CHE Double Trap

[B. Dudley]

That is a lot of forend on that gun. Wow!

[Dean Romig]

Actually Larry, I bought $100 worth of raffle tickets because I wanted it so badly. I even blabbed endlessly on the forum about the fact that I knew I would win it. I couldn't make it to the Annual Meeting that year but when I learned on the forum that I had won it I nearly fell off my chair.... I was shocked!!

Thanks Allan for the "rest of the story". And thank you for bringing it back to New England making it easier for me to 'claim my winnings'. That first meeting was the beginning of a really good friendship.

I'm not a trap shooter. And like a lot of others, I generally don't keep a gun for a long time that I don't intend to shoot so that great CHE went down the road - hopefully to a dedicated trap shooter or sporting clays shooter. It was a great privilege to call it mine for a year or so.

[Dean Romig]

Mine was built on a 1 1/2 frame and I'm sure it weighed just under 7 1/2 lbs. What a dream it was to shoot... so incredibly well balanced.
Mine had high dimensions and the wide "trap" comb that are pretty common on dedicated competition guns from Parker. Unfortunately this is the best picture I have of that feature on this gun.




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[Bill Murphy]

Late Miller trigger. Dean, we don't sell guns like that. My CHE Trap is a project that has been in process for "a while".

[Pa SxS]

I had just joined the PGCA and it was the first raffle I entered. Too bad I didn't know you back then, you could have sold it to me, a REAL TRAPSHOOTER

[C.O.B.]

My DHE trap has an even wider forearm I believe then the CHE Dean had. I don't shoot it much but a friend continually borrows it for the sxs shoots. Maybe I'll dig it out for a round at Drakes this April.

[Dean Romig]

Bill - I've been kicking myself ever since!

[charlie cleveland]

dean what happened to that 20 ga...it is a nice gun for sure.... charlie

[Dean Romig]

What 20 ga.?

This trap gun is a 12 ga. and I sold it too soon and too short.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

So I moved to my final station and "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW! (MISS).... I couldn't believe I had psyched myself out of breaking that last clay after breaking 24 straight. What an embarrassment!
I was determined to shoot another round - this time I would relax through the entire round and very carefully and in supreme control of myself, would quite easily redeem myself before the other shooters who were snickering just a little bit because they know only too well how this game can get into your mind.

I will only humbly and unashamedly tell you that on my second round I DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING - MISSING ONLY THE VERY LAST CLAY THAT I WOULD EVER SHOOT THIS WONDERFUL GUN AT.

I was not shooting a Parker, but in the 2001 NH State Championship I missed the 200th target in the Singles Championship, a dead straight away from station 3, for a 198x200. I wasn't the least bit nervous, it was the last target of a long day, I had a 199 in the bag, or so I thought. Instead of focusing on the shot I had to make I was mentally polishing the Champion or Runner-Up trophy in my mind. Remember when your parents told you not to count your chickens before they hatch? Complete focus on each target is always required in trap, the most important bird you will shoot is the one you are about to call for, every time. It was a hard lesson.