| just back from the outdoors. shot an Albion 80-60-50.
us strathclydeians came last (we think - there were many problems scoring due to people not filling in what discipline they were shooting) as usual. edinburgh kicked everyones asses as usual e.g. for the novice teams, 2nd position got 850 as a team, edinburgh got 2100. you can sorta tell they have a coach!
my first outdoor shoot. was fun getting sight marks(!) strong wind from the right that varied in strength and direction untill it was blowing towards the targets. also had hot and sunny spells, cold overcast spells and persistant light rain for a while.
i broke a knock by shooting it through the targets number board, completely destroying it in the process aswell. i lost an arrow, then found it again when i missed on a later end and it landed 1" from it and i hadnt seen it before because it had its fletching burried under a tuffet - i'm a very consistant misser it would seem.
i now have sight marks for outdoor shoots: 80yrd is sight pin on the very bottom of the sight and aim at the top edge of the boss, 60yrd is at 65 on the shight scale and 50 is a bit above that.
i scored 452 with 5 zone scoring which i thought wasnt too shabby given the first 9arrows on 80 and 60yrd were mostly misses and the wind was being a whore. but my groupings obviously sucked. kinda have to work on that. think a new sight pin might be worthwhile as about the only piece of hardware that'll make a decent difference. if only bowsports sold aerosol skill to spray on hands before competitions.
a good day anyway, i look forward to my next opportunity to shoot outdoors or at long range....i need to find a friendly farmer..  |