Shooting in bad weather...yes or no?
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If it is a Fitasc sporting event (?) then they would (in the old days) get a warning letter.
Very bad form. Would not be tolerated at an international.
Very bad form. Would not be tolerated at an international.
Mick Shaw
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Home and dry now, Gun cleaned,all clothes hanging up to dry, Had a great day. shot 4 rounds, 3 ESK and 1 DTL and still hit 93,
Ist round in the worst rain was the best (24) the rest were (23) As always glad I went.
Mick.
(now having a glass of something to warm me up.) :girlcrazy:
Ist round in the worst rain was the best (24) the rest were (23) As always glad I went.
Mick.
(now having a glass of something to warm me up.) :girlcrazy:
bostonmick
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I cant understand people leaving half way round a course when I used to go duck shooting we prayed for this sort of weather used to bring them in a treat.how times have changed
chubby
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I know you would not leave,but you ARE old!
Gnasher
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Terrible. To leave one person to shoot on their own is wrong. I don't think I have ever given up on any shoot other than practice (and I think that was due to boredom with the targets, not the weather)
I chose not to shot today due to the weather but if I had been booked on a squad I would have turned up and shot the lot whatever
GavB
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To be fair a couple of the guys were car sharing so had little choice, however shooting the layout alone was a very weird experience and i think my tempo just got quicker and quicker, something i have been working hard on to prevent. I'm more disappointed that i missed putting a 7 in front by 1.
Santa2512
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If Ive payed my cash, ill finish the shoot, no matter how bad ...
only time Ive ever pulled out of a sporting event was due to mechanical failure, of which an in paddock repair was not an option ...
£70 entry fee, a tank of diesel, 2 Jerry cans of fuel & food for the 2 day weekend... and i only managed half a race lap .
Mart
only time Ive ever pulled out of a sporting event was due to mechanical failure, of which an in paddock repair was not an option ...
£70 entry fee, a tank of diesel, 2 Jerry cans of fuel & food for the 2 day weekend... and i only managed half a race lap .
Mart
Macc Ladd
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bloody hell you lucky girl!!! That is what I need!!......true story :wink:
:laugh:
Warm weather training :laugh:
Steve Lovatt
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nah not for me , bit like playing rugby on astro turf under cover , no atmosphere , just my thoughts
bettyswollocks
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Name & shame?????
GAV
GAV
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Iggy
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Only ever done this once at Doveridge a couple of years ago on New Year's Eve.
It was fine to start but quickly turned into a cold, wet, windy and miserable day. To make matters worse the turnout was huge and there were several breakdown which meant a lot of queuing in the ran.
I'd been there about 3 hours and shot 6 of the 12 stands, so jacked it in and went home - only to have the CPSA chase me like a criminal because I didn't hand my card in.
Will Hewland
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The CPSA will take your score and mark it as a percentage effectively. So if you have only shot 40 and hit 30, it effectively is the same as hitting a 75. Odd system really, because if you don't like the look of a tough stand, you could miss it out and get scored on just what you shot!
Iggy
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Paul120
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coach once said to me. Once you start never give up no matter how bad you do are doing or how bad the conditions. Give up once and it becomes too easy too give up again and you never learn anything.
The range or ground officer has the final say on whether it's too bad to carry on.
The range or ground officer has the final say on whether it's too bad to carry on.
Chris Hill
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It was pretty darn wet this morning, but if we were game shooting we wouldn't have thought twice.
As it was, I did consider if I could be doing with fully cleaning the gun straight away _again_ (We've got wet a few times this season), but none of us wanted to back down!
When we got there, there was my father and myself and my mate, and four other chaps. Usually you might have to wait on each stand for a little bit.
The organiser refused to take any money from us for the rounds because of the weather, so we insisted on rounding up the £9 for the 50 cartridges to £10.
The scorecards turned to mush by the middle of stand 2, we were considering just poking a hole for a hit and leaving it intact for a miss.
It was also blowing a gale, on the first stand I missed the first of the last pair as the clay actually caught the wind and went backwards, landing some good 30 feet or so back towards the trap from where the others did!
Still shot really well (for me) Hit 29 out of the 50 (= my best so far), including a 7 on the 'hardest' stand that previously my highest score was 2 or 3 (not sure how much was judgement but I was pleased!)
I think I missed a couple on the last stand as I couldn't feel my trigger finger causing me to either snatch or not pull enough, thus leaving it too long (double trigger plus my finger never goes near the trigger till I'm at least close to 'on' the target).
And most importantly we all had good fun.
Anyway, took a roll of tissue -well, they are udder wipes actually, perfect for the purpose- with us and we broke down the guns and gave a quick dry off in the portacabin before they went back in the slips, which had also stayed inside.
So for me, yes any weather.
As it was, I did consider if I could be doing with fully cleaning the gun straight away _again_ (We've got wet a few times this season), but none of us wanted to back down!
When we got there, there was my father and myself and my mate, and four other chaps. Usually you might have to wait on each stand for a little bit.
The organiser refused to take any money from us for the rounds because of the weather, so we insisted on rounding up the £9 for the 50 cartridges to £10.
The scorecards turned to mush by the middle of stand 2, we were considering just poking a hole for a hit and leaving it intact for a miss.
It was also blowing a gale, on the first stand I missed the first of the last pair as the clay actually caught the wind and went backwards, landing some good 30 feet or so back towards the trap from where the others did!
Still shot really well (for me) Hit 29 out of the 50 (= my best so far), including a 7 on the 'hardest' stand that previously my highest score was 2 or 3 (not sure how much was judgement but I was pleased!)
I think I missed a couple on the last stand as I couldn't feel my trigger finger causing me to either snatch or not pull enough, thus leaving it too long (double trigger plus my finger never goes near the trigger till I'm at least close to 'on' the target).
And most importantly we all had good fun.
Anyway, took a roll of tissue -well, they are udder wipes actually, perfect for the purpose- with us and we broke down the guns and gave a quick dry off in the portacabin before they went back in the slips, which had also stayed inside.
So for me, yes any weather.
Dodge
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Sat in the office now and really wishing I'd braved the wind and rain yesterday for a morning breaking clays... withdrawal symptoms kicking in.
Finners
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Shot yesterday at my usual local (Three Lakes Gun Club) it's a 50 bird ESP jobby. The weather wasn't too bad for us, fairly consistent rain but not a huge amount of wind. The card got very wet, so we just wrote the total scored per stand, in pencil, trying hard to keep it covered over.
The new owners (he also is involved with Edge Hill) put a few testers on. One stand was 5 pairs consisting a fairly simple in comer followed by a quartering edge on missile which was nearly 40 yards away before I even saw it. I also struggled big time with the driven stand, but that's a bit of a feature for me these days it seems.
So all in all my shooting was particularly poor, 22 ex 50 but to be honest I can't blame the weather for what was my lowest score for a long time.
The new owners (he also is involved with Edge Hill) put a few testers on. One stand was 5 pairs consisting a fairly simple in comer followed by a quartering edge on missile which was nearly 40 yards away before I even saw it. I also struggled big time with the driven stand, but that's a bit of a feature for me these days it seems.
So all in all my shooting was particularly poor, 22 ex 50 but to be honest I can't blame the weather for what was my lowest score for a long time.
Went to Fauxdegla last weekend in pretty bad conditions to shoot the dtl & abt. Shot the dtl badly, but was looking forward to the abt after a spot of lunch. There were two full squads booked on for 1 pm start.
Unfortunately, the squad I was on featured 5 older gents who all turned up but preferred to stay in the clubhouse than shoot (from the covered layout). So it was a squad of 6 & then me on my own! Didnt fancy shooting 100 trap on my own, and didnt want to split the other squad so I just went home. Pretty lame of the other 5 to turn up and then not bother shooting, but its their money I guess. Better than pulling out half way through. Im just glad I didn't make the trip specially!
Every time I think of whinging about sh*tty weather all that comes into my head is my old mans staunch Geordie accent saying
"You're made out of skin not sugar"
or
"skins waterproof"
so I generally just crack on, last week we planned to shoot 2 rounds we got round once and were drenched my mate was going to can the second round I just said to him you can't get wetter than wet at that point he smirked and we carried on.
If you can shoot ok when it's crap then when it's I'd hope to shoot well!
the only thing i don't like is the amount of water which goes into the gun last week action the lot was off and de watered for this reason alone I'm considering buying a cheap Hatsan Escort or Benelli
"You're made out of skin not sugar"
or
"skins waterproof"
so I generally just crack on, last week we planned to shoot 2 rounds we got round once and were drenched my mate was going to can the second round I just said to him you can't get wetter than wet at that point he smirked and we carried on.
If you can shoot ok when it's crap then when it's I'd hope to shoot well!
the only thing i don't like is the amount of water which goes into the gun last week action the lot was off and de watered for this reason alone I'm considering buying a cheap Hatsan Escort or Benelli
