Sporting Rifle precision field match at the Whittington Cent

[Hoser]

Someday I need to get myself a big boy rifle for this.

Your 260 or 6 will work.

[XC700116]

Yeah, but I'd have feelings of inadequacy and my ego couldn't handle that hahahahaha.

Unfortunately I can't make it Sunday anyway, too much other crazy going on.

[C Ward]

New target layout is done , between 850 ish to 2023 .

[C Ward]

First match on the new MRM course in the books . New set up is much harder . The 2 zoomies tied and Dino threw the whoopin in the shoot off .

[stevenc23]

GREAT Match!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again to Mike and Chuck.
Need to find a 40 MOA base

[Hoser]

Heck of a good time Sunday. The new location is awesome. Shooting up against that mountain is really cool.

Close target is almost 900 yards and the far target is 2023 years. C Ward absolutely center punched it. It was really cool to watch. Bullet time of flight, 3.066 seconds and still retaining over 1,300 ft lbs of energy at impact.

I was never able to hit the close target or the far target. I blame society and the prick that reloads my ammo. All the other targets, I was able to connect with.

Mostly 338s on the line. stevenc23 shot his 6.5 Creed using factory ammo and did really well. One 300 Win Mag gas gun showed up, but it took a dump and he was not able to finish.

Dino also connected on the 2023 target for the tie and then kicked my ass in the shoot-off. He put a first round hit on a stop sign sized target at 1606 yards. Very very cool.

We had two groups. One quiet group and one noisy group.

The first picture shows the targets in the meadow going into the tree line. There are eleven targets total. Ten main match targets and a single bonus target. The bonus target to the left of the main targets (find target 7 & 8, spilt the diff and go right) is a 1 MOA target at one mile. Nobody hit it...

The third pic shows the firing line. One group shot while the other spotted.

[Dinosdeuce]

Way cool match. The new location is............well holy shit is this the best fun you ever had with your clothes on and.............well you get the rest! Thanks to Mike and Chuck for securing a place where we can stretch our legs out on our .338 Lapua's. We had a great group Sunday for the new place. Having 3 spotters calling out what was seen really helped. Great match that no matter what help is given it still boils down to fundamentals to make a hit. It is awesome to touch off a round and have to wait to see impact. Way too much fun!

[C Ward]

This is the spot and setup we were looking for when we started this . We're real happy with how it turned out . There may be some small changes depending on how the weeds and sunflowers grow up but the distances won't change much . At 2023 depending on MV and bullets it's right at the trans sonic range depending on conditions .

The format of the match itself may change depending on attendance but not much from what it is now .

One thought now is to get started earlier to dodge some of the mirage . Any idea and suggestions let Mike or I know and we can talk about it , anything to make a better match is worth talking about .

Glad people enjoyed the new set up , now keep coming down to shoot .

[Starbuck]

Way cool match. The new location is............well holy shit is this the best fun you ever had with your clothes on and.............well you get the rest! Thanks to Mike and Chuck for securing a place where we can stretch our legs out on our .338 Lapua's. We had a great group Sunday for the new place. Having 3 spotters calling out what was seen really helped. Great match that no matter what help is given it still boils down to fundamentals to make a hit. It is awesome to touch off a round and have to wait to see impact. Way too much fun!

+1 on the fundamentals in this game. Recoil mangagement with the .338 and shot release have to be perfect at these distances - without that it doesn't matter how one calls the wind, which is another matter altogether....

And +1 on too much fun!

See everyone - and hopefully more folks - in April 2016 for the next MRM. I'm sure Chuck will get the exact date posted up before too long.

[C Ward]

Here are the match dates for all the matches next year .

Sporting Rifle Match
7 Feb
6 Mar
3 Apr
1 May
5 Jun
3 Jul
31 Jul
4 Sept


Sporting Rifle AR Match
4 Jun
30 Jul


Magnum Rifle Match
17 Apr
17 Jul
25 Sept


Sporting Rifle Team Match
20 - 21 Aug