UPDATE: Bill won second place out of 34 shooters.
I spent yesterday at a shooting range in Missoula, Montana watching Lisa’s uncle Bill compete. The match had five different stages and required skill with the pistol, rifle and shotgun. Though I’ve spent some time at ranges, I’ve never been to a shooting competition before. It made me realize I have had limited exposure to shotguns. Bill is pretty good, and that’s putting it modestly. He did well at the competition, but as the scores aren’t out yet, how well exactly is still unknown.
In addition to the guns, there was other impressive equipment. Did you know baby strollers can be converted into gun strollers? The competitors call them gun carts, but they’re strollers. It seems like some kind of contradiction to turn something made for carrying new life into something for carrying high-powered weapons.
A couple more photos below
This is Bill shooting at the first stage. The ground was really dusty, and that made the event look a bit more dramatic than it otherwise would.
I only watched three of the five stages, but even in just those three there was a variety of elements. My favorite were the clay pigeons (orange disks to the left) that completely broke apart when shot, the Texas star (spinwheel looking thing in the middle) with five steel plates, and the doorway that had to be shot open in Stage 2.
