Thanks! She's used to it. She's been putting up with such things for 33 years.
Shot my 1st F-T/R match today...
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Thanks! She's used to it. She's been putting up with such things for 33 years.
Ned Ludd
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Nice shooting! Even though it's only 300 yd, it's very difficult to see and follow your impacts in the target black with a spotting scope or the rifle scope when shooting on the NRA MR63FC target. At a match in San Diego with a format fairly similar to what you were shooting (3 x 15 shots instead of 20). We pasted 12" Shoot-N-C targets over the MR63FC target face. The 12" Shoot-N-C target is almost exactly the same diameter as the NRA target black and is therefore pretty easy to peel and paste centered perfectly over it.
When properly centered, if your bullet hole solidly cuts into the inner red Shoot-N-C scoring ring, it will be a "10"; the rings are pretty close in size. We typically used a pushpin to make a small hole in the center of the Shoot-N-C red aiming dot and another in the center of the target face "X". It's very easy to align the two that way using the push pin. You only want to expose the Shoot-N-C sticky backing around the outer edge; about 2" wide or so - just enough to hold it in place. If you expose the sticky backing of the Shoot-N-C all the way to the center, it will peel away the center of the NRA target when you attempt to pull it off and render your target unscorable.
It's really quite easy. You still have the issue that late in a string it may become more difficult to distinguish individual bullet holes as more yellow starts to show from previous shots in the Shoot-N-C center. However, it's light years better than shooting blind. Based on your target images, you might easily have shot a 598 or 599 had your groups been centered. When you're finished shooting, you can peel off the Shoot-N-Cs and take them home to create digital images for your data book. Below are two examples from matches I have images for from a few years ago.
When properly centered, if your bullet hole solidly cuts into the inner red Shoot-N-C scoring ring, it will be a "10"; the rings are pretty close in size. We typically used a pushpin to make a small hole in the center of the Shoot-N-C red aiming dot and another in the center of the target face "X". It's very easy to align the two that way using the push pin. You only want to expose the Shoot-N-C sticky backing around the outer edge; about 2" wide or so - just enough to hold it in place. If you expose the sticky backing of the Shoot-N-C all the way to the center, it will peel away the center of the NRA target when you attempt to pull it off and render your target unscorable.
It's really quite easy. You still have the issue that late in a string it may become more difficult to distinguish individual bullet holes as more yellow starts to show from previous shots in the Shoot-N-C center. However, it's light years better than shooting blind. Based on your target images, you might easily have shot a 598 or 599 had your groups been centered. When you're finished shooting, you can peel off the Shoot-N-Cs and take them home to create digital images for your data book. Below are two examples from matches I have images for from a few years ago.
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Thanks for posting this. It's very intriguing. There were a couple of guys there that were talking about other places they had shot that did something similar. OFGC has shot these matches blind for a long time and I feel like the blindness of it is part of the DNA of the place. Not necessarily a bad thing but just a difficult way to shoot. Especially for a beginner.Nice shooting! Even though it's only 300 yd, it's very difficult to see and follow your impacts in the target black with a spotting scope or the rifle scope when shooting on the NRA MR63FC target. At a match in San Diego with a format fairly similar to what you were shooting (3 x 15 shots instead of 20). We pasted 12" Shoot-N-C targets over the MR63FC target face. The 12" Shoot-N-C target is almost exactly the same diameter as the NRA target black and is therefore pretty easy to peel and paste centered perfectly over it.
When properly centered, if your bullet hole solidly cuts into the inner red Shoot-N-C scoring ring, it will be a "10"; the rings are pretty close in size. We typically used a pushpin to make a small hole in the center of the Shoot-N-C red aiming dot and another in the center of the target face "X". It's very easy to align the two that way using the push pin. You only want to expose the Shoot-N-C sticky backing around the outer edge; about 2" wide or so - just enough to hold it in place. If you expose the sticky backing of the Shoot-N-C all the way to the center, it will peel away the center of the NRA target when you attempt to pull it off and render your target unscorable.
It's really quite easy. You still have the issue that late in a string it may become more difficult to distinguish individual bullet holes as more yellow starts to show from previous shots in the Shoot-N-C center. However, it's light years better than shooting blind. Based on your target images, you might easily have shot a 598 or 599 had your groups been centered. When you're finished shooting, you can peel off the Shoot-N-Cs and take them home to create digital images for your data book. Below are two examples from matches I have images for from a few years ago.
Thanks. After studying the targets I see that a click or 2 down would have really dialed it in. Still much to learn. Judging from your forum handle and location, I'm guessing that you know this rifle very well. I bought it from Jason.
Oh ,your an old fart,like most of the rest of us
Ha! Yes. I'm 56.
Hi Doug! Yes, I certainly caught the bug. And I'm smart enough to stay the heck out of Open. lol... See you in March.
I'm closer to Tulsa so more likely at Red Castle. I actually shot a match in Open there last fall with my 6.5 RPR just to see if it was something I was going to be interested in. I loved it but decided right away that I had no business in Open...hardly have any business in T/R.
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