Finally shot my first CMP Garand match

[John Kepler]

Shooting full distance 600 is nice and definitely a challenge, but never think there's nothing to learn at the shorter distances.

Maury

Absolutely, and I really didn't mean to imply otherwise. It's just that it is very difficult to learn "wind doping" on the short-lines and have it meaningfully translate out to "real" ranges, particularly when the conditions are "challenging" (you know what I'm talking about Maury). At the end of the day ANY shooting is better than no shooting, ragardless of the course-of-fire.

I'll admit to being spoiled....I have a large number of full ranges available to me within very reasonable driving distance (within 2 hours drive), including the small club in Gibsonburg OH I've been a member of for the last 25 years and change (that's 15 minutes from my home)...not to mention Camp Perry about the same distance east.

[dzelenka]

Phillip,

That is too bad about the match. I also heard that the across the course match scheduled at Beaumont Saturday was canceled due to lack of interest. In part the Burns range has lower attendance due to Palo Alto which is both closer to the majority of the shooters who used Burns and a much better facility. We shot a 3 x 600 at Palo Alto on Saturday and had about 35 shooters. We shoot across the course on the 3rd Saturday of the month (September 18th). You really need to come to Palo Alto. The match there has never been canceled due to lack of interest. A match director will be there even in bad weather. We don't want any shooters showing up to an empty range.

Contact me if you are interested and I will give you directions.

Also, the LA state championship and an EIC match are set for the third weekend of October. It is always a good match. The AMU is talking about sending a few guys. (they bring a team to all of our regionals).You should try and make it.

Dan