[ScottyS]

So yesterday I rode along with my friend in the CHP at Bridgeport from 1-10pm for fun, and finally got home at 1am this morning. Promptly got up at 5:30am and drove up to the Palomino Valley Gun Club near Pyramid Lake for a Varmint Silhouette rifle match.

As we're setting things up, who should drive up but Brian (NevadaSTi). We get to shoot the bull for a while as things are getting organized, and he tells me that he was the winner of the previous month's match. As we got squadded and reported to our stations, it was with the sobering charge that it was up to us to represent and continue the trend of SECCS Domination.

I was feeling a bit unsure about my likely performance, as I had never shot a match of that format before. Also, I am pretty new to Standing/Sitting positional competition. Brian had just mounted a new scope on his gun, so the odds were long of either of us pulling a win out.

Ignoring the odds, we both soon warmed up during the Standing relays, dusting steel squirrels, crows, rabbits, woodchucks, and coyotes from ranges between 100 and 210 yards. Halfway through the match, I discovered that I was in a dead heat with two others for 1st place.......no pressure.....!

The Sitting portion of the match went by quickly, but it wasn't clear until the very last minute who was ahead. In the end, I was placed in a sudden-death shootoff at the 175 yard rabbits for both High Sitting and Overall. Fortunately, I made the winning shot and kept the SECCS streak alive.

Brian and I want to wear our hoodies next time.