Here Comes the Rain Again... and 80F by Saturday
This rain and (promised) warm weather could be GREAT!
I really did bring the cell-phone in a Zip-Loc on Saturday, honest. It's just that by the time I got zipped into the drysuit, sealed into the boat, and started freezing my fingers by eddy-hopping down Crystal Rapid, I had NO motivation to get out and show "M" how to use the camera for a phreezing photo op. We were having WAY too much fun.
80F on Saturday? Now, that's another story altogether. There may even be chiquitas on the rocks.
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Sunday was an challenging day for a rifle match. The wind was cold, strong, and couldn't decide which direction it wanted to blow from. I had to watch the leaves tumbling in front of my target, to figure out what I needed for "Kentucky Windage", for each shot. I managed to put up a 430-something/500, despite totally missing two shots in off-hand, by not being sufficiently focused. Still, for the morning after a day of hard kayaking, I'll take it.
An old friend showed up after the match, with his Iraq War veteran son, a fully stocked pistol case, and a brand new AR-15 match rifle that needed to be sighted in. Everyone had an opportunity try various "tools", and (they) learned a little about handloaded target ammo needing to be powerful enough, otherwise the guns don't cycle correctly. Smooth and accurate though.
I was a little surprised to learn from this recent veteran, that the US Army doesn't train with a traditional sling anymore, nor do they practice prone or seated shooting. The new paradigm is dynamic. Keep moving. Keep the enemy pinned down. Theirs is a machine-gun, and the ammo is there to use.
It's only us civilian fossils, with our bolt action and SEMI-auto rifles, who practice hitting something like a coffee cup lid at 200 yards.
Army was impressed.
We do get ex-military guys who show up and outscore us, though: they're called Marines. They keep us honest.
I really did bring the cell-phone in a Zip-Loc on Saturday, honest. It's just that by the time I got zipped into the drysuit, sealed into the boat, and started freezing my fingers by eddy-hopping down Crystal Rapid, I had NO motivation to get out and show "M" how to use the camera for a phreezing photo op. We were having WAY too much fun.
80F on Saturday? Now, that's another story altogether. There may even be chiquitas on the rocks.
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Sunday was an challenging day for a rifle match. The wind was cold, strong, and couldn't decide which direction it wanted to blow from. I had to watch the leaves tumbling in front of my target, to figure out what I needed for "Kentucky Windage", for each shot. I managed to put up a 430-something/500, despite totally missing two shots in off-hand, by not being sufficiently focused. Still, for the morning after a day of hard kayaking, I'll take it.
An old friend showed up after the match, with his Iraq War veteran son, a fully stocked pistol case, and a brand new AR-15 match rifle that needed to be sighted in. Everyone had an opportunity try various "tools", and (they) learned a little about handloaded target ammo needing to be powerful enough, otherwise the guns don't cycle correctly. Smooth and accurate though.
I was a little surprised to learn from this recent veteran, that the US Army doesn't train with a traditional sling anymore, nor do they practice prone or seated shooting. The new paradigm is dynamic. Keep moving. Keep the enemy pinned down. Theirs is a machine-gun, and the ammo is there to use.
It's only us civilian fossils, with our bolt action and SEMI-auto rifles, who practice hitting something like a coffee cup lid at 200 yards.
Army was impressed.
We do get ex-military guys who show up and outscore us, though: they're called Marines. They keep us honest.