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Shot a walk and paste 100 yard match on reduced targets with my Service Rifle today, last practice with that rifle before the EIC
92 offhand
97 sitting
92 rapid prone, dropped 2 8's
197 slow prone
478 second place; winner shot a 479.
Just looked at my targets, fixed the scores above.
EIC starts from Standing, 60 seconds sitting; 70 prone. No sighters. Standing, sitting rapid, prone rapid, slow prone.
I have good 2, 3 and 6 dope for my rifle. Confirmed the last 2x I shot Reading.
As a side note the AR is easier to shoot sitting. Wood 30 cal rifles, for me, not so much.
Thanks.
Weather looking decent, though maybe a bit warm mid-day considering the shooting jackets. 78/54 hi/lo for Wed through Friday, cloudy on Wed but clear through Sat. Temps on Sat 79/58. Wind forecast to be as much as 10 mph on Wed, direction varies by day & time.
Wed is just MM for me, so at 200 a 90 degree 10 mph wind would be only ~2". They had the NRA wind flags up last year, so it wasn't too difficult to see what was going on. In the EIC slow prone I'd just wait for a lull. Did OK considering my first time at 600 (ever!).
2" is huge when your shooting for score...factor in rifle.ammo.skill and that can turn 10s into 9s really fast.
Since it's going to rain here this week, I wanted to get the Rifle and Gear Tetris dry run out of the way today. Looks like my duffle bag and bedding are going to have to ride in the backseat, no problem. Figure once I'm on base (or even out of MA) some rifles can ride in the backseat under a blanket.
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