Tuesday 17th August 2010

@ St Pauls

Nice clear day, no wind.  Bright.

I shot a practice FITA today after really not shooting properly for a while.  I'm not entirely sure why I did it, but I think it was because the weather was so nice and there was no wind.  It's been a while since I shot one in proper order.  The last time I shot one was in 2007.  I did shoot a FITA out of order last year with a 1136 though but it wasn't in order so not a fantastic comparison.

Today, I had two warmup ends at 90m, and off I went.

90m: 29 19 23 27 30 20 = 148, Av = 24.6 Rating 53

70m: 35 43 41 52 52 45 = 268, Av = 44.6 Rating 69

50m: 38 50 34 46 45 47 = 260, Av = 43.3 Rating 67

30m: 56 57 56 54 52 52 = 327, Av = 54.5 Rating 75

Total: 1003 Rating 63, Av Rating = 66, would have been a 1032.

I'm pretty happy with the result, I had hoped for a 1000+, and sneaking in that 1003 was pretty good.  I definitely need a lot more work at 90m as usual to bring things back up, could easily get 100 points in 90m alone with some solid work there.

In terms of shooting, 70m was actually super comfortable.  50m I struggled and at 30m I was extremely tired since this was the most I had shot in one day in a very long time.  What made 50m a struggle was using the open sight ring with no dot.  It was harder than 90m in the sense that 90m is always hard for me and so I was not too worried about the aim aspect, but 50m, I've been able to do okay.  Looking at it, all in all though, my 50m score was close to my 70m, which is actually pretty normal in itself.  Can't complain really.

Not sure where I'll work on next though.