There might be a funeral going on across the street as well. They have us stop shooting for that as well.
I would rather have all the gunfire if it was my funeral
I would rather have all the gunfire if it was my funeral
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At least they weren't shooting down range while you were putting up your targets. Had that happen once.
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sounds like you said nothing to them so ?
what kind of shoot was this? muzzle loaders ,modern guns? I live in Ga. would be nice to know of these things
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Absolutely incredible; hard to believe the jackasses that consider themselves 'shooters'.
Come join us for a shoot in Talking Rock. 4th sat every month. 10/28 is the next one. Www.trbps.com.
It was the state championship shoot down in lenox ga. About 40 miles north of valdosta.
I had the same thing happen at an unmentionable pistol match. When I pointed it out, he wanted to argue with me. So I shot his targets, rather poorly for him. The next time he made sure the targets were in his lane.
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Wait until you shoot the target of your life and go to pull it and find a smaller ball hole in the paper (That scores a zero) and now you have 11 holes in a 10 shot target and have to eat a zero as they took a 10 point shot away from me. Now imagine it cost you the top prize which was a very nice Tn Mt Kit gun. Thats the reality of my life. Thats why I keep my targets away from the others as much as possible now. If I can be on far left or right of range I will now.
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Had situation similar. I had my target posted in my lane. The fellow to my left posted his target at 100 yards in my lane. He fussed when his target stand was struck. I said I am sorry his stand got struck. I had to instruct him about the markers over each lane that shows where a target should be posted. He then sheepishly just said OH, that's ok.
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At many higher level matches the use of "backer boards" can insulate you from crossfire holes .
For those that don't know what "backer boards" are, they are a board or piece of paper some distance behind from the intended target. Bullets coming from the intended station all line up perfectly with both the target, and the backer. Those coming from a crossfire will be slightly offset, and can be identified as an errant or crossfire shot.
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That stand/table is three times bigger than we have a Elk Neck Forest Shooting Range. What a dream setup.
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The ruling was 11 holes you lose your highest scoring shot. All mine were shot with a 54 it looked like a 45 cal hole obviously a different size hole but they didn't care. Likely a set up to keep me from winning but I can't prove it. But it felt shady to me. Then again the guy to my left shot maybe 15 times on a 10 shot target and said " Well i missed the other times, I got 10 scoreable shots" hmm here i thought 10 shots was 10 shots hit or miss.
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I once was set up shooting at the only 50 yard target stand and another shooter came in and was going to cover my clean target with his own. They are 4foot square boards. I Did speak up and he moved it over.
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I wouldn’t be shooting at that competition ever again. Definitely something shady going on. I wonder how many of his extra shots wound up on others targets.
Back many years ago I was the RSO for a very large club. Occasionally there would be a problem with too many hits. Different calibers are easy to determine if the holes are of different caliber. When using a good backer even if visual observation can't determine for certain your finger can. Try it sometime and the
difference is rather amazing. All you have to do is press lightly on the hole with the pad of your finger or thumb and compare with the other holes.
If the same caliber, no such luck, highest shot is thrown out.
If the person adjacent to the TMS score card is missing a shot the lowest score on the TMS is given to the shooter with the missing shot with a minus one from that lowest score. in other words a six becomes a five.
When I was a state Field Representative for the NMLRA I would go to many different clubs to shoot in their matches. I always carried with me a very large
feather painted bright red. I would staple the feather over my target so I would not shoot into the wrong target. Hopefully, no one would shoot on mine.
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difference is rather amazing. All you have to do is press lightly on the hole with the pad of your finger or thumb and compare with the other holes.
If the same caliber, no such luck, highest shot is thrown out.
If the person adjacent to the TMS score card is missing a shot the lowest score on the TMS is given to the shooter with the missing shot with a minus one from that lowest score. in other words a six becomes a five.
When I was a state Field Representative for the NMLRA I would go to many different clubs to shoot in their matches. I always carried with me a very large
feather painted bright red. I would staple the feather over my target so I would not shoot into the wrong target. Hopefully, no one would shoot on mine.
Barry
During this shoot, the guy shooting next to us informed me the kid with him shot my 100yd buffalo. They had that kid wiping after every fifth shot, over and over and getting patches stuck in the bore. RSO's had to repeatedly help him get the rod out of the bore. When the kid would get the ball seated, he would pound the ball over five times with the range rod. This banging was so annoying! I felt bad for the kid, as must have learned this madness from them.
This whole thing was such a distraction, and I probably would have shot better
This whole thing was such a distraction, and I probably would have shot better
Thought it might be a muffin from the range cook. I swear those folks like to eat more than shoot with that cooking setup.
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I had a couple of cross fires on my target last weekend. The guys next to me were quite inexperienced and disorganized. New people are good, no complaints. I will try to squad with them next time and get them straightened out.
However, they did cross fire on me twice. Thankfully, we use an electronic scoring system. My spotter watched the crossfires real time and ignored the shots. I had a good scorer/spotter, I ended up 480 10X. Taking 10 or 20 off my score would have been a big deal to me.
Sometimes I get ultra focused on shooting and can not recall my target number. I always write the target number on my right hand for reference. The big old number board is a clue also.
However, they did cross fire on me twice. Thankfully, we use an electronic scoring system. My spotter watched the crossfires real time and ignored the shots. I had a good scorer/spotter, I ended up 480 10X. Taking 10 or 20 off my score would have been a big deal to me.
Sometimes I get ultra focused on shooting and can not recall my target number. I always write the target number on my right hand for reference. The big old number board is a clue also.
