Midwest Palma

[B Nettesheim]

Aggs Tuesday through Thursday

 

[Ringostar]

Great job Brian, good luck this weekend in the state championship.

 

[jelenko]

What does PR stand for in the scores above?

 

[skinnj1]

Palma Rifle

 

[Rtheurer]

What does PR stand for in the scores above?

Palma rifle, Which is Target Rifle in the other countries like Canada and from where Fclass originated from both FTR and F Open. Palma Dates back to the 1800's. There ya go....Just a little useless information for ya. LOL

 

[B Nettesheim]

 

[jpjulian]

What does it say about Highpower Across the Course when the number of participants in this match dwarfed the number of participants for the NRA National Matches held at the same range? Inquiring minds want to know, ya know.........

 

[Jeff Porter]

What does it say about Highpower Across the Course when the number of participants in this match dwarfed the number of participants for the NRA National Matches held at the same range? Inquiring minds want to know, ya know.........

Looking at the roster , there are several former XTC shooters in there. Belly shooting under a canopy only and not humping gear all day has its appeal. Particularly the older I get.

 

[Aero]

What does it say about Highpower Across the Course when the number of participants in this match dwarfed the number of participants for the NRA National Matches held at the same range? Inquiring minds want to know, ya know.........

It says a lot of things and one of those things is that the XTC shooters decided not to support the match.

You can have a great range and a good group of people to put in all the hard work that goes into putting a big match together, but the shooters still need to show their support by showing up.

Congrats to Marty and the other winners of the MWP!

 

[Bob3700]

Looking at the roster , there are several former XTC shooters in there. Belly shooting under a canopy only and not humping gear all day has its appeal. Particularly the older I

The CMP matches for XC and service rifle still draw good numbers of competitors. The NRA has not supported its shooters for a long time so many don’t feel any loyalty to the NRA.
XC shooting takes a lot of practice n stamina to compete at the high levels. It’s a younger persons game. As u get older, the motivation and physical demands for XC becomes an issue. Specializing in MR and LR prone is its own special challenge.

 

[jpjulian]

Looking at the roster , there are several former XTC shooters in there. Belly shooting under a canopy only and not humping gear all day has its appeal. Particularly the older I get.

I wouldn't mind trying the belly game sometime, but, I can't sling up anymore with the shoulder problems and since my stroke I have a holy hell getting up if I am down on my belly! This getting old thing is a bitch!

 

[Jeff Porter]

I wouldn't mind trying the belly game sometime, but, I can't sling up anymore with the shoulder problems and since my stroke I have a holy hell getting up if I am down on my belly! This getting old thing is a bitch!

Sounds like you need to play in F- Bench class Joe. Some ranges are equipped to handle that.

 

[Jeff Porter]

The CMP matches for XC and service rifle still draw good numbers of competitors. The NRA has not supported its shooters for a long time so many don’t feel any loyalty to the NRA.
XC shooting takes a lot of practice n stamina to compete at the high levels. It’s a younger persons game. As u get older, the motivation and physical demands for XC becomes an issue. Specializing in MR and LR prone is its own special challenge.

Fully agree. Bob. Did Perry for a decade and after knocking out HM/DR/P100 with SR, wind reading at MR and LR was more attractive to me than still doing XTC with a better rifle / cartridge system.
CMP has a way better customer focus than NRA at this time and the attendance numbers reflect that. I like shooting at Lodi and the crew that run the matches there do a great job. Just not on my Bingo card for summer of 25.

 

[Ringostar]

Looking at the roster , there are several former XTC shooters in there. Belly shooting under a canopy only and not humping gear all day has its appeal. Particularly the older I get.

This match is mostly Palma course. So you are moving gear between yard lines, and there are no canopies to shoot under. You can’t hardly put up a roof in the middle of the range, then shoot through it from the 1200 yd line.

 

[jpjulian]

Sounds like you need to play in F- Bench class Joe. Some ranges are equipped to handle that.

I don't know about that Jeff. It is a serious investment, very serious investment, in the F-Class game to be competitive and at my age don't think the CFO of the familial corporation would sign off on that investment. I include commitment in that investment. Did that for more than 20 years in HP and I just don't have that in me anymore.