Held up mediore at the Nationals

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Held up mediore at the Nationals

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Needed 16 points going to Camp Perry and needed 16 points coming home from Camp Perry.
Shot the 800 agg. 3 back to back 80 round matches. The did it on E targets and normally that is a good thing, but it was brutally slow.

Dont have a pic of day 1 but it was a close cousin to this day 2. Not bad, not up to par.
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Day 3 started out awesome. First 10 on my hind feet was a 98 with the only one out a called 8. Felt awesome, everything was working
Then I launched a 8 round one in my second string and Bob Rossed the target. Oh look an 8. Hes a happy little 8, lets give him some friends... F U Bob. Went from a 9 ring wobble to doing drivebys on the X.
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Presidents 100. Never shot that match before, but I will. Its a fun fast match on pulled targets. I didnt make the 100. I was 161 out of over 800. I have shot better but I wasnt displeased with the score.

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I didnt do well in the NTI (national trophy individual) (no pic) Did OK for me standing, but lost way to many points in the rapids. I was hammering 600. Made a great wind call and the first shot on was a X. Mad good changes and I was x and 10 through shot 15 which I got caught in a boil (wind stops and the heat waves look like a boil in the spotting scope) and chucked an 8. Cussed, recovered, came off the spotting scope locked in and shot a 10, on the target to the right. Sent 10s and a 9 in the last few. I think I shot a 456 or 8. Below avg and no where near enough to get points.

My rapids were loose, every time. I thought I was in 300 rapid in the NTI and the target came up and it looked like a shotgun. Came home, dropped into sitting and shot a rapid string where the group was 5 in wide and 2 in high. So it was something I was doing wrong all week at Perry
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I just saw this post. I don't usually swing by the part of the forum.

Looks like you had some fun at Camp Perry. It's been 18 years since I was there last. You say they have e-targets? What type? I remember the line being quite wide at (was it Rodriguez or Viale?) (so long ago.)

Yeah, those 8s really bite.
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They used Kronesburg on Viale for the 800agg only. For some reason there were problems every day all day. Same units used at Butner but it was pretty bad. Viale is the 120+ line that is 1000 yards deep.

The standing 8s were awful. I just lost my mind for a while.
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I've never used the Norwegian Kongsberg scoring system. We use the Shot Marker scoring system from Adam. I've also used the other etargets they have at Lodi; I forget the brand name. Etargets are a blessing during summertime in South Texas.

I do remember Viale, you walked forever to get to the 200yard line in the morning.
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That’s still damn good shooting …
Normal is just a setting on the washing machine
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Centermass wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 6:46 pm That’s still damn good shooting …
Thanks. Helped run a wood gun weekend last weekend. Sat Garand, Springfield, vintage match, then cooked burgers and dogs. (Tom Hemphill memorial match) and Sun a M1A followed by a vintage sniper.

I get to shoot this weekend, its the Reade Range riflemans weekend. Fri 1000yd (working and no rifle) Sat mid range, 3 - 20 round matches at 600. Sun a 800 cup style.
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