Theme # 1 "One Hundred"

Another one of my obsessions is Shooting. I have been deeply involved in the shooting sports since I was a kid. Long Island back in the 40's was all country, woods, open land, and farms. I probably got my first BB gun when I was 5 or 6 and my first 22 when I was 10 or so. I did a lot of hunting in my early years but as I aged I mellowed out and never hunted animals unless I put it on the table for a meal. But as the above 100 patch says I am involved in the shooting of Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays. I also shoot rifle when the time allows but not in competition. While in the US Navy I was also on the ships rifle team and we used to beat the heck out of all the "Grunts" on board our ship. I have managed to collect my fair share of awards. A few years ago I was involved in a shot gun competition of shooting 50 Trap, 50 skeet and 50 sporting clays targets. Well there was a 5 way tie for my class so we had a shoot off. Each person would shoot at a target and if one misses he is out. I over heard one of the participants remark "look at that guy with a pump gun". Yep that was me shooting a Old 1950 vintage Winchester Model 12 Trap gun. Well there is a old saying in the shooting world beware of the shooter, shooting a Model 12 as he probably knows how to use it. Well I won the shoot off and nicely, politely told the person who made that remark if he ever needed any lessons I would be available for a nominal charge. He didn't say a word not even congrats. The patch is sewed on my shooting vest so I pressed it down real nice and scanned it into my PC using my Epson 4180 scanner.

Did a little cropping and added a frame.
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