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June News Letter Well this is my first attempt at a newsletter. As you scan through the material let me know if there are other subjects that you might like to see or topics that you want me to cover. Thank you,
Dennis R. DeVault
The Winners Box This section will be set aside to recognize the shooters that have won events throughout the year with an Infinity Shotgun or a DeVault Custom Stock. In the future if you want to be put in the winners box e-mail me with your accomplishments.
Tal Seger: Infinity Shotgun DeVault Custom Stock on a 682 Beretta US Open Winchester Championship 3rd place
HAA- triple A- winner
Drew Waller: MachOne Shotgun DeVault Custom Stock on MX-10 Perazzi Southern Grand Sunday Handicap Champion
Dave Brusman: Infinity Shotgun Ohio State Zone SW - SR. Vet Singles Champion
Robb Harper: MachOne Shotgun w/release trigger Buckeye Classic Singles Class A Champion
Congratulations to all!!
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Up Coming Events
Kentucky State ShootWe will be at the Kentucky State Shoot this year and look up Dean DeBow for a look at the Infinity Shotgun. Dean will have a demo model available with right or left hand wood and a pull or release trigger. Take one out and give it a test drive. I will be there later in the week to answers any questions about custom stocks and to assist people with fitting their guns if a little help is needed. I will have my cell phone on me and if the signals are good I can be reached at 330-936-5102.
Minnesota State ShootJuly 11th, 2008 the State association for Minnesota will be having an auction for a New Infinity Shotgun. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to the youth shooting program in their state. The auction will be live and phone-in bids will be taken during the auction. Contact Mark Zauhar for details - 952-892-1109 You can view the state program at
It saddens me to inform everyone that the Infinity Raffle for the Kentucky State Shoot July 5th, 2008 is going to have to be cancelled. We have only a month to go and we have only sold 125 tickets out of a possible 600 that were available. Thank you to all that bought tickets and we will be refunding your money or we can hold the money in our special account for another raffle next year. We will be in touch. |
Up Coming Events that we will be attending
The Ohio State Shoot June 16th thru June 22nd The Kentucky Shoot July 2nd thru July 6th The Minnesota State Shoot July 9th thru July 12th
If you are attending one of these events, I would love to have you stop by and say hello. Test fire the New Infinity and see what everyone is talking about.
You can contact me by phone 330-456-6070 Fax 330-456-5742 on the web
Don’t forget . . . email me with any questions you have or any topics you want me to cover and I will answer them in future issues.
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The eyes have it: This is the one problem that almost all of us suffer with at one time or another. Why did I raise my head? The answer is simple but it is difficult to correct. I have worked with eye surgeons and military shooting coaches in the past and they have let me in on a secret, the eyes are the key. One day I was talking to a coach and he asked me to sit in a chair with my head level and then without tilting my head back lift my eyes to the top of the eye socket. He then told me to hold that stare for 30 seconds. Within just a few seconds my eyes became very uncomfortable and I had to lift my head to let my eyes rest. The coach told me when you shoot at targets and you tilt your head down and roll your eyes up you are doing the same thing 200 times a day. When the eyes become tired of this they will cause the brain to tell the muscles in the neck to lift the head and let the eyes settle in the center of the socket and look normal where the eyes are meant to be. Think about this, in everyday life we do not walk around with our head tilted down. Driving would be difficult with the head down in this position, unless of course we are texting someone. Ooops, I didn’t really mean that.
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For those of us with eye glasses: I can remember as a kid I always had to bend my head down and turn my face into the stock to break a target. I then began to sometimes see the frames of my glasses and that would block a target from time to time. My Dad took me to an eye doctor and he said he would correct the problem of seeing the frames of my glasses; he made the new frames huge and put the top of the frame on my forehead. “There he said” problem solved. As I got a little older I began to ask the doctor about how lenses are made and discovered more important information. When grinding prescription lenses the lab grinds an optimal cylinder into the lens. During an eye exam the doctor will ask you to look straight ahead with your head level and he measures to the right from the center of the nose to the center of your eye, next he measures the distance to the center of the opposite eye and creates a measurement called your (PD) Pupil Distance. This info is given to the lab to then grind your lenses for you to see the very best that you can when looking through the optimal center of the cylinder. If your head is tilted forward or turned in you are no longer looking through the optimal center of your prescription. This is when I switched to contacts and made a stock that properly fits me.
Face Slap: Another annoying problem that can make shooting unenjoyable. Referring back to my youth again. I shot a model 12 for years and folks would come up to my dad and ask, “how’s the kid shooting today?” |
He would say, “wait a second”, I would take a shot, and then if I spit blood, dad would tell them that I was great as long as the blood was flying. I love to shoot and I was determined to shoot as many targets as I could stand. So I just sucked it up and forced my face into the stock hard. As I aged the issue of blood was just not something I wanted to deal with any longer plus I wanted to keep my teeth secure in my gums. I wish I knew then what I have learned during the years. Back in those days the pitch in the back of my stock was wrong and the offset in the comb was not over far enough. These are just a couple of areas to investigate if the face slap is a problem. Yeah, you know what I am talking about; we have all seen or experienced the big goonies on our cheeks. Sometimes you just can’t put on enough talcum powder made for a baby’s butt. As time goes on we will discuss more about the importance of stock fitting and good shooting form.
Well that’s it for this month and remember to keep your powder dry and keep it safe. If you get the opportunity, share our sport with a friend and give them an invitation to go shooting. We need all the support that we can get.
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