Pinnacle Mountain's WICKED COLD & WINDY Results!

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Dave Shattuck

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All I can say is: the conditions ate most of us alive - that is other than for Dan, and even he had his moments.

With the forecast having called for rain in the A.M., then clearing in the P.M. with winds picking up throughout the day, we were all a bit surprised to have the rains stop just before we got to the range. But (and isn't there always a "BUT"), for what ended up appearing to be a beautiful, sunny day near the end of April, yesterday sure did end up being so wicked cold (didn't reach 40° until after noon) and windy (when factoring in the 15 to 30MPH wind it felt one Hell of a lot colder) it was somewhat miserable all the way around. It didn't take long before the Arthritis in my hands flared up to the point of limiting me to only shoot the first set of 3 targets before the pain reached a point of not making it fun any longer, which has carried over into today. So I'll let the others fill in the rest of the blanks. Anyway....

The Results:
LV
Dan Brown: 244-7x, 242-7x, 241-4x = 727-18x
Todd Banks: 242-5x, 238-7x, 234-3x = 714-15x
Pete Wass: 238-3x, 236-2x, 226-1x = 700-6x
Pete Wass: 227-2x, 236-8x, 236-5x = 699-15x
Paul Bendix: 236-1x, 231-2x, 229-2x = 696-5X
HV
Todd Banks: 242-5x, 238-4x, 238-2x = 718-11x
Dave Shattuck: 235-4x, 238-7x, 217-2x = 690-13x
Paul Bendix: 225-4x, 225-1x, 219-1x = 669-6x
OPEN
Dan Brown: 240-10x, 238-5x, 241-7x = 719-22x

Our next match @ Pinnacle won't be until late September, so things could be much of the same thing all over again. And then will come our October match when the foliage may be the best part of the day. That is, unless the wind has blown all the leaves off the trees.

Until then,

Dave Shattuck
 
It is never easy at Pinnacle. I think the best conditions that I've shot there was the snow storm a few years ago. Yesterday was definitely one of the worst days. I had six hand warmers in my clothes, two jackets, and wind breakers top and bottom and I still froze.
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Thanks for running the match Dave.
Dan
 
Dave,
As much as the conditions sucked, I still enjoyed the day...other than the shooting part! Wish it was possible to schedule more matches at Pinnacle when the weather is better, but we'll take what we can get.
Todd
 
George,

On my worse target, the 217, there were 3 shots in particular that truly pointed that out.

With the first shot I had gotten an X by holding the vertical on the outer edge of the 5 ring, so I figured if things repeated, why not go there again.
A few shot later it appeared that same condition had returned, so back out I go. Problem was, this time around things were a bit more extreme and drove the shot all the way across to the other side just catching the outer edge of the opposite 5 ring. Okay!
Now comes the third time with this same big condition coming back, so out I go - again. Only this time, just as I squeezed the shot off there was another major condition change which hung me out to dry as the stupid shot landed right exactly where I had my crosshairs - for a 5 point drop.
By the way, I was shooting 16grn .22's in HV Class for all 3 targets.
It was fun!

Dave Shattuck
 
This is benchrest at it´s best, You don´t need to weigh the pellets, light and heavy diablos both go wrong anyway:D
 
All smiles before the match.

David,
Thanks for running the match. Boy did we screw up not using the inside benches!!!
All smiles before the match. Thanks Dan for all the hand warmers.


Dan's HV FX Twin



I didn't get feeling in my right hand until later that night.

Still had a Great time.

Paul
 
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