Wisconsin Rapids mid-range match with my .44-77.

[Distant Thunder]

tarbe,

It's good to know you're onboard! Welcome to the great sport of BPCR!

Whereabouts in Wisconsin do you call home?

I've been here in Wisconsin and the UP for the majority of my life and it is definitely in my blood. I've been active in BPCR competition for 25 years and over those years Wisconsin has offer some very enjoyable, friendly, fun matches. Unfortunately I'm tucked way up here in the NE corner and I am a long way from everything and with no like minded shooters active in my area. So I travel solo to all the matches I can. Sadly we have lost some of those matches as the guys doing the work get older and the effort to put on a match stays high.

Most of the ranges near me are from 100 to maybe 150 yards because most of my fellow tree dwellers think that IS long range. Getting older myself makes me tend to avoid long drives on my own, but I have to make a bit more of an effort to support the matches we have still being held anywhere near me. I would encourage others to do the same when they can.

One of the reason I finally decided to have this .44-77 barrel put on my Sharps was to give me an excuse and hopefully some much needed encouragement to travel to a few more shoots. But, then came the darn China Virous just when things didn't need to be more difficult.

Now we have rioting gangs in the southern part of the state and I'm thinking our weak governor will do absolutely nothing effective to bring things under control. There is a powder keg here and all it will take is one spark. Left unchecked this does NOT end well for any of us.

Sorry, I'm not sure exactly how I ended up on this soapbox! I'll climb down now. Carry on!