Kansas City Jan. 2011

We did well in KC, weather not withstanding. It was cold. There were 32 displays so lots of competition . We were very pleased and flattered to win second place. The judges made suggestions on how to make the display better, which was much appreciated. Our plans for the rest of the year, are to display at OGCA & Denver in May, WACA in Cody, WY in July, and Dallas in August. See you there.

THE MVACA 7-2010 DISPLAY SHOW

We attended the July, 2010 Kansas City Show with two displays. There were 50 displays in competion, most of which were serious competition for us. Our Lee Straight Pull display featured a new aquisition, one of the rifles recovered from the Maine. The NRA and Club judges did not favor this display, but rumor has it that the Maine Rifle was in serious competition with a Gatling gun that won "best individual gun".

We also took our Hotchkiss display, which won nothing from the NRA, but won a top ten runnerup from the Club.

As usual a great time with close friends and fellow collectors.

Ohio Gun Collectors show May 22&23, 2010

We took both our Hotchkiss display and our Winchester Lee Straight Pull display to this show. Many, many nice comments on both displays. The Judges gave us a 'Judges Choice' award for the Hotchkiss display in the Antique Category. Since the Hotchkiss display is our favorite one to do, we were especially pleased with the award. As usual the banquet at the Air Force Museum in Dayton was outstanding. The OGCA does a wonderful job with this program.