Phoenix 2013 - The 'Wailing Wall'

[mr smith]

My scores are incorrect. REFEREE! wtfwtf

More like missing............... sign85

[Mike357]

I was being diplomatic but yeah, missing. Should see us jump up in some more team comps when the glitch is fixed. Until I saw them in the flesh I didn't realise how badly I shot.

No cider derivatives for me at The Nationals.

[Dougan]

I shot all day Saturday on Century and on Sunday on Stickledown. I honestly do not think that the conditions were too difficult.
Saturday morning on century saw winds generally from the right early on gradually moving round to come from the left. For about 30mins there was a fishtailing wind that caught people out but was very readable. I was shooting 400/500/600 .303 As issued (No4) and found that the conditions suited me just fine. (won the 400/500/600 .303 class). Others on the same detail as me seemed to be over calling the wind. i generally aimed 'on' for wind but did use a righthand bias every now and then.
Saturday Afternoon the strength on Century got up with a faster fish tailing wind. I was shooting at 100/200/300, .303 As issued so the wind had very little effect down on butt 19. (came 3rd in that match).

Sunday morning on Stickledown saw a gentle fishtailing wind of between 2left to 2right. Very easy to spot the changes as the wind was coming from 11o'clock through to 2o'clock. The mirage gave you all the information that you needed. With a .303 ( P14 with target rearsight and blade foresight) I generally shot most shots on either zero or 1/2 left at 800yds. At 900 yds needed a little more left wind and again at 1000yds the left bracket was slightly higher needing up to 3 left but no more than 1right. The mean of my plot was 1left.
I felt that I could have shot better and finished with a 202.12 to win the 8/9/1000 any .303 class. Most shots were within the diameter of the bull but using a blade i suffered from elevation rather than windage losses. At 800 shot a 70.5 at 900 a 68.4 and 1000yd 64.3. As an aside I only got 4 shots out of the black (all magpies) so feel than I redeemed my self quite well.

All in a good meeting 2 firsts and a 3rd. Will do better next year.

Can't complain about the conditions I shot .303 in on Sunday morning...in fact they were glorious (though did hear Friday's weren't good)...had a little snooze on my shooting mat between details...

You put in some good scores Steve (must come and ask for a few tips next meeting...) - Well shot!

[Dougan]

Well, the scores are in... 14th of 21 at 4/5/600 and 10th and dead last at 8/9/1000 yards.

Next year will be better.

Well you'll know what to expect next time - don't be disheartened by the positions...the first comp is the start of the learning curve...

...and at least you had a go :cheers:

[Dougan]

My scores are incorrect. REFEREE! wtfwtf

Mike - I'm sure you're well aware already, but just to let you know I got this NRA circular today(copied and pasted)...


The Phoenix Meeting 2013

There are a few after meeting scorecard issues which are still being put right and will be resolved very soon. One of these was the error in the reporting of the International Timed & Precision One and Multi Target Aggregate team match results.

At the time of the prize giving the error had not been discovered so the Scottish team members were not able to bask in the glory of doing the double. (They won both the Centre Fire and Small Bore matches.)

When you realise what has gone into achieving this level of team performance it is all the more worthy of note. Scotland is a big country and the round trip times for some of the squad members for training days are substantial. This also means that the other countries are going to have to raise their game if there is not to be another whitewash next year!

I am now able to let you have details of the new records achieved at the meeting this year. I know they are on the gallery rifle website but you deserve a special mention. Congratulations to all of you and to Clive Ferguson and Gwyn Roberts whose scores are also new British records.

Chris Farr.

[Mike357]

I saw that Dougan but the errors are where my individual scores haven't been carried over to our team scores for 2 comps. I emailed Sally again after I got the above.

[ovenpaa]

Well done team Scotland for the result