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A 10 pt leg went for 488 last weekend.
6 pts went for 470.
What is it like in your AO.
Jim

Jim

Nowdays thats not uncommon. Since the AR came along scores are getting higher and higher. Used to be rare to see a 485 and now its not uncommon to have to shoot a 490+ to have a shot at winning.

FWIW if you shoot a 475 under most circumstances you should net points.

I'd heard rumors way back of cuts in the 450-460 areas yet the lowest I've ever seen IIRC was a 464 cutoff in fairly bad conditions.

FWIW also you can do some research into area matches on the net. Look at clubs scores over the years and hopefully they'll be broken down. You can tell a lot by how the scores break down and then do some talking to local shooters. IE if the standing scores are all low is it windy? Etc....

Finally don't worry what the cut is going to be. I sat on 28 points for almost 2 years. Made every mistake in the book etc... to be first leather. Finally a Reserve shooter grabbed hold of me and told me something. That I was dumb for chasing 2 points. I could shoot and did shoot well enough to win all the matches. I must have taken that to heart. For some reason I tried to shoot each shot as in idividual. And make it my best. And beat myself in the end. Yet hold on enough that I dropped very few points. Worked in that the next year I shot in my allotted 4 leg matches and won 3 and was second in the 4th.

Don't sweat what the cut score is going to average. Just get out there and learn to shoot!! Remember you have to learn the mental aspect of standing, rapids can be learned quick by repitition, and you need to learn the prone but once done you can for all practical purposes, with a good puller, almost chase your spotter and still win.

Now to the answer. Here in our area most bottom cuts are around 474 -477. Not uncommon for the first leg to be 482-488 or so and for the top 3 to be in the 490s. Move that to a windy range north of here and the top scores can fall down to the upper 470s etc...

Jeff