Yesterday's Tactical Night Shoot

It started out a fine day for a shoot. CC took the Man on Man warmup stage in a hard fought head to head with Al. Congrats CC.

The second stage (Rattle Battle) began with with 4 of the 6 shooters on the line having rifle failures. 48 rounds in a minute and a half seemed to take its toll. The second line of shooters faired better wrt equipment, but alas, the weather came roaring in with a vengence toward the middle of the 2nd string. Not everyone got to complete the Rattle Battle stage. Scores are posted as follows:

Rattle Battle (partial, rained out)
Jeff	27
Maury	26
Dan	26
Bill	26
Al	25
Don	14
Ken	14
Kyle	11
John	10
Tim	9
Van	7
Frank	7
Matt	5
Mike	6
CC	5

High score was Jeff at 27 (out of 48). I think we all could use a bit more practice under time stress situations. Surely a 50% hit rate is minimal--even with a 16 round standing string.
Perhaps next month we can redo the Rattle Battle stage, if weather conditions permit. I've got new target stands (stronger for gusting winds) on order. Final upshot was that we cancelled the match and were not able to attempt the Sniper/Spotter stages or the battle field pick up stage (Pot Luck). Sorry guys, we'll attempt to reschedule.

--John