Boulder Rifle Club Long Range Rimfire Match

[Starbuck]

Match Description:


This all-steel match is designed to simulate ?field? and ?hostage? shooting scenarios. The match is designed to be challenging, fast-paced, fun, and safe, with competitors? down-time kept to a minimum.
Eight (8) 30 shot strings, shot from different positions, which will vary from match-to-match.
240 round match total.
One shot per target, in general. Each string will have a demanding time limit.
The current course of fire is twelve (12) arrays of self-resetting steel targets at 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, and 210y. Each array consists of multiple 1-5MOA targets, with a few smaller.

Equipment Requirements:


Bolt action repeater or semi-auto rifle - in .22LR only - with detachable box magazines.
Competitors must have enough magazines to shoot a 30 shot string, e.g. 6x5, 3x10, or some combination thereof. You will not have enough time to refill mags during your string.
240 rounds ammo, plus what you want to check your zero and DOPE prior to match start.
Magnified optics with target (i.e. uncapped) turrets. Reticle with elevation and windage hash marks, and/or holdover values. Max power 12x or greater is ideal.
Your Elevation Drop Values/D.O.P.E. from 50-210y, written down and handy.
Bipod or other front support, e.g. rucksack.
Rear bag and/or other positional support bags, based on personal preference. Shooting mat.
Tripod or standing sticks. (If you do not have these you may borrow from other competitors).

Match Times, Location, and Fees:
? March-November (9 matches/year), on the 2nd Saturday of each month.
? Setup: Friday, the day before each match, at 4:30 p.m. Assistance is welcome!
? 0800 ? 0845 (tel:0800 ? 0845): Sign in/ Check Zero, DOPE. 0845: Mandatory Safety Brief. 0900: Match begins. 1400 ? Projected end time. Location: BRC South Range 200y.
? $20.00 Match Fee (non-members). $10.00 Match Fee (members). Cash only.

Important Signup Information:

? MANDATORY ADVANCE MATCH SIGNUP REQUIRED via PRACTISCORE.
? Link here: https://practiscore.com/clubs/boulder_rifle_club_long_range_rimfire_match
? Signup opens three weeks prior to each match.
? Match is currently limited to twelve (12) shooters.
? If you show up to the match and did not sign up in advance, and the match is full, you will not be allowed to shoot.
? If you have signed up for a match and need to cancel, please alert the MD via email, or log in to Practiscore and navigate to ?Request to Withdraw.? This will open up your slot to another competitor.

Contact Information:


Email: BRCLongRangeRF@gmail.com

[Erni]

Will try to make these, but need to clean up the rimfire rig

[MarkCO]

Sounds like fun.

[Hoser]

Great news Sam. Cant wait to come shoot it.

Are you the Match Director?

If there is anything you need from Pueblo target wise, let me know.

[Starbuck]

Great news Sam. Cant wait to come shoot it.

Are you the Match Director?

If there is anything you need from Pueblo target wise, let me know.

Yes I am the MD and your Pueblo RF matches were my inspiration for creating this match. Just thought it would be fun to create a match in my back yard, and this match is setup a bit different than Pueblo, with much longer shot strings, dialing or holding over during the string for eight different ranges, and a high round count - so we'll see how it goes. It's going to be challenging.

Competitors will have to shoot fast, but I have not yet decided on how fast.

AA is building all the targets, so I don't think I'll need anything from you. Austin is taking a long time because he's not used to cutting targets so small, LOL. The targets should be ready any day now...

[Brass]

Can you post the actual distance to targets? I have DOPE, but I may have some gaps in it, if some targets are at 182 yards, for example.

[Starbuck]

Can you post the actual distance to targets? I have DOPE, but I may have some gaps in it, if some targets are at 182 yards, for example.

50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 210 yards, at least for the first match on March 9.

[Starbuck]

Registration open for the March 9 match.

[Hoser]

Signed up. Cant wait.

[Starbuck]

Signed up. Cant wait.

Great thanks. Should be tons of fun.
Hopefully the cold and snow will stay in the mountains only!

[Grant H.]

I will have to try and make some of these.

Saturday mornings are difficult, but I can probably make it work a few times.

[Hoser]

Damn weather... Maybe April.

[Starbuck]

Registration open for the April 13 match. Link in the OP.

[Erni]

I'm interestes but clueless as to what optic would work. Help?

[Starbuck]

I'm interestes but clueless as to what optic would work. Help?

Check the fourth bullet point in the OP under "Equipment Requirements." If you're looking for a specific suggestion there's tons of info in other threads here, or you could also check the Sniper's Hide Rifle Scopes subforum.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Love to see some pictures.

[Starbuck]

Love to see some pictures.

Great idea! Will do this weekend. Hopefully the range will be in condition after the snowstorm forcast for later today.

[Starbuck]

Registration now open for the May 11 match.

https://practiscore.com/clubs/boulder_rifle_club_long_range_rimfire_match

[offgrid]

Thanks Sam for all the work you put in setting up this match. Fun match!

[Starbuck]

Thanks Sam for all the work you put in setting up this match. Fun match!

You are welcome. Thanks for coming out! Tons of fun for sure. Will be even better going forward. Will post range pix in June.

May scores posted to the match email list.

[stevenc23]

Fun match for sure. Definitely worth shooting it if you enjoy shooting rimfire and are anywhere near Boulder. Really like the variety and volume of steel targets. Hope to shoot it again. Thanks Sam

[Starbuck]

Registration open for the June 8 match.

https://practiscore.com/clubs/boulder_rifle_club_long_range_rimfire_match

[Starbuck]

Registration now open for the July 13 match.

[Starbuck]

July 13 results sent to match email list.

Please note: The OP Match Description has just been edited to reflect a change in our firing protocol.

Instead of the 4x50 shot strings that we have been shooting, in August we will move to 8x25 shot strings, with two squads shooting simultaneously, at of course different target arrays. These changes are being implemented to speed up the match, as well as to reduce the stress and time associated with the five mag changes that we had been doing, on our very fast clock!

[Starbuck]

Four slots still open for August 10.

[Starbuck]

Registration now open for the September 14 match.

https://practiscore.com/clubs/boulder_rifle_club_long_range_rimfire_match

[Starbuck]

Regitration open for the October 12 match.

[Starbuck]

Last match of the season is next weekend, on November 9.

Registration link in the OP.

We will start up again weather permitting on March 8, 2020.

[offgrid]

I know I’m not supposed to ask questions..... will there be snacks?

[Starbuck]

I know I?m not supposed to ask questions..... will there be snacks?

OK, for you, since you've always looked a little too thin, lol.

By the way, the match is now full, but the Practiscore Waiting List is enabled.

[Starbuck]

Registration open for the March 14 match.

Practiscore link in the OP, as well as a revised description of the COF.

I have added some new targets, and moved some others around for the 2020 season. Round count is now 240.

Should be fun!

[Starbuck]

Good times on March 14. Congrats to Offgrid on the win!
April 11 match cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. I take no joy in this.
Next match is May 9.

[Starbuck]

Game on for our June 13 match.
Registration opened yesterday - still a few slots available. See Practiscore link in the OP.

[.455_Hunter]

Game on for our June 13 match.
Registration opened yesterday - still a few slots available. See Practiscore link in the OP.

Which range do you shoot this on?

My son shoots in Dennis's indoor youth league and it would be great to get that going again.

[Starbuck]

Which range do you shoot this on?

My son shoots in Dennis's indoor youth league and it would be great to get that going again.

We are on the South Range 200y range.

[.455_Hunter]

We are on the South Range 200y range.

Cool. Thanks!

[Starbuck]

A few slots are still available for the July 11 match.
Practiscore registration link in Post #1.

[Starbuck]

A few slots still open for September 12.
Registration link in Post #1.

[Starbuck]

Finally posting up some target pix after two seasons of running this match....

100y Mud Flap Girls and Six-hole flapper
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125y Piano Keys and UN Blue Helmet Hostages
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Geometric arrays at 150, 175, 200, and 210y.
Note the red golf ball on the upper left at 200, and the yellow ball at 210. They get hit regularly, even though we only allow one shot per string. Worth five points instead of one point for the other targets.
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[Hoser]

Awesome pics Sam.

Love what you have done with the match. I almost ordered some of those mud flap girl targets.

Hopefully work will calm down soon and I will be able to make it up.

[Starbuck]

The March 13 match is cancelled, due to an ongoing dispute I am having with the BRC Board.

I will post another update prior to March 20, which is the day registration is set to open for the April 10 match. Hopefully I can get the matches going again, but the way things are going with the Board, there is a good chance that the match will die an early death.

Stay tuned. Thanks.

[Starbuck]

Match is cancelled. We had two fun seasons. Thanks to everybody who came out to shoot.

In October 2020 I stupidly placed some targets in an unsafe location, and the BRC Board slapped with me with a six month suspension. Fine. I deserved some punishment. Since then, my relationship with the Board has unfortunately gone from bad to worse, and I resigned from the Club a few days ago. The following memes tell the rest of the story.
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[Hoser]

Sorry to hear it Sam.

I loved your mudflap girl racks. Knowing that it pissed off the fuds up there makes me want to buy one for sure now.

[Starbuck]

Thanks Hoser. It's bittersweet - I had been a member at BRC since 2010 or so - but it's over now.

I'd love to restart the match at a new venue. I have my eye on the CRC Silhouette Range, but all the weekends appear to be booked with other matches. It would be cool to do an RF match there with targets out to 4-500m. Cross my fingers for an opening some day...

[Brass]

Have you considered Ben Lomond? They have lots of space. Maybe that club would be interested in hosting your match.

[Starbuck]

Thanks for the BLGC suggestion.
I had a membership out there awhile back but let it lapse because it's pretty far from BOCO where I live.
I have a proposal currently in front of the CRC. Stay tuned. If they approve it we will have a cool new match with true "long range" targets.