Eastern SxS Classic - West Virginia Panhandle
 

I want to thank everyone that has attended to this point. Jent Mitchell held a fabulous dinner for the Virginia Vintagers and all were in attendance. Rich Anderson, Mark Ouellette and Mike Smith as well as Chuck Bishop manned the Parker Display for the masses while Kevin and Murph held court. There was the B Grade 8 bore that Jonathan Engle graced us with as well as his outstanding Fox collection that was displayed. Roger Bain won the single barrel trap shoot in a shoot off over George Calamaris. Three squads shot from 27 yards rise and the winner took home a jar of Palmetto Moonshine and folding money for the first place prize to win the West Va. Cup. A great time by all the shooters was had. We have 1 more day and great weather and I hope all my friends will attend. I want to thank everyone that has graced us with their presence and will see everyone next year............. What a fabulous time to this point...........Someone will win the Argentina trip tomorrow........Come shoot.

Chuck, it was a nice shooting day. You, Tracy, and John put together an enjoyable event, in a very nice venue. I liked the sporting clays format and the ZI-ZI birds supplied a lot of laughs for paticipants and spectators alike. A good time was had. Should be more fun tomorrow.

Jay
Great to see you and thanks for the kind words.....John and I would not have pulled this off but for the kindness of you and the rest of our friends that drove forever to be here. We have had some great shooting and guns and hope this event will grow legs and become the shoot to attend. I want to thank all the vendors as well as the collectors associations (Parker, Fox and L.C. Smith) for their attendance ( Pastor Charlie Brooks for pushing the single barrel event) as well as all of our friends that took off WORK this week to attend. Bob Ermilio, Gary and Lisa Downey, Phil Futrell, Roger Bain, Bill Blackstone, Kevin and Tom McCormack, Britton Condon, Jerry Smith, Tom Hugger, George Calamaris, To'mas Frontier and Gordie White, Traci Brunner, JD Shank and the Parker Collectors Association. A special thanks to Jent Mitchell and the Va. Vintagers for gracing us with their first class presence. We had a ball and look forward to tomorrow..............

Thanks, Chuck, Tracy, and John, for a great shoot. Thanks to the Virginia Vintagers for a great buffet Friday night. Chuck, I took off work too. OOPS, sorry, I didn't really take off. T, I hope we spelled your name correctly.

Murph
Thank you for your support over the three days. My friends were there for the haul...........Your the best...........What a great shoot and show. Traci, John and I really appreciate all that attended. COB (aka Uncle Rich) was the long haul with a 12 hour drive. Thanks Rich! Mike Smith hung around to do some photo ops and will post.... Next Year! Great Time.........

Chuck, it is the best side by side shoot I have ever attended and I have attended a bunch. You and John are the heroes of all attendees. The awards ceremony is the best I have ever witnessed, and you probably know why. The Lovely Linda joins me in congratulationg our long time friend Britton Condon for his big wins. As I have forever preached, International Skeet is the best building block for an all around competition shooter. Of course, big muscles and youth are not impediments. Chuck and John have made a bunch of new friends and gotten a new perspective from some old ones. You don't want to miss this shoot next year.

Murph
I am humbled by your kind words. The show was great because of its attendees and your endorsement means everything. I hope it will grow and our attendance next year will include all of our friends. There were some Great guns there and some fabulous competition. The shoot-off between Roger Bain (Winchester Custom Shop 30" Trap ) and George Calamaris ( Parker VHE 32" Trap ) on the trap competition was exactly what we had hoped for ..... Down to the last shot with 1 bird separating the winner. We saw some beautiful old single and double trap guns including Kevins BHE vent rib 32" trap as well as Charley Brooks old LC Smith warrior.. Rich Anderson shot a borrowed a mint c grade single shot ... Roger graciously offered a honorary toast to George and proceeded to pass the West Va. Mason Jar around the horn.....George provided the Palmetto Distillery "Shine". A fitting end to a great day..... Britton as you said is a fabulous shooter and had some very tough competition from the entire field. He informed me that the course was tough but all targets could be broken and it showed....No one ran it but there were some high scores all 3 days..John and Jimmy did a great job of setting it up. And then there will be the pictures...Lots of pictures... Taken by Mike Smith of North Carolina ... He graciously stayed until the very end to take the photos of the winners from all the events and will be uploading many photos from all 3 days ... Thanks again Mike ..... Then there were the guns ... a smoking original vhe 410 skeet ... Darryl's cache of 28ga guns that continued to come out of cases from everywhere and Johnathan's Family Foxes ..... Never again in this lifetime ... these were fitting for a museum ... they shot the course .. Gary Downey shot the Dean Whitter 20 ga over/under Woodward (well) at 5 stand with all the other Pegs filled with England's best ... I had a blast to say the least ...

Below are a few photos of our Parker group shooting. There was me, who you do not see as I had the camera, and Jonathan Engle shooting a Becker built Fox, Mike Smith shooting a Fox Skeet and Upland, Rich Anderson, Daryl Corona, and Chuck Bishop. Harold Pickens joined us on the second day and unfortunately in not in these photos!

Photo #2 shows Mike Smith, Chuck Bishop, a great trapper, Jonathan Engle, and Rich Anderson.
Photo #5 shows Daryl Corona watching Mike Smith shoot.
Photo #8 shows my 36" DH 10, Jonathan's Becker built Fox CE, and Mike's Fox Skeet and Upland.

Chuck,
This was my first time at an event like this and I had a great time. Prospect Hall is a beautiful place and the people were wonderful. Met a lot of good people and saw plenty of nice guns. My favorite guns were those seen during the "show and tell" out of the backs of our trucks. Daryl's 28's and GHE 20 were something else.
I got to shoot with Rich, Mark, Mike, Daryl, and Chuck. Rich shot his 28 as well as he did his 12, and Mark can swing those big 10's as fast as anybody.
I don't think I have ever shot as poorly as this weekend. I did get sick Thurs. night and felt like crap the whole time, but that's no excuse.
Hope you hold the event again next year. Thanks to you, your lovely wife Traci, Mr. Algood, Jimmy, and the Virginia Vintagers for such a nice time.
Harold

A few more snapshots for you!

Photo #1; Rich Anderson, unknown, Chuck Brunner (Greenes Guns and this event's organizer), and Tracy Brunner.

Photo #2; Jonathan Engle and Roger Bain discussing the provenance of Jonathan's great grandfather's collection of Burt Becker built AH Fox guns while Mike Smith is photographing that collection.

Photo #3; Rich Anderson and Chuck Bishop manning our humble Parker Brothers display. Anyone know where us midwesterners could obtain a Parker Brothers tablecloth? :)

Photo #4; Jonathan Engle holding one of only two B Grade 8 Gauge Parkers with Mike Smith.

Photo #5;
Unknown, Fred Verry(sp?), Harold Pickens, Mike Smith, Bill Murphy, and Chuck Bishop.

Photo #1; New guys Harold and Mike getting an education from Parker Master Bill.

Photo #2; A few of the Parkers on display!

Photo #3; Virginia Vintager, LC Smith affectionado, and event host Jent Mitchell.

Photo #4; PGCA Research Committee Chairman Chuck Bishop.

Rich Anderson trying to figure out how to buy legendary Parker Brothers' salesman and Knight of the Trigger, Author DuBray's WC Scott pigeon gun. The top rib is inscribed "Custom Made for Author DuBray"!

And the grand finale; Jonathan Engle's great grandfather's Parker B Grade 8 gauge!

I recommend that you click on these photos so that they will open to a larger size to reveal the details of the engraving.

I couldn't be there for the awards. Are results posted anywhere?

That's going to be a tough one. Prospect Hall's website posts scores of their public shoots on their website, but I don't know how quickly that will be done. Hopefully, Chuck will find time to post the scores on the wvgunshow.com website, the site for the shoot.

Guys
I am working on the list of winners and will post everything here. All checks will mail this week. Thanks for the patience

This was a great time and for a first year shoot, & it was done very, very well. The Sporting Clays course was wonderfull with some tricky shots and some simo's (this is Hillbilly lingo for True Pair, I think they have a problem down south with compound words:rotf:) that were a challenge esp with the 28ga. The Hunters Clays course was a fun thing to shoot and my only regret is I only shot it once:banghead:

For those of you who passed on this because it was a first time shoot, to close behind the Southern or to close to Hausmanns missed a great time both on the course and off.

Chuck, John and the staff of Prospect Hall:bowdown::bowdown:

I did miss out on seeing that VHE 410...how did that happen???

Gents, This looks like a great shoot. Thank You for all the updates and pictures. And also I would like to thank all the PGCA members that took the time and trouble to display and man the tables. Great job guy's.....:bowdown:

The last pictures on the second page showed the finalists in the "Steve Barnett Lookalike Competition", the young lady who ran the food service and the Virginia Vintagers banquet, and the elusive Bob Beach, Griffin and Howe historian. No one who attended the shoot can say enough about the food service and the Friday night buffet. Chuck, what is that lady's name? I thought she was a bit of a treasure.

Murph
Momma's Caboose was the caterer....Her name is Dianne and she is a doll. The "Feast" for the Va. Vintagers was excellent. Great photos by Mark Ouellette and Jent Mitchell..... What a Trap squad ...... We are planning a shindig for the early fall.... All the family ... I am waiting on the pics by Mike Smith..... Traci and John are already planning!!!!!! The steamed shrimp as you will attest were killer !!!!!!!!!!!!

Results for the shoot:

Main Event: 85 targets ARGENTINA TRIP

Britton Condon 78



Sporting Clays 50 Targets


10ga Hammer/Hammerless

Godfrey Kaufman 42
Mark Oullette 37
Milt Fitterman 36


12ga Hammer

Robert Beach 42
Britton Condon 42
Dave Defernement 39


12ga Hammerless

Godfrey Kaufman 45
George Stanton 45
JD Shank 40


16ga Hammer/Hammerless

Britton Condon 45
Charles Burke 40
Milt Fitterman 39


20ga Hammer/Hammerless

Godfrey Kaufman 39
Darryl McKigney 36
Rich Anderson 34


28ga Hammer/Hammerless

Dave Defernement 33
Britton Condon 28
Rich Anderson 28



5 stand 25 Targets


12ga Hammer

Godfrey Kaufman 20
Dave Defernement 18
Bill Werape 17


12ga Hammerless

Godfrey Kaufman 22
Dave Defernement 22
Warren Wilson 21


16ga Hammer/Hammerless

Milt Fitterman 17
Brian Damiand 17
Scott Winfield 17


20ga Hammerless

Richard Hine 17
George Calimuris 16
Warren Wilson 14


20ga Hammer

Britton Condon 19
George Calimuris 16
Robert Beech 14


28ga Hammer/Hammerless

Alan Pike 11
John Brickhill 7



ZZ BIRD 25 Targets

George Stanton 12
Fred Verry 10
Bruce Woody 9



Long Bird 20 Targets[/B]

Britton Condon 11
Dave Defernement 4
George Calimuris 4

The Steve Barnett lookalike contest was apparently judged by one of the promoters who was also a contestant. The prize for that event was two adorable West Virginia road dump kittens. According to Chuck, Bill Murphy was the first place finisher. Bill graciously donated his prize to a couple of lovely young ladies who proudly disappeared with their booty after the awards ceremony.

Murph

Forgive me for not pointing out that all important event. And here is final photo of Murph prior to the award for the Steve Barnett Trophy

*Photo submitted by contestant

The lucky young lady with her generously donated prizes

And a couple of pics of option 2 prize ........... Takes a heck of a guy to find those kittens a home:shock:

Thanks for posting the results. I had a great time and as usual, Prospect Hall was a first class operation. Looking foreward to the next shoot.

George
Good shooting and thank you for coming look forward to seeing you at the next event

Correction to scoring

Rich (Crusty Old Bastard) Anderson was 1st in the 28ga Sporting with a 34:bowdown:


Results for the Hunting Course

Dave Defernement 33
Rich Anderson 28
Britton Condon 28

Britt sends his congratulations to Rich from Argentina.

I've attached a sampling of photos that I took this past weekend, mainly of the grounds at Prospect Hall, and our time on the Hunters Clays course. Mark took some great photos of us on the main course, and I tried to do the same on the Hunters course on Saturday. I drove up from NC and stayed the whole weekend from start to finish and had a blast. There were so many highlights that it's hard to mention them all. I shot the 50 round course on Thursday and Friday in 12ga, 16ga and 20ga and shot the Hunters Clays course (40 clays) and the Main Event (85 clays) on Saturday as well. I shot Trap for the first time this weekend, as part of the WV Cup, which was 25 birds from the 27 Yard Line. Thanks to Chuck Brunner for the crash course and to Roger Bain for letting me borrow his Winchester Trap gun for the shoot. Breaking 13 out of 25 with a borrowed gun from that distance, I was pretty happy, and it makes me wish there was a place to shoot Trap where I live. I want to thank Chuck Brunner and all those involved for putting on an amazing event. The course was challenging with some presentations that I've personally never shot before (Poison Birds for instance), and was made even more so for the main event. Jent Mitchell and the Virginia Vintagers put out quite the spread on Friday night, and thanks to George Calomaris for bringing that Palmetto Moonshine! My jar is already half gone. It was great to see and shoot with old friends, and to meet and spend time with new friends like Harold Pickens, Fred Very, Jonathan Engle, etc. This weekend is all about SxS guns, and we sure got to see some fine one's this weekend. Many thanks to Jonathan Engle for sharing his outstanding Fox Collection with us, and that incredible 8ga B Grade Hammer Gun. I seem to recall a few gems from Mr. Murphy too, including the only 30" 8ga Parker made, a "Try Gun" and a very nice high grade double trap. This one is going on the calendar next year for sure, and I hope to see more of you guys there!

Mike


Prospect Hall
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Prospect Hall - View from the 5 Stand
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Vendors Tent
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Prospect Hall - Main House, Check in for shooting
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Five Stand
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Hunters Clays Course
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Trap Field
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Barn & Mamma's Caboose
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The Sunset House
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Mark & Harold making rounds in the tent
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Daryl and Rich hanging out between shoots
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The levels a man will stoop too in order to suck up to Chuck Brunner....and somehow you still didn't go home with that CHE Rich. :rotf:
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Main Event Trophy's
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Early Morning in the Vendor Tent
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Hunters Clays Course - L to R - Harold Pickens, Mike Smith, Rich Anderson, Daryl Carona, Mark Oullette, Chuck Bishop
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Chuck shooting Station 1 - Left high and right low crossers
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Rich on Station 1
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Mark, the only person man enough to shoot sporting clays with a 36" 10ga Parker!
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Daryl on the birds with his 32" DHE 20ga
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Harold swinging his 16ga Fox Sterlingworth
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Thanks to Mark for making sure there were photos of me as well.
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Shooting my 12ga Sterlingworth Skeet & Upland (before the forearm wood came loose :crying:)
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Enjoying some good shooting and smack talking
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Concentration
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Chuck at Station 2
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Rich Wielding his 12ga Hammer Gun
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More left & right crossers at the second station, simo(true) pairs.
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Daryl on Station 2
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Harold feeding his Fox
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Station 3, shooting from the back seat of a canoe!
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Mark shooting and Jimmy (Manager of Prospect Hall) pulling targets and scoring.
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Daryl on the Wobble Trap at the Trap Field
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15 Yard Line?
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Nice shot Harold!
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The Peanut Gallery
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Your Overall Winner, Britton Condon, who was having so much fun we had to drag him off the course to accept his trophy!
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JD Shank receiving his trophy from Jent Mitchell of the Virginia Vintagers.
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Jimmy standing in with Jent to accept the other awards, both of which went to the same person, but their name escapes me. Chuck, any help there?
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Great photos. Thanks for sharing

Great photos Mike. I think you captured my good side. Had such a good time, despite my poor shooting, that I made reservations for Hausmann's event. I guess somebody has to be low gun and it makes Rich look better. Hope you can make it, but us older guys all remember when family took presedence over such things.
Harold

You should know that Mike Smith is a great guy and a wonderful photographer......I am looking forward to seeing my friend again in the spring......thanks again Mike

Hate to repeat the message but thanks to Mike and Mark for capturing the fun with their cameras. Many thanks to Chuck and John Allgood for a first class event which I knew they would pull off without a hitch. Also thanks to Jimmy and the staff of Prospect Hall for their first class treatment of the shooters. Already looking forward to the 2014 event. By the way Rich, You would'nt be able to shoot your Parkers in Argentina as that is really a semi-auto venue, but would'nt it be fun with that 32" 16 and a loader?

I don't think the Argentina trip is neccesarily a semi-auto venue. Check with our mentors, Chuck and John.

Great pictures Mike---thanks for your efforts-----any pictures of the Engle collection?? Thanks Craig Larter