After nearly a decade the Temecula Gran Prix event has returned and it did not disappoint!! Thank you LD, Juan, Wayne, Randy and everyone who attended, what a great weekend.
I posited that this venue may be more difficult than Nevada and some others said that may not be the case. I think Old Mr. Wind took this personally and decided to put that argument to bed once and for all. The Friday pistol match started out fairly windy (it felt really windy then) and after some big thunder and ten to fifteen minutes of rain we we enjoyed some pleasant weather with just a hint of wind.
Saturday was very nice, warm, not a lot of wind for the locale and there were a few who hit the challenge target way up on the hill. If you hit this particular target on both days you were in the running for a free rifle. I'd guess about six to eight people hit this target on rifle day one, only three managed to knock it down on day two.
Sunday was insane, early morning winds were gusting to 10 plus mph and did not let up at all. I think this was the second most windy match I have ever attended, the first being day one of the Ennice NC AAFTA Nationals, which was the tail end of a huge hurricane, winds over 25mph, rain and 40 degrees.
I managed to hit the challenge target both days, however my success was short lived, Lauren hit it twice shooting WFTF (she also shot top score on day one, an amazing performance in the wind) and Son hit it twice shooting WFTF Springer. As an Open shooter I had no business being in the shoot off and may or may not have intentionally shanked the first shot. Lauren won on the kneeling portion of the shoot off to claim the challenge prize rifle (do not bet against her when it comes to offhand lanes, you'll lose).
It was great to meet some new people and to see a few people I have not seen in many years, to catch up and inevitably feel really old when you discover that those young-ins that were running around years ago are now in their 20's and doing things you'd never imagine for a career.
Turns out that getting schooled at the Worlds was a great way to come to terms with wind reading and hold off application for Open, I still have no idea how they do it, more so in the wind on Sunday, but dipping my toe into that word has given me a new appreciation for the WFTF competitors and the wind itself. It improved my shooting tremendously, I had no idea.
My squad-mate on Sunday took this video, I swear I do not remember it blowing like that when I was shooting.... LOL
I hope we get to do it again next year!!
I posited that this venue may be more difficult than Nevada and some others said that may not be the case. I think Old Mr. Wind took this personally and decided to put that argument to bed once and for all. The Friday pistol match started out fairly windy (it felt really windy then) and after some big thunder and ten to fifteen minutes of rain we we enjoyed some pleasant weather with just a hint of wind.
Saturday was very nice, warm, not a lot of wind for the locale and there were a few who hit the challenge target way up on the hill. If you hit this particular target on both days you were in the running for a free rifle. I'd guess about six to eight people hit this target on rifle day one, only three managed to knock it down on day two.
Sunday was insane, early morning winds were gusting to 10 plus mph and did not let up at all. I think this was the second most windy match I have ever attended, the first being day one of the Ennice NC AAFTA Nationals, which was the tail end of a huge hurricane, winds over 25mph, rain and 40 degrees.
I managed to hit the challenge target both days, however my success was short lived, Lauren hit it twice shooting WFTF (she also shot top score on day one, an amazing performance in the wind) and Son hit it twice shooting WFTF Springer. As an Open shooter I had no business being in the shoot off and may or may not have intentionally shanked the first shot. Lauren won on the kneeling portion of the shoot off to claim the challenge prize rifle (do not bet against her when it comes to offhand lanes, you'll lose).
It was great to meet some new people and to see a few people I have not seen in many years, to catch up and inevitably feel really old when you discover that those young-ins that were running around years ago are now in their 20's and doing things you'd never imagine for a career.
Turns out that getting schooled at the Worlds was a great way to come to terms with wind reading and hold off application for Open, I still have no idea how they do it, more so in the wind on Sunday, but dipping my toe into that word has given me a new appreciation for the WFTF competitors and the wind itself. It improved my shooting tremendously, I had no idea.
My squad-mate on Sunday took this video, I swear I do not remember it blowing like that when I was shooting.... LOL
I hope we get to do it again next year!!
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