A winning weekend
Saturday we packed up the Suburban and headed south back to Massachusetts to attend a "Spring Fling" field day and spaghetti supper at my gun club.
There was an archery event, a "lucky target" black powder shoot, kid's games, trap & skeet, and a smallbore shoot, all capped off with a spaghetti supper.
We had brought Caleigh's preschooler sized shooting glasses and earmuffs, s well as her fishing gear, but once we got there and she spotted some kids to play ball with, that was it for her! Wendy spent the afternoon having fun in the kitchen with Sue, making salad for the dinner. I spent most of the afternoon catching up with old friends. Later in the day, however, I wandered over tot he smallbore shoot to see how it was set up in case I could convince Caleigh to break away from playing ball and give it a try. It turns out that there were two classes, one for kids (lucky target) and an open class. The open class was 10 shots fired offhand at a B-3 target at 50 feet.
After watching some of the scores, I decided to enter. To make it sporting, I decided to use the little kid's rifle that was available. It is one of those little "cricket" .22 bolt rifles. The barrel is just long enough to be legal and the stock is so teeny that it is funny to see a grown man hold it. I shot a 90-2x. JAD had been hanging out watching as well. After seeing me shoot the little rifle, he had to try, so he entered. He shot an 89-2x.
We entered again, only this time we would use the adult sized rifle. It was a single shot bolt gun with a scope. The trigger was quite stiff, and the scope was mounted so far forward that you had to lean into it at an awkward angle to get a sight picture. Those flaws were handy because they are ready made excuses for bad shots. I shot a 98-6x with the "big boy" rifle. JAD got his turn to fire, and shot a 97-7x. If he had tied me, he would have won because the x ring shots are the deciding factor.
I won a cap and a CD-ROM fishing game, but the real prize was being able to tease JAD for the rest of the day. We used to be on a pistol team together and he is an exceptional shot.
At the spaghetti supper, there were raffle prizes as well. We won a garden hose (can never have too many) and a box of duck decoys.
We got home after midnight.
I really miss my old club, and was glad to have an event like this to go to so everybody would be there at the same time.
Sunday was spent doing yard work, cleaning up winter debris for our little camping trip with Caleigh. We set up a big dome tent, made a fire pit, and after dark roasted planked salmon by the fire, then toasted marshmallows. Caleigh want to have another campfire tonight, but I'm not sure the weather will co-operate.
After the pole shed is done, plans are afoot to set up a permanent campsite over by the pond so there will be less work involved in sleeping out in the future.
There was an archery event, a "lucky target" black powder shoot, kid's games, trap & skeet, and a smallbore shoot, all capped off with a spaghetti supper.
We had brought Caleigh's preschooler sized shooting glasses and earmuffs, s well as her fishing gear, but once we got there and she spotted some kids to play ball with, that was it for her! Wendy spent the afternoon having fun in the kitchen with Sue, making salad for the dinner. I spent most of the afternoon catching up with old friends. Later in the day, however, I wandered over tot he smallbore shoot to see how it was set up in case I could convince Caleigh to break away from playing ball and give it a try. It turns out that there were two classes, one for kids (lucky target) and an open class. The open class was 10 shots fired offhand at a B-3 target at 50 feet.
After watching some of the scores, I decided to enter. To make it sporting, I decided to use the little kid's rifle that was available. It is one of those little "cricket" .22 bolt rifles. The barrel is just long enough to be legal and the stock is so teeny that it is funny to see a grown man hold it. I shot a 90-2x. JAD had been hanging out watching as well. After seeing me shoot the little rifle, he had to try, so he entered. He shot an 89-2x.
We entered again, only this time we would use the adult sized rifle. It was a single shot bolt gun with a scope. The trigger was quite stiff, and the scope was mounted so far forward that you had to lean into it at an awkward angle to get a sight picture. Those flaws were handy because they are ready made excuses for bad shots. I shot a 98-6x with the "big boy" rifle. JAD got his turn to fire, and shot a 97-7x. If he had tied me, he would have won because the x ring shots are the deciding factor.
I won a cap and a CD-ROM fishing game, but the real prize was being able to tease JAD for the rest of the day. We used to be on a pistol team together and he is an exceptional shot.
At the spaghetti supper, there were raffle prizes as well. We won a garden hose (can never have too many) and a box of duck decoys.
We got home after midnight.
I really miss my old club, and was glad to have an event like this to go to so everybody would be there at the same time.
Sunday was spent doing yard work, cleaning up winter debris for our little camping trip with Caleigh. We set up a big dome tent, made a fire pit, and after dark roasted planked salmon by the fire, then toasted marshmallows. Caleigh want to have another campfire tonight, but I'm not sure the weather will co-operate.
After the pole shed is done, plans are afoot to set up a permanent campsite over by the pond so there will be less work involved in sleeping out in the future.
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