robinghewitt
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I went to our ML clayshoot yesterday and discovered I was in a shoot off for the annual percussion competition I did back in September. I had fluked a 22/25 and Rick must have been having a bad day when he shot it last month because Rick always wins and he had only managed to equal me.
I could see this was going to be embarrassing because I was holding this beautifully preserved Viennese 13g double while Rick has this junky old 12g single which looks like he keeps it hanging over the barn door for the rest of the year. I knew he was going to wipe the floor with me, I couldn't possibly win.
We were shooting 5 birds off 3 stands, winner takes gold. I realised that I couldn't out shoot him so I decided to try and put him off, saying how he couldn't possibly miss, murmuring the nunc dimitis while he took his shot etc. Thought I might have succeeded when he accidentally pulled the trigger before the gun was properly up, he shoots a heavy load, must have bruised him good. But all to no avail, I lost by 3 birds. Rick won, I was first of the losers :idunno: :hatsoff:
No complaints though, good times :thumbsup:
I could see this was going to be embarrassing because I was holding this beautifully preserved Viennese 13g double while Rick has this junky old 12g single which looks like he keeps it hanging over the barn door for the rest of the year. I knew he was going to wipe the floor with me, I couldn't possibly win.
We were shooting 5 birds off 3 stands, winner takes gold. I realised that I couldn't out shoot him so I decided to try and put him off, saying how he couldn't possibly miss, murmuring the nunc dimitis while he took his shot etc. Thought I might have succeeded when he accidentally pulled the trigger before the gun was properly up, he shoots a heavy load, must have bruised him good. But all to no avail, I lost by 3 birds. Rick won, I was first of the losers :idunno: :hatsoff:
No complaints though, good times :thumbsup: