Spring Southern SXS

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

NOON?? Two main events, Hammer Gun Challenge and Black Powder event. Don't think we're rolling out of there until closer to 2 or 3.

Mike,
I was not aware there was a Black Powder event on Sunday. That must be something new.

[Snap Cap]

Mike, the BP event is scheduled for 2:30 pm on Sunday according to the register/schedule page on the Deep River Site.

Larry, I believe that the participation in the BP event has dwindled to single digit
numbers the last couple of years. I think a lot of folks just don't want to hang around that late on Sunday, but get an early start for home instead. HTH, FV.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Yup, usually the BP event is the last thing shot on Sunday. No sooner are we done shooting and the smoke is clearing , Rick is packing up his traps. As for participation, I think last year there may have been 7 or 8 guys. I just love making big booms and peering through the smoke.

[Mills]

With the annual meeting behind us now, the next BIG Parker event is the Spring Southern. PARKER NEEDS SHOOTERS! Everyone who regularly comes, please practice up! Anyone who has missed this event in the past or is thinking about coming, you don't know what you are missing. This is truly the Woodstock of the double gun world! Team Parker needs to win the Parker-Smith Challenge and Hammer Gun Challenge this year!

[Mills]

We are changing things around this year and there are actually less slots on Saturday, but more on Friday. Hopefully, this will work better.

So that everyone who wishes to gets to shoot, I suggest that if you are here on Friday, that you go ahead and shoot your qualifying round, so that people who arrive on Saturday get to shoot as well.

Challenge Event One Qualifier Shooting Time Slots Friday 4/22:



Start time: 9:00AM (40 minute slot for first slot of day; then 35 minutes for each slot thereafter)

9:40AM

10:15AM

10:50AM

11:25AM

12:00PM

12:35PM

1:10PM

1:45PM

2:20PM

2:55PM

3:30PM

4:05PM

4:40PM

5:15PM (No LCSCA members planning to attend their national meeting should be scheduled in this final time slot)



**Can accommodate a max total of 75 shooters on Friday





Challenge Event One Qualifier Shooting Time Slots Saturday 4/23


Start Time: 8:15AM

8:50AM

9:25AM

10:00AM

10:35AM

11:10AM

11:45AM

12:20PM

12:55PM

1:30PM

2:05PM



**Can accommodate a max total of 50-55 shooters on Saturday





Eight Gauge Shooting Times Saturday 4/23


Start Time: 11:00AM (20 minute shooter time slots)

11:20AM

11:40AM

12:00PM

12:20PM

12:40PM

1:00PM

1:20PM

1:40PM

2:00PM

2:20PM

2:40PM

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

And as I understand it the Event Two will proceed shortly after the conclusion of Event One?
So its all done Saturday.

[Mills]

Two weeks and counting... April 21-24

Spring is in the air, and that means it's time again for the 17th annual Southern Side By Side Spring Classic Championship and Exhibition. You will not want to miss the opportunity to come out and enjoy three days of shooting with side by side shotguns, visiting the over 75 vendors from all over the world that will be on hand, great food, and a lot of fun and fellowship.

There is no gate fee to enjoy the event, so bring the whole family and experience a fun filled weekend here at Deep River.

We have several new vendors joining us this year along with many of the vendors you have come to know over the years.
•SKB, skbshotguns.com, makers of fine shotguns, will be here. Deep River has been a dealer for them for over twenty years.
•Grand Slam Pheasant Hunts, South Dakota's Premier Hunting Mecca, grandslampheasanthunts.com
•Blackbern, LLC out of Virginia, 757arms.com
•Rizzini USA, rizziniusa.com
•D.C. Whitman Custom Gun Gunsmithing
•Delaney & Sons Authentic British Shooting, delaneyandsons.com
•McIntyre's Gun Service, a full service gun repair facility, from cleaning and chambering a new barrel, to custom fabrication, and using the MDS Bore Scope.
•The Stock Doctor, Custom gun stocks, restoration, refinishing, and repairs. thestockdr.com

For a full list of vendors, visit southernsidebyside.com or deepriver.net

Gates open each day at 9 a.m.

[Mike of the Mountain]

We usually have so much to shoot we get to spend no time in the vendor tents!! We'll be in the carts circling the course like an Indy race!!! Only time we slow down to rest is for "The Challenge" qualifying and shoot-off. We normally shoot 1400+ targets over 4 days. :-)

[Mills]

If you go in the vendor tents, you are likely to come out with a new gun or two!

[Mike of the Mountain]

Mills, been there, did that!! Not in "buy mode" right now. Hopefully next year will see multiple "toys" heading back to NEPA!!