10 - October 27, 2019

Let's start this month's report with saying BLUSTERY, we're talking in-your-face 12 to 18 MPH wind with gusts well above 30 MPH!! OK, we're a tough group and can deal with a bit of sand and dirt in our face, our eyes, our teeth, in our guns, on our optics, in our gun cases ... everywhere! Compound that with falling trees, breaking branches, stuff blowing over and the usual mild hurricane sort of issues. Like I said, we're a tough group ;D

LOL ....

Sunday was our Shooter Appreciation Match to highlight our 2019 season giving thanks back to our members who supported us this year and the 8 monthly matches hosted by the SVFTC. Day started like all our matches do with plenty of help showing up as the facility gates opened up @ 8:00 am.

We uncovered all the cinder blocks and loaded up on the truck to distribute them on the 11 lanes we were setting today -- 44 shots + an added kneeler to make it a 46 shot event. Being we are having a prize raffle and lunch afterwards and very aware the wind was howlin, it was decided to keep the participant abuse at a minimum. We stayed inside Cowboy Town hoping it offered some degree of protection ... which it did, while it DID NOT at the same time.

We set up practice targets and while some tried their best to get in some shots, the folded over and buffeting paper targets made for an interesting moving target event ... Huh, that's not working too well ... most gave up pretty quickly. Quick and Dirty shooters meeting asking all present to make the most of it and JUST HAVE FUN, learn to shoot in the wind and just ... deal with it best you can.

Most if not all were chuckling over the insanity of what faced us and in good spirits headed to their assigned starting lanes. In all we ended up with 26 shooters having 2 bow out for obvious reasons and a 3rd with a badly sprained if not broken ankle happening the night before, yet came out never the less. We had 4 folks make the 300+ mile trek down from Oregon to shoot with us which made it a bit of a reunion too.

* As a note: Course layout was adjusted to the conditions and our furthest shots were IIRC @ 43 yards & 39 yards and both 2" KZ ... Nice and big easy to hit ! ... LOL, see pictures below.