The main trouble with the electronic targets seems to be the heat! By 10 am, as the temp approaches 45C, they start to become erratic and some fail. Today, for the 900 and 1000 yard practice, shooting started an hour earlier at 8 am. That allowed most people to get through without incident.
With the single firing point, the targets have to be moved when a range distance changes. In spite of large numbers of local labour, that is a slow process. Hence, for the compeitions which get underway tomorrow, it has been decided: firstly, to start at 7 am (!); secondly, to fire all the ranges at given distance on one day. Hence, tomorrow, will be 300 yards, Wednesday 500 yards and so on. The order of events will be The Pairs and Badge Matches (10 shots), Stage I (7 shots) and Stage II (10 shots). What this means is that no event will be completed until the 1000 yards is fired on Saturday. But I'll try to bring you interim scores. It's possible that information may also appear on the Sius Ascor web site - Sius are the makers of the target system.
Otherwise, it continues very hot, with no relief in sight at all. I've been quite busy re-doing the squadding for the above events. But from now, with shooting finished each day before 10 am, perhaps there will be some chance of getting out a bit. The heat however serves as a considerable disincentive!
http://results.sius.com/ is the online results.
ReplyDeleteA bit confusing, but can sort of follow things. Doesn't seem like a lot of shooters there, though many names I recognize as topnotch Palma shooters.