I am heading to my first Grand American next month. Since I retired, I have run up about 4000 registered singles, 3000 handicap targets and the biggest shoot I have been to was the Autumn Grand in Tucson. Just wanted to give you an idea of my situation. So, I'd love to hear anything the people on this forum think I should know. I have studied all the information, pre squaded, pre classified and cashiered, and have my lodging reserved. What else should I do or expect?
The Grand American
NMGunGuy
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I am heading to my first Grand American next month. Since I retired, I have run up about 4000 registered singles, 3000 handicap targets and the biggest shoot I have been to was the Autumn Grand in Tucson. Just wanted to give you an idea of my situation. So, I'd love to hear anything the people on this forum think I should know. I have studied all the information, pre squaded, pre classified and cashiered, and have my lodging reserved. What else should I do or expect?
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Go , shoot good , and have fun . Pace yourself on taking in the vendors . Try not to do it all in the first few days . Expect hot ,muggy days and little shade . Drink lots of fluids and snack lightly during the events . Take plenty of bug spray and have a change of dry clothes with you daily . The place is huge . 3.5 miles long . You can easily drive 100 miles on the grounds alone during the whole shoot . Have fun and shoot good.....
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I advise you to Pre squad . Now you can pre squad classify and pay all on line if you choose. That will keep you from standing in long lines at the event center. I always shoot early and then shop. You can drive up to your bank but bring your walking shoes because you will cover a lot of ground on foot just shopping . The vendors are split into two groups. The permanent buildings on the west end and the tent vendors on the east. If you need gun smith work ,most of them (except the company ones) are in the tent vendor area. Be sure and try some of the homemade peach ice cream. It's not cheap but there is NON Better! There are several food vendors in the tent vendor area and a snack bar plus a full service restaurant in the main event building . Read the program thoroughly . Enjoy and have fun !
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The weather is going to be humid and usually hot. Bring a cooler. If you drive around in the late afternoon 6pm and later we have deer in the fields. If you have an old truck, bring a skinning knife. If you have a nice truck have good brakes and full coverage.
Hopefully you’ll get to experience AJs homemade ice cream this year. Haven’t been there in a few years so hopefully they return. I called them and they said the fees to vend had gone up considerably and they stopped coming. I don’t know if that’s true, but that’s what the young man told me. Closest thing to my grandmothers homemade ice cream that I’ve ever had.
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If anybody can screw up a good thing it will be the State of Illinois. They own the WSRC. Managed (or mismanaged) the place to the point the SCTP moved on to the Cardinal Center in Ohio.
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The trap houses are larger than anywhere I've seen.
You'll likely have to tweak your shooting stile to be effective.
The target speed is set by radar from the 16 yard line. Because the traps are large the radar gun picks up the speed farther out and makes them a bit faster .
The faster the speed the wider apart the doubles will be.
Shoot good and take it all in.
Henry
You'll likely have to tweak your shooting stile to be effective.
The target speed is set by radar from the 16 yard line. Because the traps are large the radar gun picks up the speed farther out and makes them a bit faster .
The faster the speed the wider apart the doubles will be.
Shoot good and take it all in.
Henry
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This doesn't make sense to me. You are saying that if the cop check my speed from 500 yards away it will show on his radar me going faster the if he clocks me from 100 yards?
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When the target leaves the arm it's traveling at the fastest speed . It only gets slower as it moves along its path.
If it's farther out of the house when your radar picks it up the result would take more spring to set the speed.
More spring = more speed.
Henry
I already did all the squad, classify and pay. After getting my shells, do I need to do anything else or can I just be at the proper place at the right time and shoot?
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NMGunGuy,
Just remember that the trap line starts 27 squads at a time for singles and handicap and 54 squads at a time for doubles. The squads go pretty fast so your number will come up quicker than you might imagine...been there, done that!!
Scott Hanes
Just remember that the trap line starts 27 squads at a time for singles and handicap and 54 squads at a time for doubles. The squads go pretty fast so your number will come up quicker than you might imagine...been there, done that!!
Scott Hanes
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You should be good to go
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It was great to meet and talk with you during The Open!
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