Putting up the flags prior to the match, it looked like weather was going to hold off and go around the range. It got darker and darker and then started to rain. Waiting about 40 minutes, the sky lightened up and it became partly cloudy with the generally unreadable, unpredictable spring winds. Everyone shot it […]
The match started with an increasing wind of about 7 mph and increased the entire day, didn’t match the weather man who said 3-5 mph. The wind ended up 12-15 mph with gusts 20-25 mph. Coats had to be put on to cut the chill. There were misses and missing a small change put the […]
October 21th 3X1000 Yard Prone Match The weather was perfect all through the match. Usually the wind comes up on the second target but it stayed down to the end of the match. Although there wasn’t that any wind things did move around. The first target had some nice scores shot with a decline for […]
The wind came up hard and early and stayed that way for the day. Everyone shot and regarded it as a practice. Editorial Note: Bob makes it sound worse than it actually was 🙂 The wind was extremely challenging, but we used the opportunity to practice wind reading skills by discussing what conditions we saw […]
The wind held off for five shots of the very first string of the day and then came up hard and stayed for the rest of the match. At times it looked like the wind may drop to nothing but it was illusion as it almost dropped but then came back. The drop offs and […]
It was raining at the beginning of the match so there was a delay of about an hour before shooting could begin. The rain stopped but the wind came up gradually and was switching in the middle and full strength at the end of the match. It also started raining at the completion of shooting. […]
The day started with the wind dropping and it looked like a nice day although a little cool. The good weather lasted only for the very first target of the day and then the wind started building and turned into a typical spring day at the range. The wind built, then dropped, then switched in […]
A cool, clear fall day with a light wind that dropped and tried to come back and never did. What remained could put a shot out of the ten ring if attention wasn’t wandering. There was a work party in the pits so some shooters cut it short to help out. F/TR F Open Palma […]
A cool, clear fall day that started with no wind and then had a 5 mph wind that occasionally gusted to 10 mph. The real problem was the let offs and angle changes that were challenging to keep up with. Missing the changes would move shots from the center to the edge of the frame. […]
The day was clear and very hot with very light winds. The mirage changed from clear to blurry and switched. It was the only way to detect changes. These conditions combined to give great variability shot to shot. The first two relays didn’t have much variability but it was still tricky depending on the timing, […]
