The 1500

[Mike357]

Good to see you Dougan, only FBUKer I met. How did you get on?

[mr smith]

Good to see you Dougan, only FBUKer I met. How did you get on?

I think i was right that he won his class,hopefully this time there were other shooters so he won't be first and last again.

[Dougan]

It was good to see you guys too, all be it briefly - It was all a bit hectic in Melville with shooting back to back comps, and also having club-mates there too...we'll have to swap mobiles next time so we can meet up for a beer...

I had a very mixed weekend shooting wise - Shot GRCF on the Saturday - I think I might have shot a PB on Advancing Target (not sure til the scores come out), but then had a first try at T&P2 in center-fire...I hadn't really practiced it properly (due to concentrating on small-bore at the mo), and really stuffed it up; I was all over the place off-hand, and loaded too slowly...when the targets turned away on the last detail I still had 5 rounds in the tube :roll: - That combined with losing half my best brass in the mud and puddles, gave me one of those 'what the hell am I doing here' moments that Mr Smith was talking about.

Then I shot T&P1 straight after - The last 2 years I shot 299s, and I don't know if I was still annoyed about the previous shoot, but I shot a personal worst of 295...

...in reflection, I've decided that I'm pushing my modest limits, so I'm not going to expand my GRCF beyond T&P1 until I've nailed the new courses of fire in GRSB.

The small-bore went much better, apart from my own silly mistakes - I was on for a PB in the Advancing target until I decided to use my spare mag for the on the final target...unfortunately it was spare for a different course of fire, and only had 6 rounds in it...what a pillock!

I got a 290 in T&P1, which was a PB, and shot T&P2 OK, so was feeling good when it came to the 1500 at the end of the day - I only dropped 1 point in Match 1 (15x, 8 tens, and a nine)...I couldn't believe I was looking at my own target! - Matches 2, 4 and 5 also went pretty well, with nothing dropping out of the 9...but then I struggled again with the 50m matches (3 and 5) - On match 3 I put 3 shots on the wrong target (not again!...aarrrrgh! :cool2: ) which flustered me, confused my timing, and I shot the rest of it too fast dropping some into to 8 and 7 - At least on Match 5 I got the timing right, and all shots on my own target, but still had more 9s, 8s and 7s than 10s...

...I ended up with a pretty crap 1411 (still better than last time razz ), but actually drove home on a bit of a buzz - I was happy that I shot well in parts (and just enjoyed being there for the weekend), and just need more practice (will probably give it a go again at the Autumn Action Weekend, as there's no substitute for competitive practice), and to eliminate stupid mistakes...then I don't see any reason why I can't put in a 1450+ next year.

And how about you guys? - How did your shooting (and the general weekend) go?

[mr smith]

gave me one of those 'what the hell am I doing here' moments that Mr Smith was talking about.

i hear ya brother............ tongueout

[mr smith]

Well after the moaning that you and many other had to suffer from me over the weekend i pretty much ended up with a smile.Don't know if it was to do with actually enjoying a course of fire (T&P2 C/F) which was my final comp or the fact i was indeed finished for the meeting,the nice weather certainly helped.
Yeah beer next time would be good.

[Dougan]

i pretty much ended up with a smile.Don't know if it was to do with actually enjoying a course of fire (T&P2 C/F) which was my final comp or the fact i was indeed finished for the meeting

It's good to remain philosophical about it when it doesn't go well

A bit random...but one thing that really gets me is that most non-shooters don't realise that shooting can be a serious sport - Even at my level a bad shoot isn't easy to shake off, and a good shoot can be very satisfying...

...I'm sure we'll both nail it next year tongueout

[Tony-c]

1500 is a very rewarding match, 150 shots, but only takes 1 bad one to ruin it :(

I bet you will find the same as I did, you start off and first 1 or 2 goes are 1400-1420 area, then you start to tidy things up and soon get to 1450-1460, its from there that it starts to get difficult, I once sat and managed to put all the 1500 scores on the GR database into order, its quite surprising just how few shooters actually have shot over say 1475.

its a great match that offers such a mix of shooting and great value for money, not shot one for about 3 years, but desperate to get back to it, going to be a few matches I expect before my scores back to where they were.

[mr smith]

Enjoyed the 1500 s/b at the Phoenix so much i've signed up to it again at the Derby open,in fact their offer of shooting an unclassified 1500 event for a fiver to good to turn down so i'm shooting it in centrefire as well.

[Dougan]

Sounds good...best of luck in both classes!

[mr smith]

Well now that fun wasn't it... sign01

Managed on the smallbore to stick ten shots on to the target to left at the second 50 m stage...The chappie (Jon Avetoomyan) took it very well.However it totally buggered any chance on improving on my first 1500.
Centrefire was a little better as in all shots hit my target board however i did swing one out of the scoring area at 25m................ sign01 sign01 sign01 sign01 wtfwtf .
50m i find an absolute killer at the mo,will have to practise somewhat.