xd ED wrote:When I grow up I want to shoot like Mark and Erik; nicely done.
Erik,
Re the score card/ procedure:
I assume the holds being called/ marked by someone watching the wind. . .?
What's the size of the 'V' ring?
Thanks,
and again
Nice shooting
ED
Thanks Ed. Matches don't always turn out that way, but it sure is fun when they do. This was a team match, so as I was shooting, a coach was making the wind calls and adjusting my sights. All I am supposed to do is pull the trigger when the sight are lined up, and tell the coach where the shot broke. There is a 3rd person plotting the string, and he is the guy who fills out the sheet that I posted the picture of. The marks in the left hand column are my calls after each shot. I don't have a scope or anything on the line, so all I can see is what it looked like when the trigger broke. I tell the coach what I saw, and he makes his adjustments off of that. If I call a V at 3 o'clock and it comes up a V at 3 o'clock, we are both in sync and everything is good. Other than that, the shooter only knows what the coach tells him, and a good coach won't tell you much. Usually there will be some difference between the call and the result, as the condition is constantly changing and it doesn't take a lot to move the bullet a few inches from 1000 yards away. We were up to 10 full minutes of wind by the end of the string, so keeping them all inside the 5-ring took a good coaching performance. I definitely had the easy job.
The V ring is 10".
Here's what 10 minutes of wind looks like at Camp Perry: