Busselton 1000yd BR 15.2.15
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:28 pm
With our pre booked fixture cancelled due to the Defence Force using the range, we had an impromptu make up shoot after a 500m F Class shoot this afternoon.
7 Shooters stayed for the shoot, on paper targets which was a fresh change from electronic targets that we shot on last year. We plan to use paper throughout the year now to bring our results up to being recognised across Aus and the USA.
Conditions were tricky, with fickle switching mirage- sometimes quite strong then dropping off within a second or two, then coming back at half the previous value. Most shooters had good groups that were ruined by a flier due to a pickup or dropoff. While marking I noted a change in direction between the sighter and score periods and who ever I was marking had 3 shots blown clean off the target due to the direction change.
Brad Day with his barnard 6.5x47L shot the days small group of 7.2 inches in his second detail which was consistent enough with his first group to also take out the daily group aggregate. Matt Lewis shot the days best score of 42.0 with his 308 off a bipod! I was confident of giving the group aggregate/small group a good nudge today after a first group of 8.5 inches however 3 shots into rattling down my last detail the mirage stopped as I shot and later found out the shot went way across the other side of the target. However was happy to center the little dasher well enough for the score aggregate for the day.
Looking forward to the next fixture!
7 Shooters stayed for the shoot, on paper targets which was a fresh change from electronic targets that we shot on last year. We plan to use paper throughout the year now to bring our results up to being recognised across Aus and the USA.
Conditions were tricky, with fickle switching mirage- sometimes quite strong then dropping off within a second or two, then coming back at half the previous value. Most shooters had good groups that were ruined by a flier due to a pickup or dropoff. While marking I noted a change in direction between the sighter and score periods and who ever I was marking had 3 shots blown clean off the target due to the direction change.
Brad Day with his barnard 6.5x47L shot the days small group of 7.2 inches in his second detail which was consistent enough with his first group to also take out the daily group aggregate. Matt Lewis shot the days best score of 42.0 with his 308 off a bipod! I was confident of giving the group aggregate/small group a good nudge today after a first group of 8.5 inches however 3 shots into rattling down my last detail the mirage stopped as I shot and later found out the shot went way across the other side of the target. However was happy to center the little dasher well enough for the score aggregate for the day.
Looking forward to the next fixture!
