2022 Vintage Gunners Cup - Sept. 14-17
 

The 24th Annual Vintage Gunners Cup World Side-by-Side Championship and Exhibition will be held at Hausmann's Hidden Hollow Sporting Clays, September 14-17, 2022, in Friendsville, Pennsylvania.

For updated info, please check here: https://vintagers.org/vintage-gunners-cup

Thank you all! ---Matt

Looking forward to it!! :clap:

Sara

Their website says the 50 target events for large bore guns will be on the upper course at the top of the hill. Can anybody confirm that? That course was closed due to fracking at the NE SxS Classic this past June.

The small bore course was ridiculously hard this year, and usually is my favorite.
Unfortunately, have a family vacation planned during that time so will be unable to attend.

I believe the level of difficulty discouraged a fair number of shooters who would have otherwise shot more rounds on it.

It did that for me! In our group of 6 shooters( some of which have made the Parker team before) 1 target was broken at one station--thats 36 shots with only 1 broken target.

I'll pass on the feedback on the difficulty level. We do try to make sure the courses are fun for the Vintage Gunners Cup.

The upper course will require a little re-routing, I am told, due to fracking operations, but it will be in use and remain largely intact. ----Matt

I was told the small bore course in June was set up to be like grouse shots . To each his own with the 20 gauge I barely broke HALF . I was not enthused ! However everyone had to shoot the same targets so it is what it is . I will say the year before on the previous smallbore course I broke 40+ and this newer course that's up above the skeet field it wasn't the same for darn sure .

Any word on where the shoot will be held in 2023?

I assume you mean the June shoot when we went to the banquet ?

Craig, look at the title of the thread! The 2023 Vintage Cup.

Look again.

We were at Addieville today, and there was some mention of hopes it would return there in '23.

No, Chuck means the September VGC.

Hard or soft targets, the top guns win either way. Softer targets make everyone happy though. Trust me, I’m a doctor.

Thread is 2022 VGC. We’re doing the Fall Southern in ‘23.

You could do the Fall Southern this year too. Just sayin’

I suspect they mean the same course we shot in June for the big guns .

Even if you don't shoot the first target at Back Woods the seafood in Georgetown is darn near worth the trip :cool:

I think it also means more rounds shot = more $ spent, better for the club.

No we can’t. I already have grouse hunts booked out of state for October and we need to plan WAY ahead for both of us to go. That is the same time frame the upcoming litter of Setters go to their new homes.

Now you’re diggin where the taters are!!

Pete, it’s not always about just making them “easy”, that’s very subjective. Targets should be interesting. It’s a fine line we walk with broken glass on one side and rusty razor blades on the other!!

I understand that the small bore course was set up to imitate grouse shooting, but in real life I'm sure that six guys taking six shots each would have accounted for more than one bird. I do not need my ego stroked with easy shots, but with that said, Junes small bore course was way more difficult than it needed to be. Just my personal opinion.

This was posted to the Vintager's Facebook page yesterday. They did not mention if shooters will be limited to purchasing a limited number of boxes.

Vintage Gunners
Yesterday at 12:40 PM ·
Good News!
I just got off the phone with MR. RST. Looks like they will have shotshells for the Vintage Gunners Cup. Morris Baker of RST said, "Please, no pre-orders - pick up you ammo at the their booth during the event". It doesn't look good for 10 gauge and 12 gauge 2 inch shells, but everything else will be there. A great time to pick up those hunting loads for this fall too. Hope to see all our shooting friends on 14-17 September for the Vintage Gunners Cup.

That is good news! And with some luck, 16 will be available for online order after the event. RST 16 is my greatest need right now.

Here are the confirmed exhibitors:

Robin Hollow Outfitters
Steve Barnett Fine Guns
Cole Johnson Art
Stephen Cobb Quality Guns
RST Shotshells
Country Pursuits and Outfitters
Dan Morgan Classic Stocks
Ken Waite Sporting Collectibles
Dan Mayes Classic Stocks
Poulins Antiques and Auction
Classic Fisherman
Morphy’s Auctions
Delaney And Sons
A.H. Fox Collectors Association
L.C. Smith Collectors Association
Parker Gun Collectors Association
Lefever Arms Collectors Association
German Gun Collectors Association

There will be plenty to look at. Come on out and enjoy the event!