Camp Maria Yelm WA. USARB June 9th 2018 Match Report

[Dave Zinski]

On June 9th 2018 the seven shooters that came to shoot at the match at Camp Maria found out first hand why I named the range Camp Maria! It sits west of Mt. Rainier and the base of the Cascade foothills with the Nisqually river on the north within a few miles. Just to the south lies the Deschutes river Vail, Bald hills and the Skookumchuck river. To the west, north west is the Puget Sound, Olympic Rain Forest
and Hood Canal. To the west, south, southwest is the Capital Forest, Black river and the Pacific Ocean. The Yelm Washington area is at the highest point of elevation on the rail road line between Seattle Washington and Portland Oregon. To the poor shooter at this range it stands for a lot of bad winds of every kind. Out west they call this kind of winds MARIA.
Camp Maria 6/9/2018
Relay 1 25 meters outdoors
Name Class Equipment target 1 x's target 2 x's target 3 x's total score total x's
Joe Attwood HV Thomas 177 Cal T1 246 6x T2 242 2x T3 246 7x 734 22x
Jim Benson HV Thomas Pistol 177Cal T1 242 6x T2 224 2x T3 227 1x 693 15x
Kim Czapiewski HV Thomas 177 Cal T1 248 6x T2 238 4x T3 238 3x 724 13x
Ryan Morrisette HV BM 500 177 Cal T1 235 8x T2 235 3x T3 235 4x 704 15x
Matt Spradlin HV RAW TM 1000 177 Cal T1 233 4x T2 236 5x T3 245 7x 714 11x
Ron Price HV Thomas 177 Cal T1 245 6x T2 244 7x T3 246 8x 735 21x
Dave Zinski HV FWB 800 FT 177 Cal T1 242 6x T2 241 4x T3 248 5x 731 15x

Relay 2 25 meters outdoors
Jim Benson HV Thomas Pistol 177 Cal T1 232 1x T2 234 5x T3 242 8x 708 14x
Kim Czapiewski HV Thomas 177 Cal T1 243 3x T2 244 4x T3 240 2x 727 9x
Ryan Morrisette HV BM 500 177 Cal T1 233 6x T2 243 6x T3 229 5x 229 17x
Matt Spradlin HV RAW TM 1000 177 Cal T1 238 3x T2 240 2x T3 233 4x 711 9X
Ron Price HV Thomas 177 Cal T1 248 12x T2 243 9x T3 240 4x 731 25x
Dave Zinski FWB 800 FT 177 Cal T1 237 2x T2 242 6x T3 238 7x 717 15x

*Note Joe Attwood only shot relay 1

Match Director: Dave Zinski
Email: dzinski@msn.com

 

[AZUARO]

That was a good size shooting crowd...Congratulations!...

It seems to be that "El Niño" or "La Niña" or some "Mars" windy conditions have affected all of us shooting outdoors so far, not many 250's and 249's to date.
We've had 5 consecutive wind storms in 2 weeks impeding any kind of shooting, then when there is no wind it rains and our winter just ended last May.

AZ

 

[Dave Zinski]

Wind and Weather

That was a good size shooting crowd...Congratulations!...

It seems to be that "El Niño" or "La Niña" or some "Mars" windy conditions have affected all of us shooting outdoors so far, not many 250's and 249's to date.
We've had 5 consecutive wind storms in 2 weeks impeding any kind of shooting, then when there is no wind it rains and our winter just ended last May.

AZ

Azuaro
Thanks, we really do have a group of good shooters here.

I find that spotting for others much easier then spotting for myself. In USARB I am spotting for myself. Here at Camp Maria the wind pattern changes much faster and more often then most ranges in the Puget Sound. You have to be good at moving fast between your wind flags with your readings and scope to have a chance for trigger time on target to make a good shot and high score. It's a dance you have to do here to shoot a good score at Camp Maria.
Dave Zinski