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Cayson Clayton brought his AA game to the Big 50 at Buckhorn on 5/28/2025. Slightly overcast skies, no wind and low 70 degree temps made for perfect conditions at the Mebane Senior Center. Cayson hammered the 50 Singles and didn't stop there! He went right back out on field 2 for the Handicap event ...

The date was September 2, 2023. The place was the Mebane Senior Center (Buckhorn Gun Club) The event was 100 singles targets. The results, Karole Miller’s very first 100 straight in Singles! She accomplished this feat with me, Joe Nalley and Darvin Cornett squadded with her to be first hand witness ...

I don't exactly remember what year it was that I switched to shooting Kolar shotguns, though I believe it was the end of 2003 At the time I had been shooting a Perazzi MX3 and shooting it quite well. The first I had seen the Kolar that was to become mine was at Fort Bragg. Berkeley Stevens had purch...

This “stuff” was a few years ago and the initial occurrence was during the NC State shoot. In case I haven’t mentioned it before, if you’ve not yet done so, you need to come shoot at the NC Home Grounds in Bostic. There used to be a group of us that regularly shot together when we were at the Home G...

While attending the SC State Shoot/NC HOF combined shoot I got to sit under the trees, at a table in the building and my favorite, a rocking chair on the porch. These events present great opportunity to catch up with old friends, make new friends to talk with and get to know them. We saw new shooter...

I believe this little story will resonate with just about every trapshooter that ever registered a target. My very first registered targets were in March of 1982. Yeah, a long time ago, that to me, seems like just last week. At that time in ATA history, you had to have 2 Life Members in good standin...

Phew…. I don’t remember if it was the first year the state shoot was held in Bostic or the year after. I only know it was one of the initial shoots there. It was and remains a highly anticipated event and, for many is the highlight of the trapshooting season. Fred Redmon, Tom Brown and myself includ...

Back in February of 2002 there was a regular 300 target event at the Mt Willing Rd Senior Center in Mebane, NC (Buckhorn) As I recall it was a blustery day with temps mid 40ish and some stiff winds that had the targets making some pretty significant escape maneuvers. In the crowd was a “new to us” s...

No this was not a NASCAR race………. April 2002, Rockingham Gun Club in Ruffin, North Carolina. It was a scheduled 2 day shoot with 200 singles and 100 caps on Saturday with a typical 300 target program on Sunday I remember the ride that day from Lexington to RGC. I have always been a fan of Country Mu...

I attended the Florida State Shoot at the Silver Dollar Shooters Club in Odessa, Florida this year for the first time. I could readily determine that this place has the potential for some great adventures and stories. If you have never been there, I highly recommend making the trip. Mary and I packe...

This little event occurred at Buckhorn Gun Club in Mebane, NC It was a warm summer NC morning with the promise of elevated temperatures as the day went on. I had been shooting with a contact lens and “regular” shooting glasses for a while at this point, At the time it was more comfortable and effect...

July 16, 2005. Southern Zone Championship Singles at the Homegrounds in Bostic, NC. Typical hot July day in North Carolina for the Championship Singles in the Southern Zone tournament. I was shooting leadoff, Randy Moeller was on post 2, George Sudderth post 3, Jim Wilson post 4 and Don Olson post 5...

A few years ago we were at Watauga Gun Club in Boone for a typical 300 target tournament. It was a beautiful summer day in the mountains, not too hot and not too cool. A light breeze through the valley where the club is situated made for a post card perfect day WGC typically draws a good crowd and t...

The Poker Game I grew up in and started shooting trap in Northwestern Pa. From Fall to Spring they shoot a 50 target singles league in Northwest Pa/Southwestern NY- The Penn-York Winter League. These shoots are held on a rotational basis, changing host club every Sunday. This was/is a popular league...

Fred Redmon and the KX5. Years ago (he can provide the date if you ask him) Freddy purchased a beautiful Krieghoff KX5. He was full of misguided intentions of wreaking havoc among the trapshooting community wherever he went in the singles and handicap disciplines with it. What came to pass was that ...