New Years Day Shoot - Major Waldrons - Barrington NH

[John D.]

I took this on Sunday testing out my "new-to-me" Sony A7r camera on a test run with the camera...

It's one of our 911s in the snow.

I love them in any weather - both the camera and the cars...

'Nuff Said.

John

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by John Dunkle

Obviously - a horrific driver....

Just to note - a Porsche 911 has been my "daily driver" - 365 days a year - since 1981... Yes - Spring, summer, fall - and yep WINTER - with snow...

It's not what you drive, but rather...

How you drive..

Just sayin'

John

I knew the KTP didn't pay their employees very much, but 32 years in the same car, that's terrible.

[Dean Romig]

When I ran parts & accessories departments at Volvo dealers, and especially during the last six years or so, I stocked a few hundred tires all of the time and stocked and sold Pirelli's, Blizzak's, Vredestein's, Michelin's, just to name a few. Winter tire technology (notice we don't say "snow tires" any more because we usually drive on dry pavement in the winter) has advanced by light years in these few short years. Winter tires have been redeveloped using a composition which actually gets softer as the weather gets colder, allowing for far superior traction under all conditions encountered in winter driving. I run aggressive winter tires all year long and swear by them. Michelin Pilot Alpins probably ARE the best winter tires you can buy..... but they ARE costly.... but they DO give you an advantage - professional driver (I've driven with the pro in the Michelin clip) or average Joe, like me.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by John Dunkle

I took this on Sunday testing out my "new-to-me" Sony A7r camera on a test run with the camera...

It's one of our 911s in the snow.

I love them in any weather - both the camera and the cars...

'Nuff Said.

John

Holy Cow John.... that camera does amazing things!!! WOW!!

Hey, I know that bridge. That's over the mighty Piscataqua River. Izzat your back yard John??

[C.O.B.]

How do you know I don't have a 911??? I'm not a flashy guy

My Cadillac STS could use some of those tires, it's crap in the snow, just another reason not to work in the winter

[J.B. Books]

Shoot is on, skies are clear, temp is 9 deg, snow storm Hercules will not start until early tomorrow morning.

[Dean Romig]

It's a balmy 19 degrees at my house but I know that 10 degree loss will be well worth it. See you guys about 8:30.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It's a balmy 19 degrees at my house but I know that 10 degree loss will be well worth it. See you guys about 8:30.

It's warmed up to 12, should be about 19 when you get here

[J.B. Books]

The January 1st 2014 shoot is in the history books. Attendees endured a very cold and sunny day with a fairly stiff breeze at times keeping wind chills in the single digits all day. We shot trap, skeet and protection. In the protection Frank Cronin and his ringer team mate Troy who was shooting a funny looking Perazzi trap gun beat the rest of field breaking 18 from the 27 yard line. They bested Robin Lewis and myself by a bird but we were following the rules and shooting Parker guns . Frank wowed the club regulars when he joined them on the first round of trap and touched off is infamous 1 1/4 ounce Black Powder loads in his 5 frame hammer 10. I was hoping it would have shattered some of the ice on the field but it just wasn't quite enough. Fortunately everyone stayed on their feet today as there was a lot of slippery blue ice from the rain we had early last week.

Breakfast goodies were provided by Frank Cronin and lunch was Billy Chili (Venison) Janelle and Bob Weeman who created some type of chicken gumbo dish. Both were delicious.

We saw the AAA truck go by and I understand they had to go retrieve a Porsche something or other that got stuck on the way to the shoot.

Several of the club regulars joined us in the morning to hear their guns go bang on New Years. Among them were Glenn Watts who was trying out a very nice new to him Parker SC SBT and his friend Mark Callahan who had a B grade he shot for the first time. I didn't get a good look at the gun or chance to take a picture of it. I finally got to look at Dean's D grade 10ga hammer gun, what a beauty.

Thanks to everyone who came and Happy New Year to all.


Here's a few pictures I took.

L-R Glenn Watts, Bill Janelle, Bob Weeman, Frank Cronin



Herb Hewlett



Bob Weeman



Robin Lewis



Bill Janelle



Dean Romig



Frank Cronin

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Pete for hosting yet another great time on New Years Day in the Great White North!!

We had a really good time shooting and visiting. I brought five hammer guns for shoot-n-show-n-tell and actually shot four of them. The fifth was Tom Latham's twenty-gauge lifter which is well worn but closes like a vault and displays some wonderful Stub Twist barrel pattern.

As you can see, skeet stations six, seven and eight were literally a skating rink... on a slope no less... What FUN that was!



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