Derek,

It was a pleasure to meet you - and WELCOME to being our most recent PGCA Member..! You certainly entered this organization with a "bang" (<-- sorry - bad pun, but I couldn't resist!! ;) )

Anyway - there were actually two winners in the elimination round....

Bob Weeman and I fought hard on the first elimination round - and Bob took it after several birds. The crowd went wild with excitement - as they voted that Pete had taken a chip out of his last bird - so we had a re-shoot with Pete, Bob and myself....

Then, Pete's trigger became possessed - and he had to bow out - leaving - again - Bob and myself...

The second round for the championship had a different outcome - and after 10 or fifteen dropped birds, Bob let me win, I guess..? ;)

And oh - one more thing....

Larry Frey was kind enough to give me a box of shells, and without inspecting them - I began shooting... After the Match I finally read one of the empty hulls. It read: Remington STS Rifled Slugs...

Thanks Larry.. What a buddy... ;)

Moral of the story? Well, there is no moral - except don't borrow a box of shells from Larry when shooting trap...?? ;)

John D.

After the Parker articles he's written you couldn't get Toolman there? At least someone was emulating Ansley H. Fox --

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John,
Just think of how much more impressive your win was. What was really impressive to me was how that 34" trap gun vaporized targets on the skeet field.:bowdown:

Honestly? All kidding aside - I wasn't going to shoot - and then you stepped up and gave me a box of shells... My sincerest thanks!! And - I think the skeet round was a lot of fun - and I thank Frank for that.. And those xtra full chokes do "smoke them" for sure!! ;)

I had a blast - and thanks right back to you and all that attended... What a great way to start off 2016... ;)

John D.

There was no letting you win John...you be beat me fair and square...and soundly......only fitting as I was shooting my Ithaca and you that one of a kind Parker....no Ithaca could beat a Parker at a Parker shoot! Especially that Parker with you shooting it. Should have shot with my GH! Awesome day just the same!

Derek- welcome to the PGCA. You received a quality introduction and are now a member of the New England Chapter. Of course anyone who shows up at Waldron's, Addieville or such places in the Six colonial states, automatically become such a Chapter member.
Like Frank Cronin and I said- you can shoot that GH all day long.