Another pistol competition

[MattW]

Damn your eyes, Mr Matt. Even though I knew (and practice) the white gap aim point - this really is a 'have to' / no option thing - I'm not feeling as though I'll ever get near those scores you just posted. GOOD SHOOTING SIR

Biggles

Thanks Biggles and Graeme! I surprised myself today - just hope I can keep it going...

You watch though - February and the wheels will fall off and I'll be lucky to get 100

cheers

Matt

[biggles]

Perhaps I should endevour to do more than practice once a month - 10 shots immediately prior to doing the comp card

[MattW]

Perhaps I should endevour to do more than practice once a month - 10 shots immediately prior to doing the comp card

I'm sure it's the practice that's helping me, but I enjoy it so much that it's no hardship and I'm lucky enough to have the space to manage a permanent 6 yard range at home (from the kitchen, through the connecting door into the garage, with the target just in front of the up and over door). So I can just pick up the pistol whenever I've got some time to spare.

My big problem is consistency and 'match nerves' - I can do ok shooting practice cards, but when I attach a BBS comp card to the pellet catcher, it often goes pears

cheers
Matt

[targetmark]

Well manage to duck in and out of the rain and slip slide up the garden to retrieve my target cards
30/29/30/30=119 slightly better than decembers scores anyway great fun as usual and I've manage to talk a few of the lads into an informal monthly pistol comp up the club where I shoot if this keeps up there will be a shortage of wadcutter pellets
Cheers
MARK..

[Roy G]

Right Januarys shoot has now been completed despite the rain, wind and the usual bounce back from the timber backstop.

I am now pasting the 6 yard target onto individual cards so they fit in my pellet trap after catching the last bounce back on the bell end.

Anyone know how to take away the pain and leave the swelling?????

Scores 39+31+36+34 = 140

Roy G
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[pollythedog]

Thanks guys ,scores on site now updated.

[Jim McArthur]

I can practice and shoot the competition card in my back yard, but have been so busy lately I'm not even finding time for that!

And now, the Mardi Gras parades start!

Jim

[Andrew R]

Here are my January cards - unfortunately the first time out since completing the December cards!

FAS604 39 - 38 - 36 - 40
HW40 41 - 46 - 40 - 35
Baikal IZM 40 - 37 - 38 - 40

There's an interesting thing - best individual and overall score on the supposedly least accuarate pistol. Also worst card too!

Andrew

[pollythedog]

Thanks Andrew
scores on site now updated.
Cheers
graeme

anyone form here going to the charity hft at Kibworth this Sat, see you there.

[Snooper601]

January scores

10 10 9 8 8 = 45
10 9 9 8 8 = 44
9 9 9 8 8 = 43
10 10 10 9 9 = 48

Nasty cross wind swirling in the garden at times, then it dropped

Cheers

John

[barnesr]

Hi, hope its not too late to join this comp, as I've recently got myself a gamo compact. January score card 40 (5, 8, 10,9 ,8) 27 (0, 8, 8, 6, 5) 37 (4, 7, 8, 10 ,8) and 29 (8, 7, 4, 3, 7) total = 133.

Cheers.

[MattW]

January scores

10 10 9 8 8 = 45
10 9 9 8 8 = 44
9 9 9 8 8 = 43
10 10 10 9 9 = 48

Nasty cross wind swirling in the garden at times, then it dropped

Cheers

John

Damn fine shooting John!
I dread to think what I'd be like shooting outside

cheers
Matt

[biggles]

... and the votes from Biggles for the Jan 2008 cards are:

1. 44
2. 46
3. 45
4. 44

Totalling 179. A remarkably significant improvement on my December effort of 167.

No idea why it should be better as it was shot 10 minutes ago, at the end of a dreadful week at work (perhaps my mind was projecting an image of the boss over the 'KILL' zone ) and I've not picked up the gun since my last card. Yup - ZILCH practice cards, including this evening, since the Xmas shoot.

Only other things I can conceive contributing to the relative success are:

a) change of pellet from the Dynamit Nobel to RWS CO2 Target (7.0 grain) - with obviously (and fortunately) no shift in zero, and

b) (and prob main difference) mounting my target holder on a new back board which now sports a 'special' bright white (tending to blueish) LED spot light. Amazing little swanneck mounted device, which clips on to the board, and runs a single LED at 1W output from a 3v mains adapter. Compared with living room ceiling lighting, this provides very 'clean' and even illumination of the target.

Your, happier Biggles

[biggles]

dunno if you needed each bull broken down as per snoopers 'card' submission, but in case I was supposed to, they were:

1. 8, 8, 9, 9, 10 (44)
2. 8, 9, 9, 10, 10 (46)
3. 7, 9, 9, 10, 10 (45)
4. 7, 9, 9, 9, 10 (44)

Biggles

[Snooper601]

dunno if you needed each bull broken down as per snoopers 'card' submission, but in case I was supposed to, they were:

1. 8, 8, 9, 9, 10 (44)
2. 8, 9, 9, 10, 10 (46)
3. 7, 9, 9, 10, 10 (45)
4. 7, 9, 9, 9, 10 (44)

Biggles

I only do it that way to make sure the maths is correct I run out of fingers and toes too early

Cheers

John