ASCENSION SILHOUETTE
GONZALES, LA
FEBRUARY 4, 2017
BY: CHARLIE BRAUD

The first Saturday in February marked the first match of 2017 for Ascension Silhouette. A small but enthusiastic group was on hand today, including my neighbor whom I am introducing to the silhouette game. Carey had recently purchased a Ruger Charger and decided to tag along with me to try his hand on the steel targets. With me spotting and coaching for him he made his debut in fine fashion by shooting a Practical Hunter 22LR perfect score for his first every entry. He then tried the Fifth Scale targets and managed a 31X40. This score was impressive in light of the fact that he neglected to correctly adjust his sights when he advanced from chickens to pigs, costing him 4 targets. I guess his coach should accept some blame for this oversight. Anyway, Carey says he’s hooked and plans to return soon. David Heintz let a shot drop low on a pig and it cost him a perfect score in UAS. His daughter Kayla, a new IHMSA member this year, was with us today and shot a fine 35X40 in UAS. Philip shot his usual UAS 40X40. We had a few NRA Cowboy Rifle shooters with us today as well but I’m sorry to report that I don’t have those scores. I think I heard them say that a couple of 38X40s we shot today.

SMALLBORE RESULTS
UAS/INT............Philip Braud.............Ruger Charger.................40
UAS/INT............David Heintz............Ruger Charger..................39
UAS/AA.............Kayla Bonner............Ruger Charger.................36

FIFTH SCALE RESULTS
UASFS/AA..........David Heintz.............Ruger Charger.................36
UASFS/AA..........Carey Templet..........Ruger Charger..................31 Non-Member

PRACTICAL HUNTER RESULTS
PH22LR/INT.......Carey Templet...........Ruger Charger.................40 Non-Member

Charlie, Great scores at your match. Sounds like your neighbor got his Charger pointed in the right direction. Still too cold for us Yankees here in OH so I envy you LA shooters starting early in the year. Good to see Ascension back in business for 2017.

Charlie did not mention that we "test drove" some of our new impact sensing targets today. Long story short - swinger targets with a counterweight, fitted with a piezo impact sensor that triggers a LED light, which stays on for 6 seconds - then resets. A ringer target with hit notification - worked like a charm ! Hope to have everything functional by next month. Charlie has been working his a__ off on these !

In other news, my neighbor Carey joined IHMSA yesterday so we have a new member and shooter at our matches. Thanks Carey and welcome aboard.

Charlie, congrats on a fine start to the new Silhouette season.......keep up the good fight