I am one of those "older fellas" and as you know, I've shot at Crittenden for 24 years...but I wasn't there Sunday.
It's been done like that for many years, since attendance has gone done. Seems if there aren't a lot of folks shooting, we tend to just stay at one table and not move, IF you can see all the targets from one position. It's kind of been done partly for expediency, not like we're backed up or anything, but just to save a little time, and partly due to some laziness. There is no one table that is advantageous over others as far as shooting goes. Heck, I may have even been the one who started that...when you are the only one doing any work at the match, by the time I get done resetting and painting all the targets, all the other shooters have already moved to the new tables. It was easier for me to just leave my shooting gear at one table not being used instead of making all the other shooters wait even longer for me to switch positions.
When I was calling the line, I would ask each shooter if they wanted to move for the next bank when we were lightly attended. A lot of the time, they would stay put and shoot the next targets. Others chose to move. When we got busy, I made sure they moved each time to allow other shooters a chance to start correctly. I know some there, and Bob may know who I'm talking about, that just park their butt on the sighter table or some other one, and never move. The next shooters miss a couple relays because they thought they were in line behind someone else. This one is always a pain, in several ways, but I have to make him move. It's one thing when there are 3 shooters on the line, but when more show up, you have to use the correct tables.
You were at the BB chicken table. I know that table is angled oddly, due to the extreme downhill line of fire on that bank. I've shot all 4 banks of targets from that table many times, BUT, I am left-handed, so the table angle doesn't work against me...I can still see all 40 targets and engage them without a lot of difficulty. I can see where right-handed shooters are at a bigger disadvantage past the chickens from that table.
For those that say just move the tables and shoot from the concrete, this is why we can't do that.
If you look in front of the concrete shooting tables, you can see telephone pole sections that define the forward limit of the firing line. If one were to lay down between the tables, you would not be able to see any targets over the tops of those poles. Also, due to the downhill slope of the range, the elevated tables are necessary to be able to engage all the targets and still clear the ground with the bullet.
The best way to handle that situation is to ask the shooter to please move to the proper table, as you can not shoot all your targets from the one position. Laying on the ground would require you to shoot from outside the firing line, and you might not be able to see all the targets anyway. Doing more situps is not the answer. If the shooter is unwilling, let the match director know.
Sorry for the long-winded answer, but I hope it helped.
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