We shot our club rim fire gong match yesterday few hundred miles south of Shippensburg.  Wind made the difference on Rams for sure.  Be careful though don't load for extreme weather and suffer with too much recoil on the other animals and fine weather matches. Rim fire like I was shooting no options .  Look at ballistic charts on bullets, some are better wind bullets but not by much, chart does not show the effect of complication with special ram loads or additional recoil.

Best strategy is generally to wait the gust out shoot in minimum wind. can't always do it though I lost two rams waiting long as I could then breaking my shot center, strike just off.   Normally I don't crank my rear sight much during a match, yesterday put 3 moa on the sight as the match progressed.  Watch that spotting pad and keep them centered up.

Boats

I will be shooting off hand at 200yds with my 71 / 84 Mauser at Bisley next weekend. Black powder is compulsory in "Vintage" events and wiping out during the detail is not allowed. Blow tube is the only option.
Fred

Hi Gert: The 200yd detail was hopeless: I shot it at 1:45 on the Saturday after our club secretary had shot in the morning. He failed to hit the target with his Snider and only had one scoring shot with his Francotte Martini. The wind was terrible, gusting and changing direction all the time. My first sighter was a three, the second a miss and the detail continued like this. Half way through we had to stop shooting because a stag and a doe charged across the range just below the target number boards. Two minutes later they came back the other way. I finished with a magnificent score of 9, which was good enough for second place as only one other competitor submitted his score card!
Sunday was better: Ishot the 100yd off-hand Rook Rifle on Stickledown butt zero and won it with my .360 no5 Rodda Martini.
Regards,
Fred

Gert: Scores are on the NRA web site---click somewhere in the middle.
Fred

Joe: Go to (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) and look down the middle of the home page---you will see the Trafalgar Results heading. It is rather complex--there are 43 pages of results, some comps with many competitors and some with only one or two score cards submitted.
The more popular comps usualyy involve Lee Enfield rifles. 25 years ago you could buy a good SMLE for less than £10, but they fetch real money now.
Fred

    when you wipe, do you use a slotted patch holder or a pointed jag, thanks, Hank?

Fred,

Found 'em - thanks.

Gert