The weather is usually a factor at the March Silhouette match. This time we had about every type there is. We started the day with a microburst that tore up trees and buildings over a large area, and followed that with tornadoes, hail, and torrential rain accompanied by thunder and lightning, and interspersed with moments of uneasy quiet and strange light. Toward the end of the day, I went out to give a hand to one of the young target setters. He was standing stoically under the only spot in the bunker roof that didn't leak – much. He was amazingly cheerful about the whole thing. Said he just hoped the sun didn't come out and make it muggy. Of course, five minutes later, it did.
None of this held back JSH. He shot a UAS 40, and then cleaned all 10 200m. shootoff chickens. He was using a scoped Contender in .30-30. Yers Truly started the season with a standing 30. Had to get 8x10 rams to do it. I was shooting the SAECO .270 borerider Beagled a thousandth. This was in an ISGW-sighted Merrill .270 maximum with 15 gr. of 4759. I used WDWW at 50 and 100, straight linotype at 150 and 200.