About half of the stages had pistol, each stage took about 10 shots, IF you didn’t miss. Lol. Usually there were 5 plates, with two hits per plate, and as simple as this is, it is easy to get messed up, because you are trying to GO, so you can get on your rifle and start shooting. Heavy penalties for leaving targets not hit. The plates were usually generous sized, but they put them out just far enough to be challenging. 90 sec on each stage had you trying to get that pistol done! Most rifle stages took 10 to 18 rounds or so IF you had good hits. I saw multiple shooters doing mag changes because of the challenge of positional shooting. Fox targets at distance are very narrow, throw in a quartering wind and position changes between targets, all while knowing you had pistol AFTER the rifle part. Yes I wish I had that stage to do over. Targets had to be shot, in order, to advance. Going to war with target three with dope from target two doesn’t work too good. I may have done that also. I have to laugh at my self sometimes. Those two brain farts knocked me out of the high senior award. Seriously, it was a fun match. Hard enough to be challenging, but getting enough hits to feel ok about your performance. I will shoot more of them. I may go and RO the July match. Many ROs said they had trouble getting enough people, and we can’t shoot without them, so I may go help next time instead. I wish I could shoot a match like that every weekend. Sorry to be so long winded. Lastly, a TON of thanks to SH for the shooting lesson last week. My score was better due to your help. Now I need to find a good memory care doctor and I will be GTG for the next match.
