Well, the match has come and gone and let me congratulate Jeff Turner as SOTY. I needed a minimum of 187/5X to catch and pass Jeff. I shot a 185/4X and lost by 0.34 points (average of 6 best targets). I shot the 6 BRA with 105 gr. Bart Infinity and 30.6 gr. of H4895. The conditions were not suited for high scores...it was in the mid-twenty degree range when the sun came up. Also, there was bright sunshine and this produced some horrendous mirage by the 3rd match. I started well with a 49/2X on the first target, and did okay on the 2nd with a 47/1X. I was leading and feeling fairly well about my chances.....but the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings. By the 3rd match the mirage made even seeing the strikes on the gong difficult. I dropped 6 points and got no x's. Now I was up against the wall. Upon examining the 3rd target, I noticed too much vertical. I turned the tuner out one mark (~.001) and planned to shoot a 3-shot group on the gong to see if that helped. I could not clearly see the results on the gong and decided to try with that setting. I shot a VERY vertical group with a 45/1X score and my hopes were dashed.
I have just about decided that I am not smart enough to change tuner settings during a match. I am going to test my new 6 BRA w/out tuner and see what the groups look like. I may shoot the next match sans tuner....we'll see. James
Dammit James!