Sporting shoots. Your personal accounts. 2022

[Martinj]

Possibly the last entry this year so Happy new year everybody.

Was I the only one to go to Owls Lodge Christmas shoot today? anyway I have had 2 weeks off work with no shooting and just had to get out despite the weather forecast. It was raining as predicted, consequently I wasn't expecting to do well and it lived up/down? to my expectations. The rain was steady to heavy all the time I was there, (until around 1pm,) it probably went on all afternoon. I was dressed to keep dry but the big issue was that my glasses kept getting wet and I had to dry them off periodically. I thought I was at a disadvantage but, surprisingly, most people were still using shooting glasses and some just leaving them wet.

There's not much point giving a blow by blow account, needless to say I put in a low score (73) although I was getting better as I went round, from Stand 8-13 I was shooting better so most of the damage was done in the first half.

Queues unsurprisingly were OK, I got round in about two hours. My gun got saturated, I could see the wood darkening in places, I was pleased that I had no issues with swollen wood clashing with the top lever as has happened with this gun in the past (Beretta 692) so my amateur fix from a couple of years ago was still holding up.

All in all, I thought there were two or three firm stands, all the others were there to be hit and I enjoyed the session.

 

[bisondan]

Possibly the last entry this year so Happy new year everybody.

Was I the only one to go to Owls Lodge Christmas shoot today? anyway I have had 2 weeks off work with no shooting and just had to get out despite the weather forecast. It was raining as predicted, consequently I wasn't expecting to do well and it lived up/down? to my expectations. The rain was steady to heavy all the time I was there, (until around 1pm,) it probably went on all afternoon. I was dressed to keep dry but the big issue was that my glasses kept getting wet and I had to dry them off periodically. I thought I was at a disadvantage but, surprisingly, most people were still using shooting glasses and some just leaving them wet.

There's not much point giving a blow by blow account, needless to say I put in a low score (73) although I was getting better as I went round, from Stand 8-13 I was shooting better so most of the damage was done in the first half.

Queues unsurprisingly were OK, I got round in about two hours. My gun got saturated, I could see the wood darkening in places, I was pleased that I had no issues with swollen wood clashing with the top lever as has happened with this gun in the past (Beretta 692) so my amateur fix from a couple of years ago was still holding up.

All in all, I thought there were two or three firm stands, all the others were there to be hit and I enjoyed the session.

Was planning on doing this as it's a local ground but was tipping down when I woke up so stayed indoors, was hoping it might clear up from about 12 but got worse if anything so stayed at home in the dry.

 

[Sian]

Possibly the last entry this year so Happy new year everybody.Was I the only one to go to Owls Lodge Christmas shoot today? 

We went and got very soggy.  I managed to shoot in my coat and cap which I hate.  I enjoyed the course in good company. We started on stand 5 and did 1 to 4 last. Had two bad stands - stand 1 which was silly really but by that time I was very wet and getting cold and the post in the stand really put me off for the second bird - lost 5.  Also stand 6 lost 5.  Other than that lost one or two on stands with three straights. Finished on 76 so given the conditions that was fine by me.