The 23rd North Carolina Presents

You Might Be Skirmishing Too Early if...

  
Let me say from the start: the 23rd did their usual bang-up job with their February Shoot on Valentine's Day Weekend.
The range food was great, the schedule moved right along, we never wanted for anything. Except dry heat!

Dave preparing for yet another damp Pistol Match

The 23rd's Missle Launcher... the projectiles are seen
at the extreme right laying on the rifle rack.
Lots of fun... accuracy leaves a bit to be desired.
...If you pull on the range at 4:00 and can't setup camp and get dinner before dark...
...If you have to sit in the car with the motor running between relays...
...If you're chipping your teeth while getting a bullet out of the tube and you're not even a biter...
...If on the way home you fishtail more than twice on the same exit ramp stopping for gas...
...If the forecast for anywhere in the state contains the phrase: "in the higher elevations"...
...you just MIGHT be Skirmishing Too Early!
INDIVIDUAL MEDAL WINNERS
Todd
Wenzel
2nd
 25 Yd Pistol 47-1x
1st
 50 Yd Pistol 43
1st
 100 Yd Repeater 48-2x
3rd
 Grand Agg 245-1x
Shelby
Hilton
3rd
 25 Yd Pistol 46

Just in passing, there was some pretty steep competition present for the Individual Matches.
The Buncombe Rifles took home the ONLY medals won in the Region... congratulations Todd and Shelby!!

The help at the Stat Shack was ready for all protests, foul or fair...
PISTOL TEAM MATCH
 
Pigeon Bd
59.6
Left 4
4" Tiles
45.0
Hang Pigs
62.9
Left 1
TOTALS
167.5
(Fired)
H/T
AHT
Dave J.
1/6
1/5
0/6
2/17
83.8
66.3
Shelby H.
2/6
1/5
0/6
3/17
55.8
56.4
Todd W.
2/6
4/5
5/6
11/17
15.2
17.9
TOTAL
HITS
5
6
5
      

Our Pistol Team whupped up handily on everyone (the other two) else, winning all three events by a comfortable margin, and the match by almost 80 seconds. In second place came Iredell Blues, followed by 3rd NC Cavalry from the Tidewater Region.

As you can see from the stats for the rifle matches, we managed to keep our firm grasp on "lack-luster". I really hate it when our 'A' Musket team leaves 5 on the Pigeon Board! But even at that we came in 3rd Place, and 2nd in the Region behind the 27th North Carolina.

On kinda the flip side, our 'A' Carbine team came in first-in-region, but almost 50 seconds out of the medals.
Meanwhile, armed with 'The B.I.T.C.H.' ("...But Intermittently The Carbine from Hell"), Shelby farmed in with the Iredell Blues. It should be noted that, when the day ended, he had whupped all but our newest 'A' teamer!
CARBINE TEAM MATCH
 
Pigeon Board
249.3
4" Tiles
107.3
8oz Cups
286.1
Hanging Pigeons
147.8
Tar Heel
TOTALS
790.5
H/T
AHT
Dave J.
0/17
4/9
3/17
1/10
47 Points
26 Seconds
8/53
98.8
161.0
Mike T.
6/13
3/6
1/13
4/8
14/40
56.5
100.1
Todd W.
4/10
1/5
2/7
2/5
9/27
87.8
96.6
Dean B.
7/13
1/6
1/13
1/7
10/39
79.1
144.2
Rollin T.
2/14
1/8
3/17
2/9
8/48
98.8
100.3
TOTAL
HITS
19
10
10
10
        
Shelby w/Iredell Blues
Pigeon Board
300.0
Left 11
4" Tiles
155.2
8oz Cups
178.7
Hanging Pigeons
203.5
 
837.4
(Fired)
H/T
AHT
Shelby H.
4/9
3/5
3/8
1/6
  
11/28
76.1
102.4

Now... we were supposed to be able to SEE those targets?
By the way, that's not sand but standing water you're seeing all
across the range!
MUSKET TEAM MATCH
 
Pigeon Board
300.0
Left 5
4" Tiles
147.3
Hanging Pigs
150.3
8oz Cups
205.9
Tar Heel
TOTALS
803.5
(Fired)
H/T
AHT
Dave J.
9/14
3/7
3/7
2/10
We got several hits, but no one knows how many
17/38
47.3
58.9
Mike T.
1/??
0/5
3/6
1/8
5/19
160.7
194.2
Todd W.
4/8
3/5
3/5
3/6
13/24
61.8
60.7
Shelby H.
1/8
0/5
0/5
1/5
2/23
401.8
238.1
Garnell J.
1/9
2/5
1/5
3/7
7/26
114.8
148.1
QUICK...Which of these hats is the driest??
Geoff T.
4/10
1/5
1/5
2/7
8/27
100.4
118.9
Dean B.
5/10
3/5
3/5
4/6
15/26
53.6
52.7
Rollin T.
2/12
4/6
2/6
1/8
9/32
89.3
117.0
TOTAL
HITS
27
16
16
17
        

They must be shooting at SOMETHING???
REPEATER MATCH
 
Pigeon Bd
35.0
4" Tiles
15.6
Hang Pigs
27.2
TOTALS
77.8
H/T
AHT
Dave J.
5/14
2/7
1/6
8/27
9.7
14.0
Shelby H.
3/6
2/2
2/4
7/12
11.1
11.0
Mike T.
1/6
2/4
0/5
3/15
25.9
27.9
TOTAL
HITS
9
6
3
      
Our Repeater Team did neither best nor worst in any of the events and finally got the balance right by coming in 3rd Place and in the medals, but first in the region. Oh. That's right, we were the ONLY Repeater Team in the region!