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Originally posted by Shamu Shamu wrote:

Don't feel bad I have a cheat page in each of my logbooks for my sights, Cry




Oh, I got that too!  

I just hope it wasn’t the targets that “acted up” again….

Who knows, might have been all on me! 
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Sounds like you are having fun and shooting well Geoff.  I agree 100% with Shamu's words of wisdom!
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I looked through the past attendance at the CMP Talladega Spring Match and was pleased to see that attendance has been increasing since the first match was held in 2021.  Last year, we had 58 competitors entering in the Garand, Springfield and Vintage Military Rifle (GSM) Games Matches.  Some entered just one event, others entered two or three.  This year we had 95 shooters enter the GSM events. 

I’m not sure the total in 2021, as they did not list a 3 Gun Aggragate event, likely because of the low numbers, if any, who entered in all three events, but I suspect it was around 30 based on the number of entries in the M1 Match (28).  In 2021, only 4 entries in the Vintage Military Rifle Match, this year there was 36. 

This is very encouraging to see and hope the trend continues.  

The Talladega D-Day Matches and the Talladega 600 in November will draw even more entries.  

If any of our members would like to attend one of these matches and shoot your Lee Enfield (or any other rifle), I’ll be more than happy to help you out, I can arrange for you to be squadded with me too. 

Mick and I have a mutual friend who comes over from the UK to shoot these matches, so don’t be afraid of taking a trip from out of state!  It’s a lot of fun, and you learn a lot. 
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Originally posted by britrifles britrifles wrote:

Some entered just one event, others entered two or three.  This year we had 95 shooters enter the GSM events.

That's encouraging news Geoff!

The NRA (UK) said that the historic matches over here were recovering after the covid layoff and they noted more individual members were entering multiple times than previously. 
The weather plays an important part here if an historic match is successful or not, we generally hate shooting a valuable wood stocked rifle in the rain...and it rains a lot in the UK! 
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Yes, and I would not be too enthusiastic about doing that either Mick. But there are no real excuses at Talladega, a very large roof covers the firing line which is at a fixed location, the targets are set up at the different yard lines (200, 300 and 600 yds). It’s really a shame they did not include 800, 900 and 1000 yds, but I’ve heard different stories for why that was not done. 

But, they will close down the range if there is lightning, I think it remains shut down until 30 minutes has passed since the last audible strike. Fortunately, the weather fronts usually move thru fairly quickly and we get to resume shooting usually within the hour. 

That roof continually proves its worth to me every summer, in providing shade on those very hot sunny days. I’d probably stroke out laying out prone in the Alabama sun in July with a shooting coat on.  I might take a rainy Bisley day over the baking sun of the US South in the summer. 
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not to divert the conversation but i was wondering if there were 22cal matches at that shoot or are they separate ? 
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Yes, there are several different .22 RF classes. I’ve not shot in any. The one I hear the most about is Rimfire Sporter, seems to be fairly popular. 
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i had occasion on another site to exchange some posts - he indicated he had just shot those , i had to ask to see if you both were in the same location at the same time , thanks ,  
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