Dave Smith > wrote in


> One of my neighbours used to have an annual "turkey" shoot. We shot
at
> clay pigeons and the prize was a glass turkey (a 40 oz. bottle of
> whiskey). It was a lot of fun. My favourite was the year some gun
nut
> showed up with his $5000 custom made and under with vented rib. He
> scoffed at my inexpensive Czech side by side double barrel and
scorned
> my Canadian Tire store brand 12 gauge shells. He hand loaded all his
> own shells so that he knew exactly what was in them and made a
comment
> that CT shells are unreliable. I always figured that the most
> important thing about a shotgun was the fit and the choke, and any
> shell that goes bang when you pull the trigger and throws the right
> sized shot for the job will do the trick.
>
> I won the glass turkey that day. He came in 5th. :-)


Dave,

That's a great "Murphy's Law" story!

Nice prize, too!!!

Andy