October Postal Shoot Results

[Blackfeet]

 Well, we finished up with some pretty close scores this month. When I saw that we all tied up on the bunny target, I figured that this was a good way to close it up and decided not to use the tiebreaker

Match #1  25 yd Pistol 2 handed   
   
Moby6400   42
Flintstriker   41
Blackfeet   39
Flintboomer   28
   
Match #2 25 Yd Rifle Offhand   
   
Flintboomer   48 1x
Blackfeet   48 1x
Moby6400   42
Flintstriker   42
   
   
   
Match #3 50 yd Benchrest   
   
Blackfeet   41
Flintboomer   41
Flintstriker   40
Moby6400   32
   
Match # 4    Bunny   

Pilgrim   2
Moby6400   2
Flintboomer   2
Blackfeet   2

      
Match # 5    Progressive   
   
Flintboomer   22
Blackfeet   22
Pilgrim   0
Moby6400   3

Thanks again to all who participated

I will be posting some seasonal stats and trivia and getting the drawing information to Pilgrim for the drawing for his pistol.
   

[flintboomer]

Thanks to Blackfeet for doing most of the work on the matches and thanks to everyone who participated.
No matter what your score was (   or  ) we all had a good challenge and got a chance to do some shooting.

Blackfeet that little rifle is working quite well for you!

[pilgrim]

     

[Blackfeet]

Blackfeet that little rifle is working quite well for you!

Yes, I was very fortunate to find a left handed 50 cal Investarms Hawken with the spare 36 cal Green Mountain barrel.

The heavier barrel has helped a lot. I haven't tried the .50 yet but the .36 works very well.

Now I have to work on hand placement because I have powder burns across my knuckles from gripping so far rearward

[Papa]

Brian,
Looks like you slipped a little this month in the bench match, but good shooting all the same. I'll have to wait till next year to challenge again due to hand surgery. Broke the pinky on my left hand and will be cast up for 3-4 months. they will take out the pins in 4-5 weeks but until then we won't know if the tendon will need more work. I'll look forward to getting back into the fold.
Mark

[Blackfeet]

Papa, sorry to hear of the injury. I will PM you.

As for the bench, I have got a lot of work to do. Looking forward to it.

[flintboomer]

Blackfeet that little rifle is working quite well for you!

Yes, I was very fortunate to find a left handed 50 cal Investarms Hawken with the spare 36 cal Green Mountain barrel.

The heavier barrel has helped a lot. I haven't tried the .50 yet but the .36 works very well.

Now I have to work on hand placement because I have powder burns across my knuckles from gripping so far rearward

You must use a close hold like I do, I had to go to a close hold due to a shoulder injury but eventually got the shoulder working properly and I still use the close hold to keep myself from holding the rifle with my fingers and getting told it is an illegal hold at matches. They have never said the close hold is an illegal hold.

[Blackfeet]

Yes, like your avatar and it seems even closer doing it left handed. I get a lot of powder stinging from the first joint to the second from the nipple. Have you ever tried on or those guards?

[flintboomer]

I have tried several flash protecter type things, the cheapest is an end cap for copper tubing with a hole drilled in it. I'm not currently using any kind of flash protecter and my fingers do get black but I don't usually get the stinging from flash particles that you mention.