Big Shoot Comming Up

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For you guys that live out in the western part. It's too far and I'm too old to go.
But a lot of my friends go to this one. It will be all I can do to go to the one in
June in Indiana. But go we will.

 

[fdf]

It's a good shoot with lot's of nice folks there The wind can be brutal and damage to spotting scopes happens.

The pistol match is 1,000 points.

They have added several new pistol matches and the extra day is nice if you lose a day to the wind.

 

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I shot the 1,000 point Agg at Friendship once in one day! I won't do that again!

 

[fdf]

Ten (10) record targets in a day is not my idea of fun.

 

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Well I wasn't going to shoot that year at all. Just wasn't feeling good. The last
day which is on a Saturday, That morning I changed my mind. Started at 9:00
and shot until last relay at 5:00. Took the usual one hour lunch break. The last
three matches I had left were the Flint. Boy was I tired. The short shoot in the
Spring is a lot easer on me. Mike L. Shot on crutches last year. Bad foot.
Now he has a bad elbow. Old age is getting him too. Kidding him about beating
my score I shot there when I was 65. I call it the "65" club. Mine was a 99 3X.
Mike won't be 65 for a couple more years. I feel kinda bad now. Hope he has a
better year.

 

[davepool]

This is definitely on my to do list this year ( already arranged for a few days vacation time ). I live about 20 minutes away from Ben Avery and have been shooting there for a long time. My interest in BP shooting got started a little over a year ago and the addiction hadn't fully set in until after last years shoot.

I plan on having the two pistol kits i'm working on finished in time for the meet.

I'll take some photos and post them.

 

[damoc]

what is the hawk and knife event?

 

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AHhhhh, I have won many a hawk & knife match. A hawk match is where you
throw your tommy hawk at a target which might be a playing card stuck on a
piece of wood. You get so many points for sticking it, and so many for sticking it in the card. Usually throw from about 15-20 ft. Knife is the same.
You usually get 5 throws. Rules might be a little different from club to club.
The hawk blade cannot be more than 4 inches wide. Knife must have a handle
and have a cutting edge. Here is a video of me in 1990 throwing. No laughing now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9tobdeYvXs