The National Shoot is this week. I attended from Mar 3 to Mar 5. Shot in two matches and did poorly. Saw quite a # of handgun shooters and those guys are super serious. I was there for fun.
Met some great folks there. There were two Garys from CA. One had on his clip board "Good Gary." That must have made his buddy the Bad Gary and left me as the Ugly Gary. Kinda kool since everything I know about gunsmithing, dining etiquette, hygiene, gunfighting and digging I learned from Tuco. Also met Dave Pool from THR. NMLRA Rebecca Waterman was there collecting targets to save folks from carrying them down to the scoring house.
At Traders' Row, there were only about a dozen sutlers. Gunmakers' Hall was vacant and no demonstration was happening when I was there. Bought some parts, musket caps, and loading equipment and a book on the Golden Mean (Through Yesterday's Eyes or something like that). It's the best book I've seen on the topic.
Other people were also using an adjacent range. That explains the selective fire that couldn't possibly come from our crowd.
If I go next year, I'll camp out instead. We stayed at Extended Stay at Black Canyon and it was NASTY. Never again. Worn carpets, old and worn furniture, I had to go to the desk to get bedsheets, pillow, cooking and eating utensils. There wasn't even a scouring pad for them. Oh, there was no blanket either (but thankfully the air was around 60-70 plus).
If you're in AZ, go there. The National Shoot ends on Monday and there's supposed to be a pot luck tonight (Sat).
Met some great folks there. There were two Garys from CA. One had on his clip board "Good Gary." That must have made his buddy the Bad Gary and left me as the Ugly Gary. Kinda kool since everything I know about gunsmithing, dining etiquette, hygiene, gunfighting and digging I learned from Tuco. Also met Dave Pool from THR. NMLRA Rebecca Waterman was there collecting targets to save folks from carrying them down to the scoring house.
At Traders' Row, there were only about a dozen sutlers. Gunmakers' Hall was vacant and no demonstration was happening when I was there. Bought some parts, musket caps, and loading equipment and a book on the Golden Mean (Through Yesterday's Eyes or something like that). It's the best book I've seen on the topic.
Other people were also using an adjacent range. That explains the selective fire that couldn't possibly come from our crowd.
If I go next year, I'll camp out instead. We stayed at Extended Stay at Black Canyon and it was NASTY. Never again. Worn carpets, old and worn furniture, I had to go to the desk to get bedsheets, pillow, cooking and eating utensils. There wasn't even a scouring pad for them. Oh, there was no blanket either (but thankfully the air was around 60-70 plus).
If you're in AZ, go there. The National Shoot ends on Monday and there's supposed to be a pot luck tonight (Sat).