One last memento from Camp Atterbury

[m1jeff]

Interesting:
The top 9 finishers for XTC at Atterbury this year used the 223, and seven of those were service rifles.

 

[Jennb]

I believe that next year, the Nationals will be in (gasp, wheeze) Phoenix, AZ in late October, which by that time means the weather will be a only about the temperature of Mercury, not the Sun itself.

So it may be 2023 or later before we come back to Atterbury and I will be older.
I had no problems pulling targets without an impact berm. I had a problem with the very precarious minuscule platforms that we stood on during the string, climbing up to them, and worse still, getting down from them. I was terrified of falling and it almost happened twice. Everything else was fine.

You should have attended the competitors meeting. There were improvements to the range discussed with great enthusiasm for drawing more shooters. One of those discussed and the easiest to implement was having a backstop berm.

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

You should have attended the competitors meeting. There were improvements to the range discussed with great enthusiasm for drawing more shooters. One of those discussed and the easiest to implement was having a backstop berm.

I was there. I even had arguments with the NRA about etargets. You were sitting not far from me.

 

[Warren Dean]

Julius decided to cross the Rubicon with his armies and make his way to Rome with them, upsetting a lot of people.

Thus uttering the infamous quote...." The die is cast" He gave up a triumph for a chance to run for the senate...very cleverly played and it worked.

 

[Ned Ludd]

I believe that next year, the Nationals will be in (gasp, wheeze) Phoenix, AZ in late October, which by that time means the weather will be only about the temperature of Mercury, not the Sun itself.

Dark side or light side? Just trying plan ahead.

 

[PDS]

Interesting:
The top 9 finishers for XTC at Atterbury this year used the 223, and seven of those were service rifles.

Service rifles with scopes I would guess.

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

Dark side or light side? Just trying plan ahead.

There is no "dark side" or "light side." You probably thought that Mercury was tidal locked with the Sun. It's not. Mercury is in 3:2 orbital resonance with the Sun. It takes 58 days to spin on itself, or three days per two years.

Notice that as planets go for heat at the surface, starting with the hottest planet: Venus, Ben Avery, Mercury, remainder of Earth, Mars.

Oh, and Pluto last. I don't care what the hosers say Pluto is a planet.

 

[jelenko]

Now wait.
I lived in Phoenix for two years; late Octobers are highs in the 80's, yes? And low humidity.
Hmm, now that I think about it, isn't there a rainy season in October some time?

ETA: Well, the almanac says the average high during Oct are between 86 and 92.

 

[LVLAaron]

I live right by this bridge. The price goes up what feels like 5-10 cents every few weeks. They're notorious for sending you a bill 3 months late, with included late fees, because they never send the bill in the first place.

You'll know your late fees are coming because you'll get a letter from your local governmental agency saying your drivers license is about to be revoked because of unpaid fees.

They are also great at taking your payment and not applying it correctly, then billing you again, and if you're lucky, again.

RiverLink is quite possibly the worst company in the entire public sector.

 

[LVLAaron]

They cut off the part of my license plate that says “Come and Take It”.

That's normal. They crop out anything but the numbers actual license ID

 

[Ned Ludd]

There is no "dark side" or "light side." You probably thought that Mercury was tidal locked with the Sun. It's not. Mercury is in 3:2 orbital resonance with the Sun. It takes 58 days to spin on itself, or three days per two years.

Notice that as planets go for heat at the surface, starting with the hottest planet: Venus, Ben Avery, Mercury, remainder of Earth, Mars.

Oh, and Pluto last. I don't care what the hosers say Pluto is a planet.

Of course there are. The side away from the sun is dark. The side toward the sun is light. That is true regardless of whether Mercury is rotating. The temperature differential between the light and dark sides of Mercury can approach 1100 degrees F. That is why I asked for clarification, so as to plan what I should wear in Phoenix. I'm guessing SPF 100+ would also be a good idea.

BTW - I agree completely...Pluto is definitely a planet.

 

[Medic505]

Pluto is definitely a planet.

Do you know this for a fact or did you just pull this out of Uranus?

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

Of course there are. The side away from the sun is dark. The side toward the sun is light. That is true regardless of whether Mercury is rotating. The temperature differential between the light and dark sides of Mercury can approach 1100 degrees F. That is why I asked for clarification, so as to plan what I should wear in Phoenix. I'm guessing SPF 100+ would also be a good idea.

BTW - I agree completely...Pluto is definitely a planet.

Yeah, I used to think that way also about Mercury. Turns out it was wrong. It's a 3:2 orbital resonance, unlike our Moon.

Anyway, when I found that out, it blew up one of my favorite Sci-Fi short stories from Isaac Asimov about a robot on Mercury where the base was set at the edge of what people believed to be the unchanging terminator between day and night. We can blame Doppler for this disruption.

Dr. Asimov was, and I guess remains, one of my favorite authors. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I invited him to give the keynote address at a computer conference for which I was the chairman. We had time to sit for a few hours and talk. He even based one of his short mystery stories on me a few months later.

This is coming up on 40 years ago. Sigh.

 

[davidjoe]

You guys are both absolutely crazy. Everybody on here would agree, when we are talking about a shooting match on Mercury, the important consideration is come ups and wind calls. Earthlings, man alive.

Mercury has 38% of earth’s gravity. Therefore, for raw gravitational drop, treat the actual distance shot on Mercury as if were 38% of that range here, and then come up accordingly. Or is it come up 38%, where’s Ned? However, your come ups here are based on atmospheric resistance typical on rock three. Once you figure out that component, subtract its effect (MV forever).

The atmospheric pressure level of Mercury is 10−14 bar. When we run these numbers we see that for a 1000 yard F-Class match, we actually need to use the 10m Olympic air gun target instead, and then hope for wind of 450,000 mph, to make things interesting.

Small juniors cannot shoot magnums because they will be pushed back a foot every shot, No one need wear ear protection. Anyone who shoots over the berm is DQ’d as their bullets pose a risk to the line, from behind.

 

[D-4297]

Now wait.
I lived in Phoenix for two years; late Octobers are highs in the 80's, yes? And low humidity.
Hmm, now that I think about it, isn't there a rainy season in October some time?

ETA: Well, the almanac says the average high during Oct are between 86 and 92.

Rainy season , or as we call it , Monsoon is over by then . Mid 80's to mid 90's . Almost jacket weather , here .