Another great regional completed this weekend with thanks to the 120th NYVI as hosts. The weather was just about perfect with a clear, sunny sky and cool nights.
The musket matches were 8-shooter teams with 5 competing and 2 hospital teams. The 14th VA cav took the lead from the first event and completly dominated the results. Individual match leaders were Harry A - 8 medals, Glen Rohde - 7, D Smith - 6.
NEXT SHOOT- July 9-10, Glastonbury Elks, Hosted by 1st CVI
MUSKET TEAM RESULTS:
14th VA Cav 658.1
15th CVI 890.3
4th VA Inf 923.8
10th Mass 962.0
73rd NYVI 976.4
Hosp-A 1,214.6
Hosp-B 1,524.1
CARBINE TEAM RESULTS:
15th CVI 473.3
14th VA Cav A 509.1
10th Mass A 726.1
4th VA Inf A 1,052.7
73rd NYVI 1,053.6
4th VA Inf B 1,114.1
14th VA B 1,178.9
10th Mass B 1,624.0
SMOOTHBORE TEAM RESULTS
10th Mass A 227.0
15th CVI A 233.5
14th VA B 354.2
4th VA Inf A 400.8
14th CVI 441.7
10th Mass B 483.3
14th VA Cav A 487.1
15th CVI B 605.0
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
MUSKET-50 Yrd
H Anagnostis 49-2x
D Stedman 47-1x
T Trovato 47
P Barbieri 46
D Smith 46
MUSKET-100 Yrd
P Barbieri 46-1x
G Rhode 45-1x
H Anagnostis 44-1x
M Farrell 44
M Jewett 43-1x
MUSKET AGG
H Anagnostis 93-3x
P Barbieri 92-1x
D Stedman 89-1x
CARBINE-50 Yrd
H Anagnostis 48
D Smith 46
S Tackus 44-2x
G Rohde 44-1x
M Farrell 44-1x
CARBINE-100 Yrd
H Anagnostis 46-1x
D Stedman 45-1x
T Hines 45
D Smith 44
G Rohde 42
CARBINE AGG
H Anagnostis 94-1x
D Smith 90
G Rhode 86-1x
REVOLVER-25 Yrd
H Anagnostis 48
P Orzolek 44
A La Patra 42
BREECHLOADER-50 Yrd
C Henshall 46
G Rohde 46
P Barbieri 45-1x
BREECHLOADER -100 Yrd
G Rohde 49-1x
A La Patra 44
D Smith 42
BREECHLOADER-Agg
G Rohde 95-1x
A La Patra 88-1x
D Smith 86
SMOOTHBORE-25 Yrd
M Ross 48
T Witham 47-3x
D Nelson 45-1x
SMOOTHBORE - 50 yrd
J Jewett 46
A Torday 42
T Hines 39
SMOOTHBORE AGG
J Jewett 89
A Torday 84
T Hines 80
GRAND AGGREGATE
H Anagnostis 235-4x
D Stedman 213-2x
A La Patra 200
Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Aging eyes: ongoing
After falling apart during the styrofoam cups event on Sunday morning (zero for . . . [cough] nine), I decided to make haste to my optician for some vision expertise. I can tell you that everything was a blur during that event--and I do mean EVERYTHING, targets, front sight, rear sight, everything. What concerned me most was the apparent double vision I had of the targets themselves . . . I couldn't blink them straight, I couldn't line up the front sight on a single isolated cup, nothing. That's never happened to me before. So off I went.
The optician I go to is a good one, and he's got several other customers who shoot. Half the problem he suggested was not having the right color shooting glasses to make the targets pop out of the green background a bit more. That made sense to me, so we talked about shooting glasses. We also talked about the need to focus on the front sight with my dominant (right eye). Ordinarily I've been shooting with bifocal contact lenses and clear non-prescription shooting glasses.
He suggested dropping down a diopter in my right contact lens and wearing a non-bifocal lens in that eye. He predicted that would give me good focus on the front sight at around 30 inches or thereabouts. So he gave me a couple of -3.75 lenses to try (my normal prescription is -4.75) in the right eye, with the instructions to keep my normal bifocal -4.75 in the left eye.
And I bought a pair of Bolle sport glasses with 4 different colored lens inserts: yellow, light brown, vermillion, and a polarized set for driving. These are polycarbonate so should work for shooting; he also sells the Wiley X brand but did not have any in stock, so I went with the Bolle. The idea here is to see if I can get the target image as sharp as possible against the various backgrounds and in different light conditions.
Went to the range yesterday morning before the rains came--put in the weaker contact lens in my right eye, wore the yellow lenses (cloudy conditions) in the shooting glasses, and shot 20 or so rounds at paper.
Results were encouraging: My first target put three just outside the black in one big hole; the second five shots were kind of all over; and the last ten shots put a number in the black.
Then I shot a half dozen or so shots plinking at blocks of wood against the backstop. This was the best thing I did: I probably hit 2 out of 3 shots on average for about ten shots total.
So hopefully this will be the next step in trying to figure out how to improve my musket shooting with aging eyes. The rains came a bit too quickly yesterday to shoot anymore at clays, but I'm going to make up some hanging clays to try with the vermilion lenses, which I understand really accentuate the orange. I'll let you know how that goes.
you can't hit what you can't see . . .
The optician I go to is a good one, and he's got several other customers who shoot. Half the problem he suggested was not having the right color shooting glasses to make the targets pop out of the green background a bit more. That made sense to me, so we talked about shooting glasses. We also talked about the need to focus on the front sight with my dominant (right eye). Ordinarily I've been shooting with bifocal contact lenses and clear non-prescription shooting glasses.
He suggested dropping down a diopter in my right contact lens and wearing a non-bifocal lens in that eye. He predicted that would give me good focus on the front sight at around 30 inches or thereabouts. So he gave me a couple of -3.75 lenses to try (my normal prescription is -4.75) in the right eye, with the instructions to keep my normal bifocal -4.75 in the left eye.
And I bought a pair of Bolle sport glasses with 4 different colored lens inserts: yellow, light brown, vermillion, and a polarized set for driving. These are polycarbonate so should work for shooting; he also sells the Wiley X brand but did not have any in stock, so I went with the Bolle. The idea here is to see if I can get the target image as sharp as possible against the various backgrounds and in different light conditions.
Went to the range yesterday morning before the rains came--put in the weaker contact lens in my right eye, wore the yellow lenses (cloudy conditions) in the shooting glasses, and shot 20 or so rounds at paper.
Results were encouraging: My first target put three just outside the black in one big hole; the second five shots were kind of all over; and the last ten shots put a number in the black.
Then I shot a half dozen or so shots plinking at blocks of wood against the backstop. This was the best thing I did: I probably hit 2 out of 3 shots on average for about ten shots total.
So hopefully this will be the next step in trying to figure out how to improve my musket shooting with aging eyes. The rains came a bit too quickly yesterday to shoot anymore at clays, but I'm going to make up some hanging clays to try with the vermilion lenses, which I understand really accentuate the orange. I'll let you know how that goes.
you can't hit what you can't see . . .Tuesday, June 7, 2011
More Glastonbury pics
Walt, Bob, Tom, Denise, and Rich
Al, Bernie, Mike, and Tom
Bob, Denise, Mike, Fred, Bernie
Rick Bob Denise and Walt
Bob, Denise, Walt, Mike, Fred and Bernie
Monday, June 6, 2011
Glastonbury Shoot
I have pics to upload, but I'm getting an internal error. Any suggestions?
Jon asks Tommy how much he wants for that Maynard
Jon asks Tommy how much he wants for that Maynard
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