Got up this morning and mowed the grass at home. Cleaned up and went to the range about noon. Loaded magazines with good, clean ammo and got ready to qualify. Everyone else showed up and we posted targets, went out on the line.
Our range is in full sun. Sun, concrete and grass, enclosed by berms. Accuweather pegged the heat index at 110F. Full sun, high humidity, middle of the day. Iced water was the key today. Lots of water. When it was time to score targets, I had scored a 111. Max possible is 120, minimum to qualify is 96. Last two years with an unfamiliar gun, I scored a 105 both times, so I'm six points better than than I was for the last two years, so I'm okay with that.
We didn't shoot shotguns or carbines this time, and the firearms instructor apologized for that. For most of the early part of the year, our range was under water in a flood, so he's playing catch-up, qualifying as many deputies as possible. The Louisiana POST council (the state agency that certifies police officers) sets minimum standards, and we have met the standards. Maybe next year the floods will stay away.
I've shot at your LE range several times, including a couple when the river had risen to the point that one couldn't set targets more than about 50 yards downrange - and needed to wade to do that! It occurs to me that you could do an interesting sporting clays course from boats, where you paddle, then shoot, then paddle . . .
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That's a damn good score! And you're probably NOT happy it wasn't a 120/120... :-)
ReplyDeleteMy first round, Jim, went right into his crotch. We were close, and I was point-shooting. Low, evidently. That was one of nine rounds that I threw outside the 2-point kill zone. All nine of them hit the target, but when I speed up, I shoot low.
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