Frank,

Yes it was you, I think at the time your sign in name was FHalz or something similar. I don't think most people realize how much more natural it is to shoot a release trigger than a pull trigger once your used to it. Think of it as relaxing your muscles instead of contracting and tightening your muscles when you want the gun to go off. The problem is that for most people, trying to switch back to a pull trigger is not easy. The brain needs to be retrained, at least for me it does.

Frank, have you been able to shoot pull triggers without any problems?

Thank you Chuck. That was quite a shoot back in '95 and the field of people I bested that day included Bill Anzaldi, Phil Wright, Mike Blaisdell and Cal Stinson (All-Americans) and many other quite capable shooters. Essentially I managed to shoot my lifetime best on three consecutive days. I have always said to win anything at a state shoot you have to have your best day(s) of the year and shoot well above one's average.

The GH is not that much of a handicap on the trap field. It was built for pigeons or trap, straight grip, full comb, 2" drop, 30" F/F, splinter forend double triggers. It was ordered in 1915 and requested to shoot full with both barrels with 1 1/4 ounce 7.5's (I am guessing pigeons were the intended target). The first time Scott let me shoot it I broke a 25 on the trap field and I told him if he ever sold it I wanted to be asked first. I very glad he remembered that 4 years ago. It's a great gun that Scott shot trap very well with too but now he is terrorizing the trap fields with his 10's :-)

Pete, I went through high school with Billy Anzaldi and never knew he shot... maybe way back then he didn't shoot, who knows....

...Okay Dave, have at it :corn:

Dean, back in the 70's Remington had a team of five shooters shoot a bunch of thrown wooden blocks, 100,000 I think and they only missed some small number of them. It was to show the reliability of the Nylon 66 .22 rifle. I am pretty sure Bill Anzaldi was part of that five man team.

Pete and Dean,

Bill Anzaldi is currently the East Zone ATA vice president and Phil Wright is a past ATA president. Both along with Mike Blaisdell are excellent shooters and frequent Elysburg for the big east zone shoots. Pete, have you ever shot at Elysburg and are you planning on making the Northeast SxS shoot in June of this year?

Tom Frye shot wood with Nylon 66s also.

Billy graduated Reading HS in '65 I believe and I graduated in '66. If he shot that well in the 70's he must have been doing it in the sixties as well.

Chuck, I know both Phil and Mike pretty well and of course Phil has been involved with running ATA shooting in NH for a long time. I have not been to any ATA shoots in PA but know that they are BIG events. I went to Hidden Hollow in PA in '08 and '09 for the Northeast Sideby event. I had fun last year, '08 was pretty much a washout. I hope to go again this year.

Thanks for the replies gents! I was hoping maybe someone would recognize the Shooter in the pic. I was digging in my paperwork for an old 1939 catalog from V.L&A in Chicago that I remember had an add for the Morgan Adjustable pad but could not find it. the search continues. Paul

Paul, I've seen that trapshooter's face somewhere before but I just can't place it.
I'll let you know if it comes to me.
Dean