1,000 yard F/TR class newbie - 14 years old

[Tempest]

My son and I have been practicing for a while for an F/TR match. Sunday was his 1st match. This was his first rifle match ever, however he does shoot a lot and is a very, very good shot. So I at least thought it would not be a horrible experience. He was shooting a Savage 10BA, using 175 SMK.

We had been out to 800 yards before shooting steel but never gone this distance, he got off to a rough start. We had shot in a 15 MPH wind last time out and I don't think I came back to zero on the windage. So we wasted some ammo. After finally getting sighted in, he was shooting pretty consistent 8's, three 9's in a row, some 10's and some 6's and 7's when the wind picked up. Finally, got an X on his 2nd to last shot. The wind picked up towards the end and he did all his own windage and elevation corrections himself on the target. His best relay was 162-1X which I thought was pretty darn good for a 14 year old, 1st time at 1,000 yards! I was proud!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rylKhtP382U

[kelbro]

Pretty darn good?? I'd say that was very darn good! Congratulate that young man.

[memilanuk]

Not bad at all with a (relatively) short-barreled stick, etc. I've seen people do far, far worse.

Glad to see you have 'em doping his own wind... some ranges are rougher than others, but I'd rather see the new/young shooters have to work for it a little from the start rather than just get lucky with a 'bunny' range and then get discouraged the first time things get tough.

Tell him to keep at it, and don't worry about what other people are shooting, scores or gear. Concentrate on doing a little better each time up at the line, and figuring out what went right (and what didn't) and soon enough the scores will start taking care of themselves

[JCalhoun]

Congrats to the young man.

[lal357]

congrats to collin at his young age he will be someone to reconn with in the future.

[Tempest]

Thanks for the comments, I passed them on to him. We are doing this again soon!

[scope eye]

Quality father son time, sticks to your ribs for the rest of your life, long after you have forgotten about this day, he will remember every detail, good for you.

Dean

[earl39]

Congrats to him on the score. If he continues he will be a force to be reckoned with as unlike us old folks he can correct any problems before they become habit. Keep up the good work Collin.

[lal357]

no truer words have ever been spoken i still remember when me and my dad use to shoot ihmsa together .me and my son are doing the same shooting f class

Quality father son time, sticks to your ribs for the rest of your life, long after you have forgotten about this day, he will remember every detail, good for you.

Dean

[Tempest]

Updated with some pics.

[JCalhoun]

Coolness.

[JackinSD]

Great Job Collin!

[jam-nut]

young man u get a high 5 from me for shure keep it up & u will b a champion shooter some day, and also thanks dad 4 getting the young shooters started n such a good sport I know your proud of him

[scope eye]

One thing is for sure, I will never go shooting with you and your son, I already have low self esteem, and that's all I need a 14 year old owning me at the range. LOL

Dean

[JCalhoun]

Ha!

[scope eye]

Hey Mod it makes it worse, that you find humor in my insecurities. LOL

Dean

[Tempest]

My son is doing this again this weekend, for his 2nd time. This time we are already zeroed for 1,000. He said he's going to shoot 160 or better in every relay. He is very excited (or maybe it's me). Will post the results.

[JackinSD]

Best of luck to the young man. I will be interested to see how the lad fairs.

[SWGC JBMIII]

I have a young lady who shot my match this weekend. She will send a grown man home crying.
She is 14 years old also. I'm going to put her on a 1000 next month See how she does.
She is a cute young lady also. Her dad is a gun builder,she is setup well.We have extremely high and constantly changing winds here at Pascagoula. Every flag goes in it own direction (normal). This people, is a skilled shooter...a future Champion.
I'll try to get some pics of next time,they consider here their home range. JC, ya missed the fun, hope the floor got done.
We have been shooting 45 for score,due to problems finding components.

FO Winner Hanna Mahute 147 7x 145 3x 147 4x 439 14x
6.5 Lapua

[JCalhoun]

Congrats Hannah!

I look forward to seeing her kick y'alls rear ends on a regular basis.

[Tempest]

Forgot to update this.

Event was rained out for some. Relay 1-3 got to shoot 20 rounds. When it was 4's time, it started to pour. There was wind, lightning etc. Really sucked. The only good part was, my son got 3 sighters in these conditions. He put 2 down range. Made a 3 min correction and was on target on his 3rd shot.

Got soaking wet. Rifle, ammo gear all got soaking wet and spent 4 hrs in the car. Oh well, will try the next one.

[OLEJOE]

Congratulations to Him and yourself. I know you are very proud and I am for you both. I'm sure the whole firearms industry is glad to see good things going on. You cannot imagine how happy I am for yall.

[Tempest]

Update from yesterday:

I don't like to brag about my kids publicly but I think in this case, he deserves it.



Yesterday he shot in the ORSA match in Oak Ridge. Only 2nd time at 1,000 and 1st full match. On his 1st relay he shot a 182. Few 8's but mostly 9's and 10's. I made him a bet that when/if he ever did better than 500 total for a match, I would buy him lunch wherever he wants. After yesterday, I have to pay up. He shot a total score of 522. He got in the bullseye four times with a 522 4-X. He made all his own elevation and windage corrections. He got a tip from a paired shooter and started watching the other shooters where they were correcting.

So I am extremely proud of him and think he did a fantastic job at any age for a starter, let alone 14.

[JCalhoun]

Cool!

[OLEJOE]

Again, Congratulations !!!! I know you are mighty proud and you should be.