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Registration & Equipment Check |
There has been preparation for the Nationals held at Golden
City Shooting Club and motivations for the gun collections and grandkids with
the flu – so here goes.
I enjoyed every minute of the Nationals.
On the Friday we had to register and have our guns and magazines
checked.
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Freezing Our Butts Off |
Saturday before Nationals everything was packed and ready to
go. We thought we would get a decent night sleep and be at the range just after
06:30 as we had a 07:30 start. Off to bed and alarm set – to cut a long story
short – alarm malfunction. Quick shower and coffee – try not to get too uptight
about things not running to plan and off to Golden City we went – all in time
and no real repercussions but not a good thing to do.
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Richard Doing His Thing |
This was a first for both of us and I am not sure if it was
just the nerves or the cold but I had
the shakes on that first stage.
It was
two days of pure enjoyment and exhilaration with 297 shooters, 16 stages and 16
details with approximately 18 shooters in each. Three RO’s following your every
move, strategies going down, keeping your cool while waiting, checking your
ammo, listening to advice.
Loved every minute of it. I would really have wanted
to have had a better score but one consolation was that we were not
disqualified – close to 10% of the field went home for some infringement or
another.
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Got The T Shirt |
How lovely to say that we took part in an event with all the
Pros and Champions of the IPSC
Would I do it again? – Hell Yes!
Do I love Shooting? – Hell Yes!