Happy hollow

[chazroh]

Went there today shooting with friends. Had a friends snub nose 454 casull and the guys next to us wanted to shoot it. It was great, it's one of those guns that gets wows.

The old man was a little grouchy today!

 

[been]

I love happy hallow! The old guys personality only makes it better!

 

[Jon3830]

I love happy hallow! The old guys personality only makes it better!

it was tons better 12 years ago when Don had more energy.

 

[jim6172]

it was tons better 12 years ago when Don had more energy.

yep he could yell louder and chase ya down

 

[chazroh]

I once walked up to the office early on a Friday morning and don was standing on the porch peeing. He said whelp sorry and kept peeing.

 

[Daryl Licht]

The previous owner was a guy named Howard Dalton. He was a hoot too. Used to visit with him for hours. At the time, all I really shot there was a varmint rifle and a Contender, and occasionally a .357 revolver. It was great for that. We used to pay $2 a day to shoot out there. Howard was never really into it to make money, he did enjoy having a little company whenever somebody came out to shoot.

There was no roof, and no concrete on the firing line. All that work was done by the Ram Slammers. They were a silhouette shooting club and had monthly matches. They shot smallbore rifle and NRA hunter's pistol. It was a ball. I believe that's how Don and Barbara got involved there. Don was president of the club and match director. Those were the good old days.

Sorry to bore you with that, but didn't know if the newer shooters there knew any of the history of it.

 

[Porter]

I love giving Don a hard time. It's really fun when you can get the girls in the office to gang up on him.

 

[willystruck]

The previous owner was a guy named Howard Dalton. He was a hoot too. Used to visit with him for hours. At the time, all I really shot there was a varmint rifle and a Contender, and occasionally a .357 revolver. It was great for that. We used to pay $2 a day to shoot out there. Howard was never really into it to make money, he did enjoy having a little company whenever somebody came out to shoot.

There was no roof, and no concrete on the firing line. All that work was done by the Ram Slammers. They were a silhouette shooting club and had monthly matches. They shot smallbore rifle and NRA hunter's pistol. It was a ball. I believe that's how Don and Barbara got involved there. Don was president of the club and match director. Those were the good old days.

Sorry to bore you with that, but didn't know if the newer shooters there knew any of the history of it.

Yup, Howard, Don, Barbara and I poured that concrete. Then later completed the roof. Used to spend hours shootin the bull with Howard. Y'all think Don is a grouch, ya missed out on Howard! Once saw him draw his .38 on a guy that was sighting down range at a deer after Howard had called a cease fire at least twice to let the deer clear the range. That was interesting! Cantankerous old coot but we all loved him.
I miss those matches. I was never to good but always had a good time. Don't think I missed a match at Happy Hollow for several years.

 

[Jon3830]

I forgot about how cranky Howard could be but he always seemed to take it easy on the younger shooters who seemed to have their heads on mostly straight at least that was my experience he's been gone for about 5 or 6 years now I think.

 

[Neil]

Does anyone else get the feeling that the 'vibe' of Happy Hollow is all about sighting in deer rifles, and not much else? They don't allow rapid fire, which by their definition is something like 'more than one round per hour' or something. I like the place, it's a decent facility. And I like the people who run it; I've never had a problem there. Maybe they have just had too many jackwagons show up over the years and ruin the party for the responsible shooters. I just feel a little stifled when I go there. That said, I'll keep going.