BR Match 6-12-22
Summer Swelter Bench Rest Series kicked off with a 25M Club Event today. June through September gets pretty toasty in Southwest Florida so we generally take a break from Field Target and shoot Benchrest. Range BR facilities include 8 shooting stations with a metal roof overhead to protect from direct Florida Sun. There's also AC . - No not air conditioning... an AC power socket (for a small fan).
Considering this was a mid June event, atmospherics were quite pleasant. A tropical front that brought days of heavy rain was replaced by cooler and less humid conditions on match day. A number of wind flags of various designs were deployed across the range confirming the steadily increasing winds from 7 to 12mph with a few gusts over 22 mph. The puffy breezes felt refreshing.
Range set-up went smoothly with help from many hands. Special Shout-Out to Linda, she did another great job scoring the target cards. We had a total of 7 participants shooting in a single relay. A blown"O" Ring or similar gremlin grounded Ron's Steyr for the day. Personal thanks to Steve G. for offering the chance to shoot his brand new Vulcan bullpup.
Noting that our last BR Club Match was held 9 months ago, a few 'Airgunners commented how "rusty" they felt shooting Bench rest again. Most scores topped 700 points today. That's pretty fine shooting to me. [ - It's not rust; it's patina.]
Today's 25 meter benchrest competition was guided by USARB Regulations with all shooters in the Heavy Varmint class. Each contestant shot three official target cards, each target card 20 minute timed, for a total of 75 scored shots.
TopGun recognition went to Steve G. with 731 points; the "X" Prize went to Linda M. scoring 22 x's .
Scores:
SHOOTER
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Card 1
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Card 2
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Card 3
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TOTAL
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Steve Govedich
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245 - 7X
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243 - 7X
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243 - 6X
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731 – 20X
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Linda McGee
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242 - 8X
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241 - 7X
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238- 7X
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721 - 22X
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Corky Taylor
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237 - 4X
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237 - 2X
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236 - 6X
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710 - 12X
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John Taylor
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241 - 5X
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233- 2X
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234 - 5X
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708 - 12X
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Gene Childers
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233 - 3X
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238 - 5X
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224 - 3X
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695 - 11X
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Ryan Mathews
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228- 1X
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218 - 1X
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225 - 0X
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671 - 2X
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Ron Zeman
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DNF
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Equipment:
SHOOTER
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RIFLE
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SCOPE
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PELLET
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Steve G.
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Thomas
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Kahles 10-50
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JSB 13.43g .177
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Linda M.
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Thomas
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Sightron 10-50
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FX 13.42g .177
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Corky T.
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Thomas
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Sightron 10-50
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JSB 13.43g .177
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John T.
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RAW TM 1000
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Sightron 10-50
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JSB 13.43g .177
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Gene C.
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QB78 (custom)
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Hawke 8-32
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JSB 13.43g .177
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Ryan M.
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FX impact
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Element Nexus
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FX 10.3g .177
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Ron Z.
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Steyr NG100HP
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Nightforce FT 32
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JSB 10.3 .177
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Corky adjusting a windicator [pic by Linda M.]
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