Just hit the dang Ferris wheel with a BIG Bullet and it'll go round a couple times...wonder if'n ya could get Bonus Points for a Double SWING LOLOLOL

I gotta see if my 9.3'll reach 300-400 yards accurtely without looking like a knee mortar's round, cause at 100-200 it'll shoot with anything I ever shot in 30 cal or smaller.
Ron

yeah, i had to be downtown by 3pm but i was glad to come out there and help you guys out for the first half. Glad you came back strong.

what better way to practice? unless you are shooting special olympics qualified deer, coyotes and other game you need to be shooting at movers..... the spinner is a blast to shoot but the intent of it, while fun, is to train you to be able to get back on target quickly and make follow up shots. The mover will teach you leading shots that will become second nature in the field. And its fun too.

I don't know bobby was hitting it with that 300 winmag and it still took 3 hits to spin it.

Dave I think I had a big advantage over the bolt guys with my auto. I hit the spinner and never moved off target.

I was just joking I would like more reactive/moving targets. They are really fun to me. I seem to do better under pressure and timing.

I had a really good time at the match. It was good to meet Wburke, Kroyal, Dave, straitshooter, Wiley, BigFitz, and a few others from the forum that I can't remember their names. The best part was the reality of the targets and how they related to field conditions of a hunting situation. Coyotes, Bobcats, deer stands, prairie dogs etc. It was cool to be able to take my 21" lightweight gun with a standard duplex 2x10 Leupold and see what it would do in a real life scenario for the most part. You didn't need a fancy heavy barrel sniper rifle to play.
Everything was smooth and safe and I look forward to another one. I will have to practice next time to calm down my butterflies . The facility and shooting platforms were nice.
Thanks for those who put it on and those that donated to the table, you know who you are.

Nice to meet you too man, see I'm not as bad as everyone makes me out to be haha.

Thank you for the kind words everyone. I've put in a ton of work building the range, clearing brush, fence, platform, blah, blah, blah.

I'm really glad yall came out and I could share the range with THF-ers for a fun day of shooting.

Chad and I will discuss another match for September.

the key is to not care about the time or the pressure - the clock only gives you the false impression that you have to hurry up but you can't miss fast enough to win or take down an animal. In some of the larger matches the times are set in such a manner that you can't possibly complete the course and you will see people rush and miss, rush and miss, rush and miss.... the guys winning will take their time and pick up a few points that the time does allow. Pay no attention to the clock. easier said than done.

it's also what you practice with.... you mentioned that the gas gun gave you an advantage over the bolt gunners but that isn't true.... bolt gun or gas, you need to time that shot and i don't think gas gives you any advantage at all. your advantage is that you can run that bolt gun well enough to shoot, stay on target and reengage. bolt gunners should be able to do that too. if you can't stay on target it's a whole other issue than the platform.

I can't run a gas gun for crap - but i don't shoot them often at all, hell I only own a SBR and rarely shoot it. When I do its all over the place, all that movement with the BCG, the buffer, etc.... not something i am used to at all.

10-4 yea gas guns are all I run. That makes a bunch of sense about the clock. I need to slow way down. I think my first 2-3 stages I shot in about 15-30 seconds.

Dang right you need to slow down. You zipped through several stages and left 60% of time still on the clock. Don't worry about the clock, worry about the shot you're trying to make right now, not the one you are about to make. I've shot lots of stages at matches and had time called on me. Told Dave I needed to speed up. He's say why? You hit everything you shot at. I was worried about the one or two I didn't shoot at. I can't do that and still be successful.

I rushed and rushed feeling like a bada$$ every time I got a hit (pretty much ended after the first stage). It wasn’t until after the Pigeon stage that I was truly humbled and realized that I needed work. I noticed on the first stage, I got the first two hits and then just got lazy on the last one and sure enough, missed.

I started rushing with the tripod and chair as I wasn’t very comfortable, only hit 1 of 3 and just never really recovered my nerves after that.

All in all, I learned a few things. I went and installed the sling on my rifle that I wished I had during the match, I bought a notched leg bipod vs. the smooth leg I have and a Limbsaver replacement pad. I have started practicing all of the techniques I learned during the match and am getting more comfortable having to be in an unusual position and maintain a steady breath rate.


Next match I will be MUCH more prepared physically and mentally. I learned that shooting prone can be very painful if you don’t have the butt pulled into the pocket properly and that I look very fat in a couple of those photos...lol


Did anyone else feel themselves improving their technique by the end of the match? The deer stand I used all but 2 seconds on the clock and if I had realized I was out of ammo on the Ferris wheel, I bet I could have gotten a spin.


One suggestion, can we get name tags or something next time so we can all identify each other by user name? I know GLC, Fireman, Chad, KRoyal and that is about it though I remember several other faces, just no name to go with them, I probably got there after the meet and greet.

Also, somehow I ended up with an extra pair of green ear muffs in my shooting bag. There's no name on them. Let me know if they are yours!

Shooter 1- Christopher League Tikka T-3, Leupy 4-12, 7mm-08, 168 gr. Nosler Custom Comp.
Shooter 2- Garry Coufal Savage/ Stevens 7mm-08, Burris 3-10 x 50, 140 gr. Nosler BT
Shooter 3- Walter Burke Stiller custom .243, US Optics SN3, 105 gr. Berger Hybrids
Shooter 4- No Show
Shooter 5- Bobby Sirmans Jr. Rem 700 .300 WSM, Night Force NXS, 180 gr.
Shooter 6- Kyle Royal POF .308 Win, SS 10X, Dallas Custom Reloads 168 gr. A-max
Shooter 7- Jacob Daniel Rem 700 .270, Bushnell duplex, 150 gr. Winchester SP
Shooter 8- James Foster, Savage 10 .308 Win, Bushnell Elite 6-24X Mil/Mil, 175 gr. SMK
Shooter 9- Tim Fitzgerald, AR-10 .260 Rem, Vortex Viper, Dallas Custom Reloads 139 gr. Lapua Scenar
Shooter 10- Patrick Johnson Custom 6.5 Creedmoor, Leupy 2.5-10X, Dallas Custom Reloads 130 gr Berger VLD

Shooter 9- Tim Fitzgerald, AR-10 .260 Rem, Vortex Viper, 139 gr. Lapua Scenar

Tim was also running my 260 Rem match ammo.

Fixed

Who was the RO shooting with Jason? Bald, quiet, bolt cycling mad man who was just really outshooting everyone out there even though he was not participating in the actuall comp?

That was JJ.

JJ?

Jerry Jones

Yall practice your rifle skills over the summer.

And your pistol skills from the holster.

Mmmwaaahahaha

Ahhhhhh hell yea... We doing a pistol carbine class??! Looks like you need to build you a carbine haha.

I have one, and I rarely shoot it. Have damn fine pistol, too. Also rarely shoot it. Touched off two rounds with the bolt gun at 600 yesterday, though. And the day before that, and two days before that...

I need to shoot my pistol, carbine and shotgun much more than I do.

Ahhh didn't know you had one, thought all you had was the lower. Well either way I'm game for a carbine pistol comp. I think that would be lots of fun. You need to setup a 3 gun course on your range

NEVER! Plenty of other places to do that, and I'm not even qualified as an intermediate shooter in that arena.

Have a complete AR-15, have lower only in AR-10.