8 guns entered our Clays Match today.
3 in the Open Class, won by Hal Hansen with a Score of 49
2nd Open - Ken Bagley Sr. Score 35
3rd Open - Herb Shahan Score 29
5 in the Limited Class, won by Tim Walberg with a Score of 43
Tie for 2nd Limited - OJ Kimura
Scores of 38
Alan Caron
Third Limited - Jay Schoonmaker Score - 36
Welcome back to GHSC folks, and our Sunday afternoon Clays Match. Our Match Staff, comprised of our Match Director and today's Scorekeeper and Announcer, Chuck Nicodemus, along with our Arrays Impressario Chuck Treat have come up with another great one, held today in dry overcast 54degree temperatures. This week we tackle Page 3 of The Great Equalizer Series. Last week we shot at Lines, and this week we'll shoot at Squares. Mixed into the Squares are Diamonds, arrows, and triangles, so this target array series can be said to be well formed geometrically. Picture yourself in High School Geometry Class, with a gun, and let's see what the shooters saw today.
Round 1
We start with two stacked Green Standards, alternating with two stacked orange micros, then the pairs repeated, forming 2 mixed Squares. If you are shooting Open Class guns engage the orange micros, if shooting Limited Class Guns engage the Green Standards, but in either case, when (if) you break all 4 of your primary clays, head to the middle and engage and try to break the black micro in the middle.
Round 2
Round 2 is easy to describe. Just take Round 1 and switch around the stacked pairs.
Find your primary 4, break them, and then engage and try to break the black micro in the middle.
Round 3
Here we see the 4 Green Standards forming a square, and the 4 orange micros forming a diamond inside the square. According to your handgun class of choice, engage your 4 Primaries, and then it's on to the black micro in the middle.
Round 4
Now the 4 orange micros surround the 4 Green Standards. Pick out your 4 Primaries, break them, and then on to the black micro in the middle.
Round 5
Here we see an arrow inside an arrow. The 4 orange micros and the 4 Green Standards each form their own arrow, and they are piggybacked, and both arrows aim inward to the black micro in the middle. Pick our your arrow, break your 4 primaries, and then follow the arrows to the black micro in the middle.
At the end of regulation play, we have some winners. In the Open Class, with a score of 49, is this reporter Hal Hansen. As was told to me by Ken Bagley Sr. today, I was my own worst enemy. After having gone straight through the first 4 rounds, on the first relay of the 5th round, one of the orange micros was still hanging on the screen, apparently untouched.
Well, 4 is almost as good as 5, so I shot it again. While puzzling about my "miss" during the resetting of the target screens, Ken Bagley Sr. approached me and told me I had already hit the orange micro in question once, so why did I shoot it again? Not seeng the tiny .22cal hole in the orange micro, I just simply shot it again. By Golly, it broke that time. Well Hotshot, I'll bring you a carrot today, and hope for a victory lap in the future.
2nd Open was claimed by Ken Bagley Sr. with a score of 35, and 3rd Open belonged to Herb Shahan with a score of 29.
In the limited Class today, Tim Walberg took the honors with a score of 43. We had a tie for 2nd Limited between OJ Kimura & Alan Caron, both with scores of 38. Jay Schoonmaker took 3rd Limited with a score of 36.
No Ladies showed up to shoot today, so we had no Ladies Class. Well, maybe next week. Come on out and shoot Clays on Sunday afternoons ladies. You add a bit of charm to an otherwise staid group.
Next week we'll look at Page 4, with even more challenges, so practice hard. When you are practicing always remember:
"IT'S ALL ABOUT SIGHT PICTURE AND TRIGGER SQUEEZE,
THE REST IS JUST THERE TO CONFUSE YOU."
Hal
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