I got to head out to Rudy’s for the first time after he offered to let me shoot on his property. After measuring and clearing brush for about an hour, so I could shoot prone at 50 yards and still have an embankment as a safe background, I was exhausted, breathing deep, and my pulse was pounding. It was sunny, clear, and 97 degrees with a 37% humidity. That made it a 101 degree heat index – and I was right out in the sun.
I shot the CZ Forums’ 50 yard bench/prone match for scoped rifles and scored a big fat ZERO. With a Browning SA and a 4x Bushnell Banner scope, I just couldn’t make out the target rings clearly. Even trying with my Marlin 795, which has a 3-9 Cabela’s Caliber Specific scope on it, I couldn’t score. I don’t (yet) know if my eyes have just gone that far south, if it was the exhaustion, or maybe a combination of both, but I just couldn’t see the target rings well enough to sight properly.
Then I got the 25 yard targets set up. That was on level ground and I could shoot from the shade. That made a world of difference. I shot the CZ Forums’ 25 yard bench/prone match for iron sights. It took me four tries, but I finally got a perfect score of 70. I shot a 45, a 65, another 65, and then a 70.
CZ Forums’ August Online Bench/Prone Match for Iron Sights:
Follow-up: Sadly, the images were lost when the sight was hacked.
After this I shot two sets for Rimfire Centrals’ 25 yard offhand match for iron sights.
Set One: Score 404
Notes: (1) The first target was just used for sighting. The last five were scored. (2) Bummer. This score really doesn’t count. Three shots that should have been on Target #1 I shot at Target #3.
Follow-up: Sadly, the images were lost when the sight was hacked.
Set Two: Score: 394
Note: The first target was just used for sighting. The last five were scored.
Follow-up: Sadly, the images were lost when the sight was hacked.
