The wind factor

[jimmymac]

Yes I’ve heard that but if you never shoot in a boil, you’ll never learn how to shoot in a boil…So you might as well shoot in a boil.

I've done it plenty of times with the results generally being not good. That said, if bubbly mirage is all that's out there, the other guys up and down the line are dealing with it too, so then it comes back to who can handle it best. A flowing mirage is a a different story. I'll shoot that condition over the bubbly mirage every day of the week including Sunday.

 

[JFrank]

@jimmymac
When I was younger I was a member, now that I’m older I just roll with the flow and enjoy the day.

 

[jimmymac]

@jimmymac
When I was younger I was a member, now that I’m older I just roll with the flow and enjoy the day.

Good stuff. I'm in a place where my give a shit is about gone as well. I'm sipping on a coffee and the first sip this morning may have been the best sip of my life. I'm looking at a lot of things this way. Go with the flow!

 

[Fuj]

Jimmy....You missed out on Tom's chili at the last match. It gives
a whole new meaning about wind !! LOL

 

[jimmymac]

Jimmy....You missed out on Tom's chili at the last match. It gives
a whole new meaning about wind !! LOL

Fuj. I’m looking forward to it now more than ever.

 

[Bottom Fodder]

@jimmymac
When I was younger I was a member, now that I’m older I just roll with the flow and enjoy the day.

You and me brother, main thing now days is just enjoy and do the best you can

 

[jpjulian]

Yes I’ve heard that but if you never shoot in a boil, you’ll never learn how to shoot in a boil…So you might as well shoot in a boil.

I learned the hard way........ I blow out the top every damned time. Oh well........

 

[JFrank]

I learned the hard way........ I blow out the top every damned time. Oh well........

What did you learn from blowing out the top ?
Aim lower….?

 

[jpjulian]

What did you learn from blowing out the top ?
Aim lower….?

funny funny......... I learned to wait it out, unless I couldn't.....

 

[JFrank]

funny funny......... I learned to wait it out, unless I couldn't.....

I was just checking some data from the nationals and seen your quote, I wasn’t being funny.

I was asking a question. I know I’ve been in the same situation a few times myself.

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

I've left more than a few matches saying, "I can't blame the gun for that crappy score."

Yeah, been there and done that...mostly at Ben Avery too. The days when I was utterly confounded there outnumbered the days when I had the right firing strategy.

You can be the greatest wind-reader on the line, but if you cannot formulate an effective firing-strategy and have the discipline to execute that strategy, you will not win very often.

 

[jpjulian]

I was just checking some data from the nationals and seen your quote, I wasn’t being funny.

I was asking a question. I know I’ve been in the same situation a few times myself.

gotcha. Seems if I was on the 600 line in a switching condition, and suddenly got an off call 8 or 9 out the top I got caught by a boil and either wasn't paying good enough attention to the mirage or didn't wait it out long enough and paid for it. Usually at Camp Perry with iron sights on a service rifle. They've got these new-fangled scope thingies these days.......