I got up at 0300 hrs this morning and drove to Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin for their monthly .22 Palma Match. It usually takes 3 1/2 hrs for me to get there but this morning when I pulled out the sky fas full of lightning and just 5 miles from home the winds and rain plus quarter sized hail came down so hard that the wipers would not clear the windshield driving 15 mph so I did not get to the range till slightly after 0820 and the match was already going strong so I missed the shooters meting.
I got signed up for the second relay and shot it. I sort of felt like the Lone Ranger, I was the only shooter sitting on a stool shooting off cross sticks and the rest were prone shooting some fine modern rifles with adjustable front rests.
A great bunch of shooters, maybe close to 30 ??
When the relay ended we went down to pull the targets for scoring them I looked at my neighbors target and he had a bunch of more holes through the three targets than I had
Found out that it was a 15 shot per target and I just shot 10 LOL, oh well I will poke more holes through the paper next month
Still I shot a 283 out of 300 so I don't feel too bad.
Still could not see the cross hairs on the black bull but I could see the hairs on the outside of the bull and this was enough to judge where the center was by seeing them at 6&12 3&9 o'clock. I should hold at 6 and will the next time I shoot this match.
It was a fun time even with the 4 hr trip getting to the range.
Kurt
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