Just back and relaxing after a decent day at Hickstead SG for their monthly FITASC Sporting.
Great squad, MaddMatt, Chubby, Mhib, ShaunMK38 and Brown Bear + myself...
As ever, great variety of targets - proving that shooters can be beaten by combinations, angles and speeds rather then pure distance... that's not to say we didn't have some decent gaps on a few birds... Promatic layout was steady, with a little pop up looper that caught a few out as we moved round the pegs, as well as a rabbit which cost me a couple of points as it disappeared over a bank.
Haywards Guns had a couple of bigger tests, a battue that only just cleared the treeline giving an eye test, followed by a tiny window to shoot it in... very clever target. A long floaty incomer above a tree and a cheeky curler which became a teal from Peg 2 and caught me out for sure.
KWG was to the left of the field - with a couple of very tricky, low and flat birds which died in the wind and needed quick shooting... as well as big crosser and a quick battue from Peg 2 and 3 - as well as another enormous crow coming in over a tree which bounced around on the wind.
Final layout for us was the Gamebore layout - with a couple of tricky incomers a quick, high teal - and a massive crossing midi from peg 1 which nearly everyone missed (except Chubby), until a few of us started to figure out the line as we moved round to Peg3 - was very pleased to straight the last peg after a wobble on Peg1 which left me chasing a score.
So, I finished pretty happy on 75 (21, 17, 20, 17) and was pleased to grind out a few straight pegs along the way... I think I was leading D-Class when I left, but there were a couple of cards out there...
All in All - a great day, only enhanced by my provision of an excellent picnic for my squad - who were all, as usual, fantastic company - despite the mud!
Great squad, MaddMatt, Chubby, Mhib, ShaunMK38 and Brown Bear + myself...
As ever, great variety of targets - proving that shooters can be beaten by combinations, angles and speeds rather then pure distance... that's not to say we didn't have some decent gaps on a few birds... Promatic layout was steady, with a little pop up looper that caught a few out as we moved round the pegs, as well as a rabbit which cost me a couple of points as it disappeared over a bank.
Haywards Guns had a couple of bigger tests, a battue that only just cleared the treeline giving an eye test, followed by a tiny window to shoot it in... very clever target. A long floaty incomer above a tree and a cheeky curler which became a teal from Peg 2 and caught me out for sure.
KWG was to the left of the field - with a couple of very tricky, low and flat birds which died in the wind and needed quick shooting... as well as big crosser and a quick battue from Peg 2 and 3 - as well as another enormous crow coming in over a tree which bounced around on the wind.
Final layout for us was the Gamebore layout - with a couple of tricky incomers a quick, high teal - and a massive crossing midi from peg 1 which nearly everyone missed (except Chubby), until a few of us started to figure out the line as we moved round to Peg3 - was very pleased to straight the last peg after a wobble on Peg1 which left me chasing a score.
So, I finished pretty happy on 75 (21, 17, 20, 17) and was pleased to grind out a few straight pegs along the way... I think I was leading D-Class when I left, but there were a couple of cards out there...
All in All - a great day, only enhanced by my provision of an excellent picnic for my squad - who were all, as usual, fantastic company - despite the mud!
