Luther remains to be the strangest place I know of to shoot. I arrived a bit late and had to hurry to get some sighters in. I didn't even have time to put out flags, but there were plenty to read. Boy did it look like it was going to be a trigger pulling contest. There was vurtially no wind, just a slight breeze, maybe 3-5 and would hold for several shots. I thoght this is going to be a cake walk, no wind to speak of. But I am beginning to think that Luther is located in one of those areas called a Vortex. Where normal worldly laws do not apply. In spite of the excellent wind conditions there were only a few very excellent groups shot. Of course the most experienced and tested shooters did the best but there were some strange happenings. Darrel Lokar as usual shot good with a 0.2018 agg. I am beginning to think there is a honey hole at Luther and it depends on the conditions. Rex Reneau abd his crew as usual ran a fast passed and good match. We shot two relays in the same time we usually shot one relay. By the time I got cleaned and reloaded about 10 rounds it was "shooters to the line". One thru 10 was as follows....
#1 Lokar...0.2508"",...
#2 Joe Hargdine...0.305",.....
#3 Don Creach....0.3132".....
#4 Rex Reneau..0.3262",.....
#5 Chuck Nelson....0.3281"......
#6 Larry Kuse....0.3305".....
#7 Dee Meyes......0.3344"........
#8 Dennis Wagner.....0.3449"........
#9 Larry Scharnhorst.....0.0.3558".....
#10 Dewane Stafford.....0.3626".
How Rex runs the match and shoots too I will never understand. I will not comment on where I finished but it was not last, but by just a few places. As usual it was elbows and a$$holes trying to get ready to shoot. But a good time was had by all even if we didn't have much time to visit. At least this time I only went to the line with one round that had a primer seated upside down. Hey, I am getting better. For those that have not shot Luther, I suggest you come up or down an test your abilities against what Mike Ratigan calls the Benchrest Hell Hole. Hope I got all the aggs correct, if not sorry about that.................Donald
. As for the "Honey Holes" Don speaks of... in my opinion that would be the east side (Bench 16 - 30 right hand side), but I have seen many shooter's do quite well on the on the west side benches (15- 2). However, I will just say that if I ever meet the man/woman who walks to the line at Luther, OK..., sits down with good to fair equipment an stays consistant all day long, time after time, I would consider them the king/queen of Luther in my book.