First thing to say, while it might be far away (at the moment), it's a fabulous range.
Lovely lawns, proper brick clubhouse with ladies and gents toilets, hot and cold running water and a lot of different ranges for several different disciplines.
We had to leave here early to get down there for a reasonable hour, so it was on the road around 8 or so and down there for 11, after getting some epic breakfast rolls in the town. And yes, they do deserve a special mention :D
We got started with the shooting on our own little private range around 12 or so, with Pete, Aisling and Dave taking the first slots. Myself and Conor took the second lot.
Myself and Conor in position for our first detail.
My full position, complete with new jacket. Perfect fit :)
While we were beginning our details, on the other range, people started to finish up... The phrase, "bloody students" may have been uttered once or twice, but all in good fun :D
There were no wind flags put out, which is probably just as well as I may have been tempted to look at them once or twice. Ignoring the wind seemed to work very well, any shots out I can put down to myself. The first card was pretty spot on, a few points off but nothing huge. The second one was where problems arose. I got down slightly wrong which caused a lot of pain in my left arm which I stupidly chose to ignore. That probably cost me a good ten points. The end of that card after a reset and the third one were pretty good as well though, leaving a final score of 579. So, room for improvement, but it's more of a consistency thing which is easy to work on. Roll on 590!
Photos courtesy of Aisling Miller, DURC's current smallbore photographer :)
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