Sanner’s Lake Woodstock Match Report – October 2018

A crisp fall day with beautiful long shadows caused by a less-beautiful low sun angle made for dim targets and bright sight glare for the shooters at the October Woodstock match at Sanners Lake...but the valiant contestants made the best of it, kept the competition tight, and put up strong scores as the sun approached the horizon.  Joe M and his $99 rough and ready Swedish Mauser proved the equipment is less important than the man behind the trigger, holding fast through all three strings to take the high combined score with a stellar 268-2X.  Right behind him was Paul S with his new Shiloh Sharps rifle, the big holes from the powerful 45-70 caliber rounds nipping the higher scoring rings and taking second place with a stout 266-1X.  In the individual category Mark S spent the first two strings chasing rear sight adjustments as he worked to dial in the newly installed front sight on his ’03 Springfield Mark 1 but finally put it all together on the last string with a healthy 98-3X.  Joe M and Paul S were neck and neck for second place but at the end of the day Joe nabbed it by a point with a 93-1X.  With such close scores, everybody was in contention for the top spot coming into the last string, and every shot counted.  No pressure! See the match report for the breakdown of scores.

Thanks to everyone for making it to the matches this year and keeping the turnout strong.  Woodstock matches will resume next year in March of 2019...which sounds like a long way away, but it will be here before you know it.  See you then!