Ok so the prize was not from shooting in the Hearst Doubles, but from the North Store. Picked up a field grade Winchester Garand, which happened to be a LEAD rebuild and considerably nicer than the hang tag rating. 1.2M receiver/ springfield 45 barrel.
BTW, my partner and I ranked 101/246 thanks to a saved round when my gun wouldn't run right in rapids. shot my best at 600 with and 85. Don't laugh Jeff and Barry, I'm a 68 year young blind guy. learned a lot from my partner though.
Making it to Perry as a shooter is on my bucket list ....
I got to cross that one off in 1974!-Muddy
FRST, I'll see if I can do that for you:)
Great catch and congrats on a good time at Perry!
With a saved round, 101 ain't nothing to sneeze at!
I think I'd have made the cut almost every year but my elevation at 300 rapid was far enough off that a knot of 9s generally sucked.. LOL. When they allowed a zero in match, that all changed...though by that time I had a few years of near misses that gave me an idea of how much to change my zero from home.
Get the gun running and go back and kick tail next year!!!
Jeff, thanks for the compliment, but I think you have the Hearst Doubles confused with the Presidents 100. Didn't even shoot the Presidents this year cause the schedule is all messed up. as for the FTF, either a long round or tipped in mag. got it to feed after the third try and ran out of time
Yep, you are right, I did confuse the too. All I can say its been hot here.. must have fried my brain.
But still all in all, you had a great time!
You did better than me.
I agree, coming in the top 1/2 with a saved round (or even without!) isn't too bad.
Check you ammo and make sure they are loaded to 2.25". 2.26" is too long due to variance in bullet lengths.
That Win sounds like a nice gun. I hope you can post a picture. Are you going to "fix it up" or leave it as-is?
Barry, my partner carried me as I shot an 83, 84(saved rd)and 85. he should as a high master. Win. already went to my son, who is trying to fill out his collection. will try to get pictures, though.
You and Jeff crack me up,....hell man, I'll take all the 9s I can get.
Congrats on the new Winchester, long may you both run !
Great.. Never made it to Perry.. My neighbor always went, and we made plans to go the next summer, but he was killed in an accident in Dec. He was a great rifleman..
Lets just say Carolyn and I were kind of taken in by all of Perry, but somewhat afraid to go to nationals as marksmen.... Not knowing anyone and all
Local fellow that got us started always went and we had big plans to go and take it all in.
He had life issues pop up at the last minute, we had alreayd signed up for th ematches...
We drove ourselves, not having a clue and had a GRAND time. Just flat great.
We were so enamored we grabbed every medal we qualified for. Medals don't impress me now like they did when we were kids.
But all in all anyone can and should go, at least once, even if by yourself. You will not find finer folks, willing to help and so on( unless its your first time in the P100 and you are shooitng so well through 300 you are in the top 100 but don't trust your wind call and listen to someone tell you, you and the wife's guesses are wrong... we both shot 7s, had we used our guesses we'd have likely had Xs.. just enough to dump us...)
But its a grand time!
I doubt I could hold the 9 ring anymore.... But I really should, and get lectured the other weekend again, try to get 10 more pistol leg points... got 20, both gold obviously, in the first 2 matches I ever shot... 3rd match I crossfired... GREG..... and never fired another pistol match again.. Just due to life. And not having a pistol. Had to beg and borrow as n othing we have qualifies and I didn't want to spend 1800 on a Beretta at the time for 10 more poitns... LOL.
Jeff,
They just changed the rules for pistol legs - now just about any pistol qualifies. You can even shoot a Ruger!
Wow, and I think I read that you can shoot 4 legs plus a perry leg.
Likely will never happen though... I suspect my shooting days are over, just to much in love with Alaska, that all our time goes to figuring retirment and such out.
