Sunday, June 21, 2015

Preparation is near complete

The last few months have been a study in how to prepare. This has been the most prepared I've ever been for a shooting competition. I've been shooting the new stock in every match and practice and have mocked up the same round that we are going to be using in the UK (2155, 2980fps, 2.800" OAL). I've had new barrels made with just the right jump to pass Rule 150 (basically the bullet cannot touch the lands in the barrel). I'm taking two different barrels, a Lilja and a Krieger. I've bought a second Warner Euro sight and obtained zeroes with both actions with their matching sights. I've purchased a new jacket, and shot on average 75-100 rounds a week the entire winter of live fire. For the last month, I've been shooting groups at the 300yd range all by my lonesome and plotting every shot (a really good exercise to build confidence and establish what you and your rifle can do by the way). I've lost 25lbs in weight, and had my eyes checked half a dozen times to get just the right prescription for both short and long range. I have two different sets of shooting glasses, and two different sets of contacts. I've spent the last five days making checklists, packing and unpacking, discarding gear (and arranging to borrow gear in the UK to replace it), getting local currency (in case I don't run into a working ATM on landing), arranging for the care of my Siamese, and having my team blazer fitted with badge and custom dress shirts made (it's the little things). Very little remains to be done. Notify all my credit card companies that I'll be in Europe for a month, pay bills in advance, keep looking for new employment, and book a short vacation post-Imperial somewhere in Europe.

2 Comments:

Blogger Krystyna Isaacs, PhD said...

Good luck brother. We will be rooting for you stateside. Krys and the boys

6:16 PM  
Blogger Bob Pitcairn said...

The mentoring is finished so now the performance at Bisley. It is a trip of a lifetime so enjoy all of what Bisley offers you. I will be looking at this site on a regular basis. Cheers: pilotshot

12:16 PM  

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