Forsyth Long Range Match

[semtav]

Word of the day was windy !!
took me 25-30 min windage to stay on target.
Still was a nice day for shooting. Wind was pretty consistent
Wes was on Fire today, nobody could touch him, but Elwyn gave it a good try.
Gene and Dave Gamble shot side by side and couldn't get away from each other, tying on every target.
Course they used me for their wind dummy as I was shooting just before them and beat me by one on every target !!

--------------------------800----------900-------------1000-----------total
Brian S-------------------7------------6-----------------4----------------17
Gene G------------------8------------7------------------5----------------20
Dave G------------------8------------7------------------5----------------20
Gary C-------------------5------------4------------------1---------------10
Al K----------------------4------------7------------------3---------------14

Wes G-------------------10----------8------------------5----------------23
Dex H--------------------5-----------2------------------3----------------10
Elwyn B------------------8-----------8------------------5----------------21
Deith A-----------------4------------6------------------3----------------13
Joe C--------------------6------------5------------------2---------------13

[semtav]

A few took advantage of the eased restrictions to get out today
About the first day in along time the wind didn't howl.

Dave G.......9..........9.........7........25
Gene G......8...........6.........2.......16
Glen K.......4...........3.........4.......11 Scope
Deith A.......8..........7.........2.......17
Gary C.......6..........5..........2.......13
Wes G........5..........3..........5.......13
Elwyn B......9..........9..........7.......25 Scope

1200 yd Buffalo

Dave 4
Gary 3
Gene 3
Elwyn 2
Wes 1
Deith 1

[semtav]

Good turnout and weather for the match today.
Got to give my 45 2 7/8 its first real test.
Now i need to go back and work on my daughters 40-65 load.
I tried it at the 1200 and didnt fare any better than she did.

Gary C ..........6.....3.....3.....12
Nicole S........4......1..,..0......5
Mike C..........5.......4.....2.....11
Glen K...........4.......0....2......6

Brian S..........6........5....7......18
Kim W...........3.......4.....2.......9
Elwyn B........7........4......2......13
Deith A.........4.......8........5.....17



1200
Mike C.....5
Deith A.....3
Elwyn B....2
Brian S.....1
Glen K......0

[semtav]

Finally got around to cleaning her gun this morning. Found an exorbitant amount of lead in the barrel. Need to start over on that issue.
Getting her weaned off that greasy kid stuff would be a good start.

[kwilliams]

Brian
I pushed out a bunch of lead too in my .40 when I got home.....a lube blend failure, explains the shotgun pattern. Made up a batch of D. Theodore's mix, it was already showing some promise yesterday.
kw

[semtav]

Yea. I think those back to back relays for 24 shots in a row are really a test of the lube. Plus like Elwyn pointed out, if you put your shell in too soon it melts the lube and super heats the powder. I couldn't touch any metal on my gun fwd of the trigger without burning myself.

[semtav]

blister.jpg

trigger got so hot I blistered my finger !!!!

[GrumpyBear]

Wow, that's hot. Hope it heals up quickly.

I would be worried about possible spontaneous combustion of the cartridge in the rifle with that high a temperature.

[semtav]

Wow, that's hot.

Well l may have embellished that story a bit to cover up my stupidity from the day before

[semtav]

Last minute hurry to get enough bullets for the match and low on lead, i was putting the sprues back in the pot and accidently picked up the spru i had just knocked off.

[GrumpyBear]

OK,still had to hurt pulling the trigger with that finger.

[semtav]

Even tho conditions were challenging to say the least, it was still a great day to be out shooting.
Gary Campbell and Kim Williams started out leading the group on the 800 yd target,
But conditions got more challenging as we went on.
After two targets, there was a three way tie for first between Gary, Kim and me with Dave Gamble one shot back.
The 1000 yd target played havoc on everyone but Al Kajin who went from only hitting one on the 800 to hitting 5 on the 1000.
In the End, I kept waiting for Dave to get on one of his streaks and pass me but it never happened.
The bright spots were Mike Caprata coming back from only hitting 4 on the Long Range to hitting 4 on the 1200 yd buffalo and winning that part, and Dex getting 3 on the 1000 yd target.
The buffalo was a real head scratcher when quite a few went from hitting close to the buffalo to hitting 2 targets high and 2 targets right with no apparent change in wind conditions. It happened to 3 shooters in a row at one point.
I'm thinking smudge pots might be needed to see what the wind was really doing up by that hill.
All in all, a fun day, but low scores !!!

---------------------------800-------------900--------------1000----------total
Deith Allies-------------4----------------3------------------3-------------10
Dex H--------------------2----------------1------------------3--------------6
Al Kajin-----------------1-----------------5------------------5-------------11
Kim Williams-----------7-----------------5------------------1--------------13
Gary Campbell---------8-----------------4------------------2--------------14

Mike Caprata----------3----------------0-------------------1--------------4
Elwyn Brunner--------5-----------------5------------------1---------------11
Glen Kapitzke---------6----------------2-------------------1---------------9
Claudia Kajin----------3----------------1-------------------0---------------4
Brian Schwend-------6-----------------6-------------------3--------------15
Dave Gamble----------6----------------5-------------------3--------------14

[semtav]

1200 yd Buffalo Results

MIke Caprata .....4
Elwyn Brunner ...3
Dex H..............0
Kim Williams......1
Gary Campbell....1
Dave Gamble.....2

[desert deuce]

Semtav wrote: "Well l may have embellished that story a bit to cover up my stupidity from the day before"

I was advised at a fairly young age by grandparents that if I wondered if someone was honest to check the palms of their hands, if there was hair growing in the palms of their hands there was a fair chance they were honest people.

Better Check Semtav's palms.

[semtav]

Hadn't heard that one but I had heard about growing too much hair on the back of your hands !!