Sunday, June 28, 2015

Today we shot 1000 (10 + 2), 1000 (15 + 2) and 900 (15 + 2) to finish the match. I swapped rifles for the afternoon and went back to my Lilja barrel. I now have solid zeros for both my rifles across most distances. Because the two have virtually identical performance characteristics, I have some confidence I'll be within +/- 1/4 moa on my initial elevation at all distances.

The winds here can be tricky and I have found it hard to judge exactly how much to put on or take off when there is an angle or intensity change. On the plus side, when I'm outside the 5-ring it is almost always by just a small fraction (1/4 minute). I think I lost most every borderline decision all weekend.

Undaunted though because I've held decent (1 MOA) to excellent (1/4 MOA) at all distances (with the exception of my initial 300 where I went on with the wrong elevation). The mounds are great, and soft and well kept. Flags are well-placed and it's not too far a walk with gear to either Century or Stickledown ranges.

The ice cream truck late afternoon is nice, though obviously I will have to refrain most of the time.

People here are lovely and have made me feel very welcome. I haven't had a bad experience in the last two days and I look forward to many more good days here before we all leave.

Tuesday is a quick jaunt to Switzerland to get a Truttman jacket made, and then back home Wednesday night. Early Thursday morning will be our first team practice. I have already met and shot with some of the people we'll be shooting against Friday (in the North London Rifle Club).

Here is a short film I made this morning of Stickledown range (900 and 1000) yds. I had to get used to the unusual sight picture.. The targets are quite a bit wider than Canadian or American targets and the earth berm in front of the targets means that one has more of a half or three-quarter moon sight picture than a completely round circle.

I was still able to shoot fairly well once I got used to it though.

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