Palo Alto Rifle and Pistol Club hosted a highpower clinic on Saturday that was pretty well attended by BSers. At the Saturday clinic we had 18 new (or newish) shooters including 5 BSers - SKYWLKR, bgremill, owen502, Zeek and FALfan. We did a little over an hour of classroom instruction where we discussed safety, equipment, the course of fire, scoring, sight alignment and sight pictures, positions, natural point of aim, focus and trigger control (among other things). Then we headed to the 200 yard line and target pits for some live fire. The class was split into two groups with one going to the pits and the other to the line. The group in the pits was taught scoring and those on the line were provided with their own coach to shoot. We started with prone slow fire so that everyone could zero in his rifle. The we did a prone rapid fire string, a sitting slow fire and rapid fire and standing slow fire. After completing firing the groups switched. When everyone had a chance to shoot, we retired to the 600 yard line for a demonstration in slow prone shooting and rudimentary wind reading. everyone was able to see a major wind change when the front moved through. The shooter had 1.5 MOA left wind on the gun aand was centered up. as the wind changed he put more and more right wind on and only managed to shoot 7s at 9 o'clock. When he finished he had over 4.5 MOA right wind on the gun - a 6 MOA change in the wind. Certainly one you should notice.
On Sunday, there was a 200 yard reduced course match at the Ascension Parish sheriff's range in Gonzales. Mtcur3 and wildman came with their kids, ages 14 to 20, including two 16 year old girls. several of us taught an abrieviated clinic before the match and oriented everyon to the course of fire and positions. It turned out to be the perfect day for shooting as there were no conditions to deal with. No wind or light problems. I had expected a number of BSers from the day before and who had contacted me to show up, but no joy. I need t tell you guys that you screwed up. It was a great match. However, it was one that may have needed egos checked at the door because the juniors shot lights out. Of the 5 new juniors shooting their first match, the lowest score was a 422/500 (a solid Sharpshooter score) and the highest, turned in by one of the young ladies, was a 444/500 (one point shy of Expert). The kids did great and I hope to see them out there again.
I want to thank everyone who came and I would appreciate it you would discuss your experiences here. If you have some discussion that you would rather remain private (such as a critique, either good or bad), please send me an email. These clinics are a work in progress and we are always looking for ways to make them better.
Dan
On Sunday, there was a 200 yard reduced course match at the Ascension Parish sheriff's range in Gonzales. Mtcur3 and wildman came with their kids, ages 14 to 20, including two 16 year old girls. several of us taught an abrieviated clinic before the match and oriented everyon to the course of fire and positions. It turned out to be the perfect day for shooting as there were no conditions to deal with. No wind or light problems. I had expected a number of BSers from the day before and who had contacted me to show up, but no joy. I need t tell you guys that you screwed up. It was a great match. However, it was one that may have needed egos checked at the door because the juniors shot lights out. Of the 5 new juniors shooting their first match, the lowest score was a 422/500 (a solid Sharpshooter score) and the highest, turned in by one of the young ladies, was a 444/500 (one point shy of Expert). The kids did great and I hope to see them out there again.
I want to thank everyone who came and I would appreciate it you would discuss your experiences here. If you have some discussion that you would rather remain private (such as a critique, either good or bad), please send me an email. These clinics are a work in progress and we are always looking for ways to make them better.
Dan
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