Post by Danny Creasy on Jul 26, 2010 9:29:36 GMT -6
Pictures are worth a thousand words. So, here goes:
Wife of 26 years, Karen, and I check out the armor and aircraft displays at Camp Perry after I registered at the central building.
Daughter, Katie, cools her heels in Lake Erie.
Son-in-law Deno and daughter Ellen compare this Lake Erie beach to those of his native Jamaica. Deno will soon be a US citizen and really enjoys exploring new places and experiencing US events like the National Matches. He and Ellen live and work near Columbus, Ohio. So, we just had a two hour drive to get to Perry from their home.
The Creasys enjoy the Lake Erie breeze (uh wind!).
I never had a gun bearer before.
When the family and I pulled into Camp Perry the morning of the Sporter Match, a big cloud dumped its contents on the 1st Relay during their prone shooting. We got parked and walked over to discover our CMP Sporter friends RonV (Ron Vilanueva) and Goose (Steve Gossage) all recovered from the downpour and now shooting their sitting strings in better conditions.
Ron shooting T Class in the first Relay (that is his starting position for rapidfire sitting):
Steve shooting T Class in the first Relay (prone and sitting are fired from 50 yards - standing from 25 yards):
My crew was impressed by the 125 count firing line.
I was scheduled to shoot in the 2nd Relay starting at 10:00 AM and was excited to see the big 1st relay cloud move on and some blue sky peek through. Well, it was short lived as we started shooting sighters in the 2nd Relay the clouds rolled in again off the lake and the rain and heavy winds started - wet guns, wet mats, and delays followed:
Head wind would shift to a left to right crossing at times.
I took 15 sighters to get comfortably in the X ring.
Of course, we just kept on shooting in the rain but when the targets began to blow off their stands at the end of the slow prone, the match officials had to scramble and find some staple guns for the Guardsmen working our targets. This delay actually lasted about 30 to 40 minutes. All of a sudden, we were called back to the line and given a one minute prep time to shoot prone rapidfire. A bit disconcerting to say the least
- sounds like a good excuse for me to blame the 7 at eight o'clock on 
. Man I didn't even call that one 
.
Slow Prone, Rapid Prone, and Slow Sitting (left to right)
The rain had stopped by the end of prone but the winds continued to come and go. That's Perry. You gotta shoot it to appreciate it. You know what though? - It really is fun. Karen said I had the biggest smile on my face the whole time I was shooting
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My "custom" sitting position:
Ron (now with his O Class rifle) was to my left as we shot in the 2nd Relay. Here we are engaging the targets from 25 yards in the offhand strings:
My Rapid Sitting, Slow Standing, and Rapid Standing targets (l to r):
Steve, Danny, and Ron after the caps were all busted:
These great guys (along with Steve's charming wife, Carol) have to come down and shoot with us in the Deep South Classic sometime. They are accomplished marksmen - check out their scores using this link:
clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=5689
And, I had to do my annual t-shirt pic - 584-23X Gold - 11th out of 286 T Class shooters. The hardest I ever had to work for a CMP Sporter score and it is the best one I have ever shot at Perry (three trips under my belt now).
Wife of 26 years, Karen, and I check out the armor and aircraft displays at Camp Perry after I registered at the central building.
Daughter, Katie, cools her heels in Lake Erie.
Son-in-law Deno and daughter Ellen compare this Lake Erie beach to those of his native Jamaica. Deno will soon be a US citizen and really enjoys exploring new places and experiencing US events like the National Matches. He and Ellen live and work near Columbus, Ohio. So, we just had a two hour drive to get to Perry from their home.
The Creasys enjoy the Lake Erie breeze (uh wind!).
I never had a gun bearer before.
When the family and I pulled into Camp Perry the morning of the Sporter Match, a big cloud dumped its contents on the 1st Relay during their prone shooting. We got parked and walked over to discover our CMP Sporter friends RonV (Ron Vilanueva) and Goose (Steve Gossage) all recovered from the downpour and now shooting their sitting strings in better conditions.
Ron shooting T Class in the first Relay (that is his starting position for rapidfire sitting):
Steve shooting T Class in the first Relay (prone and sitting are fired from 50 yards - standing from 25 yards):
My crew was impressed by the 125 count firing line.
I was scheduled to shoot in the 2nd Relay starting at 10:00 AM and was excited to see the big 1st relay cloud move on and some blue sky peek through. Well, it was short lived as we started shooting sighters in the 2nd Relay the clouds rolled in again off the lake and the rain and heavy winds started - wet guns, wet mats, and delays followed:
Head wind would shift to a left to right crossing at times.
I took 15 sighters to get comfortably in the X ring.
Of course, we just kept on shooting in the rain but when the targets began to blow off their stands at the end of the slow prone, the match officials had to scramble and find some staple guns for the Guardsmen working our targets. This delay actually lasted about 30 to 40 minutes. All of a sudden, we were called back to the line and given a one minute prep time to shoot prone rapidfire. A bit disconcerting to say the least
- sounds like a good excuse for me to blame the 7 at eight o'clock on 
. Man I didn't even call that one 
. Slow Prone, Rapid Prone, and Slow Sitting (left to right)
The rain had stopped by the end of prone but the winds continued to come and go. That's Perry. You gotta shoot it to appreciate it. You know what though? - It really is fun. Karen said I had the biggest smile on my face the whole time I was shooting
.My "custom" sitting position:
Ron (now with his O Class rifle) was to my left as we shot in the 2nd Relay. Here we are engaging the targets from 25 yards in the offhand strings:
My Rapid Sitting, Slow Standing, and Rapid Standing targets (l to r):
Steve, Danny, and Ron after the caps were all busted:
These great guys (along with Steve's charming wife, Carol) have to come down and shoot with us in the Deep South Classic sometime. They are accomplished marksmen - check out their scores using this link:
clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=5689
And, I had to do my annual t-shirt pic - 584-23X Gold - 11th out of 286 T Class shooters. The hardest I ever had to work for a CMP Sporter score and it is the best one I have ever shot at Perry (three trips under my belt now).