Sunday, February 07, 2010
It's been 20 months since i've shot high power. The rules are different, theres no more out of postion standing to sitting or prone. You stay in position and load when the targets arrive. What kinda crap is that? Even with that i was kinda all over the place. The offhand was pretty stable for once. All that smallbore must have helped!
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 186-1x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 93-0x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 94-0x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 100-5x
Total: 473-6x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 93-0x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 94-0x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 100-5x
Total: 473-6x
Not a bad score for 20 months away. It felt like nothings changed, well except for the new rules.
Labels: High Power Rifle
Sunday, June 08, 2008
High power action: It ain't working for me. =\
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 182-4x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 92-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99-2x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 98-3x
Total: 471-10x
Sunny and warm day with no wind at all. The match was a smaller one as well with only 13 people blasting away, just like last month. How odd. My standing sucked, i was going back and forth from a X or 10 to a 8. My sitting blows again, but i think that is where i need to focus on. As to my blurb last month on going all out for the high master class, i dunno anymore. hah!
After getting home, i did an oil change on Delilah, she turns 100k miles. woot!
Enough of that crap, on with the Alaskan stitches.
The quarter way point in Denali National Park. Tour buses only. Wake up at 4am, cram yourselves onto a bus and sit for a 6 or 8 hour tour (feels like forever either way). You play the game of shout out loud to stop the bus if you see anything, mostly we didn't see much except for a few spots. We saw bald eagles, brown bears, dall sheep, and caribou at a far off distance. This stop lasted a whole 15 minutes and the driver didn't give a hoot if she left ya.
Halfway point on the bus tour. Its pretty but i guess its the first turnaround and rest area.
All this time in the summer it just looked barren, it wasn't the snow capped mountains until we reached Seward, the last of our land journey. This pano was made while wandering around the city before hopping onto the cruise ship.
In the water, first day of 2 seabound, heading towards a glacial bay. Beh, its water.
Cruise Ship Parking at Juneau. Park your cruise ship and get offloaded onto a Pier39-ish land.
I tried a few others and it didn't work, or somehow i had missed a section to stitch. Oh well, like i knew i was going to do this.
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 182-4x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 92-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99-2x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 98-3x
Total: 471-10x
Sunny and warm day with no wind at all. The match was a smaller one as well with only 13 people blasting away, just like last month. How odd. My standing sucked, i was going back and forth from a X or 10 to a 8. My sitting blows again, but i think that is where i need to focus on. As to my blurb last month on going all out for the high master class, i dunno anymore. hah!
After getting home, i did an oil change on Delilah, she turns 100k miles. woot!
Enough of that crap, on with the Alaskan stitches.
The quarter way point in Denali National Park. Tour buses only. Wake up at 4am, cram yourselves onto a bus and sit for a 6 or 8 hour tour (feels like forever either way). You play the game of shout out loud to stop the bus if you see anything, mostly we didn't see much except for a few spots. We saw bald eagles, brown bears, dall sheep, and caribou at a far off distance. This stop lasted a whole 15 minutes and the driver didn't give a hoot if she left ya.
Halfway point on the bus tour. Its pretty but i guess its the first turnaround and rest area.
All this time in the summer it just looked barren, it wasn't the snow capped mountains until we reached Seward, the last of our land journey. This pano was made while wandering around the city before hopping onto the cruise ship.
In the water, first day of 2 seabound, heading towards a glacial bay. Beh, its water.
Cruise Ship Parking at Juneau. Park your cruise ship and get offloaded onto a Pier39-ish land.
I tried a few others and it didn't work, or somehow i had missed a section to stitch. Oh well, like i knew i was going to do this.
Labels: Delilah, High Power Rifle, Maintainence, Panoramic
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Ok, i'm all-in.. Screw it, the past few times i've been moping around not shooting much pistol nor rifle. So now i'm gonna go for it, i'm aiming for the high master. Its been 3 months since i last shot the match AR:
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 187-1x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 90 (oh lordy)
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 91-1x (even worse)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 99-5 (stupid 9)
Total: 467-6x (sadness)
And it shows. At least i'm still in the 470 range, which i consider it like maintenance shooting, shoot just to keep a skill level barely afloat. If i was to do that, then theres no reason to shoot high power at all if, all i hit is the same score. I need some sort of evolution, growth, lust, desire to go at it. Before it was kinda easy, scores just kept going as you get more comfortable and theres an attainability to it. I must go for it in the same way to go for the High Master Class. I was talking to some of the other shooters, and some see it as an actual competition, where you must outshoot others. I see it as personal growth, if you shoot in the 420's theres no way you can go after someone in the 470's in an instant. Theres an evolution to it.
So i've gotta practice at home at least a few times a week, and i need a different style of rapids. I used to own on them, but i went for this different technique of breathing and it has worked for my groups but not for my scores. My rapid groups are beautiful, tight groups, but they're hitting at the wrong place. Guessing where they go is the hard part. One weirdness was on one of my last slow prone shots, i started getting vertigo while looking through the sights. The post was fixed under the target, but the rear aperature was moving all over. It was both bizarre as well as hypnotizing, somehow i decided to pull the shot and it was a 10. I haven't had one of those oddities in a while.
Got home, cleaned the AR, and punched some holes in a wall.
The bright glow is from the TV. We bought these sconces from illuminations, right before they skipped outta stonestown. Finally more stuff on the walls, i still feel that the walls around the house are barren, except for the computer / loader room.
Nothing like an Old High School Rifle Team Photo to the left, some bullets and a wise saying behind the reloader. I hear that this particular picture isn't sold anymore. I like the daisys hanging off their ghillie suits.
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Now playing: Yngwie Malmsteen - Flamenco Diablo
via FoxyTunes
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 187-1x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 90 (oh lordy)
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 91-1x (even worse)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 99-5 (stupid 9)
Total: 467-6x (sadness)
And it shows. At least i'm still in the 470 range, which i consider it like maintenance shooting, shoot just to keep a skill level barely afloat. If i was to do that, then theres no reason to shoot high power at all if, all i hit is the same score. I need some sort of evolution, growth, lust, desire to go at it. Before it was kinda easy, scores just kept going as you get more comfortable and theres an attainability to it. I must go for it in the same way to go for the High Master Class. I was talking to some of the other shooters, and some see it as an actual competition, where you must outshoot others. I see it as personal growth, if you shoot in the 420's theres no way you can go after someone in the 470's in an instant. Theres an evolution to it.
So i've gotta practice at home at least a few times a week, and i need a different style of rapids. I used to own on them, but i went for this different technique of breathing and it has worked for my groups but not for my scores. My rapid groups are beautiful, tight groups, but they're hitting at the wrong place. Guessing where they go is the hard part. One weirdness was on one of my last slow prone shots, i started getting vertigo while looking through the sights. The post was fixed under the target, but the rear aperature was moving all over. It was both bizarre as well as hypnotizing, somehow i decided to pull the shot and it was a 10. I haven't had one of those oddities in a while.
Got home, cleaned the AR, and punched some holes in a wall.
The bright glow is from the TV. We bought these sconces from illuminations, right before they skipped outta stonestown. Finally more stuff on the walls, i still feel that the walls around the house are barren, except for the computer / loader room.
Nothing like an Old High School Rifle Team Photo to the left, some bullets and a wise saying behind the reloader. I hear that this particular picture isn't sold anymore. I like the daisys hanging off their ghillie suits.
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Now playing: Yngwie Malmsteen - Flamenco Diablo
via FoxyTunes
Labels: High Power Rifle
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Yesterday i shot high-power at Richmond. I haven't shot it since Sept'07, and i still don't feel all that motivated for it. i'm glad one of my coworkers is starting to go hard core with it, maybe that will pick me up. Its hard when the original 2 coworkers of mine started shooting high power a few years back, got me into it, then left for almost 2 years. While i'm still going at it, now they are starting back. oi!
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 185-4x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 92
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 96-1x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 95-1
Total: 468-6x (ick!)
The weather was mad. Cold with drizzle and ed and i were stuck to the 3rd relay. It seemed to me that i was grouping to the left, i made some adjustments but it wasn't working. Also on the rapids, i forgot how to use the service rifle sling! I have the sling marked where to put the hooks on the bottom and where to stick your arm, but i didn't mark the top hook and i had moved it before. Oi! i got it working somehow but it didn't work enough.
Lets see, arm goes in where the arrow on the right side is pointed, but the hook on the left, where does that attach to? doh!
-i'm surprised that my offhand is pretty good for a rifle that i haven't touched (and cleaned for once) in 5 months. The pit service for offhand was so slow that i thought the guy was beyond quick. All i saw were X's and 10s thinking that man i'm good! While the guy was hiding from the rain he didn't see the multiple .22 holes popping up.
-There were a few times on the offhand where i can feel my subconcious and body anticipating the shot. This rifle has no recoil whatsoever and yet my body still reacts to it. Luckily i noticed it and corrected it before i had bad shots.
-Rapid sitting was low and to the right.
-Rapid Prone was high with a left right group on the 9/10 ring line. It always works like this, i shoot 2 sighting shots, both x's. Then when its time to go it goes sideways. ugh!
Got home did 3 loads of laundry. How does Gore-tex wash?
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 185-4x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 92
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 96-1x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 95-1
Total: 468-6x (ick!)
The weather was mad. Cold with drizzle and ed and i were stuck to the 3rd relay. It seemed to me that i was grouping to the left, i made some adjustments but it wasn't working. Also on the rapids, i forgot how to use the service rifle sling! I have the sling marked where to put the hooks on the bottom and where to stick your arm, but i didn't mark the top hook and i had moved it before. Oi! i got it working somehow but it didn't work enough.
Lets see, arm goes in where the arrow on the right side is pointed, but the hook on the left, where does that attach to? doh!
-i'm surprised that my offhand is pretty good for a rifle that i haven't touched (and cleaned for once) in 5 months. The pit service for offhand was so slow that i thought the guy was beyond quick. All i saw were X's and 10s thinking that man i'm good! While the guy was hiding from the rain he didn't see the multiple .22 holes popping up.
-There were a few times on the offhand where i can feel my subconcious and body anticipating the shot. This rifle has no recoil whatsoever and yet my body still reacts to it. Luckily i noticed it and corrected it before i had bad shots.
-Rapid sitting was low and to the right.
-Rapid Prone was high with a left right group on the 9/10 ring line. It always works like this, i shoot 2 sighting shots, both x's. Then when its time to go it goes sideways. ugh!
Got home did 3 loads of laundry. How does Gore-tex wash?
Labels: High Power Rifle
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Time for some high power, not the dream stuff that i just had.
Weather was excellent, blue sky pretty clear and very warm. Going up the golden gate and then onto the richmond bridges wasn't that bad, but i got to the range slightly late. So they tell me, the only spots available are on the 3rd relay. Ugh, do i really want to wait? i tell them i'm out, then they say that theres others shooting the 3rd as well. Oh i thought it was only going to be me on the 3rd relay, fine why not, i crossed 2 bridges and my stuff is here, lets do this.
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 184-2x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 95-2x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 94
600 Yard Slow Prone: 95-2
Total: 468-6x
Horrible, i had a few shots where i should have stopped, but i decided to keep at it. Yes thats the overholding. My shots are getting sloppy and the past few months i'm not feeling it anymore for this anyway. Busting out the Rock River AR once a month to practice at home and then once a month to shoot doesn't really sharpen the skills. Since i've reached my goal of the master class, that was kinda it, done. The other other goal i wanted was to become a Distinguished Civilian Marksman, but that involves traveling to either East Sacramento or Coalinga to shoot in the top 10% to score points that will accumulate. I want something more challenging, something in the further distances, 300-400-500 yards. But i think the only thing closest to that are the 600 yard matches in Sacramento. Beh, wake up at 4am, drive 2+ hours to the east side of Sacramento, i dunno about that. There aren't that many long distance ranges in the bay area, Livermore used to have one, but they closed the long range stuff due to the housing madness. Yep you could blast out to 800 yards in Livermore, those were the good old days. Lately, fluffielady and myself have been feeling kinda bleh. Bleh! i tell u! What to do what to do. We don't even have anything planned for this 3 day weekend. merp!
Weather was excellent, blue sky pretty clear and very warm. Going up the golden gate and then onto the richmond bridges wasn't that bad, but i got to the range slightly late. So they tell me, the only spots available are on the 3rd relay. Ugh, do i really want to wait? i tell them i'm out, then they say that theres others shooting the 3rd as well. Oh i thought it was only going to be me on the 3rd relay, fine why not, i crossed 2 bridges and my stuff is here, lets do this.
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 184-2x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 95-2x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 94
600 Yard Slow Prone: 95-2
Total: 468-6x
Horrible, i had a few shots where i should have stopped, but i decided to keep at it. Yes thats the overholding. My shots are getting sloppy and the past few months i'm not feeling it anymore for this anyway. Busting out the Rock River AR once a month to practice at home and then once a month to shoot doesn't really sharpen the skills. Since i've reached my goal of the master class, that was kinda it, done. The other other goal i wanted was to become a Distinguished Civilian Marksman, but that involves traveling to either East Sacramento or Coalinga to shoot in the top 10% to score points that will accumulate. I want something more challenging, something in the further distances, 300-400-500 yards. But i think the only thing closest to that are the 600 yard matches in Sacramento. Beh, wake up at 4am, drive 2+ hours to the east side of Sacramento, i dunno about that. There aren't that many long distance ranges in the bay area, Livermore used to have one, but they closed the long range stuff due to the housing madness. Yep you could blast out to 800 yards in Livermore, those were the good old days. Lately, fluffielady and myself have been feeling kinda bleh. Bleh! i tell u! What to do what to do. We don't even have anything planned for this 3 day weekend. merp!
Labels: Doing Nothing, High Power Rifle
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Yesterday was most excellent! Except for waking up at 5am for a bunk rummage sale fluffielady attended.
1st: some shooting..
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 187-7x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 94-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99-1x (Thats Pro!)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 95-3
Total: 475-7x
Song in the brain: Naruto's Sorrow and Sadness
Weather was pretty sunny and warm, with very light clouds and a slight wind. The two goobers that started me on this High Power Rifle and then bailed finally emerged back from whatever bar they were drinking from and is somehow possessed with the sport again. I, on the other hand am feeling a waning, hitting plateaus kinda drags things down. But then it's pretty good to maintain even though i haven't even picked up the rifle in 2 months (June 06: 475-14x). Bad thing about saturdays is everybodys there, which meant we were stuck on the 3rd relay, ick!
-Offhand was more than exceptional except for 2 or 3 overholds. I need to just let them go instead of waiting and waiting.
-My Rapid Sitting, as usual, went to crap. This should be my new focus. It was a decent group, but there were a bunch of 1 o'clock 9's that did me in.
-Rapid prone is good but the group was a up/down slash on the target with a fricking 12 o'clock 9!
-Slow prone hosed me, my front sight was giving me a ghosting line which somehow 'squeezed' the target. It looked like a circle, but it was being covered by the post. Oi!
Both of my other shooting buddies are doing good. Sugui made it without any misses, which was his goal. And Ed finally came back and outshot me by 1 bullseye. He's been on this 3-times a month deal.
Ate lunch with the guys at a Brazilian place in Point Richmond, good food, good times. Got home around 2pm and fluffielady came back around noon from her thing and she took a nap for part 2 of the day..
Part 2:
We had a little get together with Vicks n crew with some Red Robin and a bowl. Red Robin is Red Robin with always something different in the menu. Ate there and somehow we all had the notion of heading to sportmart and buying bowling shoes. Since they're priced around 20-40$ and rentals are 4$ a pop, might as well own your own. So the caravan goes to Sportmart and nada, they don't sell bowling shoes, it's cuz bowling isn't a sport.
Off to bowl! Too bad roz n robyn couldn't make it. Everybody did pretty well. Fluffielady owned with her personal best of 146. I owned using Roz's technique at 191, highest score ever. It was 2 strikes then a fricking miss but saved it with a spare, busted a turkey, then a 9 and 8 then more stikes. I've never seen so many X's in my life, other than shooting of course. When the 1st strike happened, all i told myself was to do what i did another 12 times. Just like shooting high power, easy! After that set i tried experimenting and trying to figure how to tweak it.
Generally the gang had a grand old time. It's kinda neat seeing all the different techniques people use to lob the ball around. Seabowl somehow isn't packed on Saturday nights, kinda odd, at least the music is decent. Fluffielady loves her 80s hits.. Good times good times..
1st: some shooting..
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 187-7x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 94-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99-1x (Thats Pro!)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 95-3
Total: 475-7x
Song in the brain: Naruto's Sorrow and Sadness
Weather was pretty sunny and warm, with very light clouds and a slight wind. The two goobers that started me on this High Power Rifle and then bailed finally emerged back from whatever bar they were drinking from and is somehow possessed with the sport again. I, on the other hand am feeling a waning, hitting plateaus kinda drags things down. But then it's pretty good to maintain even though i haven't even picked up the rifle in 2 months (June 06: 475-14x). Bad thing about saturdays is everybodys there, which meant we were stuck on the 3rd relay, ick!
-Offhand was more than exceptional except for 2 or 3 overholds. I need to just let them go instead of waiting and waiting.
-My Rapid Sitting, as usual, went to crap. This should be my new focus. It was a decent group, but there were a bunch of 1 o'clock 9's that did me in.
-Rapid prone is good but the group was a up/down slash on the target with a fricking 12 o'clock 9!
-Slow prone hosed me, my front sight was giving me a ghosting line which somehow 'squeezed' the target. It looked like a circle, but it was being covered by the post. Oi!
Both of my other shooting buddies are doing good. Sugui made it without any misses, which was his goal. And Ed finally came back and outshot me by 1 bullseye. He's been on this 3-times a month deal.
Ate lunch with the guys at a Brazilian place in Point Richmond, good food, good times. Got home around 2pm and fluffielady came back around noon from her thing and she took a nap for part 2 of the day..
Part 2:
We had a little get together with Vicks n crew with some Red Robin and a bowl. Red Robin is Red Robin with always something different in the menu. Ate there and somehow we all had the notion of heading to sportmart and buying bowling shoes. Since they're priced around 20-40$ and rentals are 4$ a pop, might as well own your own. So the caravan goes to Sportmart and nada, they don't sell bowling shoes, it's cuz bowling isn't a sport.
Off to bowl! Too bad roz n robyn couldn't make it. Everybody did pretty well. Fluffielady owned with her personal best of 146. I owned using Roz's technique at 191, highest score ever. It was 2 strikes then a fricking miss but saved it with a spare, busted a turkey, then a 9 and 8 then more stikes. I've never seen so many X's in my life, other than shooting of course. When the 1st strike happened, all i told myself was to do what i did another 12 times. Just like shooting high power, easy! After that set i tried experimenting and trying to figure how to tweak it.
Generally the gang had a grand old time. It's kinda neat seeing all the different techniques people use to lob the ball around. Seabowl somehow isn't packed on Saturday nights, kinda odd, at least the music is decent. Fluffielady loves her 80s hits.. Good times good times..
Labels: bowlmeeting, High Power Rifle
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Off to go bang again:
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 184-4x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 94-3x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 100-7x (Thats Pro!)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 97
Total: 475-14x
Song in the brain: Live Orchestra of Final Fantasy VII Songs.
Ahh yea typical overcast day, grey all over the place, but thats cool for shooting both for target as well as photographs! Tried out the service rifle sling and it worked excellently on the rapid prone. My offhands coulda been better but i think i'm overholding them for at least 2 or 3 shots. Overholding = bad.
When i sighted in at the rapid prone shots were going low 6 and 7 o'clock 10's, so i clicked 2 up and landed with this:
10-shot group: 1.7695" center to center
Smallest 3-shot group: .35" @ 200 yds!
Smallest 5-shot group: .65"
i think i'm reaching the limit of the rifles capability of .5" at 100yds. The prone was one of those that felt natural if thats an easy way to explain it. The rhythm and position resetting came all together right on target. Now if i can do this more often on the other positions, that'd rule. My sitting involved a touch of muscling which is bad, so Overholding is bad, Muscling is bad and overholding + muscling is the worse!
So i guess things are going well if people start accusing me of cheating. i don't cheat, i just pay the scorer well. heh
Getting home fluffielady was setting up for the home party:
Come on over!
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 184-4x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 94-3x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 100-7x (Thats Pro!)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 97
Total: 475-14x
Song in the brain: Live Orchestra of Final Fantasy VII Songs.
Ahh yea typical overcast day, grey all over the place, but thats cool for shooting both for target as well as photographs! Tried out the service rifle sling and it worked excellently on the rapid prone. My offhands coulda been better but i think i'm overholding them for at least 2 or 3 shots. Overholding = bad.
When i sighted in at the rapid prone shots were going low 6 and 7 o'clock 10's, so i clicked 2 up and landed with this:
10-shot group: 1.7695" center to center
Smallest 3-shot group: .35" @ 200 yds!
Smallest 5-shot group: .65"
i think i'm reaching the limit of the rifles capability of .5" at 100yds. The prone was one of those that felt natural if thats an easy way to explain it. The rhythm and position resetting came all together right on target. Now if i can do this more often on the other positions, that'd rule. My sitting involved a touch of muscling which is bad, so Overholding is bad, Muscling is bad and overholding + muscling is the worse!
So i guess things are going well if people start accusing me of cheating. i don't cheat, i just pay the scorer well. heh
Getting home fluffielady was setting up for the home party:
Come on over!
Labels: Cookie Lee, High Power Rifle
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Sunny and hot hot today at the Range.
A bright and clear blue sky. Easy drive to n fro, with slight traffic coming back. Thanks destroyed 580 East!
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 187-3x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 95
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 96-2x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 96-3x With One Silly Half Loaded Round resulting in a 6.
Total: 474-8x
i didn't do all that good. i need to put more time into my rapids, i find it funny that i used to do better at the rapids then the other 2, and now it's gone the other way. One round in the Slow prone went 'bum-p' instead of 'bang'. It musta been halfloaded since it did reach the target, as a 4-o'clock 6, ick. There weren't that many people today, about 13 shooting, all the others are at Coalinga. From what i hear from some who returned, Coalinga was horrid with 25-35mph crosswinds! Thats the only thing i don't get much at Richmond, theres very low wind happening and i need more experience in gaging and feeling for the wind. i dunno if i'll ever enter in a Coalinga match. 3-hour drive, and it usually starts around 7 or 8am. Heck going to Sacramento for one of these state matches is hell already.
Got home, twiddled with the sound system in Delilah, i think the rear left speaker is toast, and i dunno if i can find a replacement one.
Made some .40s for duty weapons, now i've got 1 more box of .38 and 1 box of .223 and i'm all loaded up. For now..
I just can't believe that it's 71.6 degrees right now at 9pm. Whats going on??!!
Video Of the Day is:
Nasa's New Methane Refuelable Rocket. Turn up your speakers for this one!
A bright and clear blue sky. Easy drive to n fro, with slight traffic coming back. Thanks destroyed 580 East!
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 187-3x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 95
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 96-2x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 96-3x With One Silly Half Loaded Round resulting in a 6.
Total: 474-8x
i didn't do all that good. i need to put more time into my rapids, i find it funny that i used to do better at the rapids then the other 2, and now it's gone the other way. One round in the Slow prone went 'bum-p' instead of 'bang'. It musta been halfloaded since it did reach the target, as a 4-o'clock 6, ick. There weren't that many people today, about 13 shooting, all the others are at Coalinga. From what i hear from some who returned, Coalinga was horrid with 25-35mph crosswinds! Thats the only thing i don't get much at Richmond, theres very low wind happening and i need more experience in gaging and feeling for the wind. i dunno if i'll ever enter in a Coalinga match. 3-hour drive, and it usually starts around 7 or 8am. Heck going to Sacramento for one of these state matches is hell already.
Got home, twiddled with the sound system in Delilah, i think the rear left speaker is toast, and i dunno if i can find a replacement one.
Made some .40s for duty weapons, now i've got 1 more box of .38 and 1 box of .223 and i'm all loaded up. For now..
I just can't believe that it's 71.6 degrees right now at 9pm. Whats going on??!!
Video Of the Day is:
Nasa's New Methane Refuelable Rocket. Turn up your speakers for this one!
Labels: Delilah, High Power Rifle, Woohoo
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Yesterday did nothing except:
Brought the M1 Garand into separate states of being:
The two top right pieces are the firing pin, top is new (to me) and bottom is the dead one. Yesterday, the pin came in the mail and i ventured to see how hard it was to replace the firing pin. Thanks to the Civilian Marksmanship website, it has exactly what to do in picture form. I remembered seeing another page on simple things to do to work the action better, but can't seem to find it anymore. Oh well, then just replaced the pin and put it back together. Another day for the action job i guess.
Today:
Sunny, clear, warm. Good day to shoot today. It was soo good that there were only 9 shooters today.
My goal was to try for a high master score. hah!
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 190-6x (highest offhand yet)
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 95-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99
600 Yard Slow Prone: 94-2x
Total: 478-9x
My offhand was pretty excellent, until the last two shots, which were an 8 and a 7! After that it sorta slid downhill. Somehow my rapid sitting jammed on the last shot. On the Rapid Prone, my natural point of aim was off, but i shot so well that the group was planted right in the 10 ring with one shot slightly off to the 9, best group i've ever seen. It was probably a slight rectangle box 1.5inch wide, 2 inches tall. I shoulda kept the target, it woulda been better if the 9 wasn't there. Then my slow prone felt funny, the sling was grabbing my skin, it never felt right. Well since i haven't handled the rifle since last month what do u expect? Still the score is in the solid middle of the master class now. So i'm content with that. MORE! i want MORE!!
Came home to Easter Lunch. Yum, Now i'm cleaning another rifle. cleancleanclean.
Oh i can't leave you without some badass video from japan's Cosplay event. The COStume PLAY event, where the anime crazed people of japan play dress up and meet at a convention center. You'll have your Final Fantasy Characters, Gundam Characters, whatevers your flavor anime characters. But these guys are the best!:
Theres no sound on this video, but just add that transformers sound and it'll be perfect! Screw the 3d animated stuff, this is the real deal!
Brought the M1 Garand into separate states of being:
The two top right pieces are the firing pin, top is new (to me) and bottom is the dead one. Yesterday, the pin came in the mail and i ventured to see how hard it was to replace the firing pin. Thanks to the Civilian Marksmanship website, it has exactly what to do in picture form. I remembered seeing another page on simple things to do to work the action better, but can't seem to find it anymore. Oh well, then just replaced the pin and put it back together. Another day for the action job i guess.
Today:
Sunny, clear, warm. Good day to shoot today. It was soo good that there were only 9 shooters today.
My goal was to try for a high master score. hah!
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 190-6x (highest offhand yet)
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 95-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99
600 Yard Slow Prone: 94-2x
Total: 478-9x
My offhand was pretty excellent, until the last two shots, which were an 8 and a 7! After that it sorta slid downhill. Somehow my rapid sitting jammed on the last shot. On the Rapid Prone, my natural point of aim was off, but i shot so well that the group was planted right in the 10 ring with one shot slightly off to the 9, best group i've ever seen. It was probably a slight rectangle box 1.5inch wide, 2 inches tall. I shoulda kept the target, it woulda been better if the 9 wasn't there. Then my slow prone felt funny, the sling was grabbing my skin, it never felt right. Well since i haven't handled the rifle since last month what do u expect? Still the score is in the solid middle of the master class now. So i'm content with that. MORE! i want MORE!!
Came home to Easter Lunch. Yum, Now i'm cleaning another rifle. cleancleanclean.
Oh i can't leave you without some badass video from japan's Cosplay event. The COStume PLAY event, where the anime crazed people of japan play dress up and meet at a convention center. You'll have your Final Fantasy Characters, Gundam Characters, whatevers your flavor anime characters. But these guys are the best!:
Theres no sound on this video, but just add that transformers sound and it'll be perfect! Screw the 3d animated stuff, this is the real deal!
Labels: Gun Stuff, High Power Rifle, Woohoo
Sunday, March 04, 2007
The price to pay for admission. Burn Mark from a .223 case, it fell into my jacket sleeve causing the owie dance including a flailing arm.
Admission to what? :To the Master Class.
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 187-3x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 99-3x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 100-3x (i think it's a 99)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 98-3x
Total: 484-12x (1 point away from the HIGH master class!)
Check one off of my new years resolution from 2004!
Weather was cloudy with a haze. Sausalito from highway 80 was clouded in, looking at SF was through a foggy lens. Everybody was relaxed today the only bad thing was that on the point next to me is this annoying distractive talkative guy. The guy has all the high tech goodies, i think he shot a 472. My focus was on other things. My perception seems to have gone out of whack. I was waving my rifle all over the place. I've never seen so much sway ever, my natural point of aim seemed to be pointed at the distractive talkative guy's target. There were shots where i swear was out there wasn't. On the Rapid sitting i swear i was hitting to the left in the 9-ring but it came out to be a bunch on the 10-ring. The shooting term for that is 'my zero is shrinking'. In the beginning it was to allow for say a miss or two, after a while the focus is onto zero misses, then it's a few in the white-area, then less and less. My fellow shooters are telling me to hurry up and jump to the high master class and get out of the master class already. Jeez!
Driving Delilah is sweet! I dunno what they did, i'll call tomorrow or something but it seems that my flywheel got really lightened, and the pedal hydraulics is almost nil. There use to be resistance when pressing and with that pedal feel when engaging the clutch. Now there is slight to no resistance so theres no pedal feel of clutch engagement. I just hafta try it on a steep hill, Delilah runs pretty smooth now!
Good Times Good Times.
After shooting, went to Vicks, J, Sherwin n Pookies Berfdays party. It was pretty cool mellow hangout, excellent spread of yummie foodz. Played with Sherwins Digi-SLR camera, brings memories of my Minolta 7000i 35mm FILM baby! I'd like to have one again, like the Sony Alpha (it fits my 7000i lenses), but it's bulk is it's downfall. Vicks brought the Wii, Fluffielady and i had at it while the others played texas hold-em. First time on the wii, it's pretty cool. Played a few of the sports games as well as their usual monkey madness franchise. Instead of actual physical motion, for me it's about wrist action. The games do get your heart going though! All my years of playing video games i never moved the controller. Playing with the Wii, and having to tilt, swing, twist, up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right physically on the controller took a little for me to understand. Fluffielady is now contemplating owning one, woot! If you could find one, they're still sold out everywhere!
Labels: Crew, Delilah, High Power Rifle
Saturday, February 03, 2007
My shooting compadres have this to say to me:
"Once in a while a shower is nice. It's good to get a clean"
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 185-1x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 99-3x (Doh!)
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 100-3x (Pic above)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 98-3x (2 friggin 9's!)
Total: 482-10x (werd!)
Song in head: Some techno stuff, forgot what it was.
Weather was uniformly overcast so that wasn't bad.
i guess this jacket does work. i'm feeling at the beginning of a groove with this. Today was kinda whacked though. I decided to go shoot today instead of sunday, get there and it's a mob of people 34 or so. Normally it's under 20, so we had 4 relays of shooting, and lucky me, i get to be on the third, which starts around 11am. So it's 9am, what is there to do? I go drive off, fill up, venture around the hilltop mall area. Bought some $11 Sake from BevMo. Too bad i don't smoke, then i'd really be accepted by the ATF. Drove back arom 10:30 and the second relay just started. Jeez! Ok, headed over to the IPSC range to see if anyone i know is practicing. Nope, instead i got some possible ideas on tuning my revolver. yea baby!
Today there was alot of heckling going back and forth, kinda funny. We had the 2006 awards presented, and the theme was a kinda morbid, pass the torch kinda feel. Today i haven't seen so many youngins shootin, with one youngin age 17, Top scorer of '06. Yep he beat grand master O'Connell, but then O'Connell didn't shoot that much last year. He did win some western regional prone shoot. He won High Senior and Aggregate score, the match consisted of 3 days of shooting 600-700-800 and 1000 yards, each with 45 seconds a shot. He's my hero.
At the rapid sitting i thought i was going at it a bit too fast. Since i churned out a 99, i'm not sweating it. Using a different sitting position technique. Seems to work way better than before. Before i was sitting indian style which hunched me over a bit too much, so now my legs aren't tucked in as much. Jacket works well now, i'm not sweating like mad anymore. I can sense it, soon i will be in zen with the rifle.. yes..
"Once in a while a shower is nice. It's good to get a clean"
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 185-1x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 99-3x (Doh!)
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 100-3x (Pic above)
600 Yard Slow Prone: 98-3x (2 friggin 9's!)
Total: 482-10x (werd!)
Song in head: Some techno stuff, forgot what it was.
Weather was uniformly overcast so that wasn't bad.
i guess this jacket does work. i'm feeling at the beginning of a groove with this. Today was kinda whacked though. I decided to go shoot today instead of sunday, get there and it's a mob of people 34 or so. Normally it's under 20, so we had 4 relays of shooting, and lucky me, i get to be on the third, which starts around 11am. So it's 9am, what is there to do? I go drive off, fill up, venture around the hilltop mall area. Bought some $11 Sake from BevMo. Too bad i don't smoke, then i'd really be accepted by the ATF. Drove back arom 10:30 and the second relay just started. Jeez! Ok, headed over to the IPSC range to see if anyone i know is practicing. Nope, instead i got some possible ideas on tuning my revolver. yea baby!
Today there was alot of heckling going back and forth, kinda funny. We had the 2006 awards presented, and the theme was a kinda morbid, pass the torch kinda feel. Today i haven't seen so many youngins shootin, with one youngin age 17, Top scorer of '06. Yep he beat grand master O'Connell, but then O'Connell didn't shoot that much last year. He did win some western regional prone shoot. He won High Senior and Aggregate score, the match consisted of 3 days of shooting 600-700-800 and 1000 yards, each with 45 seconds a shot. He's my hero.
At the rapid sitting i thought i was going at it a bit too fast. Since i churned out a 99, i'm not sweating it. Using a different sitting position technique. Seems to work way better than before. Before i was sitting indian style which hunched me over a bit too much, so now my legs aren't tucked in as much. Jacket works well now, i'm not sweating like mad anymore. I can sense it, soon i will be in zen with the rifle.. yes..
Labels: High Power Rifle
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Boomboom once again
Slow Fire 200 Yard Standing: 184-1x
Rapid Fire 200 Yard Sitting: 91-1x (Stupid unstable sitting position)
Rapid Fire 300 Yard Prone: 98-2x
Slow Fire 600 Yard Prone: 94-3x (Stupid 7)
Total: 467-7x weak!
Weather was pretty good, no clouds, no wind. Slight haze, peering from Highway 80 at Berkeley to Sausalito. Sitting position was ugly, 3 hits on the 8 ring. At least i sorta called those shots. Slow prone had a hit on the 7 ring, which wasn't where i called it. The crew there was nice enough to open a third relay, where it was only myself and another shooting.
Slow Fire 200 Yard Standing: 184-1x
Rapid Fire 200 Yard Sitting: 91-1x (Stupid unstable sitting position)
Rapid Fire 300 Yard Prone: 98-2x
Slow Fire 600 Yard Prone: 94-3x (Stupid 7)
Total: 467-7x weak!
Weather was pretty good, no clouds, no wind. Slight haze, peering from Highway 80 at Berkeley to Sausalito. Sitting position was ugly, 3 hits on the 8 ring. At least i sorta called those shots. Slow prone had a hit on the 7 ring, which wasn't where i called it. The crew there was nice enough to open a third relay, where it was only myself and another shooting.
Labels: High Power Rifle
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Like the past 2 years, the cycle continues.
The weather was poor, ultra foggy at my house. At Richmond it was overcast.
Slow Fire 200 Yard Standing: 180 (The most 9's i've ever shot)
Rapid Fire 200 Yard Sitting: 91-2x (didn't feel right)
Rapid Fire 300 Yard Prone: 99-6x (With a weird cartridge jam alibi)
Slow Fire 600 Yard Prone: 93-2x
Total: 462-10x
Ugh, everytime i get a master score, the next one is some bunghole score. So i went to my past 3 years of shooting this crap and noticed that i've already been shooting at this level. So the strategy becomes either 1)i maintain this yo-yo above / below scoring and hopefully win the high expert due to the yearly average score. Or 2)somehow magically get 2 master scores in a row and then whatever.
This new jacket is cooking me from the inside. 14 pounds of leather is wicked!
Afterwards, as fluffielady was having her jewelery show, i snuck off to oakland to the NCAPOA for their annual dinner. I picked up 2nd place individual as well as 1st place team association, with Capt'n D and Uncle Lau. It seems that if an association member is on your team, all of a sudden your an associated team. Since Uncle Lau's the member, he gets the plaque. And theres nothing wrong with being named Team: Bad JuJu!
The weather was poor, ultra foggy at my house. At Richmond it was overcast.
Slow Fire 200 Yard Standing: 180 (The most 9's i've ever shot)
Rapid Fire 200 Yard Sitting: 91-2x (didn't feel right)
Rapid Fire 300 Yard Prone: 99-6x (With a weird cartridge jam alibi)
Slow Fire 600 Yard Prone: 93-2x
Total: 462-10x
Ugh, everytime i get a master score, the next one is some bunghole score. So i went to my past 3 years of shooting this crap and noticed that i've already been shooting at this level. So the strategy becomes either 1)i maintain this yo-yo above / below scoring and hopefully win the high expert due to the yearly average score. Or 2)somehow magically get 2 master scores in a row and then whatever.
This new jacket is cooking me from the inside. 14 pounds of leather is wicked!
Afterwards, as fluffielady was having her jewelery show, i snuck off to oakland to the NCAPOA for their annual dinner. I picked up 2nd place individual as well as 1st place team association, with Capt'n D and Uncle Lau. It seems that if an association member is on your team, all of a sudden your an associated team. Since Uncle Lau's the member, he gets the plaque. And theres nothing wrong with being named Team: Bad JuJu!
Labels: High Power Rifle
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Here we go again:
Slow Fire 200 Yard Standing: 185-3x (Last shot went sideways on me, doh!)
Rapid Fire 200 Yard Sitting: 93 (ick! Grouping was off to the right.)
Rapid Fire 300 Yard Prone: 99-5x
Slow Fire 600 Yard Prone: 98-2x
Total: 475-10x
Weather was excellent, clear blue sky with oddly enough a slow headwind.
I'm now feeling this jacket, on the standing position it really works in keeping you in position compared to my other jacket. Me likes! Now i gotta get at least a 470 next month. i feel it in me!
After Richmond, the traffic sucked going back. Got to Little Luccas (The Shack) and picked up a few hefties and brought it over to fluffielady's craft show in the Linda Mar area. It was more of a swap meet or a mass garage sale. There were 2 or so actual people (fluffielady's one of them) selling 'new' stuff. My brother was going back n forth about buying a printer / fax for 1$ from this lady who at the end sold every item for a dolla! a dolla, a dolla! Fluffielady did ok. If you wanted a replacement satillite dish for the dish network someone was selling it for 5$! The best guy was one dood who resold garage sale items. A lady comes by asking how much a certain item is, he says 10$ she says no fair! she sold it to him for 8$! Silly people.
Slow Fire 200 Yard Standing: 185-3x (Last shot went sideways on me, doh!)
Rapid Fire 200 Yard Sitting: 93 (ick! Grouping was off to the right.)
Rapid Fire 300 Yard Prone: 99-5x
Slow Fire 600 Yard Prone: 98-2x
Total: 475-10x
Weather was excellent, clear blue sky with oddly enough a slow headwind.
I'm now feeling this jacket, on the standing position it really works in keeping you in position compared to my other jacket. Me likes! Now i gotta get at least a 470 next month. i feel it in me!
After Richmond, the traffic sucked going back. Got to Little Luccas (The Shack) and picked up a few hefties and brought it over to fluffielady's craft show in the Linda Mar area. It was more of a swap meet or a mass garage sale. There were 2 or so actual people (fluffielady's one of them) selling 'new' stuff. My brother was going back n forth about buying a printer / fax for 1$ from this lady who at the end sold every item for a dolla! a dolla, a dolla! Fluffielady did ok. If you wanted a replacement satillite dish for the dish network someone was selling it for 5$! The best guy was one dood who resold garage sale items. A lady comes by asking how much a certain item is, he says 10$ she says no fair! she sold it to him for 8$! Silly people.
Labels: High Power Rifle
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Forgot to post this, but then i just converted the file:
Ahh yes the joys of being in the midwest.
As for me, the question of today is: Was 200$ worth it?
Not this month. i purchased a 400$ leather shooting jacket on ebay (of course) for 215$, it's pretty new looking and stiff as heck. I gotta break it in.
Goodbuy Old high school 'donated' 1950's Ten-x Beat-down-raggity jacket, hello Creedmoor Hardback Heavy (14pounds of cow!)Leather Coat!
Unfortunately:
Slow 200 Yard offhand: 177-1x out of 200
Rapid 200 Yard sitting: 97-3x
Rapid 300 Yard Prone: 86-1x (i forgot to shoot a round, doh!)
Slow 600 Yard Prone: 96-2x
Total: 456-7x
With the bay bridge closed taking the Golden Gate method only took about 10minutes more than usual. The weather wasn't all that great but what really screwed me was the guy shooting next to me. Anytime he got a badshot, he'd curse, talk to himself or whine, and it started to get to me. He's one of those guys with the 3500$ ultra match AR-15 (since his other 3000$ ultra match M-1A kicks too hard), 500$ spotting scope, gear up the ying yang and his shooting is whacked.
The jacket worked pretty well, but i was sweating the last 10 minutes of the match. I dunno if i can use this at Sacramento or Coalinga in the summer months. That'd be murder! I might hafta bring back the old school cloth jacket for that!
Work has been decent. Fluffielady started school last week and it's ok for now. Currently her friend Michelle is in transition from LaLaland back to Minnesota, so shes visiting all her buddies on her drive up. We all roamed the Napa valley yesterday and chilled today. I'm selling my Gary Fisher to her, for she is looking for a mountain bike to stroll in back yonder. My bike is like a piece of me, but it needs to be ridden. It's called Re-cycle, Oooo!
Ahh yes the joys of being in the midwest.
As for me, the question of today is: Was 200$ worth it?
Not this month. i purchased a 400$ leather shooting jacket on ebay (of course) for 215$, it's pretty new looking and stiff as heck. I gotta break it in.
Goodbuy Old high school 'donated' 1950's Ten-x Beat-down-raggity jacket, hello Creedmoor Hardback Heavy (14pounds of cow!)Leather Coat!
Unfortunately:
Slow 200 Yard offhand: 177-1x out of 200
Rapid 200 Yard sitting: 97-3x
Rapid 300 Yard Prone: 86-1x (i forgot to shoot a round, doh!)
Slow 600 Yard Prone: 96-2x
Total: 456-7x
With the bay bridge closed taking the Golden Gate method only took about 10minutes more than usual. The weather wasn't all that great but what really screwed me was the guy shooting next to me. Anytime he got a badshot, he'd curse, talk to himself or whine, and it started to get to me. He's one of those guys with the 3500$ ultra match AR-15 (since his other 3000$ ultra match M-1A kicks too hard), 500$ spotting scope, gear up the ying yang and his shooting is whacked.
The jacket worked pretty well, but i was sweating the last 10 minutes of the match. I dunno if i can use this at Sacramento or Coalinga in the summer months. That'd be murder! I might hafta bring back the old school cloth jacket for that!
Work has been decent. Fluffielady started school last week and it's ok for now. Currently her friend Michelle is in transition from LaLaland back to Minnesota, so shes visiting all her buddies on her drive up. We all roamed the Napa valley yesterday and chilled today. I'm selling my Gary Fisher to her, for she is looking for a mountain bike to stroll in back yonder. My bike is like a piece of me, but it needs to be ridden. It's called Re-cycle, Oooo!
Labels: High Power Rifle
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Pancakes are getting fluffier!
Todays weather and what nots were pretty much the same compared to yesterday at Richmond. Clear Blue Sky, Zero Wind, Bright Sunny warm day, and today there were only a handful of shooters, 14, i think. Everybody else this weekend was doing the REAL stuff at Camp Perry, Ohio. It's the olympics of High Power shooting, all the grand masters, all the toys and gizmos, everything involving this sport will be massed there for the entire week. One day i might shoot over there.
Pics i stole online! haha. I am amazed to see what kinda madness it is shooting at the correct point! I *think* this is the 300 yard line.
Before we shot i asked if today could be my 'match' score and yesterday be 'practice' of course, i got shot down, oh well, i tried.
Todays (Practice)
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 183-2x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 96-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99-3x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 94-2x
Total: 472-8x (master score!)
After popping caps i met up with my coworkers and Capt'n D at the IPSC (SpeedBapBaping) range. They're all bugging me to join them in this new sport. Oi! As with new sports that usually equals $$. I guess i can go with what i got, but i still need a few trinkets to start the bapbaping. Ugh 200-300 rounds a match. Now they want some handmade bullets for their bapbaping as well. Man..
Todays weather and what nots were pretty much the same compared to yesterday at Richmond. Clear Blue Sky, Zero Wind, Bright Sunny warm day, and today there were only a handful of shooters, 14, i think. Everybody else this weekend was doing the REAL stuff at Camp Perry, Ohio. It's the olympics of High Power shooting, all the grand masters, all the toys and gizmos, everything involving this sport will be massed there for the entire week. One day i might shoot over there.
Pics i stole online! haha. I am amazed to see what kinda madness it is shooting at the correct point! I *think* this is the 300 yard line.
Before we shot i asked if today could be my 'match' score and yesterday be 'practice' of course, i got shot down, oh well, i tried.
Todays (Practice)
200 Yard Slow Offhand: 183-2x
200 Yard Rapid Sitting: 96-1x
300 Yard Rapid Prone: 99-3x
600 Yard Slow Prone: 94-2x
Total: 472-8x (master score!)
After popping caps i met up with my coworkers and Capt'n D at the IPSC (SpeedBapBaping) range. They're all bugging me to join them in this new sport. Oi! As with new sports that usually equals $$. I guess i can go with what i got, but i still need a few trinkets to start the bapbaping. Ugh 200-300 rounds a match. Now they want some handmade bullets for their bapbaping as well. Man..
Labels: High Power Rifle
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Relay: 1
Target: 10
Offhand: 175-2x
Rapid Sitting: 92-2x
Rapid Prone: 94-0x
Slow Prone: 99-3x
Total: 460-7x
Woke up at 6:30am, it seemed like the whole house was lit up AND the all the blinds were closed!
The weather was excellect, clear blue sky, really warm weather. Instead of seeing the Golden Gate, 'cuz of the Bay bridge closure. So the view of the city and the bay bridge was quite clear. Coming out of the avian flu that i got somehow on tuesday, my concentration wasn't as good. It's amazing how little things such has 1)pulling the trigger, and 2) hitting the middle is affected. Fluffielady's dad came along and i convinced him to bring his rifle with him. He did pretty well for 2nd time ever shooting a high-power match with no gear, a 402.
It's been a while since i posted. Monday was a cool bbq, chilled n hung out with the peeps. The weather was nice there as well. Thx for all da goodies everybody! Friday, the in-laws come to visit. Saturday the plan was to go to this church rummage sale. Well the sale was cancelled, so we roamed around looking for garage sales. Its a hobbie for these three.
Today we shot, and when we got back my brother had a multi-person birthday bbq at bakers beach yesterday and had leftover shish-kabobs.. Mmmm yummz!
Tommorrow it's back to work and tuesday i hear that i might be shifted over to YGC. Juvie!
Target: 10
Offhand: 175-2x
Rapid Sitting: 92-2x
Rapid Prone: 94-0x
Slow Prone: 99-3x
Total: 460-7x
Woke up at 6:30am, it seemed like the whole house was lit up AND the all the blinds were closed!
The weather was excellect, clear blue sky, really warm weather. Instead of seeing the Golden Gate, 'cuz of the Bay bridge closure. So the view of the city and the bay bridge was quite clear. Coming out of the avian flu that i got somehow on tuesday, my concentration wasn't as good. It's amazing how little things such has 1)pulling the trigger, and 2) hitting the middle is affected. Fluffielady's dad came along and i convinced him to bring his rifle with him. He did pretty well for 2nd time ever shooting a high-power match with no gear, a 402.
It's been a while since i posted. Monday was a cool bbq, chilled n hung out with the peeps. The weather was nice there as well. Thx for all da goodies everybody! Friday, the in-laws come to visit. Saturday the plan was to go to this church rummage sale. Well the sale was cancelled, so we roamed around looking for garage sales. Its a hobbie for these three.
Today we shot, and when we got back my brother had a multi-person birthday bbq at bakers beach yesterday and had leftover shish-kabobs.. Mmmm yummz!
Tommorrow it's back to work and tuesday i hear that i might be shifted over to YGC. Juvie!
Labels: High Power Rifle
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Finally..
'Forgive me father for i have sinned.. It has been two months since i've pulled a trigger..'
Neak..
Relay #2
Target #5
Offhand: 180-2x
Rapid Sitting: 94-2x
Rapid Prone: 97-2x
Slow Prone: 95
Total: 466-6x (another bloody 4 points away from master class!)
The morning weather was cloudy, the drive was decent, you could barely see the golden gate bridge and sausalito from highway 80. But at the range it was blue sky and no wind. i had two errant shots on the offhand: a 7-o'clock 6 and a 11-o'clock 6.. ugh!
On the slow prone the position felt odd, it felt too low as if i was about to lay down on the ground low.
Also the plaques for my 2005 High Expert came in.. woo! Plaques! i got in another etch on the clubs trophy! heh
Yesterday n today i hung out with an old school buddy, Billy Yeung.. He's roamed around the americas and is coming back to cause damage in california again.. heh
Yesterday me n fluffielady went out with Evan n Jenny to the Hyde Street Seafood house.. MMmmm clam chowder..
'Forgive me father for i have sinned.. It has been two months since i've pulled a trigger..'
Neak..
Relay #2
Target #5
Offhand: 180-2x
Rapid Sitting: 94-2x
Rapid Prone: 97-2x
Slow Prone: 95
Total: 466-6x (another bloody 4 points away from master class!)
The morning weather was cloudy, the drive was decent, you could barely see the golden gate bridge and sausalito from highway 80. But at the range it was blue sky and no wind. i had two errant shots on the offhand: a 7-o'clock 6 and a 11-o'clock 6.. ugh!
On the slow prone the position felt odd, it felt too low as if i was about to lay down on the ground low.
Also the plaques for my 2005 High Expert came in.. woo! Plaques! i got in another etch on the clubs trophy! heh
Yesterday n today i hung out with an old school buddy, Billy Yeung.. He's roamed around the americas and is coming back to cause damage in california again.. heh
Yesterday me n fluffielady went out with Evan n Jenny to the Hyde Street Seafood house.. MMmmm clam chowder..
Labels: High Power Rifle
Monday, February 06, 2006
Level Of Difficulty at Work: .5 out of 10
NapTime During Lunch: 30min
Yesterday was my usual time of the month. The weather was excellent, sometimes too bright. The golden gate was pretty clear and so was sausalito. i signed up to the first relay and went at it:
200Yard Offhand: 181-2x
200Yard Rapid Sitting: 81 (bah!!!)
300Yard Rapid Prone: 99-5x
600Yard Slow Prone: 99-6x
Total: 460-13x
My rapids have been sucking the past few months, i dunno why but i gotta start back at it again. I suppose that my focus is off to sitting. The rapid sitting group swong into a 4 o'clock arrow almost. Weak! The two spotting shots for the rapid sitting was 12 o'clock high at the 9ring, so i decided to lower my sights. wrong move, in the past i never moved it that much but i felt that i was sitting differently. oi!
This thursday will be another match. i'm debating on using my Thompson Contender or my Match AR.. hmmz..
Afterwards, went to a coworkers house to setup their wireless network. It took a bit, but was completed.
NapTime During Lunch: 30min
Yesterday was my usual time of the month. The weather was excellent, sometimes too bright. The golden gate was pretty clear and so was sausalito. i signed up to the first relay and went at it:
200Yard Offhand: 181-2x
200Yard Rapid Sitting: 81 (bah!!!)
300Yard Rapid Prone: 99-5x
600Yard Slow Prone: 99-6x
Total: 460-13x
My rapids have been sucking the past few months, i dunno why but i gotta start back at it again. I suppose that my focus is off to sitting. The rapid sitting group swong into a 4 o'clock arrow almost. Weak! The two spotting shots for the rapid sitting was 12 o'clock high at the 9ring, so i decided to lower my sights. wrong move, in the past i never moved it that much but i felt that i was sitting differently. oi!
This thursday will be another match. i'm debating on using my Thompson Contender or my Match AR.. hmmz..
Afterwards, went to a coworkers house to setup their wireless network. It took a bit, but was completed.
Labels: High Power Rifle
