So many things can go wrong!!

Gtown · Post by **Gtown** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:32 pm

In a sport where there are SO many variables, and so many little things that can have an impact in such a short time....all I can say is.........bloody wind!!!

Ahhhhh.....there we go....a combination of that and a beer and I feel soo much better...... :lol:

I take heart that there is always next week, and more beer tonight...

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:07 pm

I feel for you mate. It just about blew the dog off the chain down here today.
Still it was not all that bad. Using my .284, I shot a 60-6 with some home made 168gn projectiles on their first outing, so they are showing some promise.

DannyS · Post by **DannyS** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:12 pm

The wind is your friend, you just need to learn to read it, don 't make it your enemy.

bruce moulds · Post by **bruce moulds** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:17 pm

gtown,
that's why we do it. (not the beer)
some sado masochistic urge drives you on.
keep safe,
bruce.

Woody_rod · Post by **Woody_rod** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:09 pm

Shooting with no wind is like snow skiiing without snow - it just isnt the same experience.

I love wind, bring it on.

Gtown · Post by **Gtown** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:35 pm

It was the wind from hell....swinging 100 degrees in the blink of an eye. I read the flag, dropped down to the 'scope, settled recheck flag, shot, looked at flag again....80 degree wind change, 15 kph drop in speed...DAMN IT...low 4...watch the wind, feel it on my cheek, check flags, settle, check wind..shoot X Wooohoo, ok, I have it now....check flags, settle, check, shot.... UR KIDDING ME ARENT U....100 degree direction change and 9 kph INCREASE in speed.....high 5....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.........and it was only 300 yards!!

Oh well we live and learn I guess.....what doesn't kill us makes us makes other people laugh at us!!

RAVEN · Post by **RAVEN** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:49 pm

Shooting with no wind is like snow skiiing without snow - it just isnt the same experience

Woody
I have grass skied and its bloody scary would it be something like that?

Gtown were you shooting at Lower Light sounds fairly tame to me

Cause of elevation shots at that distance would be more due to technique or load issues. Not drop offs or pick-ups :roll:

RDavies · Post by **RDavies** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:45 pm

For those who like wind, it looks like you will enjoy Belmont over the next week. 40kmh winds for the week going by the forecast.

RAVEN · Post by **RAVEN** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:56 pm

give me 40K any day
as long as it blows from the same direction

bobeager · Post by **bobeager** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:27 am

This where we shoot, wind capital of NSW. See article from local paper

http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/18 ... rm/?cs=181

RAVEN · Post by **RAVEN** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:05 am

With each turbine attracting a $250 - $500,000 subsidy from electricity consumers annually, or “$325 to $650 million a year across the region,” he says the money is going into energy companies’ revenues, “essentially to support an otherwise uneconomic industry.”

Wow SA is the wind capital of Australia aren’t we lucky :oops:

South Australia is the largest producer of wind energy in Australia. Wind energy generation is variable based on the weather, so the amount of power a wind farm has the potential to generate is called installed capacity. As of August 2012, South Australia hosts 48% of the nation’s installed capacity.

I'm in the wrong business sounds like a very tasty gravy train to get on board :shock: