Originally Posted by battue
Rudy shot a Purdey SxS for boxed Birds and a Parker SxS for thrown. (Colombraire sp?)
He won the World Championship, and a lot of money, in both.

His Father, Fred, made him stay on station one and run a flat straight before he could move to station 2. And then the same to 3-4-5. And then it started over on 1.

He was no stranger on a skeet field either:

https://www.joeletchenguns.com/remembering-mr-870


https://www.joeletchenguns.com/shotgunning-mastery-rudy-etchens-records

Last paragraph is interesting.


No doubt he was a great shot Battue but the best this country has ever seen is a little far reaching. You know well no F.I.T.A.S.C. and no Sporting clays back then. Yes Box Birds are very tough. The new breed has more time, more money, more resources than ever before. Not only the level of competition but the age at which they are starting is ridiculous. Another thing to take into account now is that everyone that is good is trying to find that niche that they can excel at and be the ONE.

It isn't just happening in shotgun sports it is happening across the boards in all sports.

Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.