Wednesday morning, Rise and shine. The crew is up and we loaded everything into the surburbans and made our way north. I'm not sure how the conversasions went in the other car, but the gentlemen from Swarovski were impressed with Dillon and I's product knowledge....not just with Swarovski products, but all the products in general. Dillon explained that we don't just isolate one item or brand, but we focus on what everyone offers. Simply because we are not commission based, this allows guys like Skylar to focus on the customer's needs and not our own. When we arrived there were some ground rules that we all had to go over. Then we had to decide which persons would be shooting which class. There are two course at Spirit Ridge Rifle Golf Course. The Classic (Novice) and the Masters ( for the vetren shooter) Dustin from swarovski quickly explained that he would like the masters, I also chimed in for the masters shoot and four other guys chose to shoot the Classic, leaving Dillon and Greg to also participate with Dustin and I in the Masters series. Here's the yardage breakdown. The Classic course will have shots from about 150ish to 600 yards at your longest attempt. The Masters closest target is 500 and extends out to 970 yards with a bonus target at 1,000 yards. But here's the deal. The Master's bonus hole is a 6" X 8" AR50 Steel Plate in the vitals of a Black Bear. After going over the rules, we made our way to the range to double check our zero. Here's a picture through Swarovski's new ATX 30-70X95 spotting scope at 100 yards. Dillon loading a 6.5 Creedmore to double check the rifle that he would be using. (He was cold, we were all pretty chilly from a front that moved in over night) And here's a picture of a target at 1K on 30X through the new ATX spotting scope. Now that all the rifles are pretty much ready to go, all we have to do is load up and make our way to tee off. So here's the thing, we arrive at the first tee and all the classic shooters are lined up and elvaluating the side of the mountain where several silhouettes are located. Aarron the Range Master calls out the first target, which was an elk at about 400 and some change, I'm sorry I cannot remember exactly what it was but he tells you your range. Orginally the shooting was going to start off from Left to Right, but there was a change up and we started on the Right. Being the first guy to shoot, you set the tone of that hole, but your at a disadvantage, because you are the first guy to shoot and you are not using your rifle. Regardless we were excited and were very eager to shoot. For those who are now wondering how the score is kept, I will elaborate for you. You have four targets. Eagle: Two chances to hit Birdie: Two chances to hit Par: One opportunity Boggie: One opportunity If you miss, then at best you boggie the hole. The first round, was very deceiving. Like I said the master course had much longer shots. And I would have to say that we shot very well, however there was one opportunity that SWFA shined! Aarron calls the range " Wolf 670, up and to the Left!" " Greg you first" Greg makes his first attempt. Bang...Miss again, Bang....Miss. Then the RO calls out "Skylar, when you are ready call it out" Now, I'm shooting a Savage Mod 12 in 6.5 Creedmore with a Swarovski Z6i 3-18X50 with Ballistic Turret and a German 4 reticle.
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Simply amazing scope, but Swarovski's forte is not long range target. And they will re-itterate that, but they do infact make the BEST hunting scope on the market. Keeping this in mind, I had to guesstimate a hold over on that reticle, I explained to the RO " Shooter ready" Aaron explained " Send it!" Now I get my breathing under control, pick a spot on the reticle, hold over and slowly squeeze the trigger.....BANG.........DING! Here's a cool photo Dillon cleaned up me. Now it is Dustin's turn, Bang....Miss again, Bang.....Miss. An unfortunate miss for team Swarovski. Now, it is up to Dillon. Final guy to shoot for this hole. Dillon, calms down, breathes in and out, slowly squeezes the trigger, BANG.....DING!!! "Team SWFA for the win on that hol
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