2009 Atlantic Championships,Batouche NB
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Kodiak99317
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Nicely done again Leo, way to go my friend.
Keith
Keith
rnbra-shooter
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We had glorious fall weather - clear, bright, sunny, with temps of ~20C mostly (though Monday morning got off to a cold clear start!). Winds were moderately strong, fairly variable, with quite a challenging fishtail on Monday morning when we shot the 800m and 900m Downeast match.
Twenty seven shooters showed up on Saturday, which was a good healthy turnout, making for three nearly full 10-shooter relays (we were running five targets).
Saturday afternoon's firing got underway at the scheduled 13:00, and I am eternally grateful to all the shooters who showed up on time (or early!), and were ready and prepared to shoot when it was their turn. We fired the 2ss10@300m, 500m, 600m Lady Slipper agg, finishing at 18:05 (vs my expected 18:40 finish).
Sunday was the crunch day, with six matches to be fired. The Herring Choker agg and the Bluenose agg each consisted of 2ss10 @ 300m, 500m and 600m. To save time I had all the 300m firing be done before we fell back to 500m, where we fired both 500s before falling back to 600m, etc. Also, I was able to squeeze Saturday's 25 shooters into two and a half back-to-back relays, so it only took five relays to fire each range twice, rather than six relays.
There was a bit of tense drama at the 300m range; after three relays the targets had gotten shot up pretty badly, so we did an unscheduled run to the butts to reface the targets. Unfortunately we were out of 300m centres, so we refaced with 300 bedsheets - which have 300 yard scoring rings. As blind dumb luck would have it, this meant that only five shooters fired their second 300m on the easier 300m target, and having everybody else fire their second 300 on the (surprisingly more difficult!!) 300 yard target did not end up affecting the match's standings. Cosmic justice would have it that the match organizer and also the person responsible for the squadding ended up with a 47 as a result of this mess... ;-)
Sunday's shooting started at 08:30, half an hour after our scheduled start time, and finished at 18:01 (31 minutes after schedule, so the shooters held up their pace). We met for a baron of beef buffet dinner at the Ramada in Fredericton, which was well received. We discussed whether the Downeast match should consists of 2ss10 at 800m and 900m as scheduled, or whether we should enlarge it to 2ss15. Unfortunately democracy prevailed ;-), and it was decided to fired fifteen round matches the next day.
Monday's shooting got underway almost on time (~08:10), under chilly and windy conditions. The angle of the sun at this time of the year is such that the target faces were in a shadow until after 9am. In future matches (starting with the Mini Palma match in two weeks time) we will take this into account, and not schedule firing prior to 09:30 during September. Winds on Sunday were moderate, quick-switching, coming from both directions, with little to no visible mirage in spite of the clear skies. While never outright strong, conditions were quite challenging, with a number of misses recorded on our 6'x6' target frames at 900m. We had some of our usual challenges with slow target service at Batouche, which was made worse by the fact that we had to resort to using some very old target patches which sometimes became unstuck and fell off. Not only did this slow down the pace even more, it also raised some questions as to whether some of the indicated shots (or misses) were in fact correct - which is a hell of a damper to an otherwise successful match. As Match Director I was particularly distressed to see that Jeff Jenkins was credited a miss during his Downeast 900m, he had been leading the Grand Agg up to that point and was set to win it. Somehow, we in the RNBRA have to fix this problem.
Here is a spreadsheet of the match results. The first sheet contains the Grand Aggregate, subsequent sheets contain the results of each individual match: AtlChamp2009-Results.xls
Twenty seven shooters showed up on Saturday, which was a good healthy turnout, making for three nearly full 10-shooter relays (we were running five targets).
Saturday afternoon's firing got underway at the scheduled 13:00, and I am eternally grateful to all the shooters who showed up on time (or early!), and were ready and prepared to shoot when it was their turn. We fired the 2ss10@300m, 500m, 600m Lady Slipper agg, finishing at 18:05 (vs my expected 18:40 finish).
Sunday was the crunch day, with six matches to be fired. The Herring Choker agg and the Bluenose agg each consisted of 2ss10 @ 300m, 500m and 600m. To save time I had all the 300m firing be done before we fell back to 500m, where we fired both 500s before falling back to 600m, etc. Also, I was able to squeeze Saturday's 25 shooters into two and a half back-to-back relays, so it only took five relays to fire each range twice, rather than six relays.
There was a bit of tense drama at the 300m range; after three relays the targets had gotten shot up pretty badly, so we did an unscheduled run to the butts to reface the targets. Unfortunately we were out of 300m centres, so we refaced with 300 bedsheets - which have 300 yard scoring rings. As blind dumb luck would have it, this meant that only five shooters fired their second 300m on the easier 300m target, and having everybody else fire their second 300 on the (surprisingly more difficult!!) 300 yard target did not end up affecting the match's standings. Cosmic justice would have it that the match organizer and also the person responsible for the squadding ended up with a 47 as a result of this mess... ;-)
Sunday's shooting started at 08:30, half an hour after our scheduled start time, and finished at 18:01 (31 minutes after schedule, so the shooters held up their pace). We met for a baron of beef buffet dinner at the Ramada in Fredericton, which was well received. We discussed whether the Downeast match should consists of 2ss10 at 800m and 900m as scheduled, or whether we should enlarge it to 2ss15. Unfortunately democracy prevailed ;-), and it was decided to fired fifteen round matches the next day.
Monday's shooting got underway almost on time (~08:10), under chilly and windy conditions. The angle of the sun at this time of the year is such that the target faces were in a shadow until after 9am. In future matches (starting with the Mini Palma match in two weeks time) we will take this into account, and not schedule firing prior to 09:30 during September. Winds on Sunday were moderate, quick-switching, coming from both directions, with little to no visible mirage in spite of the clear skies. While never outright strong, conditions were quite challenging, with a number of misses recorded on our 6'x6' target frames at 900m. We had some of our usual challenges with slow target service at Batouche, which was made worse by the fact that we had to resort to using some very old target patches which sometimes became unstuck and fell off. Not only did this slow down the pace even more, it also raised some questions as to whether some of the indicated shots (or misses) were in fact correct - which is a hell of a damper to an otherwise successful match. As Match Director I was particularly distressed to see that Jeff Jenkins was credited a miss during his Downeast 900m, he had been leading the Grand Agg up to that point and was set to win it. Somehow, we in the RNBRA have to fix this problem.
Here is a spreadsheet of the match results. The first sheet contains the Grand Aggregate, subsequent sheets contain the results of each individual match: AtlChamp2009-Results.xls
rnbra-shooter
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Thanks for the reminder RIFLEF, I forgot to comment on Darin's fantastic shooting.
All of the shooting was done on standard DCRA "TR" targets, a decision reached over the winter by the three Maritmes PRAs who "own" the Atlantic Championships match (which will be fired next year in PEI).
It was our intention to apply "V=6" scoring at the stats office stage to all F-Class scores, however the winners in both F-TR and F-Open shot so darn many V's that this was not necessary to resolve the results.
rnbra-shooter
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Somebody wrote to me via private message:
I might as well answer that here. For this match, we used the TR target for both TR shooters and for F-Class, with the proviso that we would use "V=6" scoring for F-Class.
The TR target dimensions are in the rulebook (.pdf), in section 3.01 (pg. 84 of that .pdf file).
The 300m 5-ring is 6.25" in diameter, and the V-bull 3.125". For 500m the dimensions are 11.75" and 5.875", and for 600m they are 14.5" and 7.25". Shots are scored according to a .308" gauge, so the effective size of the rings in true MOA are:
300m V=1.00MOA 5=1.91MOA
500m V=1.08MOA, 5=2.11MOA
600m V=1.10MOA, 5=2.16MOA
(to not cause confusion, it should be pointed out that as of this year, DCRA F-Class competition was fired using special "half-diameter F-Class Patches", so that F-Class shooters fire on a ~1 MOA 5-ring and a ~0.5 MOA V-bull)
I might as well answer that here. For this match, we used the TR target for both TR shooters and for F-Class, with the proviso that we would use "V=6" scoring for F-Class.
The TR target dimensions are in the rulebook (.pdf), in section 3.01 (pg. 84 of that .pdf file).
The 300m 5-ring is 6.25" in diameter, and the V-bull 3.125". For 500m the dimensions are 11.75" and 5.875", and for 600m they are 14.5" and 7.25". Shots are scored according to a .308" gauge, so the effective size of the rings in true MOA are:
300m V=1.00MOA 5=1.91MOA
500m V=1.08MOA, 5=2.11MOA
600m V=1.10MOA, 5=2.16MOA
(to not cause confusion, it should be pointed out that as of this year, DCRA F-Class competition was fired using special "half-diameter F-Class Patches", so that F-Class shooters fire on a ~1 MOA 5-ring and a ~0.5 MOA V-bull)
We are proud of our customers Leo, Darin and Jeff Jenkins, who all use Lapua products. Leo just ordered 5000 GB458 6.5 139 grain Scenars. Great year of shooting and hopefully many more years to come, as he's only 80!
Dan, we offer product as prizes for future events, should you wish to take advantage of this.
Regards and thanks for efforts.
Peter
Dan, we offer product as prizes for future events, should you wish to take advantage of this.
Regards and thanks for efforts.
Peter
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leo ordered 5000 wow must must be he thinks he needs to practice lol..i cant wait for next years matches and hopefully i will be able to spend the hole week their.
Darin
Darin
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Darin can you imagine how formidable an opponent Leo will be once he gets a bit of practice...? ;-)
Peter, thanks for the offer of bullets for prizes, I will definitely be taking you up on this. You always have been particularly supportive of shooting and shooters. Any chance of you coming to the Mini Palma match this Saturday to spectate?
Peter, thanks for the offer of bullets for prizes, I will definitely be taking you up on this. You always have been particularly supportive of shooting and shooters. Any chance of you coming to the Mini Palma match this Saturday to spectate?
