Woke up this morning with a sore right shin. Knew right away what caused it- have been working on building a good kneeling position for field target. Think I have the position down, but need a lot of repetition to build muscle memory & consistency.
Nothing serious, a little stretching worked it out. Might cut back just a bit on the kneeling shots for the next few practice sessions. Nowhere near good enough at standing or bucket 'n sticks to neglect practicing those, so there will be no trouble filling the time
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Got to thinking about how fast this game ate me up. When the calendar hit October, had never been to a field target match. Threatened it for a couple years, but always found an excuse (some real, some imagined). Took possession of a dandy .177 rifle (one well suited to Hunter Class FT) on October 1st, & mounted a scope (also well suited to FT) that night. Spent nearly all free time the next week getting dope & marking the scope side wheel for ranging.
If you're browsing this subforum you probably already know this- it's a bit of work (fun work) to get things just right for holdovers & ranging. Parallax wheel markings frustrated me a bit in the first few attempts, but learned some things. First, don't use a target that has little texture or definition, makes it more difficult than it needs to be. Second, don't try to get your longer ranges in extremely low light (this was just pure dumba$$ery on my part). Third, the progressive lenses in my prescription glasses do not play nice with scope parallax ranging.
Managed to get it all worked out by the weekend. Freshly out of excuses, drove over the river & through the woods to my first match. A great reception from the veterans had me liking it before the shooting ever started. By the time we were moving on from the first lane, the infection had set in.
Still October & now waking up with soreness from practicing forced position shots. Drove 3+ hours to my second match, & barring unforeseen circumstances, will be driving 4+ hours to a match this weekend.
Hook is in there pretty deep
Nothing serious, a little stretching worked it out. Might cut back just a bit on the kneeling shots for the next few practice sessions. Nowhere near good enough at standing or bucket 'n sticks to neglect practicing those, so there will be no trouble filling the time
.Got to thinking about how fast this game ate me up. When the calendar hit October, had never been to a field target match. Threatened it for a couple years, but always found an excuse (some real, some imagined). Took possession of a dandy .177 rifle (one well suited to Hunter Class FT) on October 1st, & mounted a scope (also well suited to FT) that night. Spent nearly all free time the next week getting dope & marking the scope side wheel for ranging.
If you're browsing this subforum you probably already know this- it's a bit of work (fun work) to get things just right for holdovers & ranging. Parallax wheel markings frustrated me a bit in the first few attempts, but learned some things. First, don't use a target that has little texture or definition, makes it more difficult than it needs to be. Second, don't try to get your longer ranges in extremely low light (this was just pure dumba$$ery on my part). Third, the progressive lenses in my prescription glasses do not play nice with scope parallax ranging.
Managed to get it all worked out by the weekend. Freshly out of excuses, drove over the river & through the woods to my first match. A great reception from the veterans had me liking it before the shooting ever started. By the time we were moving on from the first lane, the infection had set in.
Still October & now waking up with soreness from practicing forced position shots. Drove 3+ hours to my second match, & barring unforeseen circumstances, will be driving 4+ hours to a match this weekend.
Hook is in there pretty deep
