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Blu Balls 2019 at the Mass Rifle Association

Another Blue Balls match is in the books. The day started at a managable 30f but quickly warmed up to a reasonable 40f by the time we started. 

The course of fire consisted of 20 shots at 10yd with a pistol, 25yd, and 15 shots at 50yd with a rifle. The targets for the first two relays were wintergreen mints, and the third relay were 1.5" disks cut from a dowel. 

Here are some pictures and score card:

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Thanks for pictures John. It was lot of fun. Leo took 5 points lead on pistol match and tied Matt on rifle portion for overall top spot. He signed big blue ball and will keep it for a year, when time for new competitors will be presented to claim it next year.

Also, he did it with a Springer, beating all PCP guys. He and Matt had a shoot off with rifles. They were shooting small ice breaker tablets at 50 yards off hand and hitting them about half the time.
 
Enjoyed shooting the match but my left arm was aching badly after the shoot off with Matt.

20 shots at 11 yards with a pistol at 7/8 inch diameter breath mints. Got 12 out of 20.

20 shots at 28-29 yards with a rifle at 7/8 inch diameter breath mints. Got 14 out of 20.

15 shots at 50 yards with a rifle at 1 1/2 inch diameter wood discs. Got 10 out of 15.

20 shots at 50 yards with a rifle at 7/8 inch diameter breath mints. Shoot off against Matt for high rifle score. He shot 8 and I got only 7.

It was a long day of off-hand shooting. Happy to do it again next year.

For now, I am the keeper of the “Blue Ball of Fame”.