{"id":5868,"date":"2019-06-12T20:47:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T00:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2019-06-12T20:49:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T00:49:29","slug":"pinning-and-no-longer-pining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/pinning-and-no-longer-pining\/","title":{"rendered":"PINNING AND NO LONGER PINING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PINNING AND\nNO LONGER PINING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular readers of this blog know that its writer, who shot the great old Second Chance match for some 24 years until its cancellation in 1998, pined for it thereafter until it was reinstated as the Pin Shoot in 2017, and remains one of its biggest fear. It\u2019s now known as simply The Pin Shoot.  More info at www.pinshoot.com<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, here I\nam in Antrim County, Michigan, shooting the 27th<\/sup> such event, still\nrun by its founder Richard Davis, the inventor of the soft body armor that\nsaved so many lives including my own in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rich Davis still runs the match he created, playing trivia quiz with the audience during breaks. His grand-nieces, one shown, deliver the prizes to those who “get the answer.”<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our host\nmade his reputation in life-or-death issues, and that\u2019s a touchstone for many\nof us here.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wrote in this blog<\/a> about an old, close friend, Denny Reichard, who loved this match.  His favorite and best event was The Big Push, in which a trio of bowling pins has to be blasted 14 feet back. Denny liked to shoot it with his .500 Magnum Smith & Wesson.  This year, in his honor, it was re-named the Denny Reichard Memorial Big Push.  I thank the sponsors for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It did my heart good to see this homage to respected shooter Denny Reichard at The Pin Shoot. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jack\nSchatzel is another of us old-time pin shooters.  He can show you the exact spot on his body\nwhere the ambusher\u2019s bullet hit him\u2026and stopped on his Rich Davis-designed vest.  Jack returned fire, prevailed, and thus is\nwith us today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got to\nchat with Tim Crosno, another of the old-timers. He has recently survived a\nbattle with pancreatic cancer.  The\ncourage to fight death ain\u2019t just about things that go bang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Veteran pin shooter Tim Crosno beat pancreatic cancer — which few patients do — and came back to compete at The Pin Shoot.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re all\nshowing the effects of time.  Pat Higgins\nand his wife Deb were always two of the best combat shotgunners in the\ngame.  Pat is having some trouble getting\naround now.  Undaunted, he fired the\nshotgun event from the chair.  These\npeople are an inspiration to us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spent 12 gauge buckshot shell flies but Pat Higgins is already back on target, despite having to shoot from a chair. Strong people who can overcome adversity are found in abundance at this event.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Weather has\nbeen on and off, either perfect shooting conditions or heavy rain.  And it ain\u2019t over yet. More to come.  When the Evil Princess and I get to someplace\nwith more bandwidth we\u2019ll post some video of the shooting action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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