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SPORTS & OUTDOORS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
SHOOTING THE BREEZE
Stock Fit: Length of Pull
of these are rifl es which land
uring a recent visit to
within the half-inch margin of
my gunsmith’s shop in
my proper length of pull.
Bend, I brought up the
One particularly nasty kicker
issue of length of pull. As mea-
is an old Savage 94C 20 gauge
sured on a rifl e or shotgun,
single-shot. Not surprisingly,
length of pull is the distance
between the trigger and the very its lightweight and long 14 and
3/16 length of pull makes for
back edge of the buttplate.
an unpleasant experi-
How pivotal is this
ence each time I pull
measurement to proper
the trigger. My Rem-
fi t of a stock and accu-
ington 870 20 gauge,
rate shooting? Mr.
by contrast, has a
Wills quickly grabbed
13 and 13/16 LOP
his gauge and mea-
and is much heavier
sured my length of pull,
Dale Valade
and more pleasant to
which turned out to be
shoot.
13.5 inches.
Before you rush down to
According to Randy, in
Ace Hardware to buy stock
the case of a rifl e, as long as
spacers or bust out your hack-
you’re within one-half inch of
saw, be sure you have your
your length of pull — hereafter
referred to by the acronym LOP length of pull properly mea-
— you’ll have no issues. If LOP sured. Traditionally, this was
on a .22 or the like is a bit short, achieved by gripping your long
gun with your shooting hand,
it’s not an issue due to the non-
fi nger on the trigger — you will
existent recoil. The same can-
not be said in the case of a hunt- have triple-checked that the fi re-
arm is NOT loaded before doing
ing rifl e.
this — and by cradling the butt-
Accentuated recoil, though
stock upon the inside of your
not purely the fault of a too-
forearm while holding it at a 90
short or too-long stock, can be
degree angle to your bicep, you
a symptom of improper LOP.
Most factory rifl es tend to come would see whether or not that
gun was too long, too short, or
with a “one size fi ts all” length
just right.
of pull of between 13.5 and
The trouble with that is it’s
13.75 inches.
not an exact science. Save your-
Off a bench rest you’ll
self unnecessary confusion and
likely not notice much diff er-
go see your preferred local gun-
ence in LOP as long as the eye
smith. He will properly measure
relief on your scope is prop-
your LOP and get you squared
erly set. Field positions, espe-
away. Likely your guns fi t you
cially off hand, are less forgiv-
ing. If you’re a stocky man of 5 well enough to shoot them
feet 2 inches tall or an Amazon already. But if you’ve got an
unrepentant kicker or if you’re
woman of 6 feet 4, run-of-the-
planning to build a custom stock
mill stock dimensions may be
or fi rearm in the near future, do
a source of excessive recoil or
yourself a favor and do it right.
diffi culty in snapping the rifl e
Close is only good enough for
to your shoulder.
horseshoes and hand grenades!
Randy continued that with
Want to sound off ? Write to
shotguns, it was absolutely
us at shootingthebreezebme@
important to have the correct
gmail.com or check us out on
LOP; there was no half-inch
Facebook!
margin for error with shotguns
Dale Valade is a local coun-
as with rifl es. I have in my col-
try gent with a love for the out-
lection a variety of long guns
doors, handloading, hunting
measuring everywhere from 12
and shooting.
and 7⁄16 to 14¼ inch LOP. Most
D
Steven Mitchell/Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant Union’s Parker Neault (5) scores a run on Saturday, April 23, 2022, against Dufur.
Prospectors drop twin bill
striking out one and allowing a hit.
Neault went 2-3 at the plate, while Syrus
Workman fi nished 1-3 with an RBI double
and scored a run. Trever Gabbard, Lucas
Blood and Talon Van Cleave each went 1-3
and scored a run. Even though the Pros lost
by 10 runs in the second game, the squad
fl exed their off ensive muscle. Freshman
Ryland Beil roped a double and put up two
RBIs, while Van Cleave and Gabbard went
1-3 with one RBI apiece.
Meanwhile, Hutchison and Morris each
stole a base.
The Pros were refl ective after Saturday’s
doubleheader. Morris said that the team
needs to work on hitting the ball better and
not letting things get in their heads.
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
T
he Grant Union/Prairie City
baseball team dropped a double-
header at home to the No. 5-rated
South Wasco County/Dufur
Rangers on Saturday, April 23.
The Prospectors lost the fi rst game 4-2
and fell 18-8 in the second game.
Parker Neault pitched four innings in the
fi rst game, recording fi ve strikeouts while
surrendering two earned runs on seven hits.
Mason Morris pitched for two innings and
gave up a pair of runs (one earned) on two
hits and fanned three. Riddick Hutchison
came in for relief in the fi nal part of the game,
According to Morris, 90% of baseball is
mental and the other 10% is physical.
Hutchison said playing a No. 5-ranked
team gave the squad some important points
to focus on.
“They gave us something to learn on,” he
said, “and mistakes we need to work on.”
Grant Union/Prairie City is now 2-3 in the
Blue Mountain Conference and 7-7 overall.
The team was scheduled to face Pilot
Rock/Nixyaawi/Ukiah in a home game at
4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, after the Eagle’s
press time.
The Pros are home again on Saturday,
April 30, for a doubleheader against Union/
Cove. The fi rst game starts at 11 a.m. and the
second starts at 1 p.m.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Grant Union added two more road
wins on Friday, April 22, against
Elgin/Imbler, winning by scores of
20-3 and 18-2. Stats from that game
were not available before press time.
The Lady Pros remain undefeated
on the season.
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
Lady Pros sweep doubleheaders
with Lakeview, Elgin
LAKEVIEW — Grant Union’s soft-
ball team scored a pair of wins over
the Lakeview Honkers on Wednesday,
April 20, in Lakeview.
The first game saw Drew Williams
pitch a one-hit shutout en route to a
3-0 Lady Pro win. Raney Anderson
finished the game 1-3 with a pair of
RBIs and a run scored. Sivanna Hodge
finished the contest 2-4 with an RBI.
The second game saw the Lady Pro
offense get into rhythm, leading to a
12-5 victory. Halle Parsons pitched
all seven innings, giving up five runs
and striking out four batters. Savan-
nah Watterson was 3-5 at the plate
with two runs scored and three RBIs.
Ace pitcher Williams finished the day
2-4 with a run scored and two RBIs.
Parsons went 1-4 on the day with a
run scored and three RBIs. The Lady
Pros had 13 hits in total in game two
of the doubleheader.
for the Lady Panthers. Koopman’s
best result of the afternoon was a fifth-
place finish in the high jump.
Grant Union track gains
experience in Vale
VALE — The Prospector track team
participated in the Wayne Invitational at
Vale High School on Friday, April 22.
The boys came away with 26 points, fi n-
ishing just behind Ontario in 10th place.
The girls fi nished fi ve points behind
eighth-place Tri-Valley with 29 points in
the meet.
Riddick Hutchison and Lucas Wolf led
the boys with third-place fi nishes in the
javelin and discus, respectively. Tucker
Carpenter and Quinn Larson both picked
up fi fth-place fi nishes in the shot put and
pole vault.
The girls were led by Katelyn Hughes,
who fi nished fi fth in the javelin, 300
meter hurdles and 4x100 relay with team-
mates Lauryn Pettyjohn, Morgan Rand-
leas and Carson Weaver. Weaver would
later notch a third-place fi nish in the jave-
lin. Mallory Lusco rounded out the Lady
Pro top fi ve fi nishers, placing fi fth in the
discus.
Prairie City track squad
competes at EOU
LA GRANDE — The Prairie City
track team competed in the 1A/2A/3A
Regional Track Meet hosted by Crane
High School at Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity in La Grande on Saturday,
April 23.
The boys finished with 10 points,
which was good enough for 15th place.
The girls finished in 11th place with 33
points. A total of 19 teams participated
in both the boys and girls competitions.
Eli and Tucker Wright had busy
afternoons for the Panthers, each plac-
ing in two events. Eli placed third in
both the javelin and high jump. Tucker
placed third in the long jump and
fourth in the triple jump.
Janie Koopman was also busy at the
meet as she competed in four events
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