Competing in the rain

[Longtrain]

I hate shooting in the rain, not fun as someone else mentioned. But, shot my best ever LR F Class score in the aforementioned, light drizzle, no wind, with the leaves of the trees just hanging down limp. That was a trigger pulling day, wind reading skills not required. ;-)

 

[L W P]

I never had the experience of shooting F Class,only competed in Silhouette matches years ago. Some were from under overhangs and most were not. We did have to shoot in the rain a few times and it was interesting. It was kinda cool to be able to see your vapor trail from the bullet cutting through the rain and also the splash of water being knocked off the steel when hit. Those were good times, long ago when I could take off my safety glasses (shame on me) so as to shoot in the down pours. Having to wear glasses now to SEE would not work so well in the rain. Sometimes you just have to say "What the heck Grandpa do it", that's from one of my knuckle head grand kids!! Looking back it was fun.

 

[rardoin]

It's like shooting with a million little wind flags between you and your target....even more than SR benchrest on a sunny day. Easier to read the wind with a steady rainfall than mirage/flags.