Are you shooting FITASC ?

[edgarspencer]

For the past several years, a few of us have been making weekly trips to either Addieville, or Peacedale; both in Rhode Island. Generally an hour and 20 minutes to either venue. The round trip commutes are nearly as long as the amount of time we are actually shooting.
My local Club; The Hartford Gun Club (oldest continually operating club in the country) put in 4 FITASC courses a few years ago. The club is 3 miles from my house, and I've been a member since I was 18, 58 years ago.
Each course has 9 machines, and you shoot at 25 targets, from 3 pegs, each having a menu, not unlike 5 Stand. Peg one is 5 singles and 2 pairs (true or simo) and pegs 2 & 3 have 4 singles and two pairs each. Missed singles can be shot at twice, so you potentially need 38 shells per game, Though many of the targets are so far gone, the 2nd shot is often a Hail Mary.
There are many additional rules, such as Low Gun only (butt must be 10" below the shoulder).
To say that FITASC is very humbling is very much an understatement, especially for me. I think my first round's score, a few months ago, was SIX.
When my wife sees me walking around the place, doing my best Hang Dog, she will say "Want to go to the club and I'll Pull for you?" I'm out that door like a new pup going for a ride. One word of caution if you intend to shoot the game with one of your Parkers; have a glove for your leading hand. The gun doesn't get a lot of time to cool down.