New Years Day shoot - Barrington NH

[Pete Lester]

As many of you know we have held a New Years Day PGCA funshoot at The Major Waldron Sportsmans Association in Barrington NH. If we want to do it again I have been given the green light by the Directors for a 1/1/2011 shoot.

I think it worked well last year having a semi-formal 100 target program of mixed trap and skeet. We charged .50 per round more than the standard non-member rate per round and made it the purse for the high gun ($5 per round). Perhaps this year the purse should be awarded on more luck than skill, name out of hat? Although now I think of it last years high gun was more luck than skill :rotf:

The club provided coffee and I brought some hot dogs and buns and several attendees brought some yummy dishes of food, which I hope they will do again.

Shooting will officially commence at 9AM provided we are not having a blizzard or ice storm. A couple us will open up the club and start setting things up by 7:30ish I am sure.

Here is the link to the club's website for directions: http://majorwaldron.com/web/about/index.htm

Let us know if you plan to attend, and bring as many Parkers as you want from Trojans to A1S.

PS. John this will be a great opportunity for you to both return and borrow more stuff.

[Dave Suponski]

Pete, You can count Danny and I in for this great day of shooting fun! I,m just gonna hide my stuff from Dunkle ....:whistle:

Now if I can just get home without getting pulled over by the local PD....

[Dean Romig]

provided we are not having a blizzard or ice storm.

A couple us will open up the glub {Glub?} and start setting things up by 7:30ish I am sure.

A little wintery blow never stopped us before :rolleyes:

I'll be there in any case.

[scott kittredge]

Dean, just put that nice hat on :whistle: hope it is a nice day, can't wait to shoot with every one again! scott

[Dave Suponski]

Not THE hat....:biglaugh:

[Russ Jackson]

What Hat ? PICTURES MAYBE ???

[Pete Lester]

What Hat ? PICTURES MAYBE ???

Make fun of my typos will he!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj57/nhshotgunner/100_0386.jpg

[Russ Jackson]

That Dean ,Always was a dashing fella ! Nice Hat !:rotf:

[Dave Suponski]

I just asked my kid why I befriend such style conscience fellow's....He just kinda smiled.....I wonder what that means.....:rolleyes:

[Dave Suponski]

I guess this answers the question..Huh?

[Mike McKinney]

Sort of favors a long but fun New Years Eve.

[Dean Romig]

I thought I had very discreetly relieved John's DH Damascus twenty of its forend but I see I was caught by the "candid camera" but it still leaves me wondering who's forend John lifted to make his(?) gun whole again.... :corn:

[bob weeman]

I will be there again for my second year....still only have the one Parker though....it was great fun last year and I will be willing to bring Lasagne again this year......

[Dave Suponski]

And great lasagna it was too Bob!.....:bowdown:

[John Dunkle]

I thought I had very discreetly relieved ...but I see I was caught by the "candid camera" but it still leaves me wondering who's forend John lifted to make his(?) gun whole again.... :corn: I have a couple of xtra's - mostly from a Parker DHE Repro.. Grabbed both the beavertail and splinter ends from two different Parker repros (sort of like a 2:1 kind of deal... ;) )

No worries my friend.. I'll take your hat in trade...

:)

John

[Pete Lester]

John, perhaps you can borrow Dean's "previously" unfired 16ga hammer gun? You remember the one that was unfired before the first NYD shoot.

[Dean Romig]

:shock:

[John Dunkle]

John, perhaps you can borrow Dean's "previously" unfired 16ga hammer gun? You remember the one that was unfired before the first NYD shoot.
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HEHE!!!!!

JD

[Pete Lester]

TTT. I have loaded up some 10ga trap loads. Scott wants to have some 10ga shooting from the 27 yard line. Bring your big bores if you got them.

[John Dunkle]

I'll be there, but....

Is it OK if I just shoot trap with a 12 GA..????

You "Big Bore" guys scare me...??!! :shock:

Best to you, Pete!

JD

[Pete Lester]

John it's only scary if you are standing on the 16 yard line when the rest of us are shooting from the 27. The rest of the big bore stuff is just compensating :cool:

PS. It's 17 degrees here right now, that is about 17 degrees warmer than the first New Years Day shoot we had two years ago.

[John Dunkle]

John it's only scary if you are standing on the 16 yard line when the rest of us are shooting from the 27.....

You can't fool me, Pete.. I know there is no 27 yard line in Trap...

;)

BTW - It's COLD OUTSIDE TONIGHT!!! Thank gosh I have a hat like Dean's "chapeau"...??

:D

JD

[Pete Lester]

You can't fool me, Pete.. I know there is no 27 yard line in Trap...
JD

Just as sure as you know there are no 25 straights :rotf:

[John Dunkle]

Just as sure as you know there are no 25 straights :rotf:
There are??? I only have 50 and 100 patches?? Really - they waste thread on 25 patches???

I'll let you borrow one of my patches, Pete....

:rotf:

HEH!!!!

JD

[Pete Lester]

There are??? I only have 50 and 100 patches?? Really - they waste thread on 25 patches???

I'll let you borrow one of my patches, Pete....

:rotf:

HEH!!!!

JD

Where did you buy I mean get those?

[John Dunkle]

Where did you (buy) I mean get those?

;)

HAHA!!!!

Seriously - I'm LOL!!!!!

John

[Robin Lewis]

I'll be there and I bring pulled pork again.

Robin

[Dean Romig]

I'm with you John. I don't own a 10 so I'll be shooting my tightest 12.... if I'm allowed to play.

[Frank Cronin]

This sounds like a lot of fun and hope to make it this year. While browsing the club's site, I found this link. Seems there is quite of turn out of people and some very nice Parkers...

http://majorwaldron.com/web/about/events/pages/event_07.htm

[Pete Lester]

OK reminder time, The Parker NYD fun shoot is one week from today. Shooting ranges open at 9AM. This is being held at the Major Waldron Sportsmans Association in Barrington NH. Directions to club are here:

http://majorwaldron.com/web/about/index.htm

We have two combination fields, trap and skeet, we have the ability to throw wobble trap and modern skeet (up and down machines). Last year we shot a 100 target "program" consisting of 50 trap and 50 skeet targets. Cost was $5.00 per round ($4.50 is the standard non-member rate and .50 was put into a pot winner take all).

Bring warm clothes, warm boots, shooting glasses and ear protection, and guns suitable for both trap and skeet shooting.

Everyone is encouraged to bring as many Parker's as want and all food donations are most welcome.

Can we get a head count of who is planning on attending, perhaps rather than burying this post you can hit "thank you" indicating you plan to come.

Thanks, Pete

[Dean Romig]

I'll be there as will Dave & Danny Suponski.

[Austin W Hogan]

I should be there around 11 AM

Best, Austin

[Dean Romig]

Austin, you need to wake up earlier.... :smiley7:

[C Roger Giles]

You New Years Day shooters in the North East should have ample snow from my viewing of the weather channel, to muffel the reports of your guns.

Good shooting; Roger an Ole Clunker

[Austin W Hogan]

Roger; you should come and wear your white Harry Truman hat

Happy New Year

Austin

As for the time of my arrival; you guys know its a coast to coast trip over the divide!

[C Roger Giles]

Austin;

My Harry Truman hat and I are ready for such an adventure but my eyes are not, I have cataracs in both eyes.

I attended an after Thanksgiving traditional disorganized shoot with a group of good old country boys near my grandads farm and that is where I determined I was having a sight problem. Missed everything I shot at that was flying, damn frustrating day.

A week later at the optromistic, thinking I need new glasses, now the story gets better. The "O" is a woman and after selling me $500 of new eye ware the problem still existed and upon a reexamination she discovered I have cataracs. I happen to think she knew of the catracs on the first exam. She must have hard up and really needed my $500. Ergo I wiil shortly own $500 of useless glasses as I am going to the opthomoligist for the laser process next week.

Sorry to miss the neat New Years Day Shoot;

Roger an Ole Clunker

[C Roger Giles]

Austin;

My Harry Truman hat and I are ready for such an adventure but my eyes are not, I have cataracs in both eyes.

I attended an after Thanksgiving traditional disorganized shoot with a group of good old country boys near my grandads farm and that is where I determined I was having a sight problem. Missed everything I shot at that was flying, damn frustrating day.

A week later at the optromistic, thinking I need new glasses, now the story gets better. The "O" is a woman and after selling me $500 of new eye ware the problem still existed and upon a reexamination she discovered I have cataracs. I happen to think she knew of the catracs on the first exam. She must have been hard up and really needed my $500.

Ergo I wiil shortly own $500 of useless glasses as I am going to the opthomoligist for the laser process next week.

Sorry to miss the neat New Years Day Shoot but thanks for the invite.

Roger an Ole Clunker

[C Roger Giles]

Austin;

My Harry Truman hat and I are ready for such an adventure but my eyes are not, I have cataracs in both eyes.

I attended an after Thanksgiving traditional disorganized shoot with a group of good old country boys near my grandads farm and that is where I determined I was having a sight problem. Missed everything I shot at that was flying, damn frustrating day.

A week later at the optromistic, thinking I need new glasses, now the story gets better. The "O" is a woman and after selling me $500 of new eye ware the problem still existed and upon a reexamination she discovered I have cataracs. I happen to think she knew of the catracs on the first exam. She must have been hard up and really needed my $500.

Ergo I wiil shortly own $500 of useless glasses as I am going to the opthomoligist for the laser process next week.

Sorry to miss the neat New Years Day Shoot but thanks for the invite.

Roger an Ole Clunker

[Dean Romig]

Roger, You will not believe how well you will see after that surgery. I have three friends who have had it done and beyond restoring their sight they felt it gave them a new lease on life. "Absolutely rejuvenating" is how it was described to me.
It will be the best decision you ever made next to marrying your sweet wife.

Maybe we'll see you in Barrington NH next New Years Day.

Dean

[Austin W Hogan]

Roger; I had my right eye done at 62 and the left at 68. The 21st century job on the left was quicker and easier than getting a tooth filled. The cataract surgury only removes the lens; it does not change the shape of the eye. Your old glasses should still fit.

I had an interesting experience with the right eye. The cataract was dead center, and I could see everything but the thing I was looking at. I could pick up the trap bird, set the swing and hit it, even though I couln't see it when I fired. I shot trap until the week before the cataract was removed and maintained my A classification for the season.

Best, Austin

[C Roger Giles]

Austin & Chilled Shot;

Thanks for the moral support, frankly I am too dumb to be scared of catarac surgery. I can't wait to get my full vision back.

Roger

[scott kittredge]

looks like great weather for the shoot sat. hope we have a big turn out :)

[Gregory Miller]

I think I am going to be out late New Year's Eve, so doubt I will be there. Enjoyed seeing everyone last year. Until Greenwich.

[John Dunkle]

For those of you who are attending, I'll be bringing along about twenty 2011 calendars which I've designed with fellow PGCA Member Scott Gentry (THANK YOU SCOTT!!!).. Since these are kind of expensive to print off (I'm using my high-end photo printer), I'll ask that maybe one per person would be OK? They are printed on 11x17 heavy-weight archival rag photo paper with archival ink, so they should last should you want to frame them..

My best to all - and Scott - thank you again for permission to use your excellent photograph!!!

John

[Dave Suponski]

Thank You kind sir!......:bowdown:

[Dean Romig]

Wow John!! Nice! :cheers: I'd like five of them :smiley7:

[scott kittredge]

Wow John!! Nice! :cheers: I'd like five of them :smiley7:

ya, what he said :bowdown:. pete and i just got home from cleaning up what was left of the white shti at the club ,should be nice when it's time to shoot!! scott

[Dave Suponski]

Scott, The weatherman say's mid 40's! Somehow it just doesn't seem quite right....:rolleyes: Should be a great day!

[Pete Lester]

Scott, The weatherman say's mid 40's! Somehow it just doesn't seem quite right....:rolleyes: Should be a great day!

I suppose you would prefer the howling winds, blowing snow and sub zero wind chills from two years ago :rolleyes:

Oh yes now I realize that you would prefer those conditions as they make for a great excuse on missing targets :rotf:

On another note Scott and I realized after shoveling the walkways and pads that the club has made some significant improvments, (another PAT trap and some new skeet machines), however....they got rid of the old wooden gun racks we dragged in the house and replaced them with some very heavy recycled plastic ones. Most of them only have every other space that will accomodate a double gun (not too many discriminating shooters using the place it seems). Not sure how many of those monsters we can drag inside to display guns but we'll try.

[Pete Lester]

OK so far attendees are:

Pete L, Scott k, Bob Fabian, Bill Janelle?, Dave Suponski, Danny Suponski, Dean Romig, John Dunkle, Bob Weeman, Robin Lewis, Frank Cronin, Austin Hogan.

Is that it, have I missed anybody?

[John Dunkle]

Possibly four more who are not on your list? Scott, Hal, Scott and Ned....

[John Dunkle]

uummmm???

Hi folks..!

I'm getting quite a few PMs and E-Mails about the Parker Calendar above, to ask if they will be available to others who are not able to attend the New Years Day shoot..??

I don't know - as these are printed individually on my systems and printers..?? So - let's get through the New Year Day shoot and along with Scott G. - he and I will come to some decision, OK? As I'm really fussy about print quality - I'd rather NOT just post up a JPEG/JPG, or PDF or PSD, as the quality of your home printer will determine the quality of the final print...

Anyway - let me think about this for a bit, OK?? And yep - if you are a current PGCA Member - Scott & I will try to get you set?? BUT - these are expensive to print in the quality and quantity doing it from my archival photo printers - which at 13x19" (the largest format I can do with my high-end photo printers) - look simply OUTSTANDING!!..?? I've already framed one for my office in a 24x27" frame/mat ;)

Thanks to all..!!!

John

[scott kittredge]

john, let me know how much, i would love to pay for one. :eek: ya, that is what it said, pay :rotf: scott

[Christopher Lien]

If only I had a Learjet and unlimited Av gas supply, well maybe someday...;)

In the cold, wind blow'n, that's my kinda shoot'n, keeps things interest'n.

Have Fun Fellas & Happy New Year to All!!!...http://www.webpak.net/~dslcslien/Zthumbsup.gif

Best, CSL
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[Dave Suponski]

Chris, A Happy and Healthy New Year to you also and the rest of the Lien Clan....:) Please convey my greetings to Dad and Pat..

[Dean Romig]

Yes Chris, it would be good to have you join us at this shoot or any of our Eastern shoots. Hope to see you here one day.

[Dave Suponski]

The Suponski's have arrived in Andover,Mass in anticipation of the big shoot tomorrow!

Parent's lock up your young maidens Daniel is in town....:rolleyes:

[Dean Romig]

Hey Suponski!! Are you using my computer while I'm still at work??

Boy, some guys have a lot of nerve.... :throw:

[Dave Suponski]

Yup and at least i,m not pounding the hell out of the keys.....We are into all kinds of mischief....

[scott kittredge]

The Suponski's have arrived in Andover,Mass in anticipation of the big shoot tomorrow!

Parent's lock up your young maidens Daniel is in town....:rolleyes:

we are ready for you :crying:(i hope)

[scott kittredge]

HAPPY NEW YEAR i'll see every one at the shoot, i should be there by 7:30 to start setting up. scott:

[Dean Romig]

Thanks guys for your hard work in setting up and organizing this event.

Let the Games begin!!

[Gregory Miller]

Well done. Amazing weather. Just finishing some dinner and will head south. THANK YOU!

[Dean Romig]

Here are a few pictures of today.

The first two are of Frank Cronin touching off his 10 ga. black powder loads.

Third picture is Editor Austin Hogan perusing the Parker rack.

Fourth picture is Scott Kittredge, Frank Cronin, John Dunkle, Bob Weeman, and Bob Fabian with his backside to us.



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[Dean Romig]

More pics.

First..... "I dare that clay to come out...." says Austin.

Next Pic... Angry Pea-shooter.

Dave Suponski modeling the latest shooting-wear for January 1st.

Robin Lewis calling for Station 4 High-house.

Greg Miller taking the Station 2 Incomer.

[John Dunkle]

A couple from today as well....

What a FANTASTIC DAY!!!

Thanks to all for making it all it was.... It was terrific..!!

I'll post more later - but I have six guns to clean - and I shot only THREE??? :shock: (Dean - a "PEA SHOOTER"???!! :eek: :cuss:)

Best to all - and thank you!!!

John

[Pete Lester]

Thank you to everyone who made the effort to come out today and shoot. The Major Waldron's Sportmans Association did well once again thanks to you all. A total of 56 rounds of either trap or skeet being shot.

Parker shooters in attendance were, myself, Scott Kittredge, Bill Janelle, John Dunkle, Bob Weeman, Bob Fabian, Frank Cronin, Austin Hogan, Robin Lewis, Dean Romig, Dave & Danny Suponski and Greg Miller. (If I missed somebody speak up).

Thanks to Bob Fabian, Robin Lewis and Bob Weeman we had some very yummy food for lunch. Bob Fabian's homemade mac and cheese with ham was the best mac and cheese I have ever had!

The informal 100 target program consisted of 50 trap targets, 25 skeet and 25 modern skeet. 12 Parker shooters completed the program. The reigning champ from 2009 and 2010 felt sorry for me and shot his last round of skeet left handed with his eyes closed leaving the door open for me to take Hi Gun with an 89, 2nd was Scott Kittredge, 83, 3rd Frank Cronin 72.

We also shot a modified Annie Oakley or Protection with 5 two man squads shooting from the 27 yard line. Each two man team was a 12ga shooting first with a 10ga shooter backing him up. The winning team was Austin Hogan 12ga and Frank Cronin 10ga (Fortunately for Austin, Frank had used up all his BP loads and then proceeded to beat me with my own reloads!)

Frank Cronin stole the show by shooting trap with a 12+ lb, 34" 5 frame 10ga hammergun and shooting 4 dram blackpowder 1 1/4 ounce loads. Standing anywhere near the trap line you could feel the ground shake each time he pulled the trigger.

A big thank you to John Dunkle who brought a most wonderful Parker Gun calendar door prize for each shooter.

The NH weather today was simply fantastic, bright sun and a high of 58 degrees, it just doesn't get much better than that for this time of year in NH.

A happy, healthy and prosperous 2011 to everyone involved!

[Robin Lewis]

Here are some more pictures, great collection of guns! Before the shooting began everyone stood around the gun rack and checked things over. We had a few new faces so we got to meet and get to know one another and talk to "old" friends too.


:corn:Then the shooting began but it wasn't easy to get everyone going. Organizing the squads was not easy and the start was a little slow but once the gang got going there was a lot of fun and laughs.

:shock:If you are wondering why John is rummaging around in the trash bucket.... I am too.:whistle:

The last pictures are of a squad shooting skeet, note no blowing snow and no heavy coats this year!

Great day! Only 365 more days and we do it again, I hope!

[John Dunkle]

Before I get back to gun cleaning.....

A special thanks to Pete Lester who really did a FANTASTIC job at keeping all the shooters in the right squads and things moving along throughout the day.. Pete - I know your role is sort of like herding wet, angry cats across an open field with a wet noodle, but you did an incredible job... Thank you...

The food was wonderful... Robin, Bob F., Kathy, Bob w., Pete (if I forgot a few, sorry!!!) - simply amazing...

Congrats to Scott K. for almost being the high-gun for the day, again (it's about time - but I heard you lost by 1/2 a target????? ;) ) I also understand Bill & I tied for "some place"?

To the rest of the folks....

I simply had a wonderful time....

John

[Dave Suponski]

Danny and I had a wonderful time as usual! How often do you get to shoot in a t-shirt on New Years Day?! Great food...great people and some fantastic Parker Gun's...must have been 30-40 Parkers there. Everything from .410 to 10 gauge.

Pete, Thanks for putting on a great shoot.....

[Jeff Kuss]

You guys look way too comfortable for Jan 1!

[Austin W Hogan]

Here are the assembled shooters. Chairman Pete is third from left. I arrived home to recieve a Happy New Year from my daughter Alice; she watched the New Year festivities in Edmonton at 0F

Best, Austin

[Frank Cronin]

I echo what everyone has said already regarding today's shoot -- a FANTASTIC time! Thanks Pete and everyone else who made this NYD shoot happen today. I'm sure a lot of planning and work was involved and words fail to say how we appreciate all what you did and inviting us to your club.

I still can't get over the weather today... people were passing by riding their Harleys!

Thanks to all and sorry for all the smoke!!

Frank

[Pete Lester]

I echo what everyone has said already regarding today's shoot -- a FANTASTIC time! Thanks Pete and everyone else who made this NYD shoot happen today. I'm sure a lot of planning and work was involved and words fail to say how we appreciate all what you did and inviting us to your club.

I still can't get over the weather today... people were passing by riding their Harleys!

Thanks to all and sorry for all the smoke!!

Frank

Sorry for the smoke??????????? I thought it was neat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you came and brought those two great hammer guns!!!!!!!!

[Robin Lewis]

I agree, the smoke was fun but what was even cooler was shooting next to you and the shock wave that passed over after the shot.

Can you imagine what pigeon shoots must have been like back in the day! Great fun!

[Dean Romig]

Robin, you showed incredible focus and determination shooting next man to the right of Frank. His clouds of white smoke drifted across in front of you but, undaunted, you called for your bird anyway and continued to crush them through the obscurity of those heavy clouds crushing clay after clay after clay!! :clap::bowdown::cheers: to ya my friend!! And you didn't even need assistance as you left the field suffering the obvious effects of shellshock.

[Gregory Miller]

As to "shooting", there was some fine shooting going on. I have it on good authority that the gentlemen dressed up to look like our own Mr. Hogan, was in fact the internationally known shooting authority Mr. Bogardus. That was some fine "shooting flying" with a rather unusual Hammer Gun.

I felt fortunate that we were not shooting for money, as a certain gentlemen with a borrowed gun chambered for something that looked more like a rifle sized round than a shell that belongs in a gun was turning in some impressive scores. This was the first time I had seen a grade Parker .410 shot and it was giving up few birds on the skeet range.

If we could somehow turn back the clock to let the Hon. Chas. Parker know that his work and the work of his children was still being enjoyed so many generations after his passing, I do not believe he would be surprised, but I do hope he would be pleased. We are but a link in the chain that starts with the first Parker gun and will continue until the last Parker gun is gone. I am pleased to report that as of 2011 the Parker Gun is alive and well. Thank you to all who made this shoot possible.

Happy New Year!

[Larry Frey]

Glad to hear you gentlemen had such a great day to have the shoot. That is certainly an impressive group of parkers in those racks.

I just can't let it go without comment that the picture below shows great form and great "wood to wood". It seems all those lessons Mr. Anderson has been so gracious to extend have finally begun to sink in. That alone will strike fear into the hearts of any and all Fox shooters brave enough to show up at Addieville this May.

[scott kittredge]

do you think that is hard wood or soft wood ?,i am not talking about the stock :bigbye: boy did i have fun!!! thanks for showing up and for all the nice guns to look at.

[Robin Lewis]

Hardwood for sure. And did you notice it echo's when the Parker stock recoils into it on almost every shot taken.

[John Dunkle]

....And did you notice it echo's when the Parker stock recoils into it on almost every shot taken. I did - but I thought it was just a loose screw - which either way - is probably the case..???

:corn:

:rotf:

John

[calvin humburg]

Looks like a hoot! Thanks for the pictures would like to stroll along thoes parkers and look.

[Dean Romig]

After missing my 16th straight at trap using Dave's VHE Trap gun I told him "I think I'll just go drown myself in the pond..." to which Dave replied "Do you think you can keep your head down that long?" :knowbetter:

[Dave Suponski]

Thanks Larry and the rest of you guy's I think....:rolleyes: I ended the day with a 69 out of 100. Two bird's short of third so I was kinda happy. But the high light of my day was shooting John's .410 skeet gun. That is one hard hitting gun! I am gonna post an album here in a minute for all to enjoy.

[Pete Lester]

Thanks Larry and the rest of you guy's I think....:rolleyes: I ended the day with a 69 out of 100. Two bird's short of third so I was kinda happy. But the high light of my day was shooting John's .410 skeet gun. That is one hard hitting gun! I am gonna post an album here in a minute for all to enjoy.

John's 410? Dave you know he has borrowed it from somebody :)




All the practice yesterday paid off. Scott can verify, I shot a drake mallard high overhead pass at 60 yards with my mighty 10, it was coming down near verticle and still showing some signs of life and I hit it again with my second shot :cheers:. (Of course he also watched me miss an incomer at 25 yard up after the first barrel was a dud):crying:.

Scott got a decoying black duck. Getting out hunting today so late in the season with such warm temps was a bonus.

[John Dunkle]

....But the high light of my day was shooting John's .410 skeet gun. That is one hard hitting gun! ....Yea - you and Dean shot up all my .410 reloads as well... Dean called my .410 a "pea-shooter" and you called it "hard hitting"..?? :)

Damn - all I know is I had to clean my little .410 when I got home from all your shooting - and now I'm down about 100 rounds of my .410 reloads...??!!!

:shock:

:rotf:

:bigbye:

Now that the Parker is cleaned up - down to the reloading bench I go....

;)

John

[Dave Suponski]

John, Dean called it a pea shooter because he couldn't hit anything with it....:rolleyes:Maybe it's time to send Dean to the Rich Anderson Shooting Academy.....:shock:

Wait a minute.....Bob Fabian helped use up some of them .410 shells too ya know.....:whistle:

[Austin W Hogan]

Thanks Pete for a great day and thanks to Greg Miller, who I met Saturday, for the good words about my shooting.
Those trick shots I do with doubles on skeet station 8 are the result of a different kind of gun fit. As I pick the gun up, and rest it on my hip before the call, both index fingers are parallel to the barrel axes. When I see the bird I point to it with both hands and the right finger goes to the trigger; I finish the mount and take the second bird.

Best, Austin

[Dean Romig]

John, Dean called it a pea shooter because he couldn't hit anything with it....:rolleyes:Maybe it's time to send Dean to the Rich Anderson Shooting Academy.....:shock:



WOW! You're pretty hard on your friends... I'd hate to be on the 'other side'. :eek:

I'll have you know I finished 5th overall and both my skeet rounds were with my .410 Skeet-er and John's .410 VHE and, may I add, both are dedicated skeet guns. I shot miserably at skeet with my 28ga. Repro because of gun function failure. :bigbye:

[Dave Suponski]

Just kiddin there buddy....:whistle:

[Pete Lester]

:eek:WOW! You're pretty hard on your friends... I'd hate to be on the 'other side'.

I'll have you know I finished 5th overall and both my skeet rounds were with my .410 Skeet-er and John's .410 VHE and, may I add, both are dedicated skeet guns. I shot miserably at skeet with my 28ga. Repro because of gun function failure. :bigbye:

First there was Bob Dole hawking a little blue pill for "ED", now the world is introduced to Gun Dysfunction "GD" by Dean Romig. This probably explains why over the years I have heard "GD" after a miss :)

You used your 410 Skeet-er :eek: You mean a bicycle company gun?????????? This was a Parker shoot, your admission is a forfeiture, 5th place to DNQ!

[John Dunkle]

.....You used your 410 Skeet-er :eek: You mean a bicycle company gun?????????? This was a Parker shoot, your admission is a forfeiture, 5th place to DNQ!No, no, no.....

He meant the "Skeet" gun - not a gun made by a scooter company or something...?? In fact - he shot for SCORE ONLY with the Parker .410....

John

(PS - Dean - you now - officially - owe me BIG TIME ;) )

[Pete Lester]

No, no, no.....

He meant the "Skeet" gun - not a gun made by a scooter company or something...?? In fact - he shot for SCORE ONLY with the Parker .410....

John

(PS - Dean - you now - officially - owe me BIG TIME ;) )

OK I did see a scooter gun or too in the rack but they disappeared quickly, probably the owners were riddled with shame and quickly hid them. However shooting a 410 in an open competition pretty much defines the term bringing a knife to a gunfight :rotf:

Dean owes you big time, wow I thought you had enough borrowed stuff from him but now you demand more, you are a cruel man John D.

[John Dunkle]

....However shooting a 410 in an open competition pretty much defines the term bringing a knife to a gunfight :rotf:I do believe that Dean referred to my .410 as a "PEA-SHOOTER"... I'd much rather have a knife in a gun fight then a "pea-shooter"..???

;)

JD

[Pete Lester]

I do believe that Dean referred to my .410 as a "PEA-SHOOTER"... I'd much rather have a knife in a gun fight then a "pea-shooter"..???

;)

JD

Not only that, but wasn't Dean the one you chastised for taking your guns apart in front of you as you took them out of your car?

[John Dunkle]

Come to think of it.......

Yes....??

I have no idea WHY he does that, but whenever I hand him one of my Parkers - off comes the fore-end..??? Nothing more - just the fore-end..??

I usually just shake my head in disbelief - but this time - just had to speak out... I actually have a picture of him doing it to my 20GA D-Grade DAM - when he thought no one was watching.....

Oh well....

;)

JD

[Pete Lester]

Come to think of it.......

Yes....??

I have no idea WHY he does that, but whenever I hand him one of my Parkers - off comes the fore-end..??? Nothing more - just the fore-end..??

I usually just shake my head in disbelief - but this time - just had to speak out... I actually have a picture of him doing it to my 20GA D-Grade DAM - when he thought no one was watching.....

Oh well....

;)

JD

You mean Scott K's 20ga D-Grade Dam?

[Dave Suponski]

Geez and all this time I thought it was my 20gauge Dam D grade.....:banghead:

[Robin Lewis]

Did anyone find the owner of the green coat or the BHE 20 that were left behind in the club house? I haven't seen any mention of them and am just curious, I thought someone was going top post a "Lost & Found" note on the forum. Or, did I somehow miss it?

[Dean Romig]

However shooting a 410 in an open competition pretty much defines the term bringing a knife to a gunfight......

......unless the shooter of the 410 scores 5th :whistle:



Dean owes you big time, wow I thought you had enough borrowed stuff from him but now you demand more, you are a cruel man John D.

Paybacks to John are . . . e a s y :bigbye:

[Dean Romig]

Robin, I found the green coat but no sign of the BHE 20.

I have yet to see a "Lost & Found" post either.

Who's coat is this anyway?.... Oh, there's a fully checkered ejector forend in the pocket... hmmmm :corn:

[Pete Lester]

Bill Janelle returned from taking his daughter to the airport when I was closing up. Seeing that he was only low man by one bird even when he missed shooting an entire field of skeet I let him take the first 4 birds from station 1 and he is no longer in last place. It was his green LL Bean jacket.

The BHE was actually a 16ga on a 0 frame with 26" barrels and an SST but I don't know anything about it really :bigbye:

[Dean Romig]

Bill Janelle returned from taking his daughter to the airport when I was closing up. It was his green LL Bean jacket.

Oops... No, I really don't have the jacket... just joking before actually.

Dean

[Robin Lewis]

Hey, I thought it was a 20 and I was shooting all 16's, I need to check the safe. I think it may be my gun!


Back from checking..... nope. It's not mine.

[Pete Lester]

Lost and Found list from 1/1/2011 shoot:


Found - A new excuse for a low skeet score Dean Romig (the old I was shooting a 410 excuse)

Found - A flinch, Scott K.

Found - Green LL Bean Jacket (claimed by Bill Janelle)

Found - The ability to keep one's head down on the stock while shooting, Dave Suponski

Found - An extra couple of pounds by anyone who had lunch.

Lost - Some hearing by anyone standing within 10 yards of Frank Cronin while he was shooting trap with black powder 10 ga loads.

Lost - 16 straight birds in trap with a borrowed gun, Dean Romig (I shot a 410 at skeet, I borrowed a gun for trap, anyone else see a trend here?)

Lost - Everyone's excuses for missing high house 8 at skeet after Austin demonstrated it can be done by shooting from the hip.

Lost - .........................John Dunkle

[Dave Suponski]

Oh and one more.......Found-Pete's ability to be high gun three years in a row....:whistle:

[Pete Lester]

Oh and one more.......Found-Pete's ability to be high gun three years in a row....:whistle:

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Dave it would be "Found - Pete's ability(luck) to be Hi-Gun"......Scott was Hi-Gun in 2009 and 2010 :corn:

[Dave Suponski]

Oops.......Sorry Scott....:bowdown:

[Dean Romig]

Ahem.... the "borrowed" trap gun was forced upon me by a "friend" then when I hollered to him to "Please bring me my own gun!" he brought me another "borrowed" gun which was not mine..... Anyone see a trend here? Was I set up to fail? Hey, I'm not making up alibis.... (is conspiricy an alibi?)

[Pete Lester]

Ahem.... the "borrowed" trap gun was forced upon me by a "friend" then when I hollered to him to "Please bring me my own gun!" he brought me another "borrowed" gun which was not mine..... Anyone see a trend here? Was I set up to fail? Hey, I'm not making up alibis.... (is conspiricy an alibi?)

:rotf:
:rotf::rotf:
:rotf::rotf::rotf:

Well if he is really a friend I would expect him to bring you something better than you already had.

[Dave Suponski]

Conspiracy?.......:duck:

[scott kittredge]

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Dave it would be "Found - Pete's ability(luck) to be Hi-Gun"......Scott was Hi-Gun in 2009 and 2010 :corn:

Dave,Dave,Dave, boy did that hurt:nono: scott

[Dave Suponski]

Scott, I apologize again...:banghead: I think it's a lack of paying attention......:rolleyes:

[Austin W Hogan]

Pete; That round of protection, with the 10ga guns backing up the 12's was the most fun in years. We should make it a feature of any PGCA shooting event.

Best, Austin

[Pete Lester]

Pete; That round of protection, with the 10ga guns backing up the 12's was the most fun in years. We should make it a feature of any PGCA shooting event.

Best, Austin

Thank you Austin, yes it was fun. I have always enjoyed shooting a protection. Years ago when we had a lot of regular trapshooters a protection was how we closed the evening. The idea of the having a 10ga backup a 12ga on five two man teams was a completely impromptu idea on my part, made possible when I realized we had five 10ga guns/shooters in attendance. I did not want a situation to develop where two 10ga shooters were paired up. Pulling 12ga names out of the hat and then 10g names out of a hat made the team selection a random event. Will try to do it again next year and please spread the word of what we did so others can enjoy at other events.

The only downside is the 12ga shooter gets to shoot at every target while the 10ga shooter gets the crumbs. However I know Scott and I enjoy shooting a little clean up on the trap field with the 10 bores when we get the chance and I am sure others do too.

For those that didn't know I was paired up with Robin Lewis who was shooting a 16ga and did very well. Robin somehow was out of shells when it came for us to shoot our last bird. I told Robin to fake it, mount his gun and call pull. I loaded my gun with two shells but managed to break the bird on my first shot :rotf: John happened to be taking pictures and I think he was the only one wise to our improvised last shot when we did it :)

[Dean Romig]

Yes, that was a hoot! Some of the 10 ga. shooters shot so quickly after the 12 ga. shot was taken there really wasn't time for the 12 ga. shot to get to the bird. Those 10 ga. shooters needed nerves of steel in order not to disqualify.