2-Man 2-Gun Team Match 2023 @ Clinton House

TRAINING LEAD-UP

Sunday, Oct 8:

Went to Coleman's Creek with SB.

I zeroed and chronoed both guns (2941 for RPR1 and 2910 for RPR2).  I practiced guessing the DA using my belly-meter.  The actual DA was 848, with 29.62Hg and 65*F.

We went to the long range (range 7) to collect dope from 600-1268.

We did some rooftop practice, and shot from a barricade with angles at 300, 400, and 500yd targets.

We finished at the UKD range with props (Range 8), where we worked the PRS barricade and some tires.

We then worked other skills by talking each other on, finding, ranging, and shooting at various targets from a tank trap, the tires, and the pogo stick.

I decided to go with picatinny 8 on my RPRs, since that worked better for me overall than picatinny 9, despite some shortcomings.

Monday, Oct 9:

Glute and pec PT v2 in 24:52, then 18A "Upper Push / Chin-up" in 40:22, then "Hanging Abs" in 15:37.  Afterwards, I did 4.5 miles in 1:16:29 with a 40#WV in the Altra Torin Plush as a recovery ruck as I played Pokemon Go.

Wednesday, Oct 11:

Center - Day 4 - Root & Center - Day 20 - Restore Yoga with Adriene

Thursday, Oct 12:

Glute and pec PT v2 in 21:57, then 18A "Kettlebell" in 39:27, then "Hollow" in 16 min

Friday, Oct 13:

I had originally planned on scheduling a 12 miler for the ruck club, but when I realized that the date of the event would be the 13th, and a Friday the 13th in October for that matter, I couldn't pass up turning it into a 13 miler, which we completed in 4:11:48 including a break in the middle.

We went along the greenway, which mostly faces the backs of houses, but there was one place that decorated their little portion of the greenway border, which was nice.

Sunday, Oct 15:

Flew to Iowa the previous day...

2x Tiny Apartment WOD from 1/28/23 in 36:37.  Once didn't feel like much, and even twice felt more like a warmup because it was pretty low-key.

Then, I did a 2 mile treadmill run with a 2 degree incline just to learn how to run again, finishing in 16:20, although it felt harder than it should've.

Monday, Oct 16:

Did 5K on a 2 deegree incline treadmill in 25:45, with my belly still digesting creme brulee and imperial stout.  I felt it in the last mile.  The 71* gym rightuflly felt a bit warm.  It was a difficult run again, although I'm not too far off the 5 mile pace of 8 min/mi.  I used Ballistic Trainers again.

Afterwards, I did 20:44 of dumbbell arm strengtheners, and did a 5 min high plank as a finisher.

Wednesday, Oct 18:

18A "Upper Body Prep" in 35:06, where the stretching felt good, followed by "Push-up" in 46:16.

Install successful, flew home the next day.

Thursday, Oct 19:

I joined Cabarrus Ruck Club in celebrating AJ completing 75 hard, with a 2.5 mile ruck in 50:37 with 30# in the rucker v3.

They do a good job with holiday decorations there!

Friday, Oct 20:

HDT 31.5.1 (CORE) because I craved sandbag work today, finishing in 51:03.  After that, I did glute and pec PT v2.

In the evening, I spectated (for an impressive third time) the HDT Rufus Throwdown.  Even though I had an event the next morning, the throwdown was being held near my house, so I stopped by to watch a couple of evolutions.  The CLT area has some hard hitters!  Although the leaders of the CLT ruck club were not among them this time, as we all happened to be there just to spectate that night.  It's always good seeing friends old and new, and to watch people give it everything they've got, though.

2-MAN 2-GUN TEAM MATCH

I was excited about the return of this event.  I had done it the previous year with B.Y.  It's nice to be able to just focus on shooting skills sometimes, without added distractions from physical work, especially when shooting skills are the area that needs more work.  I signed up with S.B. this time.

The wagon trick came in handy!  It's not that it's hard to carry everything.  It is nice to have a place to dump stuff, though.

Stage 2: Operation Oompa Loompa

- Make 2 hits on each of the 5 cardboard on your side with rifle

- Meet your partner in the middle, then run up to the pistol shooting area, where you need to shoot all the steel and the two spinners.

Results: 43/59

- We missed the last spinner, and unbeknownst to us, not spinning it costs 30s of penalty time.  If we had known that, we may have chosen a strategy other than leaving spinners until the end.  

- I did struggle on the spinners, first with getting it moving, and then not accidentally stopping it once it was moving a bit.  Even with 147gr ammo, I struggled.

- My red dot on my pistol wasn't bright enough, so I maxed it out afterwards.

- I wore my rifle sling, but it would've been smarter to not wear it, since we had to dump it in a bucket after shooting rifle anyways.

- I was good about only using the minimum needed magnification on my LPVO all day.

Stage 3: I Thought We Were Friends

- This was a new take on a stage from last year, where misses meant that your partner had to do mini laps with some object... in this case, it was a tire that we were allowed to roll, which is a little easier than dumbbells, I think.  It was all pistol, with knock-downs and two different types of plate racks (vertical and horizontal).  SB went first, and I went second.

Results: 45/59

- Rolling doesn't mess up grip strength like dumbbells do

- I shot well, and only nmissed twice.

- Holding in compressed ready while waiting for tire penalties was smart... no point in holding your arms straight out the whole time.

- We used the "Delorian" code word when needed, to get back on track

- I saw many other teams jerking the trigger on "go" when tires were finished rolling

Stage 4: Is this USPSA

- Shooter 1 shoots 10 rifle cardboard targets with 2 shots ea

- Tag in shooter 2, who does the same

- Tag in shooter 1, who shoots 10 pistol targets with 2 shots each

- Tag in shooter 2, who does the same

Results: 44/59

- We finished on time, but did have misses

- This was my first time doing something so USPSA-ey.  There was strategy involved in where you wanted to approach each target, and how you'd keep track of which ones you've hit vs which ones you haven't hit.  I saw some people mess that up, since some targets could be accessed from multiple locaitons.

- SB had the good idea of doing a pre-emptive mag change when moving from one position to another, instead of waiting until you were empty and just standing there to have to change mags.

- It was also a good idea from SB to start from the middle since we'd be standing there at the beginning.  

- I went to my LMT with the red dot for faster target acquisition here, and put the dot on max brightness, since speed, not accuracy, was the name of the game with these big targets.

Stage 5: Connex Conundrum 

- Shooter 1 and 2 take turns making hits on 8 falling steel with pistol.

- Shooter 1 shoots 5 rifle targets from 65-75yd, L->R and back (no need to double-tap)

- Shooter 2 repeats but from the opposite direction

Results: 33/59

- I had to try about 2x/target to hit on rifle.  I didn't have enough patience and took shots too quickly

- I did ID target reference points ahead of time and used a good magnification level to maintain quick target acquisition.

- I used the balcony for my pistol shots per SB's personal plan, which worked out well

- We timed our pistol shots well, paying attention by sight and sound

Stage 1: I Hate Head Shots

- Shooter 1 hits pink and white steel targets (9)

- Shooter 2 tags in and shoots orange steel targets (9)

- Shooter 1 tags in and shoots 10 cardboard IPSC, with 2 shots per body

- Shooter 2 tags in and shoots 10 cardboard IPSC, with 2 shots per head!

Results: 43/59

- SB asked if she was allowed to use the table to brace, and that worked well for her.  She made almost all of those difficult head shots!

- I did pretty well with pistol, with only 2 misses

- I took third rifle shots a few times to be certain that I got them 2x each, in situations where I feel like I went a little faster than I should've.

Overall

- Our last stage was the only stage where we got to really use strategy to decide who does what and leverage strengths.  On the other stages, everyone did the same thing.  It's more fun when you get to strategize.

- We had fun and gained experience.

- Spinners are hard... too bad it's not easy to find equipment to practice on.

- Experience pays off, since we were able to employ different tricks that we've learned from other competitions and practice sessions

- It was nice to have a low-key, low time commitment match.... I remember last year, I was ready to be done by the last stage.  There were only 5 stages this time, which felt right.  

"Take That Hill" Workout for Purple Heart Homes

TRAINING LEAD-UP

Monday, Sept 25:

Center - Day 9 - Corazon & Center - Day 13 - Trust Yoga with Adriene

Tuesday, Sept 26:

Morning at 5am: HDT Sanddoom 20 min AMRAP with 7 rounds and 25 reps with a 40#SB, followed Glute and pec PT v1 in 26:14

Friday, Sept 29:

4.5 miles in Garmont T8s with 50# in the Rucker V3, in 1:01:36.  It was the day after the COVID booster, so I slept a lot today and felt better by the evening.

Saturday, Sept 30:

Solo trip to Coleman's Creek.

Zero Range:

- Moved my optic from picatinny slot 10 to slot 9 to test it out, since slot 8 had some drawbacks on my other gun when I was shooting kneeling and standing (not prone).

- Adjusted 0.6R and 0.2U after the move.  Moving the optic on the other gun hadn't required any changes, so I was surprised.  It took me 13 rounds to re-zero.

PRS Barricade:

- I did it dry to save ammo while figuring out what worked best for me.  

• I realized that I could land with my right knee up, to save a couple of seconds.   
• Taking an extra moment to line up the turret also saved me time searching for the target.
• 12X power worked great
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- I went live, and missed way more and was way slower than I normally am in competition.  Strange.

Rock Seated:

- Better luck with hits here than I did on the PRS barricade, using the same 400yd target, so it must be me and not my gun.

Pogo Stick:

Using my other "good" gun, I ranged targets at 450, 575, 615, and 915, and shot them from 4 different positions on the pogo stick.  The only place where dope didn't line up was on the 575, where I needed to go up 0.3 more, even though it was the biggest target of them all.

Re-check Zero:

I went back to the old gun to re-check zero and see if it was off, which would explain my performance on the PRS barricade.  It was 0.2 high and 0.1R, which makes me feel better.  So I ended up reversing the change that I had made in the morning.  Some people recommend not making adjustments when your zero seems off, since it may fix itself, and that seemed to be the case this time, although an optic re-install is kind of drastic.

Sunday Oct 1:

Center - Day 14 - Stretch & Center - Day 3 - Shift Yoga with Adriene.  It gave me some much-needed stretching.

Monday, Oct 2:

Glute and pec PT v2 in 27:19 (it's been a while, but it wasn't too hard... I went back to it because it my glute was really sore yesterday).

18A "Hanging Abs" in 16:35.

Then max burpees in 5 min: 85.

After work, I hiked 3 miles at Renaissance Park in 1:06:37 with MACV1s using a 30# RPC, and it was delightful.

Tuesday, Oct 3:

A second consecutive pre-work session, doing 18A "Upper Body Prep" in 28:53, followed by "Pull-ups" in 31:39 faster than ever but with no PR rep counts and having trouble getting all the way up at times, although I was taking less rest between sets and rebuilding after a little time off.

Wednesday, Oct 4:

Went back to the park for an after-work ruck, since it was so delightful on Monday.  4.5 miles in 1:39:32 using MACV2s, wearing a 30#RPC.

Thursday, Oct 5:

Center - Day 2 - Listen & Center - Day 16 - Kind Yoga with Adriene

Friday, Oct 6:

Glute and pec PT v1 in 29:23, then 18A "Lower Push BW" in 32:20, then "Hollow" in 16 min.  

Went to Camp North End to ruck with 50# in the v3 rucker for 1:14:20 wearing Garmont T8s.  It was a ruck club event, but it ended up being a solo one, which you learn to be OK with... it's part of the job.

"TAKE THAT HILL" WORKOUT

Did the "Take that Hill" workout for 70 min.  It was like a mini-Light without rucks, led by Joe Baker.  It was well-designed, giving everyone a good dose of exercise and teamwork, in support of Purple Heart Homes.

We started with some warmups...

And then carried the "coupons", including a "200#"SB over to a nearby spot where we did a partner workout where we took turns doing PT while the other person ran out and back, until we finished the total required rep count...

And if we finished early, we got to "rest"!

While donkeys watched us...

We carried the coupons some more, up mulch banks...

We stopped by a barn where we did SB carry races as partners around the barn, and then we carried the coupons along a windy route through a forest, before getting back to the start, where we finished with a final mini-workout...

And then we got patches!

After the event, since I was up in the area, I went to Lake Norman State Park for a 6.5 mile trail ruck in 2:15:26, wearing MACV2s and 30# in a v3 rucker.

GORUCK DMR/APR Weekend 2023

Time for another road trip!

Friday, September 22:

DESIGNATED MARKSMAN

This was my first time taking GORUCK's DM class.  It was geared towards using red dots with potential magnifiers, but it also allowed LPVOs.  I use LPVOs for longer distance shooting and have wanted to get better at that, so I used my competition gun.

We started by learning about different zero options, and the pros and cons of different ones. 

- a 25yd zero is angled so high that you can shoot farther ranges without having to hold quite as much

- a 100yd zero forces you to hold a lot for close-distances shots

- I'm happy with my choice in 36yd 

We collected dope, which I've always wanted to do for my AR but never focused on before.  It was on steel, so it's not going to be super precise, but it's a start!

We tried to play battleship at 100yd, but even if the rain hadn't destroyed the paper targets, it would've been extremely difficult for me to hit 1-inch targets at that distance with my AR15.

We shot movers and snaps at 100yd and 200yd.  I've done it before with my precision rifle, but not my AR15 before.

I wish I had focused more on comparing the wind flag to what I observed in the vegetation during the weekend.

ADVANCED PRECISION RIFLE

In the evening, we had the classroom portion of the APR class.

A different cadre took the lead this time, and went into a lot more detail and different types of detail than usual.  

He used math to demonstrate why follow-through is important even in the short time between when the trigger is squeezed, before the bullet has a chance to exit the barrel.  NPA plays a big role, too.

It'll be cool if one day I can look at the environment and just think of certain wind holds in my head.

In the evening, we had a weapons cleaning and lubing party, to make sure our ARs didn't rust from all the rain.

Saturday, September 23:

I zeroed, and then remembered and decided to act on Kevin's advice of moving my scope closer to my eyes to help with squaring up.  I ended up moving up 2 rail positions.  I had to rezero after that, although it ended up not needing any changes.

We practiced positional shooting from a skinny and wobbly VTAC, high wall, and low wall, at 200yd and 400yd. 

We practiced longer range pistol shooting.  50yd was ok, but I never hit 75yd.  We practiced drawing fast and slow down as you push out and break the shot as you reach full extension.  Use a steering wheel grip on your right hand, but crush with your left hand.

We collected dope at 600, 700, and 800yd.  There was wind, since a tropical storm was what was causing all the rain.  We had about a 6mph wind.

Battleship was tough again, and SB and my team was the unlucky one with a target that fell mid-competition, but we still won handily, both in speed and accuracy.

We did movers at 100 and 200, and snaps at 300 and 400.  We did a team eval, and got to practice communicating even to help out our shooter/spotter partner find the target and remember all the steps.

At night, I cleaned my RPR2, to continue its break-in and make sure it would survive the rain from the day.

We had all-you-can-eat sushi for dinner.  Fellow participants wanted to learn all about our training and experience at Mammoth, which was cool.

Sunday, September 24:

The wind emphasized the benefits of wearing a hat while I shoot.  It keeps my hair out of my face.

SB and I practiced shooting off of barricades, creating little courses of fire.  

I used the pint-sized GC for everything, which worked, since there wasn't any terrain with angles here.

Throughout the day, we played a game called "Crazy Frank" where the cadres would randomly yell "Crazy Frank", and you had 30s (fast seconds) from then on to build and break a shot at your target for the day.  These would be good for points towards the weekend overall compeititon.

During the day, we also rotated each pair through a different bay, where we got to range and shoot at UKD targets.

We then got to shoot at Marathon Movers, which is always fun.  We took turns shooting at it with our partner, and then we had the eval, where we had to shoot it as it moved from 300->200.  It had been moving quickly during practice time (5mph?), but it was moving at an angle during the eval, which made its horizontal travel speed less extreme.

SB and I then tried to run a final drill eval, to give everyone a taste of competition stages.  It's more challenging than we expected to design and write a clear stage brief, and deal with constraints of the bay once we're on the ground and seeing where there are vs aren't berms behind the targets that were staged.  The participants seemed to really enjoy the challenge, though, and wanted to see more like this in the future, which was good to hear.

We did "Pick Your Poison", where I now had to shoot 4 rounds at a 400yd target in 20s.  The speed isn't hard, but I held too much wind.  The close part of the bay is somewhat shielded by a side berm.  Oh well... next time.

I did earn 10 rounds for the APR patch shoot.  I got off 8 shots within the time limit, and made 2 hits.  If you make at least 1 hit, you get to keep the shot.  Even in the short time hack, I was watching and reacting to the direction of the flag, and making adjustments.  I intentionally spread out my shots, too, to increase my chances of making at least one hit, in case I had a bad wind hold.

Full car on the way back!

September Atlantic Coast Regional PRS Match @ Coleman's Creek

TRAINING LEAD-UP

Monday, Sept 11:

Blackstone with SB.  We did some ball and dummy for a warmup, and then Delorian, and cadence drills from Haley Strategic.  

We then did TRex Arms's cadence drill on different sized circles - you pick the speed you feel like you can handle based on the size of the circle.  

We did a mini "multiple target" transition drill.  

We practiced accuracy with a bottle and can target, 

and then we practiced different talk-on techniques while practicing accuracy, using a randomly scattered fly target.  These were all lots of fun to play with.

Main takeaway - Only shoot as fast as your accuracy allows.

Tuesday, September 12:

18A "Upper Body Prep" for 29:57, then "Push-up" in 45:49, then "Hollow" for 16 min.

Wednesday, September 13:

18A "Lower Body Prep" in 20:18, then "Squats Barbell" in 39:15, then "Dip Abs" in 23:43.

Had some amazing food (at least the fries) at Jekyll and Hyde Brewing with my mom.

Friday, September 15:

5 miles meandering around Camp North End with my parents, wearing Ballistic Trainers and 50# in the v3 Rucker.  They had a good time.

Saturday, September 6:

I became a member at Coleman's Creek, which seemed like the best choice among my options, based on the distance, the available ranges and props, and the flexibility that they offer.  

I spent the morning working on the May Drill, with retry #2.  I finally got it on my ninth attempt.  Some Kentucky windage was involved, but I got it done.  

I did try the March drill as well, but I am nowhere close on speed and accuracy.  That one is incredibly tough.

I spent the rest of th eday breaking in my new RPR.  I had cleaned it in the morning at 5am before I left, but that was only the beginning.  

- Clean #1 at home before I Left

- 3 shots with bore sighting shooting at a rock

- Clean #2

- 3 shots finally getting one on paper

- Clean #3

- 4 shots, getting bullseye and then shooting 3 more with chrono (2959, 2967, 2936) with a 1 inch spread

- Clean #4

- 5 shots with a half-inch spread plus one flier 

- Clean #5

- 5 shots with 2921, 2935, 2920, 2954, 2922 velocity

- Cleaned again when I got home.

Each cleaning took about 35 min.  

ATLANTIC COAST REGIONAL PRS MATCH

This was my second PRS match, with my first one being in April.  I knew better about what to expect this time.

Stage 3: 

- Shoot from 4 different spots along the log, and then shoot from the tire on the far right, at an IPSC at 735yd, 2 shots per position.

Results/Learnings: (4 points / 8 attempted / 10 total)

- I started at 12x but zoomed to 22x once I started shooting, and I ended up keeping it there, which made re-acquiring the target difficult in subsequent positions.

- I sent it without a perfect reticle on target a couple times when rushing it, thinking it would be good enough, but it wasn't.  

- There was dirt below, but vegetation around the target itself, which made spotting misses difficult.

Stage 4:

- Shoot at a 667yd IPSC from 5 unique positions on the triangle barricade, with 2 shots per position.

- I started prone, thinking it would be the most stable, but because we were shooting downwards from an elevated area, the pint-sized gamechanger didn't give me enough height unless I made pacman tall.  I had one bipod leg on and one off, too, which wasn't good good, either.

- Both bipod legs were on from the second position, which in theory would be more stable, but it made the rear bag height issue even worse.  I fought the position for so long.

- I timed out before getting to any non-prone position.  

- Being zoomed in from the first position also made re-acquiring the sight difficult.  I should've zoomed out first.

Stage 5:

- From each of 4 stumps of varying height, shoot 1 ea at a 500yd IPSC and a 557yd IPSC.

Results/Learnings: (6 points /6 attempted/ 10 total)

- After running out of bag height on the previous stage, I brought both sized bags this time, but the pint-sized ended up being fine for this one.

- I struggled with the shortest stump because I had left the bipod legs down, thinking they wouldn't get in the way, but the stump was low enough that it hit a random board that was in front of the stumps.  It canted my bag, but on the bright side, I did take the time to re-adjust the cant to make the shot.

- Magnification was a challenge again, and my default, I kept laying the gun pointed below the target before finding it.

Stage 6:

- NO DIALING!

- From the bench, shoot left to right with 1 round eadch on a 758yd IPSC, 868yd IPSC, 735yd IPSC.

- Repeat, but with 2 shots each instead of 1 shot each.

Results/Learnings: (0 points /4 attempted/ 9 total)

- I had originally planned on using one wind hold, but the wind direction switched to 9 o'clock right before my turn, and I forgot to dial that updated wind beforehand.

- It had started raining slightly, too.

- I misjudged the bipod height that I needed, starting forward 45 degrees.  I switched to normal wide, but what I really needed was normal in.  You're shooting over a valley here, I guess.

- WOMP WOMP

Stage 7:

- Start prone, with 3 shooters down at a time.

- Shoot at 876, 930, 960, 1029, 1124, and 1260yd targets, 2 shots on each.

Results/Learnings: (9 points /12 attempted/ 12 total)

- I started with 0.4L dialed, which worked at first, and then I missed left, so I adjusted subsequently, which worked.  

- Wide normal bipod legs, and the pint sized position normally worked.  If I shoot here regularly, I should make note of the ideal bipod and rear bag configurations for different bays.

- Rain was minimal when I shot, fortunately.

- REDEMPTION!

+ Magical moment: 3 women on the firing line at once, when we happened to be 2, 3, and 4th to go.

Stage 8:

- Move to the top of the tank trap and shoot 2 shots each, near to far, at a 542yd and a 734yd target.

- Move to the top of the barrel and repeat.

- Go prone and repeat, but only with 1 shot per target.

Results/Learnings: (3 points /8 attempted/ 10 total)

- I forgot to update my magnification before the stage, since I had been preoccupied by prepping my phone for a video recording.

- I shot the wrong target on the second target from the tank trap, because there were similar-looking ones out in the middle of the hillside.

- I interpreted the instructions as saying we had to use an arm of the tank trap, but apparently, the middle is also considered the "top".  I would've used the middle if I knew that I could.

- After the stage, I noticed that there was fog moving left in the distance.  That's a nice indicator of wind direction and speed.

- Messy.

Stage 9:

- PRS Skills stage on a target at 400yd... shoot from 4 positions.

Results/Learnings: (6 points /7 attempted/ 8 total)

- The Coletac rain cover was helpful because it was pouring, and we were no longer in a covered bay.

- I didn't rush my shots.  I took the time to level my bubble.

- I had trouble finding the target a couple of times with high magnification.

- I had to tiptoe on the left but not on the right.  They did try to build up the height of the ground a little bit, but it's still not enough.

- The pint-sized gamechanger was ok... barricade style makes the size matter a little less when it comes to elevation differences.

- Interestingly, I did double-kneeling sitting on butt for the left, and right leg up kneeling on the right.

Stage 10:

- Move to the cattlegate and shoot at a 460yd circle, 2x.  

- Repeat from the middle tires, far tires, middle tires, and back at the cattle gate.

Results/Learnings: (2 points /6-7 attempted/ 10 total)

- I considered bringing out my tripod for tripod rear, but someone before me shot from the top ok, and she was of similar enough height, so I skipped the tripod, since barricade style would be quicker.

- I got misses on shots that felt perfect, so I suspect that my RPR barrel was blowing up my bullets again.  I wish that I had brought my cleaning supplies.  It seems like it would be a pain to do in the field, but it's not actually that bad.  I did it so many times the previous day.

Stage 1:

- Move to the barricade and shoot 1 shot each, near to far, at 450yd and 445yd targets.  

- Repeat from 3 other positions afterwards.

Results/Learnings: (4 points /8 attempted/ 8 total)

- I wasn't sure what caused my misses.

- I struggled a little bit with target finding.

- When I saw the wind pick up a little bit, I increased my wind dial before the stage.

Stage 2:

- Go prone and shoot at 3 circles at 405, 406, and 397yd

- Go to tank trap (anywhere) and repeat, with 2 rounds per target.

Results/Learnings: (9 points /9 attempted/ 9 total)

- It took a while for me to find teh first target.  I'm glad that I took the timet o pan left to double-check, since there was another target to the left.

- I zoomed out and back in to re-acquire targets more quickly after moving to the tank trap.... finally learning from the past stages' mistakes.

- Once I was on one, though, panning was easy, since they were all at the same distance.

- FINALLY, A CLEAN STAGE!

Overall:

- 44/84 overall

- 2/5 ladies

- Zoom out and back in after switching positions, to find targets more easily.

- Figure out optimal bipod leg heights and gamechanger needs for different bays 

- Dialing wind instead of trying to remember to hold worked well.

- Try moving the scope closer to my eyes on the picatinny, to help with squaring up, per Kevin's suggestion

Monday, September 18:

6 mile ruck with 50# in the v3 rucker in 1:27:34, wearing Garmont T8s, playing Pokemon.  I feel like I Haven't worked out in a while, so my body was craving it!