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Ammo Smith
- Mar 11, 2013
- 7,303
- 845
My trip to Camp Perry didn't turn out as I was hoping for, partly my fault or was just the Camp Perry curse I'll never know.
During the rim fire portion of the match my Hammerli .22 pistol let me down and had several malfunctions and cost me many points.
The weather was perfect with clear skies and a light breeze off of lake Eire.
The next day was center fire and my .45 performed flawlessly except my confidence was rattled from the day before and I didn't shoot my best scores.
The third day was the .45 match and I decided not to set up my spotting scope and to just shoot and wait to see my scores. The first slow fire target was an improvement from the day before, so I figured there was still a little hope.
My last day shooting turned out to be my best and my scores showed it, out of a possible total of 2700 I ended up shooting 2078-8x, placed 219th out of 259 shooters and 36th out of 52 seniors. I have not shot in a major competition since 2009 at Camp Perry(13yrs) this is not an excuse for my poor performance I wasn't planning on setting any records and just wanted to shoot in the National Championships and see some old friends from years past.
I guess I should explain the course of fire, in each match we start off shooting at 50yds for 2 rounds of slow fire, 10 shots in 10 minutes, then we shoot another slow fire for the national match portion which consist of slow fire, timed fire and rapid fire, 2 5 shot strings in 15 seconds and rapid fire 2 5 shot strings in 10 seconds, timed and rapid fire are shot at 25 yds, all matches are shot single handed and unsupported, two hand supported is not allowed.
I the picture with the gun box on the firing line and two men down range hanging targets the fellow on the right is me.
All ranges were in line with each other and with a 50yd buffer between them. Lake Erie was in front and was considered the impact area though I doubt if any rounds reached it, they also use the range for High power rifle matches and is 1000yds to the target butts.
During the rim fire portion of the match my Hammerli .22 pistol let me down and had several malfunctions and cost me many points.
The weather was perfect with clear skies and a light breeze off of lake Eire.
The next day was center fire and my .45 performed flawlessly except my confidence was rattled from the day before and I didn't shoot my best scores.
The third day was the .45 match and I decided not to set up my spotting scope and to just shoot and wait to see my scores. The first slow fire target was an improvement from the day before, so I figured there was still a little hope.
My last day shooting turned out to be my best and my scores showed it, out of a possible total of 2700 I ended up shooting 2078-8x, placed 219th out of 259 shooters and 36th out of 52 seniors. I have not shot in a major competition since 2009 at Camp Perry(13yrs) this is not an excuse for my poor performance I wasn't planning on setting any records and just wanted to shoot in the National Championships and see some old friends from years past.
I guess I should explain the course of fire, in each match we start off shooting at 50yds for 2 rounds of slow fire, 10 shots in 10 minutes, then we shoot another slow fire for the national match portion which consist of slow fire, timed fire and rapid fire, 2 5 shot strings in 15 seconds and rapid fire 2 5 shot strings in 10 seconds, timed and rapid fire are shot at 25 yds, all matches are shot single handed and unsupported, two hand supported is not allowed.
I the picture with the gun box on the firing line and two men down range hanging targets the fellow on the right is me.
All ranges were in line with each other and with a 50yd buffer between them. Lake Erie was in front and was considered the impact area though I doubt if any rounds reached it, they also use the range for High power rifle matches and is 1000yds to the target butts.
