JUNE 14, 2015 - MINTO CENTERFIRE BR at 200YDS

A two hundred yard shoot in Minto takes place from the shooting building, east across a deep pit that is now filled with water (known as the "Lake"), to the target frame on the other side. When you stand on the edge of the pit, the water is about 40 yds below you and you are shooting over the top of the trees that grow along the edge of the water. The only place to put wind flags is in the first 30 yards past the firing point and right in front of the target frames, leaving a middle space of over 150yds where the only clue to what the wind is doing are the movement of leaves and branches. One shooter had the terrific idea of bending one of the trees down so we could tie a surveyor's ribbon on it!


Winds that are normally quite tricky in MInto, become almost
unreadable when you shoot 200 yds. There were two flag in front of the shooters, a whole bunch of ribbons on the branches and two flags, just barely visible, at the targets. There were many times that no two flags agreed. The wind was predominantly from SE to NW and up - out of the pit towards the shooters, but would change completely at times. No two relays could use the same windage settings on the scope and each sighter shot became all that much more important. 
Despite this, the 9 shooters that made it to Minto had a lot of fun. The sun was bright, the wind affected everyone equally - independent of the caliber, the cookies brought by John McC. were wonderful, the conversation and socialization were great and despite some cross-fires, the scores were not too too bad.
Thanks to Wayne K. for being the Match Director and scorer, and to Don M. for verifying the scoring and stats. Many thanks to Grant P. Jr. for getting on the 4-wheeler to drive around the Lake and changing the targets. Based on the dust and wheelies, he had a lot of fun. Thanks also to Bert deV. and Grant P. Sr. for looking after the firing line as RSOs. Last, but certainly not least, thanks to Mrs. McC. (and hubby John) for the cookies.

RESULTS - OPEN CLASS:
John McC. - 276/5X
Bert deV. - 276/4X
Don M. - 274/3X
Dan G. - 267/3X
Grant P. Sr. - 177/1X
Mack MacD. - 142/1X

RESULTS - SPORTER CLASS:

Bert deV. - 146/5X
Wayne K. - 143/4X
Gerry J. - 134/2X
Grant P. Jr. - 97/0X