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DaveMc wrote:

bruce moulds wrote:adam,
while they seem to get it easy up there, it still takes good guns, good ammo, good holding and good squeezing to get some of those scores.
there is also an obvious familiarity with the conditions by some.
then you get that bit of luck over the others occasionally when the good lord himself makes paths for all your bullets.
it will be noticed however that some people seem to have better communication with the lord than others.
keep safe,
bruce.

Aaahh now you get the picture Bruce. We do call it gods country up here!

Hmmmmm interested concept. .. . Maybe we should stop cursing god with these conditions and make an offering or name some sort of county after him?!?

bruce moulds wrote:adam,
while they seem to get it easy up there, it still takes good guns, good ammo, good holding and good squeezing to get some of those scores.
there is also an obvious familiarity with the conditions by some.
then you get that bit of luck over the others occasionally when the good lord himself makes paths for all your bullets.
it will be noticed however that some people seem to have better communication with the lord than others.
keep safe,
bruce.

Agreed Bruce! You need a very very good set up and technique to shoot scores like that!
Its hard to tune a rifle/ develop a technique to that degree when you don't have weather that is conducive to highlighting equipment and technique issues.

Any equipment list ?? would be interesting Chop.

Chopper wrote:Any equipment list ?? would be interesting Chop.

Chop, we will just need a day to put the Equipment List together properly so that Alan can the publish it. I will get onto it tomorrow night. It bloody amazing how little spare time is actually available, especially on days like today where we had to pick up one of the two ranges that we lost yesterday.
I have given most F Open and about half the F TR shooters a form asking for full details, and most have been very good in filling out the detail. We might have to "name and shame" those who don't cooperate !
Tony

Hello again,

It was along hard day today - 5 ranges as promised. But at the risk of offending the "our range is tougher than yours" brigades, I thought the conditions were pretty tame. But then Belmont has been a lot tougher at some other recent Queens.

Another magnificent effort from Dave Mac - I think F-Open may have its own version of James Corbett. Normally I would say that anyone within say 6 points of the lead has a chance with a 900 and 1000 in the morning, but I reckon if we'd had a Calcutta tonight, it would be almost a one horse race, such is the form that Dave is in. But it ain't over till its over - a few of us will be hanging in there waiting to pounce in the unlikely event that Dave miscalculates.

Here's a few photos of various suspicious looking characters seen by Linda Shehan lurking around the range today :





Back tomorrow avo for the post mortem.

Alan

Hello all.

Final results : I can only give you F-Open top 10 (unofficial) :

Dave McNamara 538.50
Mark Fairbairn 534.46
Marty Lobert 532.52
Richard Braund 530.49
Barry Lewis 530.44
Cam McEwan 529.25
Stuart Braund 527.29
Julie McEwan 526.32
Ben Ferrara 526.28
Rod Davies 525.47

More later.

Alan

Just back from the presentation.

F/TR Shane Green
F-Std Wayne Latham
TR A Grade Geoff Grenfell

This was a very good F-Open Queens, with probably the highest standard of shooting at any event to date. The highlight for me was watching Dave McNamara shoot last at the 1000 yard range, finishing with 7 straight Xs. Also today, very good aggs for the Braund bros and Cameron, and a few other very good hits. The badges for F-Open were increased to 9 (from the original 4), so all the way down to Ben Ferrara will get one.

Final results still not up on the NRAA website- there were a few hiccups with scores.

Alan

Congratulations Dave, Wayne And Shane
Well done.
Cheers
Paul

Well done to all the winners, sounds like a fine display of shooting

Well done to all the winners and those that had a go. Sounds like a great Queens.

A few photos from Belmont
Daryl Barlow (Ipswich) , Cameron McEwan (Dalby) and Marty Lobert (Cairns) waiting for Mr McNamara from Cairns to shoot


Matt Paroz had a good hit at the 800 yds range in the lead event



Dave McNamara from Cairns, with ozfclass webmaster Alan Fraser


Fickle Belmont winds


Paroz and McNamara side by side at the final 900 stage


USA bound Nikki Slee and Julie McEwan are seen here scoring on the 900 yard line


Australian FCWC Vice Captain Rod Davies from Cessnock NSW chasing the X's

The following are links to 3 x short Youtube videos showing the different styles of 3 well known F Open shooters
Dave McNamara handling recoil at Belmont

http://youtu.be/lIMSHdGXQvU

Alan Fraser and 284 Shehane
http://youtu.be/mzB2TDdZOtA

Matt Paroz with his 280 AI
http://youtu.be/XhYqnjy17XA

That's a very interesting stock Alan has got on his rifle. Nice price if engineering.

nice photos guys.
a noticable feature is a lot more grey or no hair and wrinkles than i expected.
shooting must be a very stressful passtime!
keep safe,
bruce.

shaun,
have you seen it up close?
keep safe,
bruce.