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Golf
Ball Shoot (Rim fire Pistols)
Match
Director: Tom Byerley
Golf
Ball Shoot Description
These
matches are shot at the Indoor Range, on the last Tuesday of the
month at 7 PM. There is nominal fee to participate in the
match; $3 for members and $5 for nonmembers.
All
targets are shot at 50 feet, in two phases. Each phase uses
50 rounds of .22 rimfire ammunition shot at targets consisting of
ten (10) golf balls and four (4) tennis balls hung from wire
hangers and paper targets. Shooters start with the golf
balls. Once all the golf balls have been dispatched, they
move to the tennis balls. Ten points are scored for each
golf and tennis ball hit. After hitting each golf ball and
tennis ball once, they move to two paper targets. The paper
targets are scored based on the number of hits in the scoring
area. Needless to say, the shooter who gets through the
golf and tennis balls expending the fewest rounds has a potential
advantage.
Phase
I:
Participants are given 8 minutes to fire 50 rounds at the targets
in the order given above. This lengthy time period allows
everyone to relax and work on his or her skills.
Phase
II: We call
this the “Speed Round.” Participants use the
same targets, shot in the same order, with the same amount of
ammunition as phase I. The only thing that changes is the
timing. The first 6 rounds are fired in 22 seconds, the
next 6 rounds in 20 seconds and the third set of 6 rounds in 18
seconds. This pattern continues for a total of eight timings,
each decreasing by 2 seconds until the final 8 rounds are shot in
8 seconds.
These
matches have proven to increase shooting skills far more than
anything expected. When we first began these shoots it was
rare for half the shooters to hit all the golf and tennis ball
targets consistently. As time has passed and skill levels
improved, the longtime participants often have so many rounds
left for the paper targets that the hits are difficult to score.
Many discussions start with the question "How many rounds
went through this hole?"
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