Wayne,
You should be quite proud to be the first Three Gun champ at the Super Shoot. No one can ever take that away from you, nor should they. I brought the Unlimited on to try and get more activity in the Unlimited and never marketed the Shoot to state that the 3 gun winner was the Super Shoot Champion. You are first and only person to win the 3 gun, quite an accomplishment, with the top shooters that stayed for the three gun. History has always been at the Super Shoot that the 2 gun was the big prize and it should remain that way. I guess it is like the 4 gun at Nationals great to win but no Hall of Fame points for that. I personally think you did an amazing job for six days to win the 3 gun and yes I know, as all individuals that shot the 3 gun, you worked your rear end off, I would not expect less from you.
There is no guarantee that the Unlimited will be around another year or two, if we do not get more competitors to shoot the Unlimited. I think it was a great Unlimited two days, very relaxed with no hurry to finish, something that is rare in benchrest matches these days.
Wayne you are the first and only Super Shoot 3 gun Champion to date and that should mean a lot for all the hard work you did. Tony Boyer (5- 2 guns), Don Geraci ( 4- 2 guns), and Jeff Summers (3- 2 guns) cannot make that claim and may never be able to win it as you have. Hold your head high and be proud.
It is hard to say how much longer Kelbly's will be hosting the Super Shoot, with the drop in attendance ( we are losing 10 -20 shooters a year, down from 396 in 1996 to 202 this year) and the increase in Kelbly's main business, it is hard to shut down our operations to make less money than when Kelbly's is at full production. The shoot does make good money (for a benchrest match), but not what we lose in production loss. We are going to host the Super Shoot till 2020 and no guarantees we will be hosting it after that year. The Kelbly family has been hosting BR matches for 47 years now and we are quite tired of the effort we have to put out to host these big matches, hence one of many reasons and the main reason we no longer host IBS or NBRSA Nationals. Seems a easy decision the week after we host the Super Shoot as we are tired and stressed out AGAIN.
Jim
