I corresponded with Dr. Truitt by PM indicating that the term "Truitt Special" is a compliment and refers to a big long heavy gun that shoots shells legal in the small gauge classes but without insert tubes. I will stand by my statement that these attempts at the win do violate the spirit of the game. It will cause those who compete with "little" original guns to vacate the competition. I think Daryl and I are on the fence about when the big guns should be allowed. Obviously, the Vintager sanctioned shoots should be a place where they should be discouraged, since the vintage original guns are what they want to see. The Southern Side by Side is another type of shoot altogether. No one much dresses up Vintager style and no one much pays dues to Ray Poudret. Maybe at shoots such as this, the rules should allow rebarrelled big guns in the small gauge events, which they do, and maybe they should go back to allowing tubed guns, which they once did but no longer do. The Northeast Shoot is in the hands of Ernie Hauseman and could go either way. I applaud Dr. Truitt for taking it upon himself to build such great guns and every time I see him, I ask to inspect his work. I am no newcomer to NSCA competition, have a very low membership card number and competed for several years from the beginning. There are small gauge events at almost every shoot and a side by side event at every important shoot. The big guns have every opportunity to be used at these events. I would hate to be deprived of the privilege of seeing John Truitt in action with his great guns, but the rules may catch up with him, as they did with me when I won the .410 at the Southern.
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