[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Gentleman,

The qualification rounds are self scoring but the actual Fox - Parker challenge is watched by a hundred spectators and each team.

What good would it be to cheat one's way onto a challenge team then to contribute little to the team score?

An example is me last year. I shot a rather good round if clays with 14 pound DH 8 gauge. My score was 38 and high of 10 or more Parker and Fox guys and gals on the squad. Team Parker asked me to shoot for them in competition that afternoon. I declined because of three reasons.
1. I had bought only 8 and 10 gauges guns and did not think that a 10 gauge would be legal since Fox never made a gun in that gauge.
2. An 8 gauge is a cannon! The square of a gun's bore is a factor in total air pressure generated by each shot. I was exhausted after shooting my little cannon.
3. Although I had shot the high score of the squad I had done so with a light 8 gauge load, 1 & 3/4 ounces of shot! My integrity would not allow me to claim a position on the Parker squad.

In the end Debbie F. got to shoot and she loved it! I was pleased that she could experience competition by representing team Parker.

In the end it is the shooters abilities much more than the guns. I own both Parkers and Fox guns and love them all.

Mark