Well, I finally did it yesterday, I reached Expert class in F-class Long Range shooting FTR with my .308 rifle. On a cold and windy Sunday morning I shot a 572-8 which, taken with my most recent LR score, gives me a 94.5%; 0.5% above the requirement.

I have not been able to apply myself to shooting as much as I wanted for the last several month, shooting only once a month or less, and the conditions yesterday were less than conducive to a good score so that made the results doubly sweet.

As an added bonus, I also established a new range and club record for the aggregate score in F-TR and 1000 yards.

Oh, and I won the match. I just had to tell somebody.

(I also had a wardrobe malfunction which caused me to shoot a 7 in the second match.)

I would want to tell someone about that too, if it were me.

GOOD JOB on a major personal accomplishment.

I know it has to feel good to be able to say you are an expert class shooter!!

Thank you very much.

You are absolutely correct, of course.

The NRA has set the bar pretty high for F-class shooters with their tiny targets and it's even more difficult with a .223 or a .308 and a bipod. I'm already NRA Master at mid-range in F-class with my .223 AR-15 target rifle but it was not cutting it at LR.

The next stop at LR is Master, but that is going to be very difficult in F-T/R. This will be 6 consecutive 20 round matches with a score higher around or above my best ever. It's a good goal.

One thing I did notice is that my X-count is low. In the wind yesterday it was all I could do to stay in the 10-ring.

10s count just as much....

Good shooting! We had ok wind here yesterday. Yours was probably much worse I'd bet.

Now that you've made the percentages, nothing guarantees the card though... of course you know that. BTDT a bit.

Hadn't seen a match update via Glenn or whomever it changed to yet, but that may still be coming.

Not shooting enough sucks. I know...and the way it looks right now it may take me all of this year to complete my remodel at the house and barn... might take longer, one never knows.

Jeff

They have changed they way they send out the match updates.

Email me directly if you want to get back on.

As for the card, yes, I know but I try to stay on top of it with the NRA. They did get my score for last month and I will make sure they get the one for this month. We've already discussed the percentages and how it works. I find this one to be more difficult than getting Master at MR though I was very pleased when I got that one last year.

Master at MR or SR is easy. HM took some shooting on my part though IE I had to have way more than the required shots to get it.

I filled out the info thing to change the bulletin info....

You should have my email, but I may have something at home when I get home...

Jeff

Again, you are equating SR with F-class, especially F-TR. Yes, Master in F-Open is readily attainable, (I would not say "easy",) it's a little trickier in F-TR and while I am sure there are a few, I do not know any HM in F-TR. I have shot HM scores at 300, but I want to earn it at 600, else I will just classify myself out of my league.

It's the same thing with Expert or Master at LR; I wanted to do that at pure 1000 yards, not this 800/900/1000 yard crap. (I mean crap in the nicest sense of the word, of course.)

I'm boarding a plane shortly. I'll check email when I get to my destination tonight.

sorry, I read that to be master MR which meant Match rifle to my mind from your earlier days.... master in XC, especially with a match rifle doesn't take that much IMHO.

Talking F class is another topic and you are right on that one for sure!!!

My bad as they say.

Hope the trip was well and safe.

Jeff

Hey, Congratulations FTR Shooter!

A match win, a new range and club record and your Expert rank all at once! Excellent!!!

Thanks GuyM, I was pretty jazzed. And to think I almost didn't go because I was so tired and it was so cold and dreary.

Jeff, my fault. I assumed that people understood MR to be mid-range as oposed to LR long-range. I can now see where that would mess you up.

The trip was find, relatively crash free. It's even colder here.

I look forward to your foray into F-class, I think you will enjoy it.