Prone (and rested) Cross over Rifle, any sight Shoot. Saturday 20th May 2023.

Prone (and rested) Cross over Rifle, any sight Shoot. Saturday 20th May 2023.

Since our club was founded over 50 years ago, we have had two mainstream Rifle disciplines. The first is the Olympic ISSF style , using jackets and slings, shot in either the prone position or in the 3 position style(Prone, kneeling and standing). The second is the sporting rifle style, shot in many positions, rested or unrested, at 50 or 100 metres. In the last few years, a third style has become popular, the Gallery Rifle style, shot standing up at short distances as it grew out of the pistol competitions which were popular in the UK. We regularly run the usual Prone and Gallery style competitions but we did run 2 of the Cross Over Prone and Rested shoots last year. These proved to be popular so we decided to run them again this year. It was evident that there was a demand for a “combined” style which would allow any form of experience or equipment to be used so we set up a Cross over competition, the rules of which we have previously published.
We ran the competition today and some pics of the equipment used and the competitors who took part are shown in the attached photos. The results are also shown in the table below. You will notice the preponderance of Anschutz Rifles in the attached photos, both Target and Sporting. You will also notice the increasing use of after markets stocks such as MDT. Some members who took part have been more than 40 years in the club. Others had been only weeks in the club and this was their first competition. To celebrate, we had some nice pastries, tea and biscuits on a perfect Irish Summer’s Day after the shoot, much enjoyed by all present. We will run another one of these later in the year which will be open to members and non members who wish to participate.
Many thanks to Sandy W. and Sean M. for creating this style of shoot and for running today’s shoot so well. Many thanks also to Malcolm P. and Peter P. for doing the hard work of cutting the Spring grass growth so that we were able to see the targets!

	Category			Scores											Cat.	Overall	Non-Elite			Non-Elite	Non-Elite		N-E values		To Do
	Name	Club		50 metres					100 Yards					Total	Place	Place	Place			Count	Score		List
	Position - Jacket & sling
	Sandy W	ECSC		50	48	48	49	195	96	97	95	94	382	577	1	8	1			0	0		Yes		Why pre-fill scores cells with zeroes?
	David C	ECSC		45	48	47	48	188	97	95	98	96	386	574	2	9	1			0	0
	Asa R	ECSC		49	46	47	47	189	97	97	96	94	384	573	3	10	1			0	0
	Liam K	DRC		49	45	46	45	185	92	94	92	90	368	553	4	12	1			0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	1			0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	1			0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	1			0	0
				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	1			0	0
	Rested - Bipod or bags
	Sean Mc	ECSC		50	50	49	49	198	98	98	98	97	391	589	2	2	1			0	0
	Bryan P	ECSC		49	49	47	48	193	100	95	97	99	391	584	6	6	1			0	0
	Keith F	ECSC		43	45	46	41	175	89	95	98	94	376	551	9	13	1			0	0
	Anthony F	ECSC		48	48	50	50	196	97	99	99	99	394	590	1	1	1			0	0
	Dave O'C	ECSC		48	46	50	48	192	93	90	94	93	370	562	8	11	1			0	0
	Ralph L	ECSC Bench		49	49	47	46	191	97	96	97	97	387	578	7	7	1			0	0
	Paul F	ECSC		46	48	45	43	182	85	95	94	91	365	547	10	14	1			0	0
	Josh B	ECSC		48	48	49	49	194	99	100	96	98	393	587	4	4	1			0	0
	Val P	DRC		49	49	49	48	195	99	98	98	98	393	588	3	3	1			0	0
	Sean M	ECSC Bench		48	50	46	49	193	98	98	99	97	392	585	5	5	1			0	0
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