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Post by paulthengine on Aug 6, 2019 19:05:12 GMT
Waulkmill working party very industrious today, Alex, Teri,Steve,Chris W and myself managed to set a modified bottom course, I would ask that NO ONE shoot,or disturb this course until the competition on Sunday,there is still some minor work to do (I forgot to carry the black paint for the valley of doom)but it will be alright on the day
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Post by chris387 on Aug 7, 2019 6:42:36 GMT
Next work party will be Thursday, 1030 to whenever.
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Post by Who? on Aug 7, 2019 8:12:21 GMT
A very enjoyable day on Tuesday. Sweated like a pig in the heat.
Thanks to P-T-E, for offering to help with my recalcitrant tool, ooer missus!
Pooped by the end of the day mind.
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Post by Sir Bob the Hare on Aug 9, 2019 19:44:30 GMT
Guess who? Could this be the beginning to the end of this web site interbreeding?
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Post by paulthengine on Aug 10, 2019 8:22:31 GMT
Guess who? Could this be the beginning to the end of this web site interbreeding? That is almost as big an insult as calling me Welsh, to explain, the photo is of a traction engine which is powered by steam, steam is generated by lighting a fire under a sealed tank of water ( over simplified but I`m not talking to proper engineers here ) the build up of pressure is then piped through valves to one or more cylinders which then power the device. (are you with me so far?) This is an EXTERNAL combustion engine,and whilst the principle is very lovely,it in no way compares with the more modern and easier to use INTERNAL combustion engine, which sucks in air mixed with a fuel, this is burned (NOT exploded ) inside a cylinder by a process that you lot can regard as magic and the resultant hot,expanding gasses shove a piston down the cylinder to produce power. I am Paulthengine which is a more useable version of Paultheinternalcombustionengine and has no relationship to Paulthegasturbinengine, Paulthesteamengine or any other corruption I am of course, happy to discuss the merits or otherwise of any form of producing useable power but only if you think you will live long enough As a parting thought, how about a rifle that you could load with a fuel (preferably solid ) that could be ignited and the resultant hot expanding gasses would force a pellet down the barrel at high speed, That`s INTERNAL combustion
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Post by Sir Bob the Hare on Aug 10, 2019 10:17:29 GMT
............................. ? …………………Stop trying to get him to change his picture, he really does look like that …………………….That Paultheinternalcombustionengine would be a Rocket then! (RPG / bazooka)
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Post by chris387 on Aug 11, 2019 17:03:00 GMT
NEWS FLASH Garc Shooter's gain a 1st, 2nd & 3rd in HFT shootout at Waulkmill with other Scottish Clubs.
A full report to follow soon
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Post by Bri M on Aug 11, 2019 19:02:12 GMT
Kick Ass!
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Post by chris387 on Aug 12, 2019 9:24:32 GMT
Our third place was Won by Shaun Sheppard, grandson of our very own Paul S in the Junior Class, well done Shaun Second place was awarded to myself (Chris W) in the .22 Class...….hey its only .22 who would remember that? First place awarded to our very own Godmother of Waulkmill (our Teri) in winning the Ladies Class. A very well done indeed Teri, told you that you would do it!! A new Grampian award may be created, for the most forgetful team shooter, and it looks like we already have a winner!
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Waulkmill
Aug 12, 2019 10:37:37 GMT
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Post by Bri M on Aug 12, 2019 10:37:37 GMT
Well done, GARC'rs!
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Post by chris387 on Aug 12, 2019 13:34:45 GMT
Waulkmill 11 Aug 2019, HFT Shoot.
Drizzle, drizzle and more drizzle but only when the shooting was being conducted! A little wind was thrown in as well, just to make the valley of doom live up to its name. Before this event had taken place the work party had goodish weather to enable a course to be set up and a big thank you to all that built the course, which having looked at facebook, all other clubs enjoyed ( a good course) was posted by many shooters. We did have one target pulled sorry to report, as a problem with a target appeared when an over enthusiastic shooter pulled the string a bit too hard and twisted the target into the wrong direction, normally a quick fix would sort this, but of course it had to be the only target we had up a tree. A small number of calls for marshals was made to inspect the target after a shot was taken, but I am pleased to say that all calls proved to be caused by split pellets and not a failure of the targets to fall when hit in the kill zone. Our marshals did earn their money this day, and I am afraid to say that I was one of the callers, my first ever in HFT!! and yes it was a split pellet. Well the day for me started at 09:30 when I arrived at the site, to find Black Tony setting up the kitchen and getting the morning bacon rolls going. Serval other club(s) shooters had arrived and were themselves ready for some food and a hot drink, after their journey up to the N.E of Scotland in this not so nice weather. It wasn't heavy rain or even a strong wind. It was drizzly and blowy, but wet. People started to drift in and soon the hut was full up. It was a good turn out by the other Scottish clubs. Dale H, booked all shooters in and allocated starting pegs for the shoot. Garc was a bit thin on the ground, however a nice surprise turned up when Colin the bus driver walked in to shoot his first HFT comp, good to see you Colin!! Paul (the engine) Bates gave the safety brief, including a warning on slips, trips and falls due to weather conditions and by god you had to pay attention, rightfully so too! We the shooters then went to our start pegs and met our shooting partners. I must say that all Garc shooters commented on how lucky they were with the people they had been teamed up with (just jolly nice chaps), I had David and Scott from Edinburg and two finer gentleman I could not have wished for to meet. The shooting started and at last we could move under the trees and out of the drizzle, unless you started at the top of the valley of Doom, where little cover is available……..Guess were I started? The hardest working people on the course was the marshals, always on the move and watching to ensure the safety of this event, good on you boys. The Valley of doom was great! today it claimed many a doughnut and with the changes done by the course setters even caught out the best of Scotland's shooters (just as planned). Then back to the hut to dry off and get that hot drink and burgers/rolls, thanks Tony you had hot water on the go at all times and no waiting for a hot and welcoming drink! Burgers were wonderful A mishap happened, Colin the bus driver slipped and fell while moving from a peg to the next peg in the valley of doom, the course was not badly damaged and a work party will be formed with the help of the RAF Chinook force to repair the crater. Colin is fine!!! and will confirm that he had a really good day on top of that as well. It was a good if not a wet day and ours thanks have to go out to certain people. The marshals: Dale H, Paul the Engine Bates and Steve L The Chef: Black Tony Course setters: Team Waulkmill Garc Shooters Teri, Colin, Paul S, Shaun S, Chris
all the Scottish Clubs that attended and to James Hesson who managed to complete the course and did not storm off in the drizzle, and on top of that Garc gained three medals as posted before this write up
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Post by chris387 on Aug 25, 2019 19:13:28 GMT
Waulkmill Sunday 25 August 2019 Hot Hot Hot
I kid you not, today was hot, I mean Hot Hot Hot, and no wind to cause us concerns with shooting off centre of the targets. Best of all no drizzle (Thank goodness), the sun was bright with rays of light glinting off the pyramids of Mintlaw, the sheep had been replaced by camels and the earth had turned to sand, it was a hot & dry day, it was indeed.....T shirt weather for the sun soaked sands of the Waulkmill Desert, which turned out to be the best weather day so far at this oasis in Grampian. Only a very few of us legionnaires managed to report for duty - just Bow & Jest, however this gave Bow & Jest a chance to train rather than be in competition with other members of Fort Waulkmill, and we used the time testing our ranging skills by calling the range of a target first, then checking it with a range finder to see if we were correct to within 2 yds of the target, points being awarded to add to the final scores, then taking a shot at the target with .22 rifles.
Yes - Yes - Yes, knowing the range makes things a lot easier and that is why we used .22, which is a lot harder to score with if you are normally a .177 shooter (try it before you comment). Legionnaire Bow, who is a new comer to .22 air-gunning, started with noticing the differences between the use of mil dots for .22 shooting as compared to .177, with none of this top or bottom of the kill zone as with a .177, this was a real cannon shooting party (try a .25 at 45 yds).
I am pleased to say we had by half way started to come to grips with the .22's. As a former .22 world champion once told me, .22 is all about range finding then its easy (Sure it is?), but there are good grounds to his words.
After dinner, we checked Bow's zero and confirmed it was set to 28yds, we then tried a pellet change for the longer ranges and his grouping tighten up and now the man is ready to take on Chris M next Sunday! (but only if he can use the range finder first)
One of the best .22 Practice days I have had in years, must do more ranging practice! By scoring points for range finding which was then added to your overall score provided a little more fun to this hot day. A very useful exercise in range finding and the use of mil dots, a good day was had. I did loose a few pounds out on the course, but only in sweat. Yes I know that I am a teletubbie, and that it did me some good to lose these pounds.
Attachment Deleted Well that's it for this week, and don't forget the bring & buy sale at Denwood this first Wednesday of September!
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Post by Stoof on Aug 26, 2019 15:24:17 GMT
I used the day to sweat and practice estimating ranges much like my hidden comrades who were heard but not seen until lunch. I was getting on pretty well until my rifle's pressure dropped below ~130 bar, at which point it goes a bit squiffy. A formerly zeroed at 30 yard rifle becomes zeroed at 40-45 yards, a 30 yarder requiring 1 mil dot hold under. You'd think ti would be the other way round. I'll pump it up to my usual 170 and it'll be back to being zeroed at 30. The joys of a PCP!
I also did my service to lead miners of the future by sprinkling the forest with a few quids worth of pellets from my carelessly fastened pouch.
Lovely day for it though!
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Post by chris387 on Sept 5, 2019 15:29:18 GMT
Attachment Deleted Waulkmill Sunday 31st Aug 2019. I must admit today I was not in the mood to face the light rain that was reported we may have at my home from home. My good friend and big wimp, Paul S called off today with some excuse about his toilet was not flushing, and then dropped himself in it by stating " do you know its raining" (WIMP). However the hardcore of the Team Waulkmill would be there today and so I couldn't let them down (could I ?), they needed someone there they can beat (are you reading this Paul). Arriving at the club hut a hot cup of coffee was needed before I could do anything else, even then I was still not in the mood to partake in the wet. The rain was not bad, just light drizzle in fact we have all shot in much worst this year. However team W talked me into going a round and once the coffee had taken its effect, I was raring to go. A selection of high end guns was the choice of the day, bar one? due to an oversight I had picked up the wrong bag and had brought my Dianna Mauser K98 spring rifle (Fun gun). How could I take on the might of a HW100, AR 20, Styer and Gaystate!! Panther? easy...I would claim recoiling and not open class. Starting on the Top course, Chris M and Teri had a first class round, this was a first outing for Chris M and his AR20, and some impressive shots were archived with this terminators leg (a quote from Paul the engine post). Alex and Stuart were in a class of their own, with Alex moaning about Stuart beating/ whopping him since Stuart had changed his scope back to a connect. My K98 performed well between the ranges of 8-30 yds and then not so well above that, all pellets did hit their targets bar two. Problem was the 4.52 JSB seemed to be a bit loose in the breach, causing a few pellets to drop out when closing the under level. Following Chris M advise, I have ordered some 4.53's for this Sunday coming, otherwise I am delighted with this K98. I didn't think it would be this good, after all its not a HW 77 / 97 and never will be. You will have to shoot a K98 to see what I mean and with some more trial & error, I think I have a good one here. I even got the long range duck (T24 valley of doom) and the standing unsupported (T29), the first time I have kill it (yahoo). It is an Elephant and a squirrel nut killer something the AR20 & Hw100 couldn't do today which is just a little dig directed towards Chris M and Teri. After Dinner, it was time for another round with Steve L joining us for a afternoon out with his loveable black lab at his side, this time the AR20 wasn't doing so well, dropping some shots and the reasons for this are not clear at the moment, with further investigation to be carried out by Chris M. Apart from that, and I always says this.... a very enjoyable day was had by all, despite the drizzle in the morning, good company, good banter and shooting. Paul the engine is back this Sunday and has a new gun to boot, another AR20 (common as muck), so hopefully we will see some of you indoor types out at Waulkmill this coming Sunday. If the 4.53's arrive I will take the K98 out again and the S200. A red faced or flushed Paul S will be shamed into attending. See you all Sunday!!
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Post by paulthengine on Sept 5, 2019 15:48:31 GMT
I keep JSB 4.53 for me Scorpion,will bring some on Sunday
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