Bill Curry Passes

[Jack Kuzepski]

Dean,

Thanks for the post. I met Bill Curry at the Southern SXS classic in Sanford years ago, I was only there one year (2003 or 2004) and getting ready to shoot the course with a 12 ga when Bill Curry came by in a golf cart with a friend in the passenger seat. When he saw I was by myself, he stopped, introduced himself and the passenger and asked if I'd like to join them. He said I could put my gun in the cart rack, my shells and stuff with theirs, stand on the metal plate and hold on to the back for the ride. I jumped at the chance and thanked him very much. We were shooting the preliminary courses, not the main event, and he was shooting a 10 ga hammer gun and a 10 ga hammerless. He asked if it be "OK" with us if he could shoot first, then his friend, me shoot and then he shoot again so there was some time between his shooting for him to recover. Heck that was fine with me. It was quite an experience. Those guys could shoot! I remember Bill was shooting an Ithaca 3-1/2" magnum hammerless and I think the hammer gun was a Parker. Between stations I asked him about shooting the 10's and he answered my questions completely particularly about the loads. He had explained that they were either 1-1/8 or 1-1/4 oz field loads. The guns may be heavy but the recoil wasn't bad; made sense to me. It was through him that I got a hankering for a 10 ga to play with. Now I have (in the order I acquired them)an 1888 10 ga Parker hammer gun, 1889 10 ga E grade Lefever hammerless, 10 ga William Moore hammer gun and a 10 ga W&C Scott and Son 1904 hammerless.
Rest In Peace Bill

Jack Kuzepski