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ENPS Steel Challenge Match, August 18th
Lorimor:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on August 18, 2013, 08:50:27 PM ---Scores are up!
http://www.easternnebraskapracticalshooters.com/2013/2013.htm
(Those plates do duck pretty quickly sometimes, don't they?)
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The earth's magnetic field was very unstable yesterday, particularly when I was squeezing the trigger. The sights would move one way and the targets would move another. Obviously non-magnetic guns are the answer. :)
OnTheFly:
I am still in the phase of my shooting skills where I am surprised when I hit the target. Other than my misses adding time, it seems that I add several tenths of a second after pulling the trigger while I wait for the ding to register in my head, the rusty cogged wheels in my brain to spool up, and then finally thinking "I shot it?! Oh...I guess I did. I should move to the next target now".
Best quote of the match (at least on my squad) was when I shot the "Stop" plate before I engaged two targets. The RO told me to stop, and advised that I shot the stop plate. I told him I realized that I shot at it, but was hoping it was a miss. He said "You hit it, but not very well". So not only did I screw up, I did it poorly.
Fly
JTH:
Several of us did that brilliant thing of shooting the stop plate before shooting other plates and then going back and shooting the other plates. (Thus still getting the miss, since once the stop plate is shot you are finished, but also getting the extra time for the extra shot because the time stops when you stop shooting, not merely when you hit the stop plate.)
[sigh]
I only did it once this match, but boy did it make a difference. +3 seconds for the miss (on a 4-second run) and + the extra time for the extra shot at the end. I think my run there ended up at around 8 seconds for a run that should have been 4 seconds.
I'm so glad we throw out the worst run...
Lorimor:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on August 20, 2013, 10:39:12 AM ---Several of us did that brilliant thing of shooting the stop plate before shooting other plates and then going back and shooting the other plates. (Thus still getting the miss, since once the stop plate is shot you are finished, but also getting the extra time for the extra shot because the time stops when you stop shooting, not merely when you hit the stop plate.)
[sigh]
I only did it once this match, but boy did it make a difference. +3 seconds for the miss (on a 4-second run) and + the extra time for the extra shot at the end. I think my run there ended up at around 8 seconds for a run that should have been 4 seconds.
I'm so glad we throw out the worst run...
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I was worried I would shoot a stop plate early but never once did. Too bad they look just like the other plates.
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