The January 1st 2014 shoot is in the history books. Attendees endured a very cold and sunny day with a fairly stiff breeze at times keeping wind chills in the single digits all day. We shot trap, skeet and protection. In the protection Frank Cronin and his ringer team mate Troy who was shooting a funny looking Perazzi trap gun beat the rest of field breaking 18 from the 27 yard line. They bested Robin Lewis and myself by a bird but we were following the rules and shooting Parker guns
. Frank wowed the club regulars when he joined them on the first round of trap and touched off is infamous 1 1/4 ounce Black Powder loads in his 5 frame hammer 10. I was hoping it would have shattered some of the ice on the field but it just wasn't quite enough. Fortunately everyone stayed on their feet today as there was a lot of slippery blue ice from the rain we had early last week.
Breakfast goodies were provided by Frank Cronin and lunch was Billy Chili (Venison) Janelle and Bob Weeman who created some type of chicken gumbo dish. Both were delicious.
We saw the AAA truck go by and I understand they had to go retrieve a Porsche something or other that got stuck on the way to the shoot.
Several of the club regulars joined us in the morning to hear their guns go bang on New Years. Among them were Glenn Watts who was trying out a very nice new to him Parker SC SBT and his friend Mark Callahan who had a B grade he shot for the first time. I didn't get a good look at the gun or chance to take a picture of it. I finally got to look at Dean's D grade 10ga hammer gun, what a beauty.
Thanks to everyone who came and Happy New Year to all.
Here's a few pictures I took.
L-R Glenn Watts, Bill Janelle, Bob Weeman, Frank Cronin
Herb Hewlett
Bob Weeman
Robin Lewis
Bill Janelle
Dean Romig
Frank Cronin
