Reading this thread, it looks as thought Dave wasn't involved in the new date selected and since he is the organizer, I am thinking the change was made casually on this thread alone and not actually organized??? That leads me to wonder if Addieville was contacted to make these changed arrangements. They could have conflicts with the change and/or may be expecting us Saturday?

I also hope :bowdown: Dave hasn't been offended, he has been the force behind this for all these years.

Robin, I may be partly to blame, but in no way want to be called an organizer. I merely stated that a friend and I chose not to put off, any longer, making alternative plans for THIS Saturday, and would go the following week. Obviously, others were thinking the same thing. Dave May well be offended, but I needed to make a decision on doing something else, and bolstered by a lousy forecast, and lack of any news from anyone else, decided to not go. I’ll certainly call but I’ve never had a conflict with them before.

I’ve just called, and there’s no conflict on the 27th. As I said previously, I’m not “organizing “ anything. If you want to shoot that day, great.

Great, now that Edgar is running the shoot has he decided on the menu?:duck:

:cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss:
Yes. Now that I know Dave isn't coming, butthurt or NASCAR, We're having Carrot Cake.

Why do I need to involve Dave in order to go to Addieville, Simply because I decided not to go on a date that he had selected, not yet cancelled, and I didn't feel like spending a day in the rain after getting over pneumonia? Others deciding to do the same doesn't make me an organizer, or making an attempt to, preempt or show disrespect for Dave.

Edgar, it will be a pleasure to shoot with you and any other old pgca farts like us. Lol.

You don't. It's just that this thread was about an annual shooting event and it seemed the discussion was about that and not something else. Sorry if I jumped to an illogical conclusion but it did seem logical that the "new date" was in relation to this thread's topic..

If dave or anyone else has no objection, lets move this event to the 27 th.

That’s up to Dave, Allen. My going next week with a friend is merely because the forecast looked iffy and we wanted to shoot. The Same thing happened last year when George put an Addieville Shoot together in March. He wasn’t trying to replace Dave’s shoot, he merely wanted to shoot. It’s such a loose schedule I just don’t get all the wise cracks.

Well, there is no reason for anyone to get their balls in an uproar over this. As i said before, if Dave has no issue with moving the event to the 27th, then.lets do it. Either way Egdar, i will shoot on the 27th and if you have room for this old man, id be pleased to shoot with you.

Forecast for Addieville is showing rain till 11 am. Fyi

Is anyone still going?

Allen, I wish I could as it is such a great time. Plus, I have a A grade 10 gauge Top Action Hammer project gun I wanted to show off and get some opinions on restoration options.

I got a "new" boat last fall and just sold my old one this week. Saturday morning is the sea trial and I am more than ready to say goodbye to the old one and start getting the new one ready.

Addieville is fairly close for many of us, so maybe I can join you for some shooting there sometime soon.

I can't make it... First one of these I will not attend since it started :-(

We need pictures Jay.

I will be in Rohde Island this weekend but will not be shooting a Parker. Deb and I will be shooting the Rohde Island IBO State Championship archery tournament. First year I will Miss Addieville as well.

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I wouldn't mind putting something together towards the end of May for another shoot. Would that work?

Dean as far as boats go, I sold my Boston Whaler 25' Outrage. With 3 kids we had really outgrown, even though it is a great boat. The "new" boat is a 31' Rampage Express with twin diesels. I need some new pictures, but here is an older picture. This will be something we can stay and do some offshore fishing in. I also still have a BW 17' Montauk on a tidal river behind my house that we have fun with.

Okay..... I'm jealous:envy:





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Hausmann's is the first week of June and I'll be concentrating on turkeys all of May so I think a shoot in late May/early June is a no-go for me.





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Does not look like many are shooting tomorrow. I am going to pass. Ill fish the Agawam instead.

Forecast doesn’t look bad at all Allen.

Its changed Edgar. If you go, so will I.

I’m still planning to go and if nobody minds I may have 3 grandkids in tow.





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Dean, I guess it will be you, the kids, Edgar and me. Have not heard from anyone else. By the way, the damascus barrels arrived today and i took them over to Dan C. Only minimum fitting will be required. They practically slid on. Only issue is the chambers were reported to me from the seller as 2 5/8 but after Dan measured them they are actually 2 1/8. Dan indicated there is plenty of metal to open the chambers to 2 3/4 's. Since i only shoot light loads there is no issue except the extra cost to open them. Barrels are clean, excellent condition

I’ll be there also, Allen.

With regard to those Damascus barrels, I would not do anything until I got a letter. It would be highly unusual for them to measure 2 1/8”, and if you were following another current thread regarding barrel measurements, Dr Drew shows a cross section of the chamber. The beginning of the forcing cone, moved forward 1/2” May yield a very thin wall section.
If the gun is actually chambered for shells of about 2 1/4”, it is almost certain to be a special order.

Edgar, we can discuss this Saturday. What time do you plan to arrive?

8:45ish

Same here... if I can get my grandkids in gear early enough.




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I will be there between 9 and 9:30 am.

I will be there.

See you there Dan.

From the sounds I hear from my roof I expect all moisture to be well-wrung out of the atmosphere by tomorrow morning. Anyway, I plan to make the trip down to Addieville.

Kathy G., sometimes an unofficial event photographer, will not be present. She travels on the morrow to New York City to perform with her Concord, New Hampshire-based orchestra.

I will have a GH 12- gauge, choked full and full; ammo and be wearing rubber boots (“wellies” for those who project a mid-Atlantic-Man panache).

I have three grandchildren sleeping here tonight so we can get an early start in the morning.
Kathy has decided to come along to help "herd the cats" and she's bringing Grace to add to the ruckus.
I'll get my own key so we don't slow anybody down. It's gonna be some fun!





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Good shoot today. Challenging course as usual. Great camaraderie. But no pictures to show. No one brought a camera. lol. Good thing as I missed many shots

Kathy got a picture or two but as we were just shooting as a family, that's all we have.

We enjoyed it very much and it was nice to visit with our local PGCA friends.

My granddaughters had never shot a firearm before today but each of them broke about a dozen clays at hard crossers that I never thought they would hit.
We voted them "Most Improved"!

Kathy shot at two incomers and smashed them both and I wish she had shot more but she was more interested in watching the grandkids.

Between Cam, Izzy, Lill, and myself we shot at 280 clays. Cam has improved too, breaking almost 50%. The wind made for some interesting targets and at every shot Grace looked intently for a falling grouse or woodcock.... poor girl was pretty confused!





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As is often the case, I had ample opportunity to admire the grace and guile of the completely intact wild New England Clay bird. They will not be placed on any endangered list anytime soon. It's always a pleasure shooting with other side-by-side people. I never met one I didn't like. Today was fun, if only that we all laughed at our misses, without excuse.

Had a great time today, had more to do with the people and dog ( Grace) than the targets. The shooting is fun but that can be done any time, learned some things ,saw some great guns and had a lot of laughs. Look forward to next time.

Here's my little crew.

Left to right- myself of course, Grace, Iz, Cam and Lill...

Kathy isn't pictured because she's the photographer...

Also distinguishable by their absence (they are shooting elsewhere on the course) are Edgar Spencer, Allen Newell, Dan Carter, Russell, Keith and one other (can't remember his name) who was shooting a gun with the barrels going the wrong way.