Written by Rick Rogers,
The September match at Prado was pretty nice, cool, overcast most of the
day, with very slight breezes. We were pleased to see two familiar faces from
Beeman, Bill Nada and Andrew Kunihiro. Scores were interesting; we had several
50 to 55 yd shots, several 12 to 20 yd shots and the normal spread in between
with some pretty small Kill zones out to about 30 or 40yds. The close, off hand
target was a smaller than usual kill zone again. Erwin had a new fancy knee
riser that he was trying out (he must have way to much time on his hands) I
don’t know how it worked but his score jumped again, unfortunately this time
it went the wrong direction. Ron and Andrew were the only precharge shooters,
Ron shot half the match with JSB’s, ran out ? switched to FTS’s, missed everything
he shot at for awhile and then switched back ???. Bill Nada’s 29 was very respectable
for not having shot FT in a year, and John’s 9 was also very respectable considering
he shot the whole course off-hand. Allen got off to a bad start when we had
a few target malfunctions that broke his concentration/rhythm and he never recovered.
To clarify the asterisks in the spring category, Steve and I each had 32pts,
so Ron picked a lane for the shoot off (so there wouldn’t be any issues about
anyone picking their favorite lane etc.) and as you can imagine the good natured
badgering began.
With me starting off, Steve began the typical harassment with, "Don’t choke
up now Ricky." followed by his usual expletives’ (*^&(*%&%$^. I missed the first
long shot and nailed the next three, Steve started to shoot and missed his first
long shot, and I couldn’t resist giving him some of his own medicine. When he
missed his second long shot he was ready to quit but as a group no one was having
any part of that: so we made him finish the position, and he missed the last
two close shots amidst a roar of cheers/jeers. As usual we had a great day??
| Shooter | Score | Rifle | Scope | Pellet |
| Ron Jobbs | 33/44 | Falcon FN19 | Burris ?x??X | JSB/FTS |
| Andrew Kunihiro | 17/44 | HW-100 | Swift 6.5x20X | Kodiak Match |
| Shooter | Score | Rifle | Scope | Pellet |
| Rick Rogers* | 32/44 | HW-97 | Bushnell 8x34X | FTS |
| Steve Moore* | 32/44 | R-11 | Elite 6x24X | FTS |
| Bill Nada | 29/44 | Marksman 60 | Bushnell 6x24X | Kodiak Match |
| Allen Pollrich | 25/44 | HW-97 | Bushnell 8x32X | CPL |
| Erwin Bragg | 12/44 | TX-200 | Elite 8x32X | Exact |
| John Pocsice | 9/44 | Crow Magnum | Bushnell 6x18X | Kodiak |