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- Jeff S
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Back to shooting Clays
Yesterday I made the 60 mile trek up to Blackjack Sporting Clays. They have 3 traditional Clays courses and one super clays course. After spending this Fall bird hunting and deer hunting it felt good to throw a few clays. There was a big event from “The Villages” so the parking lot was full, but nary a SxS in site. Later I bumped into one guy shooting a modern Dickinson, so I complemented him on his choice of barrel orientation. In the club house I noticed Lloyd, who shoots .410’s 3 times a week. He’s a friend of Dave and Barb Wundrow and is always eager to talk. Then I was approached by a guy named Neil who said that he was part owner of Stegmeier, LLC, the cement company. Unfortunately, we are not related. Why am I sharing all of this, because it’s nice to hang out at a clays course. You usually find good people.
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Re: Back to shooting Clays
Enjoy Jeff, it's been cold as heck in western NY. I miss my winter vacations in Florida and shooting at the Sarasota Gun Club.
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I envy you my friend. Enjoy every minute of it. It's been an unusally cold December here in Maryland and I'll shoot every chance I get as long as the temps are in the 40's. Anything lower than that keeps me off the course. Winter sucks.
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Next week I’m heading back to Michigan to have Christmas with the grandkids. I’m going to bring a couple guns down with me. Want me to pick you up?
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Pick me up on the way up or down???
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I’d better check with Cindy.
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Canuck
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Must be a sporting clays thing shooting side by sides because you sure don't see them at trap shoots. 
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There is a member over on the Parker site that does quite well with his Parker SxS double and single trap guns.
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Canuck
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I'm sure with a larger trap shooting base in the US you would see some SxS in action especially at vintage events but in Canada the # of ATA trap shooters is so small nowadays I probably know each and every one in Alberta and Saskatchewan and a handful in a few other provinces. I have never seen a SxS except once in practice on a trap range and twice on a skeet field many years ago.
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