been to the range.

The Raven · Post by **The Raven** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:54 pm

LoneRider wrote:i think you nailed it ol trev.... there is still a post or two on our range for the wire of the field phones.

Now who is showing their age? Next you'll mention using Morse, or worse Semaphore.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 11:05 pm

The Raven wrote:
LoneRider wrote:i think you nailed it ol trev.... there is still a post or two on our range for the wire of the field phones.
Now who is showing their age? Next you'll mention using Morse, or worse Semaphore.

id like to see someone stupid enough to pop out from behind the butts and start waving flags

nopt ,im going by what i was told recently by an old long time shooter at the range...

B4408 · Post by **B4408** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:20 am

I went for a look at the local range a couple of years ago. They still used a couple of old hand crank/party line phones. I think the wire was strung along a fence line on insulators, just like an electric fence wire.
Bruce

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:52 pm

I guess that makes sense then. What happened if you put your first and second sighter through the black dot

makes you wonder why they continue with it still though. So it means your possible best score is a 105.

Brad Y · Post by **Brad Y** » Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:24 pm

Its a queensland thing I think, not done anywhere else.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 3:59 pm

not to bad today.low wind,high sun...

300yrds....

96.6

also got the lucky spot on the last shot.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:44 am

Oh that's great mate good on ya. No shoot for me the wife runs an endurance ride out at Burraga so I am the ride base radio link, this Saturday is 300 yards for me. Hopefully I won't get rain'd out but right now I hope that I do as we need the rain more than I need to shoot.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:33 am

sometime shooter wrote:Oh that's great mate good on ya. No shoot for me the wife runs an endurance ride out at Burraga so I am the ride base radio link, this Saturday is 300 yards for me. Hopefully I won't get rain'd out but right now I hope that I do as we need the rain more than I need to shoot.

im hearing ya.....
500yrd this sunday...
if i go by my recent pattern,i should do alright.
the last 500 i shot i got a 95.5,that was before i sorted out my sights....so...hopefully..

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:36 pm

I was going to drop 300 yards now that I haven't had the chance to shoot all the ranges for the club championship but since I am now going to go up to Brisbane for the Nationals they shoot it. Oh well was going to concentrate on 500 600 800 and 900, guess I'll have to add 300 to that as well.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:00 pm

the're organising a 300 yrd [with a 500 target] 303 shoot for anzac day.....
that should be a hoot.

i guess im still a range newbie.....ill shoot any range in any weather at any time and be happy doin it...

curan · Post by **curan** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:19 pm

LoneRider wrote:the're organising a 300 yrd [with a 500 target] 303 shoot for anzac day.....
that should be a hoot.

i guess im still a range newbie.....ill shoot any range in any weather at any time and be happy doin it...

I love it when the weathers crook. Seems to drag the good blokes down closer to my level.....

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:56 pm

curan wrote:
LoneRider wrote:the're organising a 300 yrd [with a 500 target] 303 shoot for anzac day.....
that should be a hoot.

i guess im still a range newbie.....ill shoot any range in any weather at any time and be happy doin it...
I love it when the weathers crook. Seems to drag the good blokes down closer to my level.....

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:19 pm

Curan +1 +1 +1

Yep I agree, I have beaten the current club champ, current MRDA optimus festival winner in bad windy conditions the only other F classer on that day to beat me was Geoff Willis the current NSW and ACT Queens winner and only by about 2 pt's.
Got told at the Canberra queens by one of the best F open shooters that he likes shooting in the rain as it gives a better wind indication by looking at the direction the rain is falling.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:26 pm

oh and on the rain front we got about 0 to 5 ml's today so good but not enough. will green things up a bit but that's it.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:34 am

Well as usual went to my local fish and chip shop for my pre range bacon and cheese burger, step out of the shop and exclaim What a perfect day for a shot. Not a breath of wind, get to the range and it's blowing a hard right to left probably 20 km's an hour and gusting.

Anyway I was second down and was doing good for the first 5 shot's then it changed and stuffed the second half of the first stage, 4 5 5 5 5 finished with a 53.1 bugger. The wind did lessen when the other F class shooter's took to the mound, putting in 55's and 59's.
Second stage the wind had lessened again and shot a very pleasing 58.4 so in the end couldn't get close to Geoff Willis but fell only 2 pt's behind Graham Willis and Jeff Eppelston

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