The Roswell Gun Club Incorporated 1961 www.roswellgunclub.com Range Owners since January 28, 2005 Post Office Box 1482 Roswell, N. M. 88202 Newsletter Dec 2011/Jan 2012 PISTOL SILHOUETTE RECORD SET (See Below) FIRST SUNDAY MATCHES, 10-02-11 By James Cravener, Match Director RANGE CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS REGULAR LOW POWER MATCH 10-01-11 It was a beautiful day for a match and twenty-three shooters signed up. In the iron sight category (of which there were eight shooters) Ernie Edmonston won over-all with a score of 29. Ernie used a Ruger #3 chambered in.22 Hornet to take 6 chickens, 9 pigs, 5 turkeys, and 9 rams. Ernie s load was a Remington 45 grain bullet ahead of 13.0/AA2200. Other winners were: Scott Davis- master score 20. James Cravener-AAA score 19 (this after a shoot-off with Ronnie Gould). Keith Odell-AA score 27. Susan Odell-A score 10. In the scope category fifteen shooters competed. Ernie Lewis won over-all with a score of 34. Ernie used a Remington 700 chambered in.221 Fireball with a Hornady 50 grain V-max bullet ahead of 13.8/H- 4198. Ernie scored on 9 chickens, 10 pigs, 7 turkeys and 8 rams. Other winners were: Kenny Padilla-Master score 33. Melody Smith-AAA score 32. Dewayne Smith-2 nd AAA score 30. Red Keyser-AA score 27. Bill Newman-A score 19 (this after a shoot-off with Jim Montgomery). And a new shooter Jerry King won unclassified with a score of 30. Jerry is now in AAA classification. Today was a beautiful day to shoot and we had a pretty good crowd. There are actually 4 Matches shot on the first Sunday, Big Bore and Small Bore Hunter s Pistol, Cowboy 22 Rifle and Cowboy Low Power Rifle. The big event of the day was that Russ Gould, one of our Clovis shooters, set a record using a pistol. We don t have records on the older Pistol Matches, but the old timers say they think it was about 36, in any match. Today Russ shot a total of 39 in the Small Bore Hunter s Pistol Match using a T/C Contender pushing both Wolf and Ely ammo. Russ only missed one target and that was, of all things, a pig. Naturally, he won that match. Bill Hamilton won AA Class with 18, A Class was won by John Wostal with 14, and Allen Jones won B Class with 10. Janie Wostal won Unclassified with 3. Russ also won the Big Bore Pistol Match, a score of 33. AA Class was won by David Stanfield with 18 Ernie Edmonston won Overall in the Cowboy Low Power Match with the score of 30 after a shoot off with Alan Bloomer. This gave Alan AAA Class money. Bob Elder won A Class with 26. In 22 Cowboy Rifle, Keith Odell came through to win Overall with 23. Bob Beeson won AA Class with 20, and Sonny Odell won A Class with 11. Others making it out today were Ronnie Gould (no kin to Russ), Ron Young, Marty Tressell, Scotty Davis and Mike Borem. Thanks to everyone who made it out today and we hope to see all of you next month. BENCH REST CHICKEN SILHOUETTE MATCH, 10-8-11 By Bill Kennedy Match Director The word of the day was Challenging, most of our shots where a challenge. Winds had started blowing before sun up and where around all threw the match. I would have thought that we would have had less shooters but I was wrong. We had one iron sight shooter and 15 scope shooters. The over all Iron sight winner was John Wostal shooting a Yugo 48A chambered in 8X57 firing 1954 Yugo surplus ammo. John got 12 using Iron sights in wind shooting at an 8 x 10 target.
Over All scope winner was Kenny Padilla who shot 39; he used a 107SMK chambered in 243 Using 48 grains of H-1000 CCBR2. Master class winner was Ernie Lewis with 36 after beating Tom Hargrove in a shoot off. The AAA class winner was Carroll Hargrove with 35. The AA class winner was Alan Bloomer with 31 and a promotion to AAA. The A class winner was Scotty Davis with 22 and James Cravener also with 25. Now at the start of the match, I told Scotty he was in A class and put him down as the winner and I was wrong, which means I will be paying the match fees for the other two shooters in A class. The B class winner was Bob Beeson. Thank you to all the people that shot the match and the guys who came out to watch and those who help pick up the targets. MILITARY RIFLE MATCH, 10-9-11 By Ernie Edmonston standing in for Paco Wostal There were only 8 showing up today, the weather was far from perfect with clouds, scattered showers, and a cold wind that made the eyes water. I won Overall with a 102 year old Argentine Mauser in 7.65 Argentine, and 20 gr. 2400 behind a Lyman 200 gr. 314299 bullet. I picked off 9 chickens, all 10 pigs, 6 turkeys, and only 2 rams. Alan Bloomer won AAA Class with a 7.7 Jap rifle that still has sights for leading aircraft, Jim Byrd won AA Class with the ever faithful 1903A3, and Eddie Phillips won A Class with the classic 8mm Mauser. Others out today were Ernie Lewis, Bob Beeson, Scotty Davis, and Randy Dana. Here s hoping that next month more people will dig Grandpa s old Mauser out of the closet and give it a try. COLUMBUS DAY MATCH 10/10/11 We had eight shooters out for the Columbus Day cast bullet any gun shoot. Ernie Lewis won overall in the scope category with a score of 36. Ernie used a Remington 700 chambered for.308 Winchester. He shot a 150-grain RCBS bullet ahead of 22 grains/imr 4198 and he took 10 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys and 10 rams. Carroll Hargrove won AAA score 21. And Virdis Isler won B class with a score of 17. For the iron sight category Ernie Edmonston won over all with a score of 32. Ernie shot an Argentine model 1909 chambered for 7.62x53mm. He used a Lyman 314299 bullet ahead of 20 grains A2400 to take 7 chickens, 9 pigs, 9 turkeys and 7 rams. Other winners were: James Cravener AA score 25. Sonny Odell A score 12. O. F. 30-30 MATCH, 10-12-11 Another windy day on the range and only 6 shooters showed up, but shoot we did. Ernie Lewis and I tied up for the high score of the day with 25 each. Ernie Lewis won the one shot shoot off. He used a Marlin 336 in 30-30 caliber, an RCBS 150 gr. slug ahead of 22.0 gr. AA 2200. Had I won the shoot off, Scotty Davis would have taken AAA Class and Ernie Lewis would have taken AA Class. Since I didn t, I won AAA Class and Bob Elder won AA Class. Ron Young just barely edged out Sonny Odell 15 to 14 for A Class. CAST BULLET, LOW POWER 10-15-11 Well, today was a real nice day to be on the range shooting. We had a light breeze, and a slightly cool morning. Today we had 12 shooters come out, 4 shooting iron sight, and 8 with scope. Overall iron sight was won by Ernie Edmonston with a 29. Ernie hit 8 chickens, 8 pigs, 8 turkeys, and 5 rams. He was shooting a T/C in 30 Carbine with 130 gr 311410 bullet over 11.0 gr H-116. AAA was won by Mike Russo with 16, and Ron Young took A class with 21. Ernie Lewis won overall scope with a 36. Ernie took 10 chickens, 9 pigs, 8 turkeys, and 9 rams. Ernie was shooting a Remington 700 in 221 Fireball, with a 55 gr. RCBS bullet over 12.4 gr. H4198. AAA was won by Jim Byrd with a 34. AA went to Carroll Hargrove with a 31, and Eddie Phillips won A class with 25. We would like to see more of our members come out and enjoy this match. SOUTHEASTERN NM F-CLASS MID-RANGE OCTOBER 15, 2011 By Jerry King We had a fair turn out as only 11 shooters showed up. I do not know what happened. I heard it was hunting season and other reasons. Thanks to all the shooters that showed up. We had four new shooters today, and I hope that they will be back next year. The weather was great for shooting and there was a slight breeze back at the 600 yard line. Next year again, let s try for both Classes: F- TR and FO. We will need a minimum of 5 shooters in class to have that class. Remember that in January we will again be starting at 10 A.M.. A special congratulation to Freddie Halton for shooting perfect score: 450 24x MATCH WINNERS Freddy Halton: Match Winner 450 24x Kenny Padilla: HM/EX Class Winner 445 17x Danny Jones: SS/MK Class Winner 421 9x MATCH SCORES 1. Freddy Halton 450 24x 2. Kenny Padilla 445 17x 3. John Drissel 433 10x 4. Steve Jones 426 7x 5. L. J. Montano 423 10x 2
6. Danny Jones 421 9x 7. Walt Garfield 416 11x 8. David Crider 415 9x 9. Coy Speer 385 4x 10.Doug Ripley 384 5x 11.Adam Aichele 276 0x IMPROMPTU O.F. CAST BULLET MATCH 10-16-11 On this day the 26 th of October 2011, it was decided that we have another special O.F. cast bullet match, as it happened to be an unscheduled Wednesday. Eight people signed in to shoot. Ernie Lewis won over-all in the scope category. Ernie used a Remington model 700 chambered for the.308 Winchester. He shot an RCBS 150 grain bullet ahead of 22 grains/imr-4198. Ernie took 9 chickens, 10 pigs, 7 turkeys and 9 rams for a score of 35. The only other scope shooter was Tom Hargrove and he won AAA with a score of 34. In the iron sight category Ernie Edmonston and Carroll Hargrove both shot a score of 28 and this tied them for over-all. Ernie bested Carroll in the shoot-off, and this gave Ernie over-all winner and Carroll won AA. Ernie used an 03-A3 Springfield with a Cramer 168 grain bullet ahead of 25 grains/rl-7. Ernie took 7 chickens, 9 pigs, 6 turkeys and 6 rams with this combination. Other winners were: Scott Davis- AAA-score 24 and Ron Young- A-score 18. Other shooters were Jim Byrd and Eddie Phillips. O.F. CAST BULLET MATCH 10/19/11 A really nice day, even though a little cold, for our monthly O.F. Cast Bullet any Gun shoot. We had seven shooters sign up, three scope and four iron sight competitors. Ernie Lewis won the overall scope category with a score of 33. Ernie used a Remington 700 chambered in 308 Winchester shooting a 150-grain RCBS bullet ahead of 22 grains/imr-4198. Ernie took 10 chickens, 9 pigs, 6 turkeys and 8 rams. The only other scope winner was Jim Byrd with a score of 30, which gave him AA class. In the iron sight category Ernie Edmonston was the big winner with a score of 28. Ernie took 10 chickens, 4 pigs, 8 turkeys and 6 rams. Ernie used a Ruger #1 chambered for the 7mm Remington Benchrest cartridge. His load was an RCBS 168 grain bullet ahead of 20 grains/h- 4198. Other winners were: Carroll Hargrove AA-score 27, and Ron Young A-score 27. DENNIS SULLIVAN 22 MATCH 10-22-11 It was another beautiful morning on the range with just a taste of breeze. It seems like the attendance is down at all the matches this month and today was no exception. I suspect the hunting seasons have a lot to do with this. Anyway, there were 16 shooters out today which isn t all that bad and we shot as if we had twice that many. We had 5 shooters using iron sights and 11 using rifles equipped with scopes. In the Scope category, Ernie Lewis won Overall with the score of 36 using a Savage Mk. II with Wolf Target Match ammo. He knocked off all the chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys, and all of the rams. Alan Bloomer was one point behind and won AAA Class along with a promotion to Master Class. The cheese has just got a lot more binding for Alan. AA Class was won by Jim Montgomery with 27. Jim has improved a lot here lately. We had no A or B Class shooters, but Archie Linton won Unclassified with 26 and jumped right into AA Class. In the Iron Sight Match, I managed to win overall with my old BSA 12/15 and CCI ammo. I started with a miserable 4 turkeys, but managed 8 rams, 9 chickens, and all 10 pigs for a total of 31. Scotty Davis won AAA Class with 24. It took a shoot off between Ron Young and O. L. Adcock to determine AA Class winner. O. L. came through. Both had scored 26. There were no A or B Class iron sight shooters. CAST BULLET, ANY GUN 10-23-11 Today was really a nice day to be on the range. There was a very slight breeze and the temperature was just right. We only had 11 shooters out today, 6 with iron sights, and 5 shooting scopes. Overall Iron sight was won by Alan Bloomer, with a 31. Alan hit 9 chickens, 7 pigs, 8 turkeys, and 7 rams. Master class went to Ernie Edmonston with a 30. AAA went to Scotty Davis with 25, and A class went to Mike Boren with 27. Overall scope class was won by Ernie Lewis with a 35. Ernie took 10 chickens, 10 pigs, 7 turkeys and 8 rams. Master class went to Bill Hamilton with a 32. AAA went to Dave Farmer with 29, and B class went to Virdis Isler with 23. 5 TH SATURDAY MATCH, 10-29-11 Anytime there is a 5 th Saturday in the month, we try to have a Pistol Caliber Cowboy Rifle Match on the 200 meter range. There was some frost on the pumpkin for the first time this fall and it was Foggy. It was so foggy that we waited until about 10:30 AM until it lifted enough for us to see the targets. By then, we only had 5 shooters left, but we shot anyway. My score was the highest turned in, 25. I used a 119 year old Winchester model 1892 that was redone to 44 Magnum, a Saeco 240 gr. bullet, and 9.0 gr. Trail Boss. I scored on 9 chickens, 7 pigs, 2 turkeys, and 7 rams. For some reason, turkeys were a real pain for everybody. Ron Young and James Cravener scored on the most turkeys with 4 each. Alan Bloomer won AAA Class with 24, James Cravener won AA Class with 17, and Ron Young beat out Sonny Odell 18 to 9 for A Class. 3
Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket finding their cell phone, and pinning the tail on the donkey-but I d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from three feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time. RANGE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE By Ernie Edmonston, Treasurer On October 28 th we paid off our dirt contractor for building the new ranges. This consisted of a new pay on the East end of the IPSC/Steel Challenge range. This bay is 150 yards deep and was built primarily for the IPSC 3 Gun Match. However, it will add an additional sight-in type range when not otherwise occupied. On the far East End is a complete new Range no. 8 which has an elevated firing line and impact berms at 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards. The berms were also raised around range number 6 for safety considerations, and a new 500 yard berm was built for the F Class Match on range no. 4. We hope to put additional shooting tables in the new bay and range no. 8 in the near future. Also, we are considering the construction for additional sun shades at these locations along with the deep bay on range 2.. Hopefully, this will relieve a lot of traffic from the existing sight-in range. Sometimes I m in Capable, and I go there more often as I m getting older. And, sometimes I think I am in Vincible but life shows me I am not. I have been in Deepshit many times: the older I get the easier it is to get there. HIGH POWER RIFLE BENCH IRON SIGHT SILHOUETTE MATCH 10-30-11 By Bill Kennedy Match Director The day started off ok, the temperature was mild and the winds where gusty. The number of shooters was higher than I expected with the wind, but we had 11 shooters. In the end Doug Mathis out shot us all to win the match. He used a Remington 40X chambered in 6MM loaded with a 105 A-max and 45.5 grains of R-19. Doug had a total of 30, taking 8 chickens, 7 pigs, 8 turkeys and 7 rams. The AA class winner was John Wostal with a 10. Alan Bloomer won A class with 26. I won B class with 5. Ron Young won unclassified with 7 and will now be shooting in B class. Thank you to all the people that shot the match and the guys who came out to watch. REGULAR LOW POWER MATCH 11-05-11 NO Match --- WINDY--- BENCH REST CHICKEN SILHOUETTE MATCH 11-12-11 By Bill Kennedy Match Director IMPORTANT: Please do not shoot at targets placed on the ground in ANY range. Also, Place target stands near the berm at the different locations. Any bullet striking the ground is almost certain to ricochet and very often goes over the intended backstop creating a very dangerous situation for persons using adjacent ranges. The day was really nice with not much wind and moderate temperatures. This month we had 11 shooters. Ernie Lewis was the over all winner with 39. Ernie was using a Savage model 12 F/TR chambered in 308 shooting a 155-matchking bullet and 47g of Varget. The AAA class winner was Alan Bloomer with 37. The AA class winner was Doug Mathis. In A class the winner was Ron Young with 29. The B class winner was Bob Beeson with 10. We had a great match and just remember that the second Saturday of next month will be this match. Thank you to all the people that shot the match and the guys who came out to watch. I also want to thank the new shoots that came out and the shooters 4
22LR BENCH REST Match Director, Jim Pruett In spite of some cool mornings and a little wind, we have enjoyed beautiful shooting days lately. We sure do have a good time shooting this match. DATE CLASS 1 ST RELAy CLASS 2 ND RELAY 10-7-11 Sporter Scotty Davis 234 5x FIRST SUNDAY MATCHES, 11-6-98 By James Cravener, Match Director We had 14 shooters out today and only 1, Russ Gould from Clovis, brought a pistol. Russ did, no doubt, win both Big Bore and Small Bore Matches with the scores of 34 and 32. I think we should all be glad that he doesn t shoot a rifle! In Cowboy Low Power, Overall Winner went to Mike Russo with 31, Bill Hamilton won AAA with 26, A Class went to Ron Young with 25, and Unclassified was taken by Audee with 8. The Cowboy 22 Match was taken by Bob Beeson with 33, Bill Hamilton won AAA Class with 24, I took AA Class with 19, and Keith Odell won A Class with 21. We would like to thank Buss and Bill for driving all the way in from Clovis and Carlsbad to shoot with us. We hope to see everyone back next month. 200 METER CAST BULLET MILITARY RIFLE MATCH 11-13-2011 By Juan Paco Todays match brought out 10 shooters despite the weather forcast of high winds. The match started out calm and did pick up in wind speed by everyones third set of animals and then dropped off to finish the 4 th and final set. Not too bad considering. Overall went to John Wostal. He shot a 30 (9 chickens, 9 pigs, 6 turkeys and 6 rams). He was using a Yugo M48A mauser in 8x57 caliber. Load data was Norm s 180 grain bullet with 24 grains of H4198. Master class went to Ernie Edmonston with a score of 27. AAA went to Alan Bloomer with a 28 and we had enough AAA shooter for a 2 nd place award which went to John Thoesen with a score of 26. AA went to Janie Wostal with a score of 18. A class went to Eddie Phillips with a 13. B class went to Jim Homer with a score of 9. We did have an unclassified shooter which was Ben Byrd. He shot a score of 12 which puts him in B class. Thanks to everyone who showed up and hope to see you next month. I have been in many places, but I ve never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can t go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. 10-21-11 10.5lb Jim Pruett 247 7x 10.5lb Scotty Davis 249 10x 11-4-11 10.5l Jim Pruett 246 9x 10.5lb Gail Bennett 248 10x 11-17-11 10.5lb Scotty Davis 245 3x 10.5lb Scotty Davis 247 6x Come out and join us on the 1 st and 3 rd Fridays of every month. Someone is there to open the gate by 0800 and the match starts at 0900. LONG RANGE.22LR MATCH 200 YDS RANGE #3 Director, Jim Pruett Wednesday O.F.22LR match dates change: When the 1st Sunday and the 1 st Saturday are not on the same weekend, in 2012 this happens in January, April and July, All will be on Wednesday the 25 th. Perhaps a long Range shoot will make these dates special. Match will be a 60 round match, shooting 15 each of 4 animals. Targets will be light weight.22lr targets from Range #6 Chickens to be shot off hand, all others may be shot from prone position, sitting, kneeling, standing or sitting on a stool. Two wooden crossed sticks may be used as a front rest. No other rest will be allowed. Each relay, after a 30 second ``ready, will have 8 minutes to shoot sighters and 15 targets. Scope & iron sight divisions, your classification on your O.F. 22LR card will apply. O.F. Long Range.22LR Match --- January 25 th, April 25 th, and July 25 th. Any questions call---jim Pruett--- 622-0222 Any handloading data or loads shown in this newsletter are intended for informational use only and not a recommendation. Due to loading practices for which the Roswell Gun Club has no control, it accepts no responsibility for its use. 5
CAST BULLET, LOW POWER 11-19-11 We only had 11 shooters come out today, in part to hunting and the weather. We had 2 iron sight shooters, and 9 scoped shooters. Iron sight overall went to Ron Young with a 31. Ron took 7 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 8 rams. Ron also got a promotion to AA. The other iron sight shooter was Sonny Odell who won A class with an 11. Ernie Lewis won overall in the scope class with 36. Ernie took 10 chickens, 10 pigs, 9 turkeys, and 7 rams. AAA went to Jim Byrd with 35. After a shoot off, AA was won by Carroll Hargrove with 26. A class was won by Eddie Phillips with 19. We also had an unclassified shooter today, David Byrd, Jim Byrd s brother, who shot a 20. Alan Bloomer won overall in the iron sight category with a score of 32 1/2. Alan used a TC Encore chambered for.308. He used a 165-grain cast bullet ahead of 12.0/Unique. Alan used this combination to take 8 chickens, 9 pigs, 9 turkeys and 6 ½ rams (he hit a ram that did not fall and it does not count as a hit). Scott Davis won AAA class with a score of 17, and Ron Young won A class with a score of 21.Other shooters were Sonny Odell. DENNIS SULLIVAN 22 MATCH 11-26-11 When I got to the range early, there were already about a dozen automobiles there, but by the time we got the targets set up, they were blowing down faster than we could re-set them. We decided there was no point in continuing and went home. Next month?? CAST BULLET, ANY GUN 11-27-11 HAPPY THANKSGIVING COWBOY 30-30 MATCH, 11-20-11 By Alan Bloomer, Acting Match Director It started out cloudy and cool and stayed that way. After the Match started, the wind kicked up a little. We had 15 shooters show up today including a lot of our Clovis shooters. Don Upham s Granddaughter, Cati Jensen, shot for the first time. Unclassified was won by Cati Jensen with 5, not all that bad for a Junior Shooter out for the 1 st time. B Class was won by Ross Vaughen with 10, A Class went to Ron Young with 21, AA was won by Don Upham with 26, AAA was won by Boomer with 22, and the Overall Winner was Bill Hamilton of Carlsbad with 28. After the Match, naturally, it cleared up, warmed up, and the wind quit. O.F. CAST BULLET MATCH 11-23-11 It turned out to be a perfect day for a match, no wind and no clouds! Seven contestants showed up to shoot the match. Ernie Lewis bested the scope shooters with a score 32. Ernie used a Remington 700 chambered in.308. He shot an RCBS 150 grain bullet ahead of 22.0/IMR-4198 to take 10 chickens, 10 pigs, 5 turkeys and 7 rams. Eddie Phillips won A class with a score of 20. Zane Runyan a new shooter won unclassified with a score of 29, which puts him right at the top of AA class. Today was a bit cold, with a light breeze but still a good day to be shooting. We had 15 shooters turn out today, with 7 iron sight and 8 scope shooters. Iron sight overall winner was Ernie Edmonston with 32. Ernie took 9 chickens 8 pigs, 9 turkeys, and 6 rams. AAA was won by Paco with 30. Mike Russo won AA with 25, and Ron Young took A with a 16. Overall Scope was won by an unclassified shooter, Zane Runyan with a 35. Zane took 9 chickens, 10 pigs, 9 turkeys, and 7 rams. Ernie Lewis took master with 34. AAA went to Randy Dana with 34. A went to Allen Jones, and Virdis Isler won B class with 23. O. F. LOW POWER MATCH 11-30-11 By Ernie Edmonston, filling in for Ernie Lewis It was absolutely a beautiful day for shooting, sunny, warm, and best of all, no wind. There were a dozen people out today, 4 using iron sighted rifles and 8 using scopes. Everyone using iron sights were in a different class, so there wasn t much there to be contested. I won Overall with the score of 32, 8 chickens, 9 pigs, 7 turkeys, and 8 rams. I used a Ruger #3 in 22 Hornet, a R-P 45 gr. bullet, and 13.0 gr. AA 2200. Scotty Davis won AAA Class with 24, Sonny Odell won AA Class with 19, and Ron Young won A Class along with a promotion to AA Class with 28. Ron has really been coming up in the world lately. Tom Hargrove won top honors among the scope shooters with the score of 34, 8 chickens, all 10 pigs, 8 turkeys, and 8 rams. Tom uses a Remington 700 in 221 Fireball, 14.8 gr. of 4198 and a 50 gr. bullet he gets from Mid-South. Alan Bloomer won Master Class with 27, John Thoesen won AAA Class with 33, Paula Thoesen won AA Class with 25, and Jerry King won A Class along with a promotion to AA Class with 32. Others coming out today were Bob Elder, Jim Montgomery, and Carroll Hargrove. Things were split up so evenly today that those were the only three left holding the proverbial bag. Hopefully, we can experience a lot more days this winter with weather like we had today. 6