Gentlemen

This shoot will be held at Deep River Sporting Clays and Shooting School in Sanford, N.C. (about 20 miles south of Raleigh).

This is the same place and date as the Southern Side by Side Championship & Exhibition Spring Classic. I attended this event and last year and had a great time.

Ken Buch of KEBCO will be providing a Verney-Carron double (to "test drive") and the fine folks at Hornady will be generously donating the ammo to be used for that gun. Nitro express calibre to be determined soon.

Bring your double(s) and if you don't have one, try the Verney Carron. Please make an effort to save up and bring plastic jugs which we can fill up and shoot. This will be a great, informal, fun shoot.

Hope to see y'all there.

Don

see you there live in pittsboro nc a few miles from event. sauer.43 spanish- pedersoli 45-70 lefever 30-40 regards

By the way, don't forget the pig pickin with bluegrass music Saturday evening.

Yeeehaaaw!!

That's a good side-excuse to go to Smithfield for some BBq

If you are planning on comming and shooting double rifles please start saving milk jugs and 2L bottles. It will be a target rich environment!!!! The jugs can be filled up behind the club house. Last year we shot well over 300 jugs and ran out.

If anyone has some 5 gallon pales please bring them. The big guns really do a number on them. The more pales the better as they go fast when I'm on deck and blazing away

Here are just a few calibers that will be attending.

8x57R
303
9.3x74R
45-70
450NE
450 #2
470
500NE
577 3"
577 3-1/4"

The nice folks at Hornady will be donating some 450NE ammunition and Ken Bush, the importer of Verney Carron double rifles, will be offering up a 450NE for demo.

Bring LOTS of ammo. Rest assured I will

Who knows maybe some bolt gun trash might show up.

There will be a small charge to shoot each day. Bill, the owner of Deep River, will be setting the price very soon and once it is set either Don or myself will post the detail. I am pretty sure it will be $15 or under per day.

BR

quote:

Originally posted by BaxterB:
That's a good side-excuse to go to Smithfield for some BBq

Glad your going to make it....hushpuppies and banana pudding as well?

Don, I will be there with my son Matt again...


Mike
A few pics from last year.

Everyone,

The cost will be $10 per person per day. Shooters will need to go to the club house and get a wrist band/ticket in order to shoot. No wrist band/ticket no shooting. Bill indicates that we will have two gun racks this year. That should be able to hold all the guns that will show up. In addition the guns will be roped off under a tarp and only owners will be allowed to go in the roped off area.

OK now lets have roll call, who is coming and what are you bringing?

Start saving 2 liter bottles, milk jugs and 5 gallon buckets. We need all we can get. Jugs can be filled up behind the club house.

As Don mentioned above, Ken Bush, the importer of Verney Carron double rifles will be loaning a .450 Nitro for test drives . No charge to shoot the gun and ammo will be available at no charge while supplies last. Get there early as I'm in control of the ammo and I have an itchy trigger finger

Looking forward to seeing everyone again this year and hopefully some new faces.

BOOM...BOOM.

BR

Famars 450#2 ejectors articulated front trigger and very accurate. New recoil pad and grip cap.


Mike

The Southern Side By Side runs over three days, April 23, 24,& 25. Are you folks planning on a double rifle shoot on all three days or just one? If just one, which day and aproximate time slot, please?

Ron,

Its a "fun" shoot and no score of any kind is kept. We shoot milk jugs and paper targets both still and moving. If my work schedule permits I will be there on Friday and we will start around 9am. Saturday and Sunday are 100% for sure and blasting begins bright and early and lasts till the ammo is gone or your shoulder cannot take it anymore. If you are coming please bring your share of milk jugs. Everyone pitched in with targets (jugs/soda bottles) last year. I am going to bring some ballons to fill with water. If you plan on coming in the night before please fill up a bunch of water balloons. I think we shot close to 300 jugs last year and about 100+ balloons. The only reason that we did not shoot more balloons is that I was the only one filling them up. I just scored some 4 gallon water cooler jugs for this years event The big NE guns really make a mess of them!! Videos for sure this year. It will be a target rich environment for sure

Although this is a double rifle shoot I'm sure there will be some bolt gun trash to show up (African battery). If my crystal ball is working correctly maybe a Fraser in .256 Mannlicher.

BR

Will a particular Otto Bock 577 be there? Or another particular 600NE?

I wish I could have been there.....sigh....!!!

I have never shot a 700 or 8bore would enjoy that.

Mike

quote:

Originally posted by retreever:
I have never shot a 700 or 8bore would enjoy that.

Mike

BECAREFUL with this shooter - he likes to send large bored rifle airborned after shooting them.

YEA, thank God both barrels were empty, scared the livin bjesus out of me. I thought there was one barrel left loaded and safety off and flying thru the air.

Paul, thanks for bringing back nightmares.
Mike

Roll Call

Who is coming and what blasters are you bringing?

BR

I will be down on Friday with an 8 bore Paradox or a Holland .577 hammerless.
John

I'm coming, plan to be there all three days. I'm bringing 3 doubles, a .22 Hornet, a .303 British, and a .450 #2 NE. Looking forward to putting a face to some of the names here, and to rupturing a few water-filled plastic jugs.

Ron looking forward to meeting and shooting with you.

Mike

Ron,

Bring PLENTY of ammo especially for your 450 #2. Retreever will have his 450 #2 so we are up to two #2


I was able to score some 4 gallon water cooler jugs!! We will save them for 480gr pills and larger. I am hoping to have a car load of the 4 gallon jugs.

For everyone coming please bring 2 liter bottles milk jugs, etc. We need explosive targets. Anyone with a video camera please bring it as I would like to post some videos on youtube.

JAZ, bring them both.

We will have tables and chairs this year. I am working on the canopy.

BR

OK guys

I'll bring my .450 No.2 as well.

Wow, does that make it a No.3???

Don

One of my best friends owns a service station. I called him this morning and asked him to save me all of the empty antifreeze and windshield-washer jugs that he can between now and April 19.

How many of you fellows are still planning to attend? I'm leaving here early tomorrow morning, along with my friend Claudio Opacak. We plan on arriving in Sanford about noon on Thursday. I have a motel room booked for Thursday thru Sunday nights. I'll have around 40 one gallon plastic jugs in the back of my truck. Look for a black Yukon with Ontario plates. See y'all there!

Everyone,

It looks like the Double Rifle Shoot only be on Saturday and Sunday. Due to a conflict I will not be able to make it on Friday. If Bill gives the green light then someone else can run the shoot on Friday. Otherwise, it is blasting time first think on Saturday morning. I will be delivering a car load of 4 gallon jugs to Deep River this afternoon. Retreever is going to get them filled and take them down to the shooting area. See everyone first thing Saturday.

BR