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Reply #75 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 8:41am
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As the clubs co-ordinator Marty is the guy that sends me most of the scores that I print in the Journal. I am assumeing that he will send the postal match scores to me also. As to timeing remember that the Journal isn't a newspaper, we have a lead time. By the time that you recieve a Journal the graphic artitst is composing the next one, while I am editing the articles ,scores and announcements for the one after that. That puts me about 4 months ahead of the magazine that you have in your hands. If a score comes in the day after I submit my stuff for compisition, it goes in the next Journal. To give you a better idea right now I am working on articles for the July / August Journal. I hope that clears up why a match that finishes in May isn't in the journal till fall.

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Reply #76 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 12:03pm
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  I wasn't complaining about how long it took to get the scores in the Journal. What I was complaining about was that as far as I knew they never appeared.

  Now this wasn't Marty's fault. Before his "time" on the job. From the help I got from him that first year I ran the WSU League, I'd trust him to send in whatever he got.

  I don't know who's fault it was the .22 Postals never got published for a few years. a As we all know, at the time, things were pretty hectic at the Journal. I know one article I sent in was so screwed up I figured I better not write anymore or I might possibly get in legal trouble.

  Maybe this lack of publication is why many clubs don't send in their scores. No sense wasting time working them up and not see them in print.

  I'm sure things will change with Marty in charge of this end of things and the Postals.

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Reply #77 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 12:10pm
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I am not sure  when but do remember that John Campbell made a decision not to publish match results in the Journal. This resulted in much complaining and it took  quite a while after he left his position as editor to get them back in the Journal.
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Reply #78 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 12:26pm
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It is easy and almost instantaneous to publish scores on the web.  Particularly for long matches that occur over weeks.  Or matches that repeat on a regular basis.  Let's everyone see how the stand.  Many clubs do this. 

The ASSRA could even set it up so each club meister could enter the results directly from a webpage form if you wanted to get fancy.

The internet is ideal for posting scores and equip lists.  That could be in addition to, or instead of, print.   

Just an idea.

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Reply #79 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 12:28pm
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Laurie,

   Thanks for the info! Wasn't trying to blame anyone. I can certainly see how many a slip could occur if several people have their hands in what gets published or not.

  Could have easily happened with that article I sent in. A coupla pictures weren't included and one that was included I never sent in, which was kind of a surprise.

Brent,

  Your idea is kind of what I was thinking of. This Forum would be a great place to really expand on what would appear in the Journal.

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Reply #80 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 1:30pm
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Not to beat a dead horse on Witnessing but can't resist a few more licks.  The offhand rimfire is 100 shots. That takes a long time to shoot. Last time I did it was a weekday at our club range. Couple of guys were on and off the range that could have signed targets but none stayed all day which it takes to shoot.  My only all day companion was Henry. But he is a Jack Russell and can't write.

Reason guys around here dropped it was when we got together to shoot might as well have a regular match and not worry about what rules the Assocation put on postals.

Thats all past and looking forward to shooting it again.

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Reply #81 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 1:43pm
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I'd take a paw print. Dogs never lie, people do but dogs never.

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Reply #82 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 5:13pm
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boats,

  I don't know what Marty will come up with for rules but the "old" way of doing it was you didn't have to shoot the 10 targets all at once. We shot ours in conjunction with the WSU League. In other words one or two of the ASSRA targets were shot and there scores were also included in the 50 shots we had to shoot each session for the WSU.

  Back before there had to be a witness qualifier I shot alone. I would shoot a coupla practice targets and then hang up one or two of the Postals. The Postal targets were specially marked so you couldn't "slip" in one of your practice ones if you didn't shoot well.

Marty might have a different way he wants to do things, so I hope you'll all back him up on whatever way he wants to do it. Speaking from experience he doesn't need a lot of people second guessing him, and saying we ought to do it this way, or that way, or they won't shoot it. If you don't like the rules don't shoot it and don't complain about it. I hope the BoD backs him up all the way to.

  Sorry for the rant, but if Marty has to go thru what I did getting the WSU League going it would be amazing if he didn't tell the BoD where to shove it. I almost did a coupla times.

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Reply #83 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 5:31pm
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Pete will do what ever he wants for sure.  If it closes in May and March is already about spent time is short and may have to shoot them all on one day.

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Reply #84 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 9:48pm
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Pete will do what ever he wants for sure.  If it closes in May and March is already about spent time is short and may have to shoot them all on one day.


     Does this mean that people want to shoot the indoor 50 foot 100 shot match?
     Kind of late in the year for an indoor 100 shot or should I say a 50 foot match.
     I have been working on a program for offhand and benchrest for outdoors this year at 100 yards.   
      
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Reply #85 - Mar 20th, 2008 at 10:43pm
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I guess I will be running the 50 foot indoor match.  Particulars in a new thread.
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Reply #86 - Mar 26th, 2008 at 11:10pm
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Is there any more Info as to what is going on with the outdoor 100 yd 22 RF and CF  Postal Bench Rest events ?.
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Reply #87 - Mar 27th, 2008 at 5:53am
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I think WE are ALL waiting for SOMEONE to VOLUNTEER to do the WORK.

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Reply #88 - Mar 27th, 2008 at 5:58am
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Cat_Whisperer wrote on Mar 27th, 2008 at 5:53am:
I think WE are ALL waiting for SOMEONE to VOLUNTEER to do the WORK.

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Now that I've said that self-condeming statement, let me volunteer to do one NEXT year IF someone who's done it before would put together a checklist of how to do it so that it stands a better chance of being done RIGHT the first time.  That COULD be posted as a sticky or some such intelligent  form of preserving and comunicating the intelligence.

  

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Reply #89 - Mar 27th, 2008 at 11:06am
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Is there any more Info as to what is going on with the outdoor 100 yd 22 RF and CF  Postal Bench Rest events ?. 
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I will post something to this site after 1st of April.  I will be running both offhand and benchrest 100 shot matches.
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