{"id":1356,"date":"2021-01-12T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2021-01-12T15:20:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T15:20:42","slug":"winter-offhand-match-january-9-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/12\/winter-offhand-match-january-9-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Offhand Match; January 9, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Winter Offhand Match <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 9, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooters were ready for the 2021 season to get underway\nthis morning.  By the time I arrived at\nthe range at 7:55, folks were already there getting ready to go. The gate was\nopen, the lights were on and the 25 and 50 yard target stands were taken down.  It was a good morning, a bit chilly \u2013 it\u2019s\nJanuary in Indiana after all \u2013 but the lack of wind made it a lot nicer than it\ncould have been.  There were cold fingers\nand couple of drippy noses, but not too bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had to do some target patching, but things went quickly and by 8:30 we had twelve shooters ready for the first relay.\u00a0 We had our safety briefing and by 8:35 the first relay was under way.\u00a0 There were four shooters who had to wait for the second relay and we had one Junior shooter. Marshall, who only wanted to shoot 20-rounds for his inaugural match, so five shooters made up the second relay.
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We repeated the process, and on the second string of the second relay, we had another Junior who wanted to try his hand as well, so Zion was the fifth shooter on Relay 2, String 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s always good to get the group together.\u00a0 I\u2019ve learned that High Power shooters make their excuses early so that if something doesn\u2019t go well \u2013 they have a reason to explain it.\u00a0 One of the Masters of this Mark Richard \u2013 I poke fun at him with all the respect in the world.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had his list ready; it was cold.  His joints hurt, he had a crick in his neck\nand in his back.  He was unsteady and rocking\naround like he was on the deck of a ship, and that was why he was going to\nshoot such an awful score for the day. \nOf course he took the top spot with a 194-13X.  I wonder what he would shoot on a day when he\nfelt good?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike King took second place for the day with a 369-6X and\nRobert Davis closed out the top three with a 364-4X, good shooting guys!  For the winter season so far, Mark Richard\nleads the group with a two match aggregate of 773-24X.  Mike King follows with 755-10X and Mark\nWalters is third with 736-6X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the match I had a class session with our Junior\nshooter where we went over the basics of shooting from the sitting position.  It was a good session with an apt student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several other really good things happened on Saturday that I\nneed to mention.  We had a donation of\nold shooting gear; leather coats, canvas coats, lightweight jackets and the\nlike.  I had put them out for folks to\ntake for a donation to the Junior Program. \nAt the end of Saturday, everything was gone and the Junior program was\n$106 better off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We needed brass for Junior ammunition and several people brought me bags of brass.\u00a0 Thank you to everyone who donated to the cause.\u00a0 I have sorted through the donations and I have about 1500 LC, WCC and TW cases I am sending to a commercial brass processor to get them cleaned, deprimed, decrimped, sized and trimmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to everyone who donated brass to the Junior Program!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One more Thank You; Mark Richard donated a can of M193 LC\nammunition (about 500-rounds) to be used for Junior practice.  This will be a great help and will ease the burden\non our limited supply of components for match ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming events:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FWRR Club February meeting will be on February 2.  It will be held at the New Haven Community\nCenter, behind McDonalds on Highway 930 (30) just west of New Haven.  This will be an election of officers meeting,\nso try to attend.  Just a social note; no\nguns, beer or smoking is allowed in the Community Center, so we need to be on\nour best behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our next match will be the second Saturday in February,\nFebruary 13.  I will not be running the\nmatch that day.  My wife has decided we\nneed to make our annual trip to Florida, so I regret having to be in all of\nthat warm weather while you guys enjoy February in Indiana. I\u2019ll think about\nyou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be safe, stay well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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