It turns out there's a local rimfire prone league that shoots at the Olympic Training Center on Tuesday nights. With the help of _9H here, I got all the necessary paperwork together and went down to shoot with them tonight. Holy crap, these guys can shoot. I guess I've never been around <span style="text-decoration: underline">really</span> good shooters before because I might not have believed what they do without seeing it myself.
_9H and the rest of them shoot prone at 50 meters. Sure they have some expensive and goofy looking rifles, but they're all shooting irons unsupported. I, on the other hand, had my cheapie trainer, bipod, rear bag, and a 16X scope.
A match is 60 shots. The ten ring is 1 cm (3/8"), and the average score was somewhere in the 580's. So that's 40 of 60 in the 10 ring and 20 of 60 in the 9. The targets I saw were mostly 1 MOA for 60 shots or just slightly more.
I managed not to embarrass myself by shooting the target stands or anything, but it was pretty humbling to be shooting the same scores or a little worse than these guys with all my extra gear.
Most amazing to me was the eldest gentleman there, who is a superb shot. I think _9H told me he's in his 80's. Now that is some cool stuff right there.
Oh,don't bet your lunch money against _9H in a rimfire match unless you want to go hungry.
_9H and the rest of them shoot prone at 50 meters. Sure they have some expensive and goofy looking rifles, but they're all shooting irons unsupported. I, on the other hand, had my cheapie trainer, bipod, rear bag, and a 16X scope.
A match is 60 shots. The ten ring is 1 cm (3/8"), and the average score was somewhere in the 580's. So that's 40 of 60 in the 10 ring and 20 of 60 in the 9. The targets I saw were mostly 1 MOA for 60 shots or just slightly more.
I managed not to embarrass myself by shooting the target stands or anything, but it was pretty humbling to be shooting the same scores or a little worse than these guys with all my extra gear.
Most amazing to me was the eldest gentleman there, who is a superb shot. I think _9H told me he's in his 80's. Now that is some cool stuff right there.
Oh,don't bet your lunch money against _9H in a rimfire match unless you want to go hungry.
