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BTW: Rocketman, not to be flip, but winning is a lot more fun than losing - even if you're burdened by excess cash flow.
It's takes excess cash flow to play the game. Just the basic match fees are about $500/day, if you play all of the options it's closer to $1000/day, not counting what you might wish to wager in the Calcutta's. I've never seen anybody play that didn't want to win regardless of their financial status.
Having said that most places will let you come as a guest for $35.00 or so. There is free food all day (at least where I've been) and free drinks in the evening. The last one I went to my lunch was grilled grouper steaks and fried soft shell crabs. You can also buy practice tickets - last years price was $35.00 for five birds. There will be a lot of inexpensive games to play, "miss & out", ten bird races, etc.
You also normally get to see some fabulous guns. I have seen a husband & wife with a matching pair of Fabbri's, Purdey's and a host of others.
This may not be universal, but at the matches I've seen Perazzi's were the dominant weapon of choice, with Belgian Brownings probably being the second choice, if not close to it.
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