[CapandBall]

Jerry, I cant shoot kneeling anywhere near as well as sitting. Also, with the .22, mine is rigged to use a standard sling, and I took full advantage of that. In HP NM, no sling is allowed for standing, but we allowed it for this match and I used it for both guns.

I spent a lot of time sighting in my .22 off my back porch. The CCI stinger .22 dropped only about 4", where as other stuff I tried dropped about 10". I did a lot better with the .22 than I had feared I would.

[Jerry_M]

I shot the rimfire portion sitting, and it was heck on my back. So, when I shot the centerfire course, I resorted to kneeling, which was somewhat better for the back, but not as steady.

I didn't use a sling for any portion. The 10/22 doesn't have swivels, and the Garands web sling is too narrow to do anything other than cut off circulation to the supporting hand.

I think that I will try Stingers if we shoot something like this again. I shot the $9.00 for 525 Federal hollow-points at Walmart ammo for the rimfire, and CMP surplus LC69 M2 ball ammo in the Garand. I have, since we shot, modified the Garand with a "Holbrook device". This replacement for the op rod catch does not eject the clip after the last round, allows you to singly load rounds from 1 to 7 into the rifle, and does not allow the bolt to slam forward until you want it to. This eliminates all possibility of "M1 thumb", and makes the Garand much more convenient for matches of this sort. Without it, I had to fire an 8 round clip, then reload an 8 round clip, then eject the clip and 6 loose rounds.