I became a member of our local BP club in St. Louis in December and missed the first match of the year. Today I was able to shoot in our clubs board match.
I'll copy and paste the details of how it works..."The way the match works is you tack your target onto your board. You get 3 practice shots and hopefully have a nice tight group. Then you cut 6 Xs into the board spread out. These 6 shots count as scoring shots. You place your target over the first X where you think you will shoot the X. You tack the target again to the board and shoot it. Only one shot per X. Each shoot can win. After all shooters are finished shooting all 6 Xs, the boards are scored. If you have shots that cut the X, you place a half round ball into the hole. The half round ball should have a mark at the center of the ball. The cut lines in the wood are cut with a ruler across the half ball. A measurement is made from the X to the center of the ball. The closest one to the center wins first place, and so on. By using this method it doesn’t matter what caliber you shoot. Everyone has the same opportunity to win."
My 1st and 2nd shots were pretty good, then my next 3 shots went a little wild. Before my last shot, I realized that a piece of my powder measure came loose and wedged in the measure, so that I was only getting maybe 20 grains in shots 3-5. I fixed it and finished up with a great shot.
My last shot put me in 4th place in the match out of 26 shooters. However, there was a mess up during the scoring so when they announced the winners my name was left out of the announcements! So before it was over I brought it to their attention and it was fixed, but since all the meat prizes had already been picked, I was given a $30 prize, fine by me!
I had a little anxiety about participating in these shooting matches because I've never done anything like this before, but now the ice is broken and I can't wait for the next one!
Just wanted to share this with you guys, I love this forum and all the knowledge I've gained from you all! -Justin
(The Xs are hard to see in the pics but I highlighted the one in my best shot with a pencil so you can see it better)
I'll copy and paste the details of how it works..."The way the match works is you tack your target onto your board. You get 3 practice shots and hopefully have a nice tight group. Then you cut 6 Xs into the board spread out. These 6 shots count as scoring shots. You place your target over the first X where you think you will shoot the X. You tack the target again to the board and shoot it. Only one shot per X. Each shoot can win. After all shooters are finished shooting all 6 Xs, the boards are scored. If you have shots that cut the X, you place a half round ball into the hole. The half round ball should have a mark at the center of the ball. The cut lines in the wood are cut with a ruler across the half ball. A measurement is made from the X to the center of the ball. The closest one to the center wins first place, and so on. By using this method it doesn’t matter what caliber you shoot. Everyone has the same opportunity to win."
My 1st and 2nd shots were pretty good, then my next 3 shots went a little wild. Before my last shot, I realized that a piece of my powder measure came loose and wedged in the measure, so that I was only getting maybe 20 grains in shots 3-5. I fixed it and finished up with a great shot.
My last shot put me in 4th place in the match out of 26 shooters. However, there was a mess up during the scoring so when they announced the winners my name was left out of the announcements! So before it was over I brought it to their attention and it was fixed, but since all the meat prizes had already been picked, I was given a $30 prize, fine by me!
I had a little anxiety about participating in these shooting matches because I've never done anything like this before, but now the ice is broken and I can't wait for the next one!
Just wanted to share this with you guys, I love this forum and all the knowledge I've gained from you all! -Justin
(The Xs are hard to see in the pics but I highlighted the one in my best shot with a pencil so you can see it better)
