In the mailbox

[Distant Thunder]

Don,

The Fall Classic is scheduled for September 26 & 27 and there shouldn't be any problems keeping those dates. When I talked to Cliff last week he asked what I thought of having the Cup on Thursday & Friday the 24th & 25th. I think that is an excellent idea and efforts to make that happen are under way. That would be 4 days of shooting for the travel time of two days otherwise. I'm in.

One thing I did mention was that the sun can get pretty low in the western sky in late afternoon by the end of September, but with the format of those two matches it should not be a problem. Both matches will move along at a good pace, the Classic being all 1000 yards and the Cup with it's shorter relays. Everyone will just have to move like the days are short, and they are!

By late September I would hope to have my .44-77 shooting well and have high hopes of giving the cartridge a good showing. That's the plan anyhow, but we all know how plans can go. I'll bring my Hepburn just incase the .44 dives into the dirt at 700 yards!

This is going to be a short shooting season having started in July. So it's going to be fast a furious and I know I'll be taking flak at home about things not getting done and being gone so much. I'll just have to stay low and move fast!