okay, talk about a difference in trigger pull, lol. Going from a 2 ounce two stage trigger in an air rifle to a 2 pound single stage trigger in a .22 is quite a difference. So, needless to say, I wanked the first few but all in all for a newbie who has never done it before, I was extremely happy with my scores. 511/600 
My match went great. I have to say that prone position with a sling, umm...hurts after a while. It takes about 15 minutes for the feeling to return to your arm after ever 20 shots. I honestly always thought that prone position would be so "easy" to shoot from but just like any other position it takes a certain amount of skill to set up from the shooter, definitely hard on the shoulders and back.
The polarizer of my iris failed during the last 20 shots and all of a sudden I was shooting what I thought was a good shot and it was ending up high and left. Finally I just couldn't see through the iris anymore and broke position, changed my iris and saved some points in the end.
I think they found themselves another .22 shooter. Next months competition is outside.
My match went great. I have to say that prone position with a sling, umm...hurts after a while. It takes about 15 minutes for the feeling to return to your arm after ever 20 shots.
I honestly always thought that prone position would be so "easy" to shoot from but just like any other position it takes a certain amount of skill to set up from the shooter, definitely hard on the shoulders and back.The polarizer of my iris failed during the last 20 shots and all of a sudden I was shooting what I thought was a good shot and it was ending up high and left. Finally I just couldn't see through the iris anymore and broke position, changed my iris and saved some points in the end.
I think they found themselves another .22 shooter. Next months competition is outside.
