bad as the weather was I have had no less than 20 of them either tell me personally, text or email how much they enjoyed it even though it rained and the common theme was that this has to be an annual event so who am I to argue. Along the lines of next year I am open to suggestions or ideas that anyone may have to improve the event. Please do email me if you have any.

I want to thank Catherine Smith and Mary Shoemaker. Catherine is the wife of PGCA member Brian Smith and Mary is the wife of Ted Shoemaker who is a member of the LCSCA. These two ladies chipped in and handled the lunch and some other things and they did a great job. Also Fred Neal of Neals Chop Shop in Greensburg,IN who provided the lunch which was excellent. A big Thank You to all of you and to all of the folks that attended. For those that stayed for the duration we had a little "Aimin Oil" at the conclusion. See you all next year !

[Kenneth V Jones]

Thanks Randy, I will plan next year so as not to conflict with other commitments. By the way the hats are a class act.
KVJ