Finally, we had perfect conditions at HPM last night! Overcast, warm, and no wind set the stage for some great scores. In fact the top 3 scores were all clean, which is pretty rare at Hopkinton because of the often variable wind conditions. In third place, Len Remaly finished with an outstanding 400-30x with irons! Unfortunately for Len, that was the last 50 rounds of that particular Eley lot. In second, Chuck Cannon demonstrated that at 72 years old, he can still kick some ass with a 400-32X. And Erik Hoskins proved he has not forgotten how to shoot “glass” during his recent training stint with “irons,” he drilled a 400-35x with scope to finish first. Complete results are here.
Going into the second stage of last night’s match, I heard Margot Lee exclaim “there’s a dragonfly on my target!” Being the courteous competitor that I am, I promptly adjusted my natural point-of-aim to her target 3 positions over, took a breath, and divided the dragonfly in half. Now everyone knows that a dragonfly hit in a conventional prone match is worth 3 points (conventional NRA matches only)…therefor I really won last night’s match but I won’t spoil it for the boys that were just shooting paper.
The aftermath. Dan Holmes' dragonfly hit at 100 yards. Target photo provided by James Lee.
After the match, in addition to our usual Italian fare, we were treated to cupcakes baked by Loraine Lee and blueberry cake baked by Mikey Remaly. Plus, James Lee cooked popcorn over the coals of the fire…delicious.
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Dan, you must have been to the right of Margot, as the SPLAT is sprayed to the left of the hole. Well done young man, that truly is harder than shooting a 10.9!
Thank you Dan, that was very courteous.