A Sporting Clays Enthusiast's Christmas Wish List

     When I was a small boy, one of my favorite tasks as Christmas neared was to make a wish list.  I realize I am too old to expect Santa to bring me such a special gift, but my wife or other members of my family need to know what I "need" for a Christmas gift.  After all, the proper present will probably make me a better shooter as well as make me look better while shooting.  

    Seriously, while we are dreaming, this list comes to mind.  Some of the items are realistic, while others are ...as we all say, "if I had the money I would have a..."

• A complete set of those color coded titanium chokes for my Browning O/U.
• Full length choke tubes so I can shoot different gauges in one gun.
• A red, lifted, enclosed, heated, gasoline powered golf cart with those big nobby tires. I guess I could buy the trailer myself.
• Prescription shooting glasses with interchangeable colored lenses.
• A Kreighoff.  Enough said.
• A $3000 automatic reloader.
• Ten flats of AA Super Sporting Clays ammunition. ( The buyer can choose 71/2 or 8 sized shot)
• A $1000 gift certificate to Cabelas or any other sporting supplies store.
• A complete set of shooting attire.  It would be nice if the buyers co-ordinated the outfits according to the seasons.  My sizes are available by email.
• A shooting bag that will hold at least 5 boxes of shells, all my choke tubes, wrenches, oil, drinks, and snacks.
• 20 bags of shot.  I want to choose my own primers, wads, and powder.
• A 10 lesson gift certificate to be used with a certified shooting instructor.

    That's enough.  I wouldn't want to be seen as extravagant.  Ha!  So what's really on my Christmas wish list?

• Health good enough that I can shoot each week and enjoy my friends and the outdoors.
• A loving wife and family.
• A good place to worship and study my religion.
• A pheasant hunt or two with my Brittany.
• An opportunity to pay back the people who have helped me through the years.

    Thanks for reading this blog and may I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a better New Year.


"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."
- Antonio Meloni