Charliedog
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Cheddite yesterday, really is one of the best shoots of the year, well balanced round, no eyesight tests, great beer and burgers, very enjoyable
I personally didn't think it was that easy, less technical than the month before though.I am very surprised that a few thought it was a difficult layout. I didn't think there was much on the course that I would have struggled with had I not been using a gun that still feels completely foreign to me. The low looper on stand 3 and the teal on stand 4 were tricky targets with one or two others in the deer park but there was plenty elsewhere to flesh out a good score. I would have expected to come away with a low 80's which is a little above my average.
The weather was a pain with a cold wind and just enough rain to ensure that your glasses were completely covered by the second pair of targets. A few squads with just two or three people in following us around so I would assume that a lot people chose to remain in bed rather than get soaked.
There were two AA class shooters in my squad that finished on 90 & 91/100 that were very disappointed and thought there was at least another 3/4 targets out there for them.
We were there yesterday. I always enjoy it but I don’t shoot it well. Stand 6 annoyed me as when you’re in the stand and you are short you just don’t get to see a lot of that second bird. The ones I hit were me just throwing my gun in the general direction and hoping. The stand after that I missed the first two pairs, unforgivably missing the first one but then I got two pairs so was happy enough. I get tired by the time I get to 13 and royally messed up 14. Got to 15 and my heart sank two coloured teal which I hate but just dropped one. The longer it went on the less I saw themCheddite Championships at Barrow (Hunston Woods) for me yesterday. This has got to be my favourite shoot of the year. It's well laid out, and a good variety of targets from monstrous crossers, to little floppy clays at the end of your gun. I did hear a few people moaning about the close in target on st6. I'm assuming they missed it.
Only the 2nd time out with the new stock on the DT, so wasn't expecting a stellar performance. Nice and easy intro on stand 1, then hurried the overhead on st2, dropping 3. Possibly the only stand of the day I walked out of thinking "you pillock". Straighted st3, then out to the field for st4. Big sim pair. Luckily wasn't on first, so I watched a few of the squad over lead the furthest bird by a lot. Walked out of that only dropping 1. It might have sliipped through the 1/4 choke pattern, as I thought I shot at it in exactly the same spot every time.
Dropped 2 pairs on the next one. Saw a few walk out of that with a 0 on the card.
Dropped the occasional 1 or 2 on a few other stands, then got to st13. Last year this stand bit me hard, walked out with a 0. This year was much better. Watched some others mess it up by getting their hold point too close to the trap, then the target was miles away before they even started swinging the gun. Took my hold point way out and straighted it. May have even had a little skip and a dance out the stand.
Straights for the final 2, resulting in a 100ex120. Happy with that, just above my average.
Unfortunately there's a lot of shoots where even though they take into account wind and sun position, they don't take into account diffences in the shooters height. Occasionally I get hampered by the opposite. Shooting from within a treeline on a high target it can get obscured by the tree canopy because of my height. A shorter person can get better visibility in that situation. It doesn't happen as often as often as the shorter shooters get hampered, but it does happen.We were there yesterday. I always enjoy it but I don’t shoot it well. Stand 6 annoyed me as when you’re in the stand and you are short you just don’t get to see a lot of that second bird. The ones I hit were me just throwing my gun in the general direction and hoping. The stand after that I missed the first two pairs, unforgivably missing the first one but then I got two pairs so was happy enough. I get tired by the time I get to 13 and royally messed up 14. Got to 15 and my heart sank two coloured teal which I hate but just dropped one. The longer it went on the less I saw them. A lovely squad a father and his two sons.
We all have shoots like that - "if only!" one day you will hit themCould have easily finished on an 83-85 if it weren't for a few mistakes on the earlier stands.
I shot 83 on the Thursday, it took me a while to settle and relax (wanted as fewer points for England selection as possibleOwls lodge Saturday, first visit on what was a stiff round of clays. Very enjoyable, all clays visible and there to be hit, hitting them consistently was more of a challenge. It was a long way to travel but the round flowed much quicker than expected, shoot average was a low 68, I did manage to beat that and win my class, not sure when I will get back to pick up my winnings, great to test yourself on a very good course.
(Gunsite) I sat on a bench and had a brief chat with a guy from Wales at stand 11 one of a group of three or four, I wonder if . . .
I didn't shoot well, too many ones and two's lost and I didn't ever find the High R to L midi on stand 9 so that was 4 away thank you! probably missed in front.
I shot some good targets and dropped some easy ones for example I missed two rabbits on stand 12 but hit the long R to L crossers. I ended up with a disappointing 81, it was still an enjoyable shoot, the average was 80%
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