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.

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.