August 3, 2015
Dear SB BR Weather Fans:
What’s the old saying about if you don’t like the weather wait 10 minutes and it will change? Well, the time frame was a little longer, but this old saw proved to be true in today’s .22LR 50yd Bench Rest Fun Shoot.
When the set-up crew began it’s work at about 1:45 the wind was howling, about the same intensity as last week. As shooters started arriving, the speculation was that the match would be cancelled because of the wind. When we set the first flight’s targets at 2:45 the wind was mild and steady from the south – great conditions for shooting. These persisted for five flights.
But half way through flight 6, black clouds, major wind, and pelting rain moved in from the south. The targets were luffing in the wind even as they were being soaked by rain. Cancellation loomed,
It should be noted that at this point several shooters made the decision not to continue. Lack of light, wind, and overall poor conditions were the factors leading to their choice.
But in time, the rain dropped off (it never really stopped) and the wind decreased, the decision was made to soldier on – with a mulligan given to those flight six shooters who wanted it (an executive decision made by the competition committee).
The last four flights were contested under very low wind conditions – more great conditions for shooting.
Thirty-seven matches were logged, six in irons, 31 in scopes, with 33 complete matches plus one partial match being recorded, five in irons plus the partial and 28 in scopes.
Thanks to Dennis Koppenhafer for sharing with us the bounty of his garden. Thanks to all who helped with the match. And thanks to all who participated from the firing line.
The wind conditions in these last two matches are already passing into legend. As the stories are retold around the campfire, no one will doubt that a good time was definitely had by all.
Charlie Piette
Match Director
The following shows the round 1, round 2, and aggregate scores and X counts. There were no ties in today’s match.
Irons
Tom Spriggs 2 199 17 200 17 399 34
Tom Spriggs 1 196 13 198 13 394 26
Bruce Campbell 196 11 197 14 393 25
Tony Cross 194 8 198 10 392 18
LindaJo Brown 193 8 193 7 386 15
Arne Moilanen 180 4 – – – –
Scopes
Tom Spriggs Kim 2 200 16 200 20 400 36
Ted Cadman 200 16 200 15 400 31
Rodger Mardock Ans 199 17 200 19 399 36
Jerry York 199 16 200 19 399 35
Ron Valentine 1 200 16 199 15 399 31
Tom Spriggs Kim 1 199 16 200 14 399 30
Nancy York 199 11 200 18 399 29
LindaJo Brown 199 12 200 15 399 27
Tony Cross 2 198 14 200 16 398 30
Ron Valentine 2 200 18 198 10 398 28
Charlie Piette Lux 2 199 10 199 11 398 21
Charlie Piette Lux 1 197 13 200 15 397 28
Bob Hede CZ 200 12 197 14 397 26
Dalton Schneider 198 12 199 10 397 22
Larry Crismon 198 14 198 14 396 28
Tony Cross 1 197 11 199 12 396 23
Richard Brown 1 197 11 199 9 396 20
Arne Moilanen 196 12 199 13 395 25
Rodger Mardock Sav 197 9 198 11 395 20
Joe Bautz 200 14 194 7 394 21
Dennis Koppenhafer 195 11 198 9 393 20
Kent Schmidlin 195 8 198 11 393 19
Tony Cross 3 196 16 196 14 392 30
Allen Upshaw 195 8 195 11 390 19
Richard Brown 2 194 12 195 7 389 19
Joe Nemick 194 7 194 6 388 13
Dallas Baker 190 3 183 2 373 5
John Shade 173 1 189 3 362 4