leighH
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Shot the Feb edition of the Winter FITASC at Roundwood on Thursday. Had to switch from a.m. to p.m. and there was drizzle/light rain but dryer than the morning rotations.
Started badly on Towers, nothing too difficult on Peg 1, but let 3 / 4 go. Stand 2 had a driven off the top of the tower (160 feet) also shot as a rafale pair in the double, only hit the 2nd rafale and missed single and double both a quartering away battue and a very straightforward R -L midi. Peg 3 had another high tower target, this time going away overhead. I held the gun well out and thought I had missed underneath at about 12+ feet, but it broke well. Could not repeat in the double but hit only once by the rest of the squad. Finished on 14 for the layout.
Rifle range next, missing a high tower L-R midi on Peg 1. Peg 2 had very similar targets to previous month but shot from lower platform with all targets below. Missed the R -L both times, and the incoming single. Reduced lead on incomer in double and it broke, but then took aim 5 times at the report gravity rabbit before missing in front.
Peg 3 we had another overhead away high tower bird which went untouched by the whole squad. Dropped the single L – R rising battue but cut lead back in double and broke it well. Finished on 16.
Quick cup of tea and onto the Clubhouse Layout. Dropped another L – R battue and a very hittable L – R single and a quartering away midi chandelle both single and double on Peg 1.
Peg 2 had a very quick L-R standard (although looked more like 70mm), missed as a single but cut back lead in the double and hit it, but then missed the slow dropper on report as well as the slow incomer with the simo rabbit. A fast quartering target kept flying on Peg 3 but all the crossers were scored, including a rafale midi.
Onto the field where the wind was up and making the targets appear quite edgy before stalling and opening out as they dropped, like battues really. Shot the singles reasonably well, mainly 1st barrel but far too many /0 s in the doubles trying to measure as they stalled, finishing on another 17.
Overall a bit trickier shoot this month, the high tower birds were stiffer, did not miss so many ‘easy’ targets but there was not as many to miss!
Regards
Leigh
Started badly on Towers, nothing too difficult on Peg 1, but let 3 / 4 go. Stand 2 had a driven off the top of the tower (160 feet) also shot as a rafale pair in the double, only hit the 2nd rafale and missed single and double both a quartering away battue and a very straightforward R -L midi. Peg 3 had another high tower target, this time going away overhead. I held the gun well out and thought I had missed underneath at about 12+ feet, but it broke well. Could not repeat in the double but hit only once by the rest of the squad. Finished on 14 for the layout.
Rifle range next, missing a high tower L-R midi on Peg 1. Peg 2 had very similar targets to previous month but shot from lower platform with all targets below. Missed the R -L both times, and the incoming single. Reduced lead on incomer in double and it broke, but then took aim 5 times at the report gravity rabbit before missing in front.
Peg 3 we had another overhead away high tower bird which went untouched by the whole squad. Dropped the single L – R rising battue but cut lead back in double and broke it well. Finished on 16.
Quick cup of tea and onto the Clubhouse Layout. Dropped another L – R battue and a very hittable L – R single and a quartering away midi chandelle both single and double on Peg 1.
Peg 2 had a very quick L-R standard (although looked more like 70mm), missed as a single but cut back lead in the double and hit it, but then missed the slow dropper on report as well as the slow incomer with the simo rabbit. A fast quartering target kept flying on Peg 3 but all the crossers were scored, including a rafale midi.
Onto the field where the wind was up and making the targets appear quite edgy before stalling and opening out as they dropped, like battues really. Shot the singles reasonably well, mainly 1st barrel but far too many /0 s in the doubles trying to measure as they stalled, finishing on another 17.
Overall a bit trickier shoot this month, the high tower birds were stiffer, did not miss so many ‘easy’ targets but there was not as many to miss!
Regards
Leigh
