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Beautiful day on the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
today



Still a dusting of snow on the Santa Rita Mountains



Went by the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club on my way back to Phoenix to meet with Laura, the club manager. Very nice facility with a full service grill, and lots of experience hosting big shoots. We put up one of our 'Doubles in the Desert' banners to generate interest in the March 1 event. The wobble trap is WAAAY down at the east end of the trap line, so I'll need to recruit a few volunteers (and thanks to those who have already e-mailed me ) to supervise the '25 target 2-man Pheasant Phlush.' I'll plan on greeting participants in the clubhouse, and we'll have a 'white board' to record the high scores in Pheasant Phlush, Classic Skeet, 5-Stand, and 16 yd Trap.
I'll post another reminder Feb. 1 and would very much appreciate anyone remotely considering joining us sending me a PM or e-mail at that time so I can give the club an idea on the number of shooters. They want to reserve enough fields for things to go smoothly, and plan on having a 'purchase targets' window just for us. And feel free to e-mail me at revdoc2@cox.net with any questions or suggestions!
May we all have a wonderful Christmas and blessed 2008, giving thanks to those standing between our families and the bad guys, domestic and foreign.

Dates and times?
Is this a sxs shoot only?
Location?
Price of admission?
Places to stay?
Thank you in advance for any info you could provide.

Sorry Jag, this is about my 3rd update and I didn't want to bore anyone with the details again.
This is our first effort at putting together a fun shoot for classic SxS fellowship and an opportunity to meet some 'imaginary internet friends'
The shoot is Sat. March 1 at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club in SW Tucson. Infro and directions are on the website http://www.tucsontrapandskeet.com/
I have not reserved rooms anywhere, but they have lots of RV sites. We hope to attract folks out in Phoenix and Tucson for 'Paradise Season' golf and Spring Training, and the shoot is the Sat. before the SASS Winter Range up at Ben Avery.
As a fun shoot, your registration is to show up with a neat old gun and a smile. And any old gun is fine, but I'll record the high scores on the different events only for SxSs. I hope guys bring out some Ithaca and Parker SBTs for the the 16 yd Trap event, and I'll record high scores for both SBT and DBT. There are NO prizes or trophies.
Participants will purchase targets, as few or many as they wish, at $7 per 25.
The club opens at 8:30 and shooting at 9:00. I'm not going to squad anyone, shooters can just buy targets and head to the discipline they wish to shoot, with whomever they want to shoot. The club usually closes about 1 pm, and has a full service grill serving breakfast and lunch.
Donations (checks only so you can receive an acknowledgment for taxes) will be accepted for the the benefit of The Theodore Roosevelt Association http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/
and period dress is encouraged. Looking like this guy will probably get you awarded some targets

I let Dave Moore know about the shoot but had no response. Anyone spending time in Phoenix would enjoy drooling over William Larkin Moore's new showroom in Scottsdale while here.
My hope is that this will grow to a Vintagers like event, but with a classic American gun and culture atmosphere. Again, feel free to e-mail me if I can answer any other questions.
For the record, I'm not a professional shoot organizer, this was my idea but will the TTSC's event, and I have no commercial interest in the shoot (and just spent $150 for the banners-which should last for many years.)

Are there any plans to to have a sxs shoot in Arkansas?

Not to my knowledge daubie-but you're sure welcome to come out west. Here's more infro about the March 1 shoot
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=18602086

I hope you don't get posters saying targets are only a few cents, why is the cost $28. per 100, why are you buying $150. banners?

Seriously, good luck on your competition. It sounds well organized but too far away for me. CB

Thanks CB.
This thread has more information
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...age=1#Post78348
I talked with Laura yesterday, and we'll have 2 designated 'Hunter's Skeet' fields, 2 trap, 1 5-Stand, and the wobble trap for the 'Two Man Pheasant Pflush' just for us. Participants can also shoot the Sporting Clays course if they wish.
AND we'll have the first President Theodore Roosevelt Challenge Cup for the high gun in 50 Hunter's Skeet targets using a Fox, Ithaca, or LC Smith. Couldn't find documentation that TR had any other American double.