CASA 10/07/2012 Silhouette Match Report

[Scotchmo]

CASA (California Airgun Shooters Association)

I was asked to write the match report for the first silhouette match that I have ever participated in. After going 0/8 in the offhand shots at the 2012 National FT Championships in Oregon, I decided I would put the effort into learning offhand. And silhouette is all about offhand shooting. Hector Alfaro had volunteered to conduct a class/seminar after the match. That was the tipping point that got me to do a silhouette match. I was the only newbie silhouette shooter so I actually got one on one tutoring between shooting each set of targets. We had six shooters and calm winds. We each shot two rounds (40 targets per session). Some of us just rifles, and others, both rifle and pistol:

NAME   SESSION   CLASS   RIFLE   SCOPE   PELLET   SCORE
Hector Alfaro   1   Open   USFT   Premium Optics 20-50   CPH 10.5   35
Jorge Sanchez   1   Open   USFT   Leupold 35x   JSB .22   23
Jorge Sanchez   2   Open   USFT   Leupold 35x   JSB .22   19
Tim McMurray   1   Open   USFT   ?   ?   18
Scott Hull   1   Sporter   TF58   UTG 3-12x44   JSB 7.87   15
Scott Hull   2   Sporter   TF87   UTG 3-12x44   Beeman 10.2   12
Linzie Boise   1   Open   ?   ?   ?   11
Zim Ziegler   1   Open   USFT   Weaver Kaspa   JSB 10.3   10

NAME   SESSION   CLASS   PISTOL   SCOPE   PELLET   SCORE
Hector Alfaro   2   Open   Styer LPM-1   Leupold 24x   ?   38
Jim Ziegler   2   Open   LD   Nikko   JSB .22   25
Tim McMurray   2   Open   ?   ?   ?   17
Linzie Boise   2   Open   ?   ?   ?   15

I shot my trusty 12fpe TF58 piston gun in the first session. I have a 20fpe TF87 piston gun that I have wanted to try in the winds at Heavens Ranch. I decided to test it out here first. It shot OK in session 2, but after the match, I went back to the bipod to try and confirm the zero for next week’s Field Target match. It was all over the place again. I was suspecting the scope the last time that I was trying to hold the zero, but maybe it just does not like to be rested on a bipod or shooting sticks.

The silhouette matches will give me a consistent series of targets to shoot offhand. So it should help me improve and track my offhand progress this year. And that goal is high on my list right now.

-Scott Hull

PS - the formatting does not carry over well. Next time, I'll try it another way.