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The ATA national championship trap shoot is this coming week at the new shooting range in Sparta, IL. Starts on 8-6-07.

If you live in driving distance of St. Louis, Mo. it may worth your while to drive over and visit the 100+ vendor booths. All of the major shotgun manufacturers have displays, as well as many gun dealers, ammo companies, and all type of shooting accessory sellers. Last year I spent five hours just looking at all the booths, and bought several shooting items.

Several gunsmiths come with portable machine-shop trailers, and will open chokes, make repairs, install recoil pads, etc. -- while you wait.

It is an event worth your time if you live anywhere nearby.

By the way, this new facility was built by the State of Ilinois at a cost of $50 million; and include 100+ trap fields, 20 skeet fields, and two sporting clay set-ups. I think there are camping sites for 1,000 trailers/tents/etc.