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Post by Who? on Jun 28, 2024 17:26:10 GMT
Those that had a go enjoyed the June challenge of splitting the playing card. This month it is 'Blind Shooting'. Not as unsafe as it says, no participant's eyes will be gouged out! It is a comp for pairs; one person wears painted-out glasses, holds the gun and fires, will the partner verbally guides the shooter to point the laser at the target, after 5 shots the pair swaps over and another five shots are fired. Highest score wins.
As many entries as you like (50p per person, or the discounted rate of £1 per pair, per go). Partner swapping also allowed.
The comp will be on the Denwood outdoor range.
So be there on the 3rd July if you want to have a go.
The benchrest target will also be set up on the outdoor range for anyone wanting to have a go.
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Post by Bri M on Jun 29, 2024 9:39:18 GMT
That does sound like fun.
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Post by Erni on Jun 29, 2024 17:09:09 GMT
Sounds fun indeed. I will give it a try; anybody want to be my spotter?
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Post by Erni on Jul 3, 2024 19:38:12 GMT
Blind Shooting was indeed good fun and worthwhile doing again!
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Post by kv85 on Jul 3, 2024 20:59:14 GMT
It certainly was.. brought back memories of “The Golden Shot” of the sixties to this old guy 😊👍
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Post by Who? on Jul 5, 2024 11:14:29 GMT
We had four pairs shoot the fun comp. Of all the things that could have gone wrong, there were only two that materialised - the target box fell over (happily before we started and was easily resolved with four metal stakes) and we run out of time at the end of the evening.
We started with Erni and Dave having a go. They scored what I thought was a remarkable score of 67 (out of 100). Thanks for being the guinea pigs.
Next up was the two generation team of Sean and Paul, who scored 60. These two chose slightly different words and strategy of communication, that made many think about how they guided their partner.
Chris and Steve paired up, scoring 71. It might of been better, but Steve encouraged everyone to tiptoe away while Chris, with goggles on, waited patiently for instruction. Later we learnt Chris was holding his breath to steady the rifle!
The final pairing was Norrie and Callum. These two gelled amazingly well, especially considering the chasm between the words and strategy each used to guide the other. Callum started with Norrie giving classic ‘up’, ‘stop’, ‘left’, ‘stop’ sequence of instructions. When Callum was guiding, we learnt a completely different strategy - ‘up’, ‘stop’, ‘down a half’, ‘down a quarter’. Having moved the prescribed amount Norrie held steady waiting for Callum’s next instruction. I don’t know if they had discussed this, if not, bloody well done to Norrie for quickly understanding. The result was the minutes ticked away while this meticulous and refined method (at one stage we heard ‘left a sixteenth’), bought the laser to bear on the bull. The result was a 66.
It was nice to hear, and read the positive feedback. It went so well, it will be repeated on the 7th August, alongside the “shoot a tictac off a balloon without bursting the balloon”. Both will be run on the outside range. I’ve yet to try the practicality of the tictac on a balloon, it may become “shoot a tictac off a golf tee without damaging the tee”.
The target was about 8" diameter, with the bull (scoring 10) about 1/2". The ‘inward scoring’ method was used. Surprisingly we had 4 'bulls', one being fully in the bull.
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