Saturday 09 July 2022

This week's update from Frank: -

 The Crosman Challenge.

This was a new competition shot for the first time.

As the name suggests all shooters had to use a Crosman pistol shot on a bench at 12-5 yards.  On the silhouettes.  The hardest chicken was worth 4 with a multiplier target 10 for a bull = 40 points per shot,   miss  the chicken and 0 points.  Some opted for the bigger pigs.  In total 40 targets were shot with 4 multipliers.  The first rack Geoff Coubrough and Frank Eustace managed clear rounds.  The second rack Geoff got a lead of one target.  The third round Frank pulled it back to even .  The fourth round both shooters dropped one target to both end on 1480.  A shoot off was called for shot for shot until a chicken was missed.  Geoff shot 7 and Frank nicked a chicken 6 shot which turned but stayed up .  So after 51 shots Geoff was the worthy first winner of the Crosman challenge.  Brian Cook was wasn't far behind stalking the top two only 3 targets astray.

Scores were: 

                        Geoff Coubrough 1480              Frank Eustace      1480

                          Brian Cook        1368               Karyn Cook        1056

                          Tim Walker          932               Mark Evans          855

                          John Costain        616              Nigel Kay              591

                           Shane Roberts    369              Charlene Roberts  180

To go from a silhouette,  to a paper target, was hard not only was it on a different elevation, but a score hinged on getting a good hit to multiply with the chosen silhouette.  The Cooks initiated a shared lunch with hot savories .  Many thanks to all that contributed.

It was fun but next week the challenge changes back to rifles.  If it is fine it will be outdoors.

Keep those pellets flying straight.  Cheers Frank