Leading the way was McKenna (below) who in his first
round shot a superb three-under par 69, followed by a one-over par 73 to tie for joint eighth place.
The top trio of Freddie McKenna (Tynemouth), Cameron Thoburn (Westerhope), and Junior Dobson (Arcot Hall) all equalled or bettered par, and were led by 14-year-old McKenna, who in his first
round shot a superb three under par 69, followed by a one over par 73 and tied for eighth.
Unique to this load are its hexagonal-shaped pellets, that according to Winchester, stack tightly in the shell providing more pellets per charge weight than traditional
round shot. Skeptical, I actually cut open a traditional
round shot steel BB 3" 1 3/4-ounce payload and counted 80 pellets.
The experimental team, led by Prof Sue Kilcoyne, used neutron radiography and neutron tomography at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland to carry out a non-destructive analysis of the internal structure of 20
round shot.
That along with a new and more capacious Drylok plastic wad allows a shot charge weight in the 12-gauge, 3-inch loading of l 3/8 ounces versus the standard of 1 1/4ounces for
round shot. Velocity of that particular Blind Side load is 1,400 fps.
For example, I watched the cube shot punching much larger temporary wound cavities in the gelatin than
round shot of the same size and impact velocity, yet penetration of the two was about the same.
Davies, 21, opened with a 82 to be seven strokes behind leader Becky Harries from Haverfordwest after the first round but her second
round shot her to the top of the final leaderboard on 150, with Maesdu 16-year-old Boulden (80-74) taking second on a countback from Tadmarton Heath's O'Connor (78-76).
However, his sixth and final
round shot of 6.7 ruined his chances for a gold even though he managed the first ISSF medal of his career.
IF THE BOLT DOESN'T STAY LOCKED TO THE REAR AFTER THE LAST
ROUND SHOT, CHECK THE FOLLOWER IN THE MAGAZINE, IT SHOULD BE CATCHING THE BOLT LOCK TO KEEP THE BOLT BACK.
Scotland's Sam Torrance triumphed for the first time in the senior game when he won the Travis Perkins Senior Masters at Wentworth Club after equalling the lowest
round shot on the European Seniors Tour.
A Remington cartridge box with the words POWER PATTERN and FIELD LOADS and an open shell spilling out
round shot, appears in This Discovery Could Have Grave Consequences for Mankind, 2002.
round shot - a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon