Phillip,
1) A 25 yard range is what was made available to us. How else then could we shoot?
2) The many "Stopping Rifles" like .470NE, .450 #2NE, .577NE, and the many wonderful old Scottish and English, Black Powder Express rifles which were present last year, are in fact designed to be used at ranges like 25 yards.
3) Did you even bother to stop by, say hello, and avail yourself of the offer, which many of us advertised here for a month before the Southern, to shoot any one of our double rifles at zero cost to you? Somehow, I doubt very much that you did. I will tell you, however, that dozens of others DID take us up on our offer, and enjoyed themselves immensely.