First ever match

[savageshooter86]

Shot my first ever FTR match and dove into the deep in at 1000 yards @ Blakely GA. Had good time and did fairly well. Shot a 185-3x my first relay. Next relay shot a 180-1x and finished with a 173(wind really picked up and mirage was getting worse, but manageable) Looking forward to many more matches over time.

Savage FTR 308 win, Sightron SIII 10-50x FCH, Berger 168 Hybrid, Lapua brass, Varget, KVB7, Duplin bipod



Appreciate all the help individuals have given me over the past year. Too many to name

 

[Killshot]

Way to go, Andrew.

You'll be getting rid of those 7s and 8s the more you shoot.

Without knowing your twist-rate, you might find that 175/185 weights hold the wind better at 1K than the 168s.

 

[chuckbuster243]

I hate I missed coming down and doing some shooting with you. I couldnt talk anyone into a carpool and wanted to shoot bambi. Thats fine shooting especially on your first one. Blakely is a very tough range to figure out. Hope to see you there in the spring. Matt

 

[BoydAllen]

Cool! thanks for the report.

 

[Immike]

So you started out at 1000yds in FTR. Looks like you were ready for it on the score card. Keep up the good work guy.

 

[ShootDots]

Andrew, STARTING out at 1000yards in F-T/R and doing as well as you did, is quite an accomplishment. I have never shot F-T/R, as all I shoot is F-Open. In my not so humble opinion, F-T/R is considerably more difficult to master (if you can ever really master a shooting discipline) than F-Open. To begin at 1000 yards and do that well, calls for a celebratory toast! Raising my glass and saying "job well done"!!

 

[6BRinNZ]

Congrats - nice work and 1000 is definitely a hard one to start on.

 

[savageshooter86]

It was very cool shooting 1000 yards. Figured mite as well jump in the deep end to start with and see if I could float. I was more than thrilled and enjoyed it. Working the pits too and seeing John Whidden and his gang destroy the x/10 ring was pretty fun to watch

Once again many thanks to numerous members who have helped me work on my load tuning and tips to help in reloading process.

 

[broncman]

Congrats! It really is addictive....
I used a sharpy and mark all my scores on my mirage band/shield with the date and a circle around each set. That way I have a reminder and track record in front of me to mark my improvememt..

Glad you had fun! Great scores for first time out!

 

[savageshooter86]

I still need to make my mirage shield for the new stick. Old one is too short in length

 

[Raythemanroe]

Sounds like a bunch of fun and good shooting 8)

 

[XTR]

That's about 20 points (per match) better than I did in my first match. Good shootin

 

[savageshooter86]

Looking at the results they posted I lucked out and finished better than 3 other seasoned veteran shooters. I am very pleased with how the rifle and load shot

 

[Dgd6mm]

Very-Good job Andrew, I'll be seeing you there at the 1000 yarder. It is a hoot to work the pits with John, he like many other shooters is just a regular guy. I'm shooting the State here in Fl. on the 16&17 with a .223 I put together, will be my first shoot with it. We are shooting 300,500,600. On the 24th Blakley has a 600 yarder I'd like to make, how about you? Sorry for rambling, once again very-good shooting
Don Dunlap

 

[savageshooter86]

Don I will be there on the 24th