RATON's "Sporting Rifle Match"

[islandermyk]

Well! How'd you do?

I did fricken bad ass!
There were 2 or 3 stages where I only hit air or ground and cleared the stage with ZERO hits
There were 2 or 3 times that I shot at the wrong target and wrong distances

The dope on my rifle sucked ass in some of these stages and worked for the very few

Through the hikes... I was staring at things on the ground wondering if I could eat that

.. and I got dirty



and I actually hit 27 out of 60.

[ColoWyo]

I've seen worse than 27 down there. It can be a humbling place for sure. Looks like there were a lot of guys down there.

I've seen guys clean a stage by getting all six, then zero the next stage. It can be a frustrating place, but when it all comes together......

[islandermyk]

There were a lot of guys... and the ones I crossed paths with were all cool as f*ck!
Definitely lots more to learn... but it ain't worth learning if you ain't having fun... and you damn right I'm having fun!

[islandermyk]

Definitely worth checking out. Anyone in their right mind can do this!
I really do encourage a lot of you guys out there to come out and try this. My first stage I didn't hit anything was a real kick in the balls for me...
I started thinking what the f*ck over?!
Is it my rifle?
My dope on the rifle?
... nagh... can't be the ammo..
F*ck?! Did I screw that shot up?
Oh dear Jesus... everyone saw that!?

The squad I was in are a bunch of awesome guys! They helped me chill the f*ck out along with many other things!
This is certainly something like the P-dog matches with having everyone helping each other out with what they can.

I'm really looking forward to next year

[ColoWyo]

There were a lot of guys... and the ones I crossed paths with were all cool as f*ck!
Definitely lots more to learn... but it ain't worth learning if you ain't having fun... and you damn right I'm having fun!

Thats one of the reason I like long range shooting. Almost everyone you meet is pretty cool. Highly UNlike some other forms of competitions out there.

[islandermyk]

Thats one of the reason I like long range shooting. Almost everyone you meet is pretty cool. Highly UNlike some other forms of competitions out there.

Yes... I totally agree

[XC700116]

I had a great time yesterday as well. With my mildly screwed up but on the mend shoulder and only having marginally appropriate rifle/scope combinations in the safe I decided to just go down there and watch/walk the course, and help keep score for the learning experience and to decide if this is something I really want to get into or not. I hooked up with Mike, Tim, and Matt and traveled the course with their squad for the match. I had an absolute blast just watching and learning from all the guys in that group. Everyone was really cool and helpful and didn't give me too much grief for showing up without a rifle

Oh and you'll be glad to know I've taken the bait hook, line, and sinker. I ordered a pair of Krieger Barrels last night from Bruno's and am currently starting the hunt for the Action and AICS chassis.

This is gonna be awesome

It was great to meet you guys yesterday!

Shawn

[Aloha_Shooter]

Looked like a majority of the rifles there are AR platforms? I've always wanted to get into something like this, am used to smallbore target shooting but windage (usually) isn't quite as much of an issue over 50 feet (even with 36-40 gr .22 bullet). I've got a scope mount for my M-1A NM that I haven't installed yet (and need to get a scope for it if I do) but am wondering if I'd need to change platforms.

[C Ward]

Smaller than 6MM is not allowed by the rules . The majority of the guns are bolt action rifles with a detachable magazine conversion or in a chassis system . All the info is in the match thread and on the website .

[Pike10]

Looked like a majority of the rifles there are AR platforms? I've always wanted to get into something like this, am used to smallbore target shooting but windage (usually) isn't quite as much of an issue over 50 feet (even with 36-40 gr .22 bullet). I've got a scope mount for my M-1A NM that I haven't installed yet (and need to get a scope for it if I do) but am wondering if I'd need to change platforms.

Not at all. Most everything is a bolt gun. I had one guy in our squad shooting a 260 armalite and a few we're training for a up coming team match. A lot of 260 Rem's, 7 & 6 mm variants. Just a handful of 308's. 90% - 95% bolt rifles