Just wondering if you’re planning to be there. Shooting? Shopping? Both? Weather looks cool but nice, with the possible exception of Saturday. I’ll be there shooting a little, visiting with friends and helping out at Josh Loewensteiner’s booths. Hope to run into some of you there.
I am a member there so I will be there all three days. Hope to shoot the Scottish Round Action event on Friday and the main event on Sunday.
Mike, please stop by and say hello. Joe From Charlotte and I will be riding over together and would enjoy making your acquaintance.
I'll be driving down from DC Friday...probably will get into the Sanford area about 3:00 PM and may stop over at the Southern on the way to the motel. Vic Venters will be there all day Friday and I want to chat with him. I'll be there Saturday from 0800 to about 1500 when I head home.
Change in plans: Looking at the weather, rain will roll in Friday night. I'll leave early Friday morning and get down to Sanford about 10:00 AM.
I’ll be there sitting with Bill McPhail and his rather large bore American hammerguns. Ya’ll come by and visit awhile. Sandlapper
Look forward to seeing you.
I am terribly sad not to be there with you this year but US and UK travel regulation make it impossible. However, for lovers of fine British guns, Bob Nay of MacNab Fine Firearms with the help of Matt Haney will be running a booth on my behalf in the sponsors tent with a large compliment of my stock guns and cases. I am sure they would be delighted to meet you all if you can find time between the exciting shooting events.
I wish you all a wonderful weekend.
My son and I are driving in from Louisiana. We will be doing a little shopping and shooting. We attended 2 years ago and loved it. I asked how his school schedule looked for the end of this week and it was manageable for him to miss so we are heading out this afternoon. I think we will shoot Pursell Farms in the morning on the way east.
Judy and I will be there from Thursday mid-afternoon through Sunday afternoon. After a forced year off we're looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones.
Toby, we'll miss you and hope that travel opens up for next year so we can see you again.
Being new to this, where and when is the this shindig? Anybody welcome?
Will it be worth it to drive up Sunday morning?
Shortgrub, it's in Sanford, NC and anyone is welcome. No charge to look, shooting costs some, could get expensive if you buy.
Shortgrub, to add more details, it starts tomorrow and ends on Sunday. For more info, look on
www.deep river.net . Then search around a bit for the Southern Side by Side link. There you can view the shooting menu as well as the exhibitors attending.
Oops, and Sanford is just south of Raleigh, NC.
I'll be there Thursday and Friday. First time attending; looking forward to it.
Started yesterday, runs to Sunday lunchtime. Celebration of S/S shotguns, big clay shoot for all S/S gauges, black powder event, huge exhibition of double guns and their associated stuff, loads of eye candy, no black guns and relatively few O/U's and SB unless they are old, rare or unusual. Big American gun competition between the big names.
All in all a great weekend!
Free to enter, no big cash prizes, loads of nice people, good food....
What is not to like!
hanging out at the Southern today...met and talked to Joe from Charlotte, Vic Venters and several more DGS participants.
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But I saw a Reilly discussed before on the Reilly line with replacement barrels and the lines of a 1900's rifle, converted to shotgun - SN 1833, (see bottom of this page):
https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=436538&page=54I looked the gun over today...replacement barrels; pretty sure it was a rifle converted to shotgun. The SN is not in the Reilly numbering chronology but is on the barrels and tang. Its been reproofed as well as rebarreled. It is heavy so I think it really looks like a 1907 rifle. But here is the strange thing...no Scott Gas Check patent grooves.
-- Question: Was the Scott Gas Check Patent 617 of Feb 1882 used only on shotguns? or was it also used on big bore SxS rifles as well?
Toby, I hung with your guys today Bob Nay and Matt Haney; very amiable and very knowledgable and It was a pleasure. I learned a lot...and watched salesmanship in action..(If a guy handles a gun once..ho hum...comes back a second time? hummm. A third time....oh my.). Fun time. Hopefully next year.
I gave compliments on the absolute integrity of your gun advertisements and Bob also said he is likewise committed to transparency.
Doc Drew,
Great You Tube. Was that sponsored/filmed by Deep River or by ? The Aaron Copeland music was a perfect complement to the exceptional fine photography.
Well done,
John
If you did a video of hog butchering set to anything Arnie Copeland composed, you'd have another sure fire winner. Arnold composed music to show the American spirit and pride like few others: John P. Sousa, Rogers & Hamerstein, Lennie Berenstein- the list goes on- But Arnie was the best-IMO. RWTF
Turned out to be a good time and mostly back to the “old normal”. I took the whole family this time and we all had a great time