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The JRA and GRC were always concerned to use quality ammunition so there are oftenreferences to good batches of RG, Norma and more recently Carmichael ammunition. In thesame way as has been noted in the records of the major International Matches, the incidenceof HPS scores was very low until the ammunition/rifle combination allowed real improvementto be judged on the target group sizes.Thus the first recorded 150 found in the published matchrecords was in 1987 when Jersey recorded a new match record of 1186 with possibles fromMessrs Benest, Mallett and Payn. Not that many 150s have been scored, so the ability to scoremore than one is certainly worthy of note and the known artists of this skill are Richard Benest,David Le Quesne and Colin Mallett.I’m not sure how you top a 150 unless it is longevity of appearances, the accolade for which mustsurely go to Cliff Mallett (CC Jnr for Initials sake) who first appeared, no doubt as a young man(as he still seems to be young today) back in 1957, when Mallett CC Jnr shot in the same teamas his father, CC Snr. Oh, CC Jnr top scored the Jersey team with a 140, and only one NRAshooter beat him, with a record setting 147 by Dick Britton. By comparison, in 2006, Cliff wassecond top score on his team with a 147, counted out on vees, whilst the only NRA score tobeat them was a fabulous 149 by a young man, Daniel Blake, who I think may be a name towatch for future glittering prizes.So here’s hoping that Cliff is shooting straight enough to be selected in a few more matches, sohe can have represented his Channel Island not just in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s but intothe 10s. But we all know he will have to perform, as there is a wealth of talent pressing to makethe VIII on each Island.It is true of the touring team that many have toured, only to find they are slightly off form anddo not make theVIII on either Island. But despair not ye who trip at this hurdle, there are thosein the GB PalmaTeam to Canada 2007, who have toured the Islands with the NRA, but not shotas part of the VIII.Whatever happens to you in your team aspirations, enjoy the trip, as this is a small taste oftouring with a rifle team: great fun, challenging shooting, fear of exclusion, and coping with thedisappointments. Please also remember, when you shoot to your potential, enjoy it, celebrateit, and remember it, for without enjoying the successes there is little point in trying to do it again.
The case for SCATTby Tim BedwellOver the past few years I have seen a number of my friends splash out large amounts of hardearnedcash on SCATT machines. How could they justify that sort of expense?My concerns around the value from a SCATT trainer were:-• A SCATT machine won’t help solve “The Problem” of the full-bore marksman anticipating therecoil (see article elsewhere in the brochure), or simulate the pressures of competition, windreading,slow partners etc. etc.• The price!The start of the CI 07 Team’s first training day was delayed by fog, and this allowed JonUnderwood to give us a talk about SCATT training and show us how the system worked onhis laptop. Jon followed this up by running a SCATT training session for those interested.This has been a bit of a revelation for me and, whilst some of the concerns remain, I nowunderstand much better the benefits of training with a SCATT machine. I should make it clearthat I do not profess to be any sort of SCATT expert but, as a recent convert, perhaps mythoughts may help other sceptics to convert!Here are some of the things that SCATT gives you:1) Dry firing with a scoreThe basic thing that the SCATT system gives you is instant feedback when dry-firing on the likelyfall of shot.This may be stating the obvious to some extent, however SCATT makes dry-firinga lot more valuable in that you can see how you’re doing. Dry-firing is a good mechanism fortraining, so that firing shots becomes a learned automatic reflex – however if you are dry-firingwithout a SCATT you won’t be able to see how you are doing and could be reinforcing somebad habits!Visualising the hold.2) Visualising the holdThe SCATT system shows you your point of aim throughout the process of firing a shot.Thisis a squiggly wobbly line and for a typical shot you can see the point of aim wobble towards thecentre of the target (hopefully), wobble around in the middle for a while, view where the shothits and the follow-through after the shot (illustrated right).The displays are very good, and areprobably better appreciated in real-time, so I would recommend that you download the SCATTsoftware for free from:
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