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I'll drink to that!

This topic should be in Misfires... not doublegun related at all.

On the other hand, alcohol is a pretty darned good black powder solvent!

From a mid-20th century instructional manual, McDonald Hastings, How to Shoot Straight:

Notice that when you are in bad form--I hardly care to recommend this, I simply state the fact--you will sometimes find that you shoot straighter, after you have drowned your sorrow in the middle of the day, than you did when you believed that you were on your toes in the morning.

p. 82 First American Edition, 1970.

Of course, Hastings also recommended, in describing the tempo that is the key to successful wingshooting, that you should mount the gun as you would mount a woman, "start gentle, finish hard". (p. 54).

Anyone care to comment on mixing sex and alcohol?

Fin2feather, the original poster chooses not to clarify how the event really went down, even refusing to identify the "offender", even though he knows who he is. I have been trying to get this information since he first posted. "Oh, I didn't know it would be a problem" may have been the actual first reply, but we wouldn't know that. I have given the original poster an apology for my wording, but have gotten no more information from him. For the information of readers, OGCA doesn't give second chances on some infractions, so a polite apology may not have carried a lot of weight. Of course, our OP doesn't give us any information about how it went down.

Alcohol is also a good solvent for Glocks and, I imagine, other polymer/nitrocarburized/stainless steel firearms. I learned this on the internet... ...but it's actually a viable recommendation.

I can't see an a priori necessity to prohibit alcoholic beverage consumption before/after a show when one is setting up tables. Drunken behavior is another matter. But respect for the rules trumps anyone's ideas about reasonableness. There should not have been an argument in this case.

I will not hunt, or shoot at a range, with anyone who has had so much as a sip. That has been my policy for about forever - and is not about to change.

Sam

Sam, you're a good internet friend, but you must understand that we are not talking about the "range" or "hunting" and no one has said anything about an "argument". I explained Ohio Gun Collectors Association, and a written report of an infraction there is often a "guilty" verdict with little chance of appeal. "Argument" does not enter into it. I, for one, am waiting for the original poster to be a gentleman and explain the event. You know me well enough to know that, by now, you would have a five paragraph explanation from me.

When CADA was a good show and appeared three times a year at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Il., beer was always available. Nobody drank to excess and no foolish behavior.

Thank you for that intelligent anecdote. Some people don't understand intelligent consumption of alcohol.

If someone was seen having a sip of 3.2% beer, and an accident occurred, doncha think that the prosecution lawyer would paint the picture of someone falling down drunk? Follow the money. It's all about liability - real or imagined.

BTW, I got into a contest with an OGCA VP a few years ago when we left early on Sunday to try to avoid a major snowfall for our 5 hour ride home. I did leave early, but it cost me the table location I had spent years working up to. Not much flexibility with the OGCA folks, but they do have a helluva club