A few pictures of the Nevada State Match at Battle Mountain

Nice pictures John .... A MOST Gnarly environment for an FT match .... PLUS we got to practice further shooting Mormon Crickets !!

Was nice to meet you and spend some time with this great group at a very unique venue .



Scott S

Wow, that looks awesome. did you guys had to walk from station to station? Man, it's beautiful out there.

Looks like many of the lanes were pretty steep. Did that make for a lot of misses? What method do you guys use to make angle corrections?

I had noted a couple lanes in the 30 to 33* degree angle range. Generally 0-20* your good as range found ... greater than that you start reducing hold distance with an @ 15-18% reduction from measured at @ 30* to actual what you need to shoot. COMPOUNDED by the fact there are some crazy updraft and downdrafts pending where in the canyon the shots are made. It is very likely the Most dynamic & difficult field target experience one could or would ever shoot.

one end of course to the other ... guessing @ 1/4 mile



Scott S

14 lanes and yes, walking from one to the next.

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John, glad to see you made it. Great photos. Looks like a fantastic place for FT. Maybe next year I'll give it a try...... if Uber provides service out that far. LOL Can't wait to see the match report. 

Take care my friend.

Gary
Venice, FL

Realy nice landscape, looking forward for the report,

Looks hot?! 

Temps and difficulty.

Great idea to shoot photos when we were pullling targets. Really gives some idea of what the canyon looks like.

Dana

When we arrived at the match, crickets, really millions of them. We were in the middle of a large Mormon Cricket migration which happens every several years. They are cannibals and devour any wounded brothers. Great fun to shoot, you hit a couple and you create a bait pile that attracts them like flies to honey. Only concern was I almost shot up all the pellets I brought with me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-inu_n19XA

John, it was great to see you again. So glad you could make the match, it is one of a kind 

Jim in Sacramento

John, that is a great video. That is the behavior we saw all weekend, they are a wild and aggressive insect. Glad they don't find human flesh tasty.

Jim in Sacramento

Here are the scores... Let me know if you see any errors.



PISTON RIFLE- WFTF

1. CAMERON K. 19/17-36

2. ADAM B. 19/10-29



PCP RIFLE- WFTF:

1. RIZ M. 39/41-80

2. MIKE N. 38/41-79

3. JOHN E. 28/29-57

4. DANA W. 26/27-53

5. RANDY E. 26/26-52



PCP RIFLE- HUNTER:

1. CHRIS L. 44/43-87

2. SCOTT H. 43/41-84

3. SCOTT S. 36/45-81

4. LONNIE S. 38/31-69

5. JOHN K. 34/34-68

6. JIM C. 29/38-67

7. AL P. 23/36-59

8. WAYNE B. 30/15-45



PCP RIFLE- OPEN

1. JIM W. 36/39-75

2. CHRIS M. 32/34-66

3. VINCE P. 24/34-58

4. PAT C. 29/27-56

5. LARRY P. 22/25-47

6. RON J. 24/21-45



PCP PISTOL- HUNTER

1. MIKE N. 37

2. WAYNE B. 30

3. SCOTT S. 30

4. LONNIE S. 27

5. RANDY E. 25

6. SCOTT H. 22

6. JOHN K. 22

8. VINCE P. 19



PCP PISTOL- LIMITED

1. CAMERON K. 35

2. DANA W. 34

3. RIZ M. 31



PCP PISTOL- OFFHAND

1. JOHN E. 3

Very nice Pics @John_in_Ma, another epic road trip or did you fly out?