A little cowboy action today

[rbertalotto]

Shootout At Sawyers Flats, Harvard Massachusetts Tri State Championship

http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/cow ... -1499.html

[M. M. Wright]

I love it when a good plan comes together. Especially when it's a clean stage.

[AJMD429]

Loved seeing that. Hopefully someday I'll get a better schedule (working 75-80 hours/week now) and can get into something like that.

Thanks for posting...!

[Griff]

Loved seeing that. Hopefully someday I'll get a better schedule (working 75-80 hours/week now) and can get into something like that.

Thanks for posting...!

I'm with ya Doc! Congrats Roy!

[rbertalotto]

This is only my second year and I'm here to tell ya... EASILY the most fun I've ever had in the shooting sports! The banquet last night was great fun and I won a side match award...."Pocket Pistol Accuracy"...won with a vintage S&W model #1 in 38S&W.... I have a chance of getting into the shoot offs if I do fairly well today. Wish me luck!

[Daisyman]

I AIN'T gittin' in no shootin' match with YOU! Nice work!

[rbertalotto]

So...How did I do you might ask...Well, I had a very good weekend....I won 1st place in the Pistol Accuracy side match and came in third in my category in the main match. And I got selected to shoot in the grand finale "Shoot Off"...Something I'd never done. To get into the Shoot Offs you needed to score quite high in the rankings. Names are put into a hat and three person teams are selected. One person shoots rifle, one revolvers and one shotgun. I was asked to shoot revolvers and we went at it! This is a side by side, man on man match. Shoot your guns, run back and tag the next member of your team, he (she) shoots the next firearm and then tags the last person. The final shot is on a target that will fall first if your team is the fastest. Amazing how fast three people can shoot 10 rifle rounds, ten pistol rounds and four shotgun rounds! My team won the first two matches but were bested on the third match.....This was easily the most intense shooting I ever did. Your team is depending on you. The pressure was intense. The next regional, three day meet is in Pemi New Hampshire....Can't Wait!

[Ysabel Kid]

That is awesome! Looks like a TON of FUN!!!

[Griff]

So...How did I do you might ask...Well, I had a very good weekend....I won 1st place in the Pistol Accuracy side match and came in third in my category in the main match. And I got selected to shoot in the grand finale "Shoot Off"...Something I'd never done. To get into the Shoot Offs you needed to score quite high in the rankings. Names are put into a hat and three person teams are selected. One person shoots rifle, one revolvers and one shotgun. I was asked to shoot revolvers and we went at it! This is a side by side, man on man match. Shoot your guns, run back and tag the next member of your team, he (she) shoots the next firearm and then tags the last person. The final shot is on a target that will fall first if your team is the fastest. Amazing how fast three people can shoot 10 rifle rounds, ten pistol rounds and four shotgun rounds! My team won the first two matches but were bested on the third match.....This was easily the most intense shooting I ever did. Your team is depending on you. The pressure was intense. The next regional, three day meet is in Pemi New Hampshire....Can't Wait!

Once at a match in Raton, NM, we had 6 person teams for all states represented at a "National Shootout"... the top shooter from each of the several categories (had to include at least one woman & one Jr. shooter, to represent "your state" in the State v. State Shootoff. Talk about pressure, figurin' out who was using the rifle, pistol & shotgun, was near to strategizing for WWIII! Certainly, to listen to the other folks from your State it mighta been MORE important! IIRC, there were more than 10 targets out there per shooter, so reloading was a skill that was prized. After all that, the final came down to .022 seconds between 1st and 2nd.