RGPSC Shooter’s Forum

Our steel poppers take a lot of abuse. Getting shot over and over and over, thousands upon thousands of rounds, even on very hard steel, tends to do some damage eventually. The poppers slowly, but inevitably, bend out of shape. This is hardened steel. It’s not like you’re going to take a sledge hammer to them to flatten them back out. Fortunately, we have a club member, Wayne (the only one) who has access to enormous hydraulic presses (650 - 750 ton), and knows how to use them. He has repaired all of our poppers over the last year or so, and the latest (and final) phase was the mini-poppers. He also did some welding repairs as needed, and you really ought to let him know he does good work!

Thanks, Wayne!

The championships were held over the Labor Day weekend in Montrose, and some local shooters cleaned up! Damon was 1st A Limited, Randy was 2nd L-10, and Jerry took 2nd Master Open, as well as $100 for 3rd in the shoot off. Wayne and Bart took 2nd and 3rd in A Limited. 10 stages in one day sounds like a lot, but when you mix in low round hosers, medium round and a few high round count stages, it seemed to work out Ok. Thanks to Greg Stanway (and Joyce) who did most of the design and setup work. Greg’s hand was actually cramped from the staple gun! Tommy didn’t eat his vegetables, and Rod was called a Tall Fat Tire. All in all, a fun weekend.