F-Class Hint

[6BRinNZ]

It should have been pretty obvious that I hit the spindle. It wasn't in the beginning of the string. It was like the 8th or 9th shot. I didn't understand to challenge the call at that time or how that system worked. The puller had issues, he wasn't really physically up to all day in the summer heat. I think that may have been his last match. It did teach me the challenge system. I asked the MD how it should have been done after the match.

Yeah sounds like a real bum call - whatever the motivation may have been. I got caught in a regional match once - blew the spotter up and it put a big hole in the target...they didn't replace the face and scored the next shot as a miss (real still conditions) as the bullet will have gone through the hole...I had to challenge and by the time the challenge was done and they refaced the target I was into significantly different wind....took me a couple of shots to figure it out (lost points)...enough to put me out of the running.

 

[boltman13]

At a match once in Colorado I had a HM shoot out a spindle in the X ring, frantically replaced target center and 2 shots later he did it again. Those HM's will be the death of me yet. LOL

 

[Immike]

We had a guy shoot 4 pins in a 15 shot relay. Don Steelman. Definitely a record at our range. He messed it up the next relay. That's shooting for ya!! At the next match he got it right and shot a perfect score. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

The match isn't over until the last shot is fired!

 

[xs hedspace]

We have paid pullers, now at Forbes in upstate NY. Good news for us old geezers, bad news for us fast shooters. I now don't chamber the round until the target comes up. Got some high shots from cooked rounds sitting in a hot chamber, waiting for the sloooow puller. Hey, that's another hint!

 

[Bob Sebold]

During 600 yard matches last year at Ben Avery a local guy made some spindles out of paper rolled in a cone and glued in. When you hit the center (no spidle) it just dropped off the target and you grabbed a new one. No big hole in target. As one who has pasted a lot of spindle in the past I think it was the best idea I have seen. I will be going to Arizona shortly. I sure that guy will be there so I can talk to him. He had some kind of jig made up to make the cones. I want to make some myself. They seem to work well. There is nothing worse than loosing your wind when they repair targets. For that to happen you must be shooting well and I think a lot of good strings have been buggered in the past by this very thing,

 

[fayettefatts]

During 600 yard matches last year at Ben Avery a local guy made some spindles out of paper rolled in a cone and glued in. When you hit the center (no spidle) it just dropped off the target and you grabbed a new one. No big hole in target. As one who has pasted a lot of spindle in the past I think it was the best idea I have seen.

That's a great idea. How did the paper spindles hold up to regular use? I'm sure they would wear out pretty quickly.

 

[broncman]

At Butner last October, I was scoring for Charles Frutchey(?spelling) and he shot out his spindle several times. Some were in the same string and it deffinitely cost him time while they repaired the target.

They were using hard plastic spindles and they exploded like grenades.

 

[treeman]

I don't rember where it was maybe Milan, Il. or camp Perry they had some spotters that were all soft plastic. the spindle was part of the spooter. if you hit the spindle it just pushed it over and went through next to it. that is what every body should use especialy in f-class

 

[memilanuk]

Wonderful idea. When you find a source, let the rest of us know.

(hint: they haven't been available for years, or more places probably *would* use them)