Dougan wrote:I sympathise with your situation Dark Skies, as my father can't shoot prone anymore either...
...Using Butt 19 is not going to be as convenient as SS, but if you speak to the range office there are things that can make it easier - Firstly, If you can't shoot prone, they will deliver a shooting bench to any firing point you want free of charge - they provide a chair, but my old man brings his own adjustable stool...
...also if you explain your situation, the range office may allow you to drop your gear off at 200 and then park at 300...and as both the carparks will be reasonably empty during the week, you can drive between them to get to the butts...so in all it, with a bit of added logistics, would only add about 200 yards extra walking on the day...
...that said, the targets on Century aren't as easy to operate as on SS, so you might have to look at hiring a marker - Looking forward; there is talk of installing electric targets on Butt 19...which could make them even more convenient than Shorts.
I appreciate the sentiments but part of the reason I like Short Siberia is that I'm just a regular guy and not treated like some invalid that needs special treatment. Apart from a bit of a limp no-one is any the wiser what kind of pain I'm in.
And my experience of Bisley is that something is bound to go wrong. The bench won't have been put in place and I'll have to go back to the range office to sort it out, or I'll have to hang around losing shooting time waiting for it to arrive, or some chancer will have arrived before me and set up on it, etc. That and the extra walking plus maybe having to pay for a marker all just makes it more hassle than it's worth.
I always thought it would be the government that finally squeezed me out of shooting, rather than the NRA.