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.

How hard can it be

... if you can break it with a golf ball

Guerinis

I got my Guerini in the Spring of 2009 and put 9,575 shells thru it that year. This year, I put 20,300 shells thru it. All without a single hiccup. I think they are great guns for the money and they seem to be catching on. Mine is going to their Maryland facility this winter for a checkup, for free.

I saw this picture on Trapshooters.com today, its a custom stock for a CG made by Dennis DeVault. Imagine how big the owner's hands must be to fit that grip.

I wanted to shoot this weekend but we had snow and sub-zero temperatures. My dad shot a 3 bird sporting clays tournament in Delaware, have to shoot an auto, and won this trophy. And he's smiling this time.

Skeet

Went out to St. Charles Sportsman's Club last night and shot some trap, ran a round of singles which felt good. I've been having some troubles there. A friend of mine just joined and he came out with a friend and we shot some skeet. We had the skeet field to ourselves, it was a cold night. I put the O/U barrels on my MX2005, 1-1/8 ounces of 9s and a modified choke will smoke a skeet target hard. But most of the skeet targets escaped unscathed. It was fun, we had a good time, skeet shooting is a lot more social than trap shooting. Shot some doubles from post 8.