Posted for David Slade
Invicta FTC March 22nd match report
A chilly and windy day, that turned warm with blue skies, but STILL windy, had five shooters come out to play, and Matt was shooting his first WFTF class, still working out all his settings, but got a respectable score.
Bill and Mike both shot the high score, and as both had already made it back up the dreaded hill and didn’t want to go back down, I looked at the hardest target on the course to determine which won, both missed it once, so we reverted to a coin toss, and Bill won, either way, good shooting with the winds we were dealing with.
For some reason my rifle decided it was time for the regulator to stop working, and my pellets were hitting 3 inches low at 25 yards, maybe I need to try the practice range BEFORE the match? Velocity was 638 fps, so 7.6 ft lbs……. So, half way through I went and grabbed a spare airgun , but it wasn't actually properly zeroed, I went through the course trying to figure it out, but I did end up with ALMOST 50 percent, thats the best way I can put it, also I found out the previous day I had broken the tip of my elbow and so I now have a new FT excuse I have never used before, well I did crack some ribs about fifteen years ago, but not QUITE the same issue, as I couldn’t breath well with cracked ribs, now I cant hold the rifle up with a dodgy elbow….LOL.
Matt Judd runs a Silhouette match up in Columbia TN every year, and that starts up next month, on the third Saturday of the month, so this year that is the same weekend as Easter, I will be getting more information from Matt and will pass it onto everyone.
I hope to see more of you guys coming out this year, the more the merrier!!
God Bless
David Slade
Match Winner
47/60 Bill Ellis Thomas Sightron 10-50 JSB 13.4
Open Class
47/60 Bill Ellis Thomas Sightron 10-50 JSB 13.4
47/60 Mike Wright Steyr LG110 Sightron 10-50 FX 10.3
World Class
46/60 Matt Judd AA XTi50 Sightron 10-50 JSB 8.44
29/60 David Slade Steyr LG110 Nikko 10-50 JSB 8.44
Hunter Class
32/60 Brent Browning HW100 Athlon Barracuda Match 10.6
