Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L

That problem has been around for a while, shaken, then pored through a funnel, does the trick for us. I have noticed that the newer bottles (or at least my latest batch) have a rubber gasket built into the cap and that seems to be doing the trick to keep the moisture out. Save up the desiccant packs from your bottles and toss a few extra ones into any bottle that you open and it seem to help too. Love this stuff (and the Goex Pinnacle before it that was the same stuff)! I think by this time Holli and I have been through well north of 150lbs of the stuff. I wonder if APP gives out a special pin when you hit 250lbs?

One last thought... Last spring, down at the Florida State Championship "The Ides Of March" they had installed a new target holder on several of their bays to angle the steel down and back to reduce the back splatter. They used steel target bases that held a 2x4 vertically and then had a steel top piece that the steel was attached too. They had been using these for a long time, but this year they replaced the target holders with a new part they purchased that held the targets at a downward angle. I took a picture of the part. The top part (Orange) was made by a company called RangeTime and the following is a link to their website...RangeTime. They sell a complete system (minus the 2x4) but you should be able to just buy the tops like they did in Florida. Not as cheap as Paper Plates though...

When my wife and I and our two boys were just starting out, we just used the cheapest paper plates we could buy for the rifle and pistol targets. They are about 9" in diameter, easy to tell if hit, and with the use of a Sharpie marker or highlighter, can be reused a couple of times. For the shotgun, if you really want to buy a steel target, look at getting a swinger. They aren't used much anymore at matches as most clubs went to the knockdown style to eliminate the Magic BB rule, i.e. "Did he hit it with 1 BB", and it eliminates the need to reset the target each time. Alternately, you can buy or make a clay bird holder. We used to scrounge the unbroken ones from the skeet/trap fields for use.

I dropped Holli and my applications in the mail yesterday. Looking forward to another good time. I just need to figure a way to motorize that dang cart of mine to get it up the hill!

If I ever grow up, I want to shoot as fast as Jace! Well Done, young man, well done!

An amazing picture of an amazing group of folks!

Looking forward to it and counting down the days!

Yep, I was thinking of him when I was writing that list and I don't know why I didn't add him. He gift wrapped and handed me my posterior at Land Run a few years ago! And Cheyenne Culpepper, Possum Skinner, and who could forget Tex! There have truly been some great ones. And Scarlett Darling! I keep hoping some of her skill will rub off on me when I get my hugs!

When we first got started, my wife and I and our two boys (10 & 12 at the time) used to shoot maybe 12 matches a year, once or twice a month was about all our time allowed. When they got a little older we bumped it up a little bit and added a State and a Regional. When they both got out of High School, we added an out of state State match to the list. Then they went to college, got married, had kids, and my wife and I got busy with family obligations. Our kids don't shoot any more, but my wife and I still do. For a lot of complicated reasons, we found that we were not able to make a lot of monthly matches (especially at our home club as I run those) but we started going to a lot of away matches, particularly State or Annual multi-day matches. It kind of forced us to plan farther in advance, lock in the travel dates, and for us personally, made for a better experience by having a Multi-Day Cowboy Weekend instead of trying to squeeze in a day here or there. This year, we will be attending the following "Big" matches along with a few monthly matches when time permits. We did two monthlies in January in Florida and we will hit a few around our home range as well. 03 – 05 Apr 2025 - The Last Stand (FL State Championship) 10 – 12 Apr 2025 - The Bushwhack (SC State Championship) 02 – 04 May 2025 - Sussex County Shootout (DE State Championship) 23 – 25 May 2025 - North Mountain Shootout (PA State Championship) 06 – 08 Jun 2025 - Thunder Valley Days XXV (MD State Championship) (I'm the Match Director at this match) 20 – 22 Jun 2025 - Mason Dixon Stampede (Thurmont Rangers Annual) 28 Jun 2025 - Smoke on the Mattoponi (VA BP Championship) 29 – 31 Aug 2025 - Gunfight At The Double C (VA State Championship) 26 – 28 Sept 2025 - Appalachian Showdown (WV State Championship) 30 Oct – 01 Nov 2025 - Carolina Cattle Drive (NC State Championship) Overall, that's about 22 days of shooting, along with a few others tossed in. I wish it was more, but it's all time will allow for now. As to the Wire, well I tend to come here in batches. I read more than I post these days because I can't type worth a tinkers damn on my dang phone! But, I can put on enough magnification to be able to read my phone in bed!

There is a reason you don't often see Gunfighters at the top of the leader board. The are exceptions of course, for the Cyborgs like Missouri Lefty, Walker Colt, and those guys that can switch between alternating pistols and double cocking pistols in the middle of a string so they never have to cross their pistols are just otherworldly, but even so, traditional shooters tend to claim the top spot more often then not. But Gunfighters are just coooooool! I remember when I first found this game way back in 2002, it was required that you that had to be "Approved" in order to shoot gunfighter and there was even a Gunfighter Card! I wanted one of those soooo baaaad, but by the time I was ready to shoot gunfighter, they stopped doing that. I would have to go back and check, but think I started shooting Gunfighter back in late 2008/early 2009 and I will never go back until I just physically can't. It's just too much fun! I may never (heck, who am I kidding, I will never!) set any records, but I will certainly enjoy the heck out of myself while I can.

As long as there is a place to stage the guns, or the option to shoot the pistol positions back to back, I have no issue with split pistol stages. Do I want to see that on the majority of stages, Heck No! One or two per 10+ stage match, no issue. It keeps things interesting. It's no different that having 10 Stand & Deliver stages at a match. It would get boring fast. As with all things, everything in moderation, nothing in excess, and it will all be fine! Just my $0.02, which won't even pay the tax on a cup of coffee.

Only 5 more weeks to go! The first match of our season locally was supposed to be this Sunday, but it was just cancelled because the weather is going to be miserable. Temps at the start time will be around 26 degrees with wind chills dropping that another 10. No Fun At All! The next chance for a match will be the following Saturday, a match that I run (well at least that's the theory) and at the moment the weather looks decent, but that's a week away and that is a lifetime weather-wise here in central Maryland. Lots to do still to get ready for Florida and times slipping away. Dang, I've still got to scrub all that smokeless residue out of my guns after our January trip and get them ready for the "One And Only True Powder", Black Powder! All I know is that I am really looking forward to hitting the trail southward. It's gonna be a blast!

Personally, if I was allowed to re-holster, it would likely cost me time. In all likelihood, when I got to the second position, I would start up with the wrong pistol (the one with only two rounds), go Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Click at which point my brain would freeze and I would spend at least a second figuring out what happened before the light came on and I said, "Oh, the "Other" gun"! I have enough trouble keeping that straight when I keep them out!

The only time is seems to matter is when you forget to move your finger to the second trigger and are trying to figure out why the dang shotgun won't fire...

My personal experience is that WOOT is almost always overstock. If you look at the shoes or boots or clothing, most times there are very limited color and size choices. Still, I get a lot of good deals there, especially on DeWalt tools and batteries. Got some great deals over the years.