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8shots 
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'lord of the flies' Joined: March/14/2007 Location: South Africa Online Status: Offline Posts: 3788 |
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 Topic: Another humble pie shoot!Posted: November/02/2009 at 04:25 |
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This past Saturday we had a CHASA Range Shoot Competition with approx 150 entrants. Like any competition I arrived with great expectations, but....
Firstly, CHASA (The Confederation of Hunters Ass of South Africa) had seen it fit to ammend the standard targets a bit. The brain shots were made a lot more difficult with minus point areas in abundance.
Secondly the usual good range control by the marshalls were a little lacking.
I started off Ok with the springbuck at 200m, going for brain shots, but pushed one just outside for a minus 15, which pulls your score down by 45! (30 for the lost shot - 15 for the "wounding".
At the impala I commited the unforgivable sin of shooting one shot into the wrong target. Yes, these timed events can rattle one at times!! It was a deadcentre brain shot, but wrong target. That blew me out of the game!
The warthog, standing at 35 m went fine.
Then 5 gongs at varying distances out to 200m. That was easy pickings with a full house.
All in all a poor performance on my part, but I did enjoy the day at the range!
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SD Dog
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Posted: November/02/2009 at 11:04 |
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Sucks when a bad day gets you. At least it looked like nice weather.
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BeltFed
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Posted: November/02/2009 at 15:32 |
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Sounds like the shots were good (except for one), but the brain farts were overpowering.
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Like it or not, when we put on the badge and take the oath we all become gun people. The job requires it!
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Kickboxer
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Posted: November/02/2009 at 16:20 |
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Looks like a blast, so to speak. Had to be fun ANYWAY. Just shooting is always good...
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Steelbenz
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Posted: November/02/2009 at 16:35 |
I was thinking the same thing, sure looked like a great day!!! |
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Kickboxer
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Posted: November/02/2009 at 16:41 |
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Love those targets... where do you get them?
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mike650
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Posted: November/02/2009 at 17:36 |
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-Mike
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8shots
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Posted: November/03/2009 at 01:30 |
They are generally available in our gunshops at about $3 a target. A lot of other animals are available. If you are very keen I can try and get you some?
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Kickboxer
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Posted: November/03/2009 at 04:43 |
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I would love to have some of those. Let me get home for a few days and I will PM you about it. Thank you.
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Dale Clifford
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Posted: November/03/2009 at 09:35 |
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timed events, and all your buddies waiting for you to screw up, so you can hear about it until the next match. the first event sounds like a hostage target set up in IPSC. Do they take animals as hostages in So. Af. ?? Do they have range officer schools there, and certification procedures?
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BeltFed
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Posted: November/03/2009 at 14:20 |
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Matches are toughest on the guys who are expected to win and those who are expecting to win. It's still fun though.
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Like it or not, when we put on the badge and take the oath we all become gun people. The job requires it!
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Trays 7940
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Posted: November/03/2009 at 17:27 |
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Hey! Do we have any shoots like that here in the US? That looks like a lot of fun!
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