Blair Atholl F Class 6th Round


OCTOBER 2011


Things eventually cleared enough to make a start but it was now quite dark and then the rain arrived. These conditions were to continue pretty well throughout the weekend with poor visibility - often bad enough to bring shooting to a halt - rain more often ‘on’ than ‘off’ ranging from the curtain of minute water droplets (referred to as Scotch mist) through light rain to heavy downpours.


It’s fair to say that this round wasn’t just the usual test of rifle and ammunition precision and competitor expertise but also one of optical sight quality and clarity. Two things saved the event from disaster – the half-MOA white V-Bull - sometimes the only part of the target visible through the scope even if only as an indistinct grey blob and West Atholl Rifle Club’s Kongsberg electronic targets. Not only did they work faultlessly despite all the water thrown at them but gave their usual precise and instant shot-marking in conditions where a traditional red or orange cardboard disk stuck onto the shot hole would have been invisible through all but the most expensive riflescopes.


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