Posted by Les Fraser on
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Shooting-in-rough-conditions-tp5708078p5708100.html

Deane i think you hit the nail on the head and Micks comback was a tremendous effort given the day at hand.

For the new and unsuspecting fly shooter the size of the ten ring is very small and often puts shooters off and i constantly here on the line its a ten when you look across at it and you see it clearly in the 7 ring you have to wonder why they have stated its in the ten. It may be the scope they use or a guess that the ten ring has grown somewhat but when you look at this sport the it is probably arguably the hardest of all the shooting disciplines in relation to bench rest there is. I am very glad to see F- Class shooters coming across and having a go.

I know from speaking to some of them that the fly represents honing their skill sets for F Class and i think this is a brilliant way of looking at it. I feel very lukcy to be able to shoot a lot of other shooting disciplines and really enjoy the transferance of skillsets to each of them.

I think to be able to share knowledge and help each other out is probably the most rewarding of them all. I know the training weekend Anthony Pete and I ran at the Bay helped lots of shooters out but didn't really hit the mark with a big attendance and have lots of knowledge being shared.

Hence that is what this thread was about. So many people got their hats handed to them in Canberra that i felt it was for their interest to put up some plans they may like to try. Some might think it is al luck and who's got the best gear wins i don't believe this for a second as i have previously said nearly all of my rifles are second hand and i have worked on getting them up to scratch.

There must be other tactics that shooters use in rough conditions so come on spill the beans and help each other out because if we don't start using the forum to help each other it will become just another internet forum talk feast.