There's been some good interest at my club with many folks wanting to get involved with H/P. Seems many are reluctant because of either bad eyes or simply "scared". One of our BOD members who is also a master H/P shooter has taken the initiative to bring totally new perspective HP shooters through a introductory 200 and 300 yd shoot. There was 4 of us whom have purchase (or in my case, built) match service rifles. So spent about an hour at 200 yds shooting off a bag to adjust my zero and learn the basics of sling prone. All's we did in this first day is just practice , no competition stresses and lots of specific questions asked and answered. I unfortunately have very nearsighted vision, shooting 200 yds was not a problem, but moving out to 300 the black gets very fuzzy and verifying my target lane is getting more difficult. I have a strong feeling I won't be able to safely shoot at 600. This is where the proposed CMP optic rule will help me substantially. Long story short, I had a great time learning the basics of HP. Myself being a civilian shooter with no prior marksmanship training now shooting reasonably through irons with bad eyes at 200 and 300 was a big accomplishment for me. All my shots for the day were inside scoring rings, granted many were not black , but again an accomplishment for a guy like me with my vision handicap. Another local club near me puts on a full blown hp clinic in April so I definitely plan on attending.
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