Today 12 of us braved the weather to shoot a highpower across the course team match. The basic match format consisted of 4 man teams shooting a 50 shot across the course match. 2 shooters would pair fire while one of the more experienced shooters coached. We managed to escape most of the rain, however, the wind behind the front was quite challenging. At 300 yards, it required 4 MOA to center up the shots. At 600, the magazine length bullets (75grs) where taking around 10 MOA to center up. It was quite a bit of fun until the wind snapped off one of the target frames. Because such a situation can get dangerous we called it a day to the disappointment of the shooters who had not had their chance at 600 yards.
In spite of the conditions, some pretty good scores were fired. BS member RJenkins managed a 190-10X at 600 yards in a switching and gusty 13+ mph wind. His JLK 80 gr VLD (very low drag) bullets required significantly less windage correction than the magazine length 75 Hornadys (like little more than half), but they still required a careful eye on the wind changes.
It seemed like everyone enjoyed the format so we will probably have more of these matches in the future.
Dan
In spite of the conditions, some pretty good scores were fired. BS member RJenkins managed a 190-10X at 600 yards in a switching and gusty 13+ mph wind. His JLK 80 gr VLD (very low drag) bullets required significantly less windage correction than the magazine length 75 Hornadys (like little more than half), but they still required a careful eye on the wind changes.
It seemed like everyone enjoyed the format so we will probably have more of these matches in the future.
Dan