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Post by 7mmfreak on Mar 5, 2017 8:07:04 GMT -5
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Post by jims on Mar 5, 2017 8:23:10 GMT -5
When you get a chance give us details
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 9:07:37 GMT -5
That's pretty neat, congrats!
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Post by Dave W on Mar 5, 2017 11:27:34 GMT -5
Congrats, how many competitors?
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Post by 1coyotemaster on Mar 5, 2017 12:47:09 GMT -5
Nice job Keith, the layout there looks impressive!
I see it was sold out so I'm assuming stiff competition. Another match coming up in May?
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Post by mrbuck on Mar 5, 2017 14:38:33 GMT -5
Great shooting .
Chris
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Post by 7mmfreak on Mar 6, 2017 17:27:54 GMT -5
There were 90 competitors total broken into two classes: Unlimited and Tactical. Tactical requires that you shoot a .308 Win or .223 Rem and Unlimited is everything else with fast 6mm and 6.5mm rifles being the rule. I shot Tactical class using a trued Remington 700 with Benchmark HV barrel chambered in .308 Win Palma 95 in a Manners T6A and topped with my Bushnell HDMR. My load was a Sierra TMK 175gn at 2716fps that has an ES of 8fps and an SD of 3fps. Compared to a 175gn SMK that I've shot for years this new bullet has nearly cut my wind bracket in half.
The course of fire was 80 rounds over 10 stages. You had 8 rounds to make 8 hits and you had 80.5 seconds to get it done. Paul started out only allowing one bag for the entire match but due to pressure from PRS/sponsored babies he has caved to the bag-mania and now you can shoot with as many gimmicks as you care to carry. I don't carry that junk at work so I won't compete with it. I have a gun, a bipod, a sling (you'd be shocked how few slings you see...like nearly none), and single very small rear bag. If I can't win with that I don't want to win.
I started on Stages 5&6. Stage five was a pair of targets over the top of a Chevy Tahoe at 735yds. You has to shot the left target then right target, twice each from strong side, then twice each from support side. Stage 6 was a Know Your Limits (KYL) stage at 450yds or so where targets get progressively smaller. I had to shoot each twice from prone under the Tahoe.
Stage 7&8 were shot on the same lane. Stage 7 was at 350yds and was 4 positions with 2 shots each: from a fence rail, to a barrel suspended on a rope which was like shooting from a bucking barrel, from another fence rail, then from the top of a fence post. Stage 7 was a series of targets from 323yds to 460something yds from a sloped rooftop.
Stage 9 and 10 were on the 1000yds range. Stage 9 was 2 shots each from four different holes in a barricade wall at a target in a car at 450yds or so. Stage 10 was 2 shots on each target at 700, 800, 900, and 1000yds with very switch winds.
I then moved to stages 1&2 which were at 460yds or so and 320yds or so. Stage 1 was shooting from a fence style barricade with 6 levels. You shot from 4 and worked high to low. Stage 2 was shot from a series of tires that were piled up and you shot 2 shots from each tire that got lower and lower.
Stages 3&4 were shot at 400something yard and 763yds. Stage 3 was two shots each from the hood of a truck, over the bed rail, from the tailgate, and prone under the tailgate. Stage 4 was 2 shots each through a concrete culvert, over the culvert, over a concrete wall, then from a concrete block (all of which were too low for kneeling but too high for sitting).
As soon as I finished my last stage I left because I had ditched my wife on Friday night to load ammo for the match when I was supposed to take here to a movie. I didn't find out that I had placed 2nd until I was 2.5hrs into my drive home when a buddy called and told me I left something at the range. He'll give me the trophy at the next match in April. I had to get home and go do things with the wife that lets me shoot as much as I want without ever saying a thing about how much money I spend on it.
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Post by Dave W on Mar 6, 2017 19:03:44 GMT -5
These known yardages or judge by reticle or range finder? Sounds like a tough competition! Congrats again!
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Post by 7mmfreak on Mar 6, 2017 19:26:31 GMT -5
These were all known distance. Unfortunately sponsored shooters have lobbied for an easier sport that caters to the gear guy. Wind is all that's left to deal with and with a 6mm at 3000fps there isn't a lot of drift. That is why I tend to shoot Tactical most of the time. It's a less bitchy class of shooter.
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Post by mrbuck on Mar 6, 2017 20:29:12 GMT -5
Once again , Great Shooting . And hang on to that wife !!
Chris
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Post by AJ on Mar 6, 2017 21:54:43 GMT -5
That sounds like fun. Congrats on the good shooting.
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Post by jims on Mar 6, 2017 22:52:03 GMT -5
Thanks for the updates
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Post by schunter on Mar 7, 2017 7:58:09 GMT -5
Great shooting Keith. Congrats! Sounds like you have to be very accomplished from many shooting positions.
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Post by airborneike on Mar 7, 2017 14:06:21 GMT -5
Keith,
Most folks here don't realize the scope of what you have accomplished. Great shooting my friend.
Mike
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