Quigley 2003

[oldwoodburner]

Man what a blast this shoot was.  With around 461 or so shooters to get through the crew from Forsyth did an excellent job and from my point of view things went  very smooth.  As usual the local Boy Scout troop kept us fed and even had an ice cream truck there for a cool snack. Thank you every one.
   We squadded up with some folks we had met there last year and had more fun than you could shake a stick at.  Shared spotting duties, joked and laughed  and generally had a good time.

    Got to visit some with Mr. and Mrs. Rdnck but I never did get to take a gander at their new rifles.  Hey Rdnck don't wear those things out cuz I want to look at them next year.
 A big thank you to Mrs. Rdnck for the gift, I appreciate it very much.


I'm pretty lucky in that my rifle seems to put the first shot from a clean barrel into or very close to the main group as I decided to clean between relays in order to control the fouling and on the Buffalo at 787 yards it put the first and the seventh shots on from a clean barrel as I had just finished blowtubing after the sixth shot when the line was shut down to paint the targets. I couldn't let the fouling sit and dry out for a half hour so I cleaned it and hoped for the best. After the line was opened again I crossed my toes for luck and shots seven and eight flew true and I finished with seven hits.   Boy was I ever excited.   I finished up with a pretty good score and can hardly wait until next year.  
      Oldwoodburner

[cooper]

Oldwoodburner, this was my second Quigley.  At the first one, like you, I cleaned my rifle between relays.  Since you don't get a fouling shot once the match starts, I was concerned that my first shot would go high.

This year, though, I did not clean my rifle AT ALL once the match started.  I think I had about 3 hours between relays, and I would just let the fouling from the last shot sit inthe barrel (with no blow-tubing after the last shot).  Then, just as they called "last shot" for the relay before mine, I would blow-tube about 8 times.

I was using Goex Fg.   This system seemed to work fine, and I'll continue to do it this way from now on.  (I did clean at the end of each day).

[rdnck]

Old Woodburner--We got in from the Q about an hour ago.  A little over 4200 miles round trip.  You shot better than pretty good, that was a fine score.

The new rifles are really nice.  The Mrs. took to hers especially well, and outshot me at the Q this year.  Heckuva deal, but I told her that she had a good spotter.  They repainted the targets on me, too.  I was about to shoot the bucket when they stopped and repainted.  My black pinhead post simply disappeared on the fresh painted target, and I hit the first one and missed the last seven.  Tough pill to take, but as they say, "them's the breaks".

We went to the Shiloh plant on Monday, and there was a Number 3 Sporter in 45-70 that someone didn't take on the for sale rack.  I couldn't believe my eyes, as it was a rifle that I had wanted all my life.  Out came the credit card, and it now lives in Texas.  I'm going to put sights on it and shoot it tomorrow if I can get some time.  Day after tomorrow for sure.

We had a great Quigley, and everything you said about Al Lee and the match are true.  I'm glad yours worked out  well too.  Fun is what this is all about.

Shoot straight, rdnck.