Posted: 7/26/2020 8:46:15 PM EDT
This weekend in between the first and second 10 shot strings of rapid fire stage, I looked through my spotting scope and it had gotten bumped and also wasn't focused. The match director was blazing through the commands for second string and I made the huge mistake of not taking the time to scope first string. I thought, "my zeros are good, don't have time and not gonna fool with it". Boy, was I the fool. I had a great group (for me) but it was about 3.5"-4" below bottom of the  X ring. . .  So........ I twiddled that knob after that and slow prone was really good but that didn't repair the damage done. Thing is, I was up for reclassification yesterday and it cost me a new card. Live and learn. Any procedural mistakes, boneheaded blunders, or inconceivably dull-witted decisions you've made on the line that you'd care to share with us? 
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| First time at Perry for the National Matches (classified as Marksman), fired my sighters and made my sight correction in the opposite direction. I ended up with a nice group at the edge of the nine ring. The group was tight enough that it could have been my first ever clean if it was properly centered. |
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I kicked two magazines ahead of the firing line going from standing to sitting. I managed to reach three or four cartridges. After that I always had extra magazines and a box of ammunition in reach. |
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Funny that you bring this up. I was shooting a practice GSM match on my own with the Garand this weekend. 95 on prone slow, so I figured my zero was good for rapid. Guess I had my sling a little too tight or my elevation knob slipped cause this happened during rapid. https://i.imgur.com/KwNlpnZ.jpg |
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Originally Posted By mechtaco04: Funny that you bring this up. I was shooting a practice GSM match on my own with the Garand this weekend. 95 on prone slow, so I figured my zero was good for rapid. Guess I had my sling a little too tight or my elevation knob slipped cause this happened during rapid. https://i.imgur.com/KwNlpnZ.jpg  |
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Originally Posted By Jiva: This weekend in between the first and second 10 shot strings of rapid fire stage, I looked through my spotting scope and it had gotten bumped and also wasn't focused. The match director was blazing through the commands for second string and I made the huge mistake of not taking the time to scope first string. I thought, "my zeros are good, don't have time and not gonna fool with it". Boy, was I the fool. I had a great group (for me) but it was about 3.5"-4" below bottom of the X ring. . . So........ I twiddled that knob after that and slow prone was really good but that didn't repair the damage done. Thing is, I was up for reclassification yesterday and it cost me a new card. Live and learn. Any procedural mistakes, boneheaded blunders, or inconceivably dull-witted decisions you've made on the line that you'd care to share with us? Your not getting a new card any time soon the NRA is not accepting scores and have laid off completions staff |
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Originally Posted By Snafu12: Your not getting a new card any time soon the NRA is not accepting scores and have laid off completions staff Sanctioned matches resumed on July 1, 2020 |
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| Ok, bit of a necro post but here goes. I get prone at 600, scope my target, and fire my sighters which are two 10's just below the X. I start my timed fire scoping each shot. As I'm looking through my scope I see the target go down and come up and scored. The problem was I never took the shot. I had bumped my scope and was looking at the target to my right. Lucky for me I was only three shots in, and was being scored in the pit. |
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I never make mistakes. ;-) It seemed to me, the difference between marksman, expert and master could be as little as the elimination of mistake(s). Making high master required you to actually have skill - know how to read the wind and have really good technique, etc. Making master was relatively easy. Making high master was not easy. |