National Queens F-Open Blog

[bartman007]

...but I think people are scared to come over and give it a go.

Ah Paul, I think you may be right.

My biggest concerns are around securing the rifle to the mound so that it doesn't blow away, and being able to get back into town when the road starts to get a tad slushy

Apart from that, it can be an honest range as the flags are not impeded by tree's, buildings and the like! So what you see is what you get!

[ecomeat]

I think Lower Light just came to Brisbane
Some results...not in order......from 900 yards
Marty Lobert 60-4
Matt Paroz 55-1
Dave McNamara 59.4
Cam McEwan 57-5
Ben Lazarus 56-1
Kelvin Bell 58.2
Julie McEwan 59-6
Jason Mayer 59-5
Rod Davies 56-3
Mark Fairbairn 56-2
Stuart Braund 58-2
Richard Braund 59-2
John Tracey 55-1
Alan Fraser 57-3
C Hodges 58-4
Bob Kinnear 57-2
Jenni Hausler 58-4

[bruce moulds]

the scores suggest lower light on a good day.
keep safe,
bruce.

[Matt P]

Bruce
Maybe should come and shoot at these easy ranges, imagine how well you'd go !!!

Matt P

[bruce moulds]

matt,
you guys come down here & see how we all go.
lower light is only called the house of pain for 1 reason.
keep safe,
bruce.

[ecomeat]

I have had to scoot for home....Some cleaning and reloading to do.
Alan will hopefully be able to pick up here and run with the 1000 yds results, and the Aggregate etc
Tony

[AlanF]

Evening all,

In case you haven't discovered it, the results are being posted on the NRAA Home page https://www.nraa.com.au/ under the Other Info and Promos heading.

It was another nice day today. Conditions were were quite challenging at times even though windspeed rarely got above light, but it was coming from in front, and occasionally flopping over. Even a slight increase in windspeed was resulting in 5s at 6 o'clock at times. But there was some magnificent shooting with a couple of 60.10s at 800 from Matt P and Cam McE respectively, and a great daily agg from Dave Mac dropping only two and finishing with a fast 60.7 at 1000. Marty was unlucky to be pipped after his 120.13 from the first two ranges. In the Presidents, a good win to Mark Fairbairn, with Matt Paroz in second. Good to see Kel Bell near the sharp end too - I reckon Kel would have shot more F-Open Queens than anyone over the years.

Thanks again Tony Berry for helping out with reports and photos and that equipment list is going to be very interesting.

They reckon we might get rain tomorrow - let's hope its not enough to affect the program.

Back tomorrow night.

Alan

[Chopper]

Well Done , Tony Berry , Chop.

[DaveMc]

the scores suggest lower light on a good day.
keep safe,
bruce.

Bruce to be quite honest this was a good day for Belmont too. Not arguing that lowerlight has a reputation but don't discount Belmont in an august westerly either!!!
But most of the time it is pretty nice to shoot on. Today certainly was a tale of luck. So many good shooters here and quite variable conditions. Very small windows of opportunity and as Alan said - mainly vertical issues that seemed driven by the smallest changes in wind strength and direction.

Rain forecast for today but I think it should move through pretty quickly this morning ( hopefully?)

[AlanF]

Hello again,

It rained all morning here. After two ranges (300 and 500) we had lunch, then at 2pm it was decided to abandon the rest of the day. Its proposed we start a bit earlier tomorrow and shoot 5 ranges : 500, 2 x 600, 800, and 900.

There are 36 shooters in the F-Open field, just one short of the record set at Mackay in 2012. Conditions were not too bad this morning but a few had difficulties with their gear in the wet. There were about a dozen 60s at 300 and about half a dozen at 500. As I write, none of today's results are on the NRAA website yet. If they're not there soon I'll grab a photo of the notice board.

Alan

[macguru]

Oh well tomorrow will see just a bit more daylight than today, as we have just passed the winter solstice at 3 pm

Its great to see such a big f open turn out ! I hope OPM organisers take note ...

[BATattack]

wow some amazing scores! I better get practicing!

even after our state team won the nationals we still don't see consistently high scores like that down south. there are some good shooters but some nasty conditions at times. once the wind REALLY blows at lower light things actually get easier. the wind seems to become more consistent.

its interesting to note during the course of the 2012 SA hunt and queens series competitors shot a combined total of 128 details ( 2 sighters and 10 to count) out of 128 details there were a total of FIVE possibles shot!!! that's only 3.9% of all details shot resulted in a possible score.

[bruce moulds]

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.

[DaveMc]

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!

[bruce moulds]

beautiful one day, perfect the next.
down here we don't often get the help of an angel, let alone god himself.
whatever the case, there is some goddam good shooting happening up there.
keep safe,
bruce.