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2017 WA State Palma Championship (HP/F-Class) - May 19 - 21 ** RESULTS **

Jay Christopherson

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This is a great match featuring top shooters in both HP/Sling and F-Class. We generally have a pretty good turnout from WA, OR, Canada and some of the surrounding areas.

The match is held at the rather infamous 'Rattlesnake' range in Richland, WA (Tri-Cities Shooting Association) - if you want to test yourself against possibly the toughest conditions in the nation, Rattlesnake is the place to do it. You're never out of the race at the 'Snake and by the same token, you never call your win until the last shot is fired.
 

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Results from this past weekends WA State Palma Championship are attached.

TL;DR:

Sling:
- James Obermeyer, 1310-51X, MW
- Todd Branin, 1292-40X, 1HM
- Gary Rasmussen, 1285-45X, 2HM

F-Open:
- Keith Glasscock, 1310-50X, MW
- Tod Hendricks, 1307-46X, 1HM
- Jay Christopherson, 1302-44X, 2HM

FTR:
- Jerry Teo, 1261-23X, MW
- Bill Prue, 1258-17X, 1SS


RECAP:
Rattlesnake sandbagged the whole lot of us with weather reports predicting sunny days and gentle breezes. In reality, we got a pounding sun and brutal, fishtailing winds. I recall only one relay (Day 3 @ 800) that had a condition that persisted longer than about 30 seconds.

I don't have a lot of information on the sling competition, other than to say that Jim Obermeyer has been tearing it up lately. He's clearly juicing and whatever it is, I want some. The scores he posted are amazing, especially considering the conditions - the runner's up and competition he faced are no slouches, but when you look at the daily aggs, it really stands out.

For F-Open, the match was very tight all the way through Day 2 at 1000 yards (with the top 3 within 1-2 points of each other), where Jay apparently decided to shoot some other match with different conditions, and dropped off the pace a bit with a rough go at 1000. Keith and Tod were neck and neck, all the way through the very last relay where Keith "The Wind Witch" Glasscock somehow took a 10 minute break in the middle of the string, then came back in an entirely different condition than what he started with and shot an 'X' to resume his string. (NOTE: all three of us stopped at the same time and it was there that I thought I might make up ground on Keith and Tod because I was only 1 down at that point, halfway through my string, while Keith and Tod hung 8's. I *think* Keith might even have hung two of them at that point; I remember thinking that opportunity was knocking). I'm pretty sure that if this was the 1800's, Keith would be in danger of being burned at the stake for being a witch.

In FTR, Jerry Teo shot consistently through all three matches and managed the withstand a two day charge from Bill Prue. Bill recovered very nicely from a rough Day 1.

Next month is the WA State LR Championship, shot all at 1000. If you are anywhere within range and really want to challenge your wind reading skills, I highly recommend giving Rattlesnake a try.

As a last note, James Obermeyer, Bill Prue, and Tod Hendricks all won our local state LR Distinguished leg points.


...F-ing Rattlesnake....
 

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Thanks for the report Jay.
If you ever need another 'condition from Hell' place to shoot try the COSSA Range near Bend, OR every third weekend of the month. Having shot both I would prefer Rattlesnake but shoot COSSA every month.
Mike
 
Thanks for the write up Jay... never a dull moment at the 'Snake..

Look forward to the LR match in June. For those looking to up their game on the wind reading side, can't think of a better place to put these skills to the test.... and oh, are they going to be tested.

Way too much fun... come on out and enjoy.

Jerry
 
The difference between good friends and great friends:

A good friend shows pity for your scores.

A great friend goes out and shoots at Rattlesnake with you.

I can say that John and Ash run a great match. They have it down to the point where they have you shooting right next to your nearest competitor so differences between relays don't affect the match outcome.
 

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