Geez, it's been awhile! Since my last posting I've gotten addicted to clay shooting, and most recently, shooting steel.

Tom, Gary, his daughter Autumn, and I went shooting on Nov 7, with pretty much everything; pistols, rifles, and shotguns. It was the first time I took out my shotgun other than shooting a box of shells at the indoor range. I'd never shot clays. Gary brought his clay thrower and we went shooting. I had a blast!!! Ever since then I'd been hooked on shooting clays. I normally shoot trap at Cedar's every thurs nite and skeet either on tuesdays and wednesdays depending on my mood and how far I want to travel. APG skeet is close, but the people who shoot there are not, shall we say, hardcore. They'll shoot a couple rounds and then call it a nite by 6:30pm. Most of them don't believe in shooting under the lights. Oxford is another story. It'll take about 45 mins to get to, but a lot of the shooters there will shoot at least 4 rounds of skeet and wobble trap.

Back in December, Tom shot my chronograph, as in he hit it with a bullet. He was trying to test some loads but the chrony kept giving Err1. Tom was getting frustrated, which sort of struck me funny. We moved the chrono back and forth to see if it would help. I was trying to hold back from LOL but I couldn't anymore. We just sat down after moving the chrono and then I started LMAO. After I got it under control, Tom's next shot went thru my chrono. He just bearly hit the top of the chrono. It was coincidence that he hit the chrono after I couldn't control myself. I started apologizing, but he got me a new chronograph that works great! We got the extension rods to make a bigger shoot thru area on the chrono which helped a lot. Tom was shooting his AR15 with the scope mounted high on the handle. This caused a problem up close to where the bullet was actually travelling. Tom was looking thru the scope to the middle of the shoot thru area, but in reality, the bullet was shooting low and just clearing the top of the chrony, which caused the Err1.

In February, Tom, Gary and I shot our first PA Steel fun match at SLCFSA. We had a blast! I am definitely hooked on this. Starting at the surrender position and hearing "shooter ready?... standby... BEEP!" really took me back to the days when I was shooting IPSC/USPSA. Tom was only 6 seconds behind me using the low ready instead of drawing from the holster like I was doing. Yesterday, he had me worried. I was rushing the first 2 stages and not doing well at all while he was shooting steadily and making great time. I slowed myself down and put the pressure on Tom. He missed a few on the 3rd stage but not as many as I did on the first stage. All in all, I think Tom is going to prevail. We had a record turnout yesterday with 18 shooters, versus the usual 12 to 13. Tom and I were approached by Jeff and asked if we would RO in future matches. Too bad we have bass tournaments thru most of these shoots, otherwise we would've took him up on it. We would probably shoot more at the Delta Steel Challenges since it fits our schedules better. The only thing me back is Cheryl's ever changing work schedule.

This pinched nerve is killing me. I was nursing it all yesterday during the Steel event and was probably why I did so bad at trap on Thurs. Tom scored 20 and 21, his personal bests. Gary did average about 17, and I was bearly making double digits. Hopefully, I could get an appointment soon and get my neck back to the way it was.