Britt Robinson
World renowned Hall Of Fame Shotgun Trap shooter Britt Robinson.occasionally tries his hand at Benchrest Competition.
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Several years ago, at the urging of a friend,I traveled to Midland,Tx to shoot a GCR Match. I remember because one day of the shoot (Sunday) fell on the fourth of July. Midland,Tx is about 350 miles west of Dallas,Tx. A boring drive consisting of mostly flat farm land,cattle Ranches and Oil Fields. I drove my almost new Ford F-250 diesel Truck. Got 12 miles a gallon until I stopped at A Ford Dealership and replaced a clogged up air filter. Diesels don’t work too good without air.
I was a little excited about the trip, because I had recently purchased a set of Rick Graham Wind flags to help me get a handle on “the talked about” winds at Midland.
We arrived at the Midland Range around noon on Friday, In time for an afternoon of practice/tuning and getting acquainted. I had a used rifle(Sporter) built by Cecil Tucker on a Stiller Viper Action with Shilen Barrel. A Custom paint job with Logo “K-MART” Blue light special, Just for laughs.
We got Bench assignments late Friday afternoon. Early the next day,Saturday, I started setting out my Rick Graham Wind Flags in preparation for the upcoming 100 yd match. I was down range when a fellow walked up to me and introduced himself as Britt Robinson. First time I’d ever laid eyes on Britt Robinson. Never even heard the name before. Britt informed me that we would be sharing a bench and that he was on second relay. He asked me whose flags were we going to use. Of course that struck me kinda strange since I had already set up my new Flags. Incidentally, We both shoot right handed.
Without hesitation,Britt said, we’re gonna use my flags. I go ‘what”. Said this to myself. Britt continued. ‘You will like my Flags’.
We proceeded to replace each of my flags with his home made ones. He was sitting at the Bench,yelling instructions to me as to where he wanted his flags positioned. I haven’t been yelled at like that since I was in Army Basic training.
Britt's flags looked like they came from an elementary School Art Class. They Had huge vanes with painted Styrofoam balls glued on the front end. The tails looked like they were made from (unobtainium) Ostrich feathers. One of the Styrofoam balls fell off while he was setting up his flags. He glued it back. When he finally got his flags set up, he told me to shoot when the tails were fluttering at a certain angle.
By now,my expectations of having a good day at the range have dwindled. I was also a little pissed. How could these strange looking flags work?
When the cease fire was called at the end of the yardage,it was announced that I had won. Britt followed with a yardage win, I don’t remember whether it was 100 or 200. At that point,I started thinking. It must be the flags.
I tried making some of Britt’s flags ,from his instructions .but I could never get it right. I will never forget that experience. This is the kinda stuff that keeps you coming back for more.
Glenn
World renowned Hall Of Fame Shotgun Trap shooter Britt Robinson.occasionally tries his hand at Benchrest Competition.
http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrT...itt.html/RK=0/RS=L.Xsd6o3kAHS1zxspOYjnxPEad8-
Several years ago, at the urging of a friend,I traveled to Midland,Tx to shoot a GCR Match. I remember because one day of the shoot (Sunday) fell on the fourth of July. Midland,Tx is about 350 miles west of Dallas,Tx. A boring drive consisting of mostly flat farm land,cattle Ranches and Oil Fields. I drove my almost new Ford F-250 diesel Truck. Got 12 miles a gallon until I stopped at A Ford Dealership and replaced a clogged up air filter. Diesels don’t work too good without air.
I was a little excited about the trip, because I had recently purchased a set of Rick Graham Wind flags to help me get a handle on “the talked about” winds at Midland.
We arrived at the Midland Range around noon on Friday, In time for an afternoon of practice/tuning and getting acquainted. I had a used rifle(Sporter) built by Cecil Tucker on a Stiller Viper Action with Shilen Barrel. A Custom paint job with Logo “K-MART” Blue light special, Just for laughs.
We got Bench assignments late Friday afternoon. Early the next day,Saturday, I started setting out my Rick Graham Wind Flags in preparation for the upcoming 100 yd match. I was down range when a fellow walked up to me and introduced himself as Britt Robinson. First time I’d ever laid eyes on Britt Robinson. Never even heard the name before. Britt informed me that we would be sharing a bench and that he was on second relay. He asked me whose flags were we going to use. Of course that struck me kinda strange since I had already set up my new Flags. Incidentally, We both shoot right handed.
Without hesitation,Britt said, we’re gonna use my flags. I go ‘what”. Said this to myself. Britt continued. ‘You will like my Flags’.
We proceeded to replace each of my flags with his home made ones. He was sitting at the Bench,yelling instructions to me as to where he wanted his flags positioned. I haven’t been yelled at like that since I was in Army Basic training.
Britt's flags looked like they came from an elementary School Art Class. They Had huge vanes with painted Styrofoam balls glued on the front end. The tails looked like they were made from (unobtainium) Ostrich feathers. One of the Styrofoam balls fell off while he was setting up his flags. He glued it back. When he finally got his flags set up, he told me to shoot when the tails were fluttering at a certain angle.
By now,my expectations of having a good day at the range have dwindled. I was also a little pissed. How could these strange looking flags work?
When the cease fire was called at the end of the yardage,it was announced that I had won. Britt followed with a yardage win, I don’t remember whether it was 100 or 200. At that point,I started thinking. It must be the flags.
I tried making some of Britt’s flags ,from his instructions .but I could never get it right. I will never forget that experience. This is the kinda stuff that keeps you coming back for more.
Glenn
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