Not exactly "competition" in the form we're used to but I've been volunteering this week at the National Veterans Golden Age Games, which this year are being held in Biloxi Mississippi. Among many other events, they are holding air rifle competitions and an air pistol exhibition (can shoot but scores aren't recorded). All rifle shooting is from a "seated-prone" position at 10m. The "seated-prone" position is sitting at a table with elbows able to be resting on the table. Air pistol shooting was done seated, one-handed but not touching the table.
So far, the most challenging (and rewarding) task I've been given is to act as the front support for a veteran who is an "incomplete quadriplegic" (he could only move his right arm and three fingers of his right hand). I was the "specific accommodation" he was authorized to compensate for his extreme disability. We got through the match but it was a challenge for both of us.
Some veterans take this very seriously, showing up with Hammerli air rifles and their own shooting benches but most don't even bring a spotting scope or binoculars to spot their shots.
The range is in a long hall at the Convention Center with a backstop of a heavy cloth (Kevlar?). Target holders are wooden boxes with a steel plate behind a cardboard sheet. It's a very effective trap system. But with some of these old vets, it's only by the grace of God that we have not put a pellet into the ceiling, so far.
My major complaints so far have to do with some issues regarding their computer squadding system and lack of pre-event training for the volunteers. I felt I should have been given a SOP to read before I ever showed up or had some sort of pre-event training on their range procedures. This hasn't happened.
So far, the most challenging (and rewarding) task I've been given is to act as the front support for a veteran who is an "incomplete quadriplegic" (he could only move his right arm and three fingers of his right hand). I was the "specific accommodation" he was authorized to compensate for his extreme disability. We got through the match but it was a challenge for both of us.
Some veterans take this very seriously, showing up with Hammerli air rifles and their own shooting benches but most don't even bring a spotting scope or binoculars to spot their shots.
The range is in a long hall at the Convention Center with a backstop of a heavy cloth (Kevlar?). Target holders are wooden boxes with a steel plate behind a cardboard sheet. It's a very effective trap system. But with some of these old vets, it's only by the grace of God that we have not put a pellet into the ceiling, so far.
My major complaints so far have to do with some issues regarding their computer squadding system and lack of pre-event training for the volunteers. I felt I should have been given a SOP to read before I ever showed up or had some sort of pre-event training on their range procedures. This hasn't happened.
