I finally own a 10 gauge and will be looking forward to the protection shoot and looking for re-loading tips....I found lots of info here from you Pete that is very useful...thanks for putting it all down...I watched the you tube video too....would like to learn the favorites of all that shoot the short ten though! The short ten is quickly becoming my favorite!

Bob- Its time to join the PGCA!!

For the Annie Oakley protection shoot Mike Kobos, impartial BOD member, drew the team names out of Pete's hat.

First up, the early odds-on favorites. Scott only had 5 shells so Larry had better do the work...

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Rich and Pete, a confident duo

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Station three, Bill and Dean

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Frank and George, serious business

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Finally, the Bobs, who combined for the win with 18.

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Teamwork!

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Well the 2016 New Years Day shoot at Major Waldrons Sportsman's Association in Barrington NH is in the history books. We had good weather and good turnout of PGCA members in this part of the country. I was pleased to find in attendance today three members of the PGCA board and our webmaster. We were treated to a lot of nice guns, some seen before and some first time appearances. My vote for Best of Show goes to Bob Weeman he snagged a really nice Remington 1894 CE 10ga. However some folks may have voted for Dean's 28ga or perhaps John D's 410 or maybe his grand dads AAHE trap.

In between shooting rounds of trap and skeet we played a couple of long range trap shooting games. An Annie Oakley with two man teams at each station. A 12ga taking the first shot and a 10ga backing them up if they missed. Of course if the 10ga shooter fires at a broke target the team is scored a loss, oh ya it happened a few times. The winners were Bob Fabian, DHE trap and Bob Weeman, Remington 1894 CE 10ga.

Next up we lined up everyone at the 27 yard line and had 3 shooters poised to shoot at a target. If the first man hit, he is safe. Then the next 3 shooters who have not shot put their guns up. If the first man missed and the second man hit the first man is out, same for 1st and 2nd miss and 3rd shooter hits, 1 and 2 are out. Another scenario, first man misses, second man hits and third man shoots, in that case 1 and 3 are eliminated. First to fall was Dean Romig, last to fall was Bob Weeman and John Dunkle won shooting his heirloom AAHE trap, congrats John.


First up is John Dunkle shooting his heirloom AAHE trap on the skeet field, he really did well with it considering the chokes and he was much improved when I told him to try it shooting with his head on the stock.

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PGCA Board member and first time attendee, Mike Kobos.

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Misc, doublegun porn.

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Dean Romig's 28ga or wait is it John D's 410????? Ya know all those small bores look the same hahaha

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L -R Dean Romig, John Dunkle, George Purtill, Mike Kobos. I think George was telling them about the only bird he missed today.

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What is not to like about a one of a kind AAHE Trap.

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More gun porn.

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George Purtill, now you see him.....

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Now you don't.

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I could have used a wide angle for this beast, Frank Cronin's 5 frame 10ga hammer gun.

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A couple of nice doubles, Bob Weeman's Remmy '94 CE 10ga and an Ithaca Trap gun

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The Rem '94 CE Ten

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Yup more gun porn.

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Can you pick out the 5 frame?

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This kind of looks like Frank Cronin but can't be him as this guy is shooting some single barrel gun with a horribly loose forend.

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Bob Weeman and Rick Weik.

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Bill Janelle, Scott Kittredge, Bob Fabian

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Larry Frey, shooting Skeet for close to the first time and spanking everyone on the squad.

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"Hatless" George Purtill.

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Bob Fabian, that gun looks kind a big and does that have external hammers?

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....and my last pic of the day, Bill Janelle (He is a much better cook than marksman)....seriously he brought us a wonderful Venison Chili.

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Great write up Pete!

I want to give a shout-out to the folks of Major Waldron's and to Pete Lester organizing this event for a really good time today.

Nice to see some familiar faces and some new ones.

New face was Derek who bought his first Parker and posted in the New Member forums asking questions came up to the shoot. He brought his newly acquired Damascus barreled GH to have us all take a look to inspect the condition to shoot safely. With the "go ahead" who looked at it and confident this Parker is safe to shoot, Derek shot his Parker for the very first time today and shot trap, skeet, and Elimination. He did very well shooting a double gun for the first time. What a great way to start off the year in 2016. Hopefully we'll see you again.

Not pictured in Pete's post is Herb who came down from Maine to join us sharing a good laugh with Billy Janelle.

As the day winded down, "The New Hampshire Boy's" Bob Fabian, Billy Janelle, Bob Weeman, Scott Kittredge, and myself shot a round of skeet to end the day.

Happy New Year everyone!

What an amazing find and what a gun!

Definitely what Pete said, this was the gun of the day. Thanks for letting me touch off a few shells on the trap range today. We'll see you again at Scarborough in 2016 to shoot some sporting clays.

A big thank you to Scott and Pete for organizing this event. I am really glad I was able to finally get up there and partake in the fun and comradery. You couldn't ask for a better day or better company. I look forward to doing this again in the future.

Guy,s looks like a great time as usual. Sorry I couldn't make it this year. I thought it best not to infect everyone with this damn cold I seem to be coming down with. I really missed seeing most of you but next year the first is on a Saturday I think.

I echo Larry's Thanks.
I had a blast and that Protection Game was the most fun of all, except for being able to pick on our Webmaster- JD. Thanks to Stub Twist for backing me up in Protection- sorry I left you in a bad position on second shot too many times. Oh well, next year we will win. I felt like Captain du Bray, shooting from the 28 yard line, surrounded by Parkers. What a fun game.
Waldron's is a great small club, the house was warm and the food excellent.
It was great to see new faces and of course old friends.
We got to handle some special guns and I thank JD for the honor of shooting that AAHE. Wowwwww.
It is a hike for us Southern New Englanders but well worth it. What a way to ring in the New Year.
Thanks again to the "Live Free or Die Trying" boys.