The Hosford Cup is an Ann Arbor Moose Sportsman's League tradition built around the side-by-side gun, an event that draws the kind of shooter who likes the romance of the discipline as much as the scoring. The 2024 running was the sixth, and by the time the smoke cleared on Sunday afternoon David Olshansky had collected the cup for the second time in club history.
Olshansky's weekend turned on two stations. A 49 of 50 on the wobble trap gave him separation from the chase pack early. By Sunday's main event he had to navigate a hundred-target sporting layout that punished anyone who relaxed in the middle, and he ran it clean, a hundred straight, an outcome the gun cabinet at the Sportsman's League will not soon forget.
The Hosford Cup occupies a particular spot in the Michigan calendar. It is small enough that shooters know each other by first name, big enough to draw real talent, and old enough now to have a roster of past champions. Matt Gay's coverage from the field captures the texture that does not show up on a scoreboard.
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