MX3 Moved on Down the Road

I bought this Perazzi MX3 last May but I haven't been shooting it and didn't plan on shooting it. Last Fall, I hung up a sign at the gun club to sell it and got limited interest and no sale. I put it on trapshooters.com one Sunday a few weeks ago and it was sold a few hours later to long-yardage shooter in Corpus Christi, Texas who had two already but wanted an MX3 with a fixed choke. This one miked out to 37 thousandths. It was a neat gun with perfect blueing and a practically new stock from an MX15 which was a really nice piece of wood. I sold it for a little more than I paid for it which was enough to offset the shipping costs to Texas.

Alfermann

Cool engraving on an Alfermann, 100% American Made.

Shooting brake

I was flipping thru the paper's today and I saw a story about Ferrari's new car, styled as a "shooting brake." Well, I like cars and I like shooting so I Googled shooting brake and this is what I found. Wikipedia: "Shooting-brake, or "Shooting Break", is a three-door car body style with a squared-off rear. They generally have a rear liftgate like a wagon or a hatchback although one or a pair of side-hinged doors is also sometimes seen. The term originated with custom built 2-door luxury estate cars altered for use by hunters and other sportsmen such as golfers, riders, and polo players requiring easy access to larger storage areas than offered by the typical automobile boot."

Some more examples:

X-mas Shooting

Got some nice days over Christmas break and shot some sporting clays, wobble trap and 5-Stand with Dad. We shot at Owens Station in Delaware and at Schrader's in Maryland. Dad beat me consistently and with his 28 gauge Guerini.