14 May - L1 and practice

[JS4]

Our next practice session will consist of another chance to qualify for the Level 1 patch and some practice with handgun, rifle and shotgun.

• Date: 14 May 2016
• Time: 07h30
• Place: Funky Town
• Kit: Level one kit
• Round count: 50 rounds handgun, 30 rounds rifle and 25 rounds shotgun
• Range fees: Members shoot free, others R250 day fee.

Planned time is 5 hours. Braai fire will be lit afterwards, so plan accordingly.

Please confirm attendance by emailing newy[at]live[dot]coza. Spaces for L1 is limited, so book early.

[camouflage762]

Email sent.

Looking forward to it.

[Newy]

Good day all,

Please bring slings for your shotguns and rifles if you have. This will be useful in some of the training exercises.

[Mbadger]

Enjoy lads

[gwj DICKDEKOCK]

I'm there.

[Stevin]

Hope there is some space left. Just sent a mail.

I hope I have everything for l1 in my gear already (damn work always taking up my time).

[camouflage762]

^^

Good stuff.

Will be good to have you on the range.

[Titanium]

I'm in

[camouflage762]

It rained; we trained!

It was one of the wettest and coldest training sessions we had experienced in a long time.

(January was wet BUT warm)
Everyone was thoroughly soaked and cold by the time we left.

As I type my gear lies in a soggy heap waiting to be sorted.

Newy was the co-coordinator for this training session, assisted by Plaashaas.

After the standard prayer and briefing we ventured into the rain for a Level 1, DickDeKock selflessly volunteered to stay in the club house and do the admin & comms for the L1.

There were 6 attendees to qualify for the L1 and for those who had qualified already it was an opportunity to blow out the cobwebs.

Personally I prefer the cooler & wet weather is preferable to the heat when doing physical exertion.

For those who do not know what an L1 is, the participant is required to get 10 hits on a paper plate (230mm Diameter) @ 100m after completing a hike of 3.4 km within 40 min, whilst carrying rifle some gear and water

Official L1 results

Name	Rifle/Sights	Cal	Hike	Shots Fired/Hits	Pass/Fail
Staffy	CQA/RDS	.223	32	25:2 + 15:8 (40/10)	P
Pesvis	DMS/RDS	.223	33	29:3+15:3(44/6)	F
S.V	Lever action/Scope	.22lr	35	14:1+6:0 (20/1)	F
S.L	??AR/RDS	.223	38	30:3+ 15:2 (45/5)	F
G.P	Lee Enfield/Scope	303BR	38	10:3 + 0:0 (10/3)	F
Titanium	15-22/Scope	.22lr	40	10:2+10:0(20/2)	F

Regrettably the scale that we use to weigh our gear was missing (along with tea/coffee/sugar: Horrors! ) because of the burglary we had this year.

Some of the re-qualifiers were long time members and had been unable to attend due to Injury, work etc.

However even they were found to be wanting in the shooting department.

The lesson learnt is that shooting skills have the shelf life of a banana.

You are only as good as your last shoot. I found this out the hard way in March when I failed the shooting at Mpumalanga and had to do the 100m dash to make up for it.



Unofficial results

Name	Rifle/Sights	Cal	Hike	Shots Fired/Hits	Pass/Fail
Newy	30M1/Iron?	7.62x35	27	?:?+21:10	P
Grant9	Glock 17/Iron	9mm	31	?:?	F
Boomslang	Mini14/Iron	.223	32	35:4+15:5 (50/9)	F
Camo	NEA14.5/Scope	.223	35	24/13	P

Thereafter it was decided to do the rifle cleaning in the clubhouse, it is neither practical nor realistic to clean rifles in the rain.

Whilst the blokes were doing the rifle cleaning, Box brewed up a kettle for some tea.

This was followed by some handgun and shotgun drills.

By 12h00 we were all thoroughly soaked and some blokes had some serious shivers.

Fortunately there is a local Coffee shop nearby with a fireplace.

Thanks again to Newy and Plaashaas for running a safe training session in abysmal conditions.

Special mention to Titanium for trying out for the L1 despite having some serious and uncomfortable issues with walking.

Also to Plaashaas who got gassed (again) by our alarm system. We really need to get the batteries sorted.

[camouflage762]

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