CaPRC 1/9/11 Match AAR

[AR15barrels]

We had 25 shooters show up to shoot today's match out of 27 RSVP's.
James & Ryan ran the match.
Joe V, Jose F and Nathan helped run the line.
This was our first match with 3 squads of shooters.
I am happy to report that we finished an hour ahead of our expected schedule.
What this means is that if everyone keeps the matches moving in the future like we did today, that it should be no problem to go to 36 shooters and still get done around 1pm.
Total round count for the day was 50 if you shot all 5 shots on the KYL.
There were 9 stages with 1000 total points possible.

The course of fire was as follows:

Stage 1
100yd cold bore
Round count: 1
On the beep, engage the 1" dot at 100yds with 1 shot.
50 points for a hit.
50 points possible
60 seconds prep, 30 seconds shoot time.

Stage 2
200yd hostage
Round count: 6
On the beep, engage the hostage target at 200 yards from the prone position with three rounds on each side.
20 points for shots within the scoring box or 10 points for any other bad guy hit and -20 points for any hostage hit.
120 points possible
60 sec prep and 60 sec shoot.

Stage 3
100yd weak side dots
Round count: 5
On the beep, engage the five 1" dots at 100yds with 1 shot each from the weak side.
20 points per hit.
100 points possible.
60 seconds prep, 60 seconds shoot time.

Stage 4
In-N-Out
Round count: 7
On the signal, engage the targets in the specified order:
100yrd 2in dot with 1 shot
300yrd 6in steel with 2 shots
100yrd 2in dot with 1 shot
400yrd steel 6" steel with 2 shots
100yrd 2in dot with 1 shot
20 points per hit
140 points possible
60 seconds prep, 60 seconds shoot time.

Stage 5
300yrd hostage transition.
Round count: 6
This stage is fired in 3 separate passes.
On the first pass start signal, engage the two large hostage flappers with one round each in 6 seconds.
First pass hits are worth 15 points per hit or -15 for a hostage hit
On the second pass start signal, engage the two large hostage flappers with one round each in 5 seconds.
Second pass hits are worth 20 points per hit or -20 for a hostage hit
On the third pass start signal, engage the two large hostage flappers with one round each in 4 seconds.
Third pass hits are worth 25 points per hit or -25 for a hostage hit
120 points possible.
60 seconds prep, 15 seconds total shoot time over 3 separate passes.

Stage 6
Kneeling to seated transitions
Round count: 6
On the start signal, engage the 200yd 6in circle with 3 rounds from the kneeling position.
Transition to the sitting position and engage the 300yrd IPSC with 3 rounds.
20 points per hit
120 points possible
60 seconds prep, 70 seconds shoot time.

Stage 7
100yd Pool balls
Round count: up to 9
On the beep, engage all the solid pool balls. The 8 ball is optional. A hit to the 8 ball without also hitting all other solid balls causes the shooter to lose all points.
10 points per ball except the 8 ball is worth 30 or zero points if all solids are not hit.
100 points possible.
60 seconds prep, 70 second shoot time.

Stage 8
100yd Standard KYL.
Round count: up to 5
On the beep, engage the circles from largest to smallest, stopping if you do not believe you can make a sure hit. A miss causes shooter to zero the whole target.
Points are 10, 15, 20, 30 & 50.
125 points possible.
60 seconds prep, 60 second shoot time.

Stage 9
Standing.
Round count: 5
On the beep, engage the 100yd mini IPSC target center of mass with 5 shots offhand.
Scoring as per the point values on the target.
125 points possible.
60 seconds prep, 60 seconds shoot time.

Scores were as follows:
700 Michael V 260
660 Randall R 223
645 Brad B 260
640 Seth R 260
610 Keith N 260
585 Brandon M 243
540 John L (top 308 decided by shoot-off)
540 Brian L 308
485 Henry S 308
480 Charles R 6.5x47
475 Ho C 308
460 Ken H 308
450 Jefff B 223
445 Sonny M 260
445 Mike S
385 Trent P
320 Rich G
310 Steven R
295 Dave S
280 Connor P
280 Gordon B
240 Roy P
240 Evan G
220 Kevin H
50 Mike M

[brian01tj]

Im just waiting for my Top 308 Fail pic to be posted. lol. Great times for sure though

[brian01tj]

... if you shot all 5 shots on the KYL.

Again...waiting for my Fail Pic

[shooter65]

Randall...what grain bullet were you using out of the 223?

Who is Michael V.?

[Gnzrme]

Ho....where's the photo's?

So I guess zeroing 3 stages wasnt a good way to start the year....

[buffybuster]

485 Henry S 2 Super

Shot a .308 today.

[bcrich]

Randall...what grain bullet were you using out of the 223?

Who is Michael V.?

Mr Rolex! you know the dude that got busted fighting pit bulls! ha! congrats to Michael Vic... It was fun Mark you missed out bro, how's the back feeling?

[AR15barrels]

Randall...what grain bullet were you using out of the 223?

Who is Michael V.?

75amax at 2.450" oal over 24gr Varget.

Michael V:


I just built him a 260 a couple months ago.
I need to quit bulding people rifles...

[MichaelV]

That's me. Thanks guys for a fun shoot, big thanks to Ryan, James, Joe, Jose, Nathan (did I forget anyone?) for working the match.

[buffybuster]

Randall...what grain bullet were you using out of the 223?

Who is Michael V.?

Farthest we shot was 400yds....... bullet weight wouldn't have mattered.

[brian01tj]

That's me. Thanks guys for a fun shoot, big thanks to Ryan, James, Joe, Jose (did I forget anyone?) for working the match.

Good job today.

[shooter65]

I was going to say that but I did not want to offend him!
Back is better, but it feels like it could go out on me at any time.

Mr Rolex! you know the dude that got busted fighting pit bulls! ha! congrats to Michael Vic... It was fun Mark you missed out bro, how's the back feeling?

[hochung]

pics will be up later tonight. I started on the youtube video uploads first. Here's one:



check the other videos by me, and you'll see other ones from today as they finish uploading.

Fun indeed. Thanks everyone for the hard work.

[shooter65]

Good shooting.

That's me. Thanks guys for a fun shoot, big thanks to Ryan, James, Joe, Jose (did I forget anyone?) for working the match.

[shooter65]

Cash is King!

75amax at 2.450" oal over 24gr Varget.

Michael V:


I just built him a 260 a couple months ago.
I need to quit bulding people rifles...

[shooter65]

why would you do that?

Shot a .308 today.

[hochung]

Mike, congratulations. Go get yourself another Rolex. You know how it is: a crown for every achievement.

[AR15barrels]

For all those that attended, this is old news, but we ran 3 squads of shooters today as an experiment to see how long it would take.
I am happy to report that we finished an hour ahead of our expected schedule.
If everyone keeps the matches moving in the future like we did today, it should be no problem to go to 36 shooters and still get done around 1pm.

[rksimple]

Great match today. Thanks to Joe, Nathan and Jose for helping spot and run things. Everything ran very smooth. Hope everyone learned something. I learned I need a 223 for local matches.

[DirtRacer151]

That's me. Thanks guys for a fun shoot, big thanks to Ryan, James, Joe, Jose (did I forget anyone?) for working the match.

Good shooting today Mike. I still don't know how you pulled it off but good job anyway.

I'll PM you my address where you can make out the check ;)

Also good job to Randall shooting his 223. Let that be a lesson to all you guys who think you need a laser to be competitive.

[Gnzrme]

thanks James and Ryan for laying down the boomsticks and running the match. Nathan, Joe and jose, you guys did an excellent job as well. Still am working on positions, but it appears that I need more work......

[AR15barrels]

Also good job to Randall shooting his 223. Let that be a lesson to all you guys who think you need a laser to be competitive.

Or a fancy scope...
I was using a Bushnell Elite 3-12 today.

[MichaelV]

Good shooting today Mike. I still don't know how you pulled it off but good job anyway.

I'll PM you my address where you can make out the check ;)

Also good job to Randall shooting his 223. Let that be a lesson to all you guys who think you need a laser to be competitive.

Thanks James, I got lucky today with my new stick. (It's a whole different ballgame when the bullets impact where the crosshairs are aimed, it's about time something worked for me)

Again thanks for working the match!

[DirtRacer151]

Or a fancy scope...
I was using a Bushnell Elite 3-12 today.

Yeah but you still had FFP cheater

[snappy]

Today's crew.

[Gnzrme]

Randall, take a look at the video of you shooting stage 3. How are you pulling the trigger?

[MichaelV]

I can't believe how well Randall did with a .223 and a POS 12x scope. Really shows it's the shooter and not the gear. Way to go Randall!

[AR15barrels]

Yeah but you still had FFP cheater

Yeah, a frickin mil-dot reticle with no 1/2 mil hashes.
I'm getting spoiled by not having to think about what magnification the scope is on.
I think I shot the in-n-out at about 8x and I did it all hold-over from my 100yd zero.

[shooter65]

Is that a jewell trigger?

pics will be up later tonight. I started on the youtube video uploads first. Here's one:



check the other videos by me, and you'll see other ones from today as they finish uploading.

Fun indeed. Thanks everyone for the hard work.

[AR15barrels]

Randall, take a look at the video of you shooting stage 3. How are you pulling the trigger?

Straight back.

When I shove my thumb into the thumbhole, it's very uncomfortable.
So when I wrap my thumb up top of the stock and straddle the pistol grip with my lower fingers, that gets my trigger finger comfortable.
I can't wait for my T4A to come in so I can get rid of the AI stock.
I might actually set my 223 barreled actionback into an HS stock and inlet it for the extra R&D bottom metal I have sitting here waiting for the T4A...

[AR15barrels]

I can't believe how well Randall did with a .223 and a POS 12x scope. Really shows it's the shooter and not the gear. Way to go Randall!

I can now say that the 3-12 elite 4200 is not a POS.
Hopefully the 6-24 will be as nice as I have one of those coming now too...

[MichaelV]

I can now say that the 3-12 elite 4200 is not a POS.

oops didn't mean to demean the little guy... I guess in this day of people spending $2-3k on glass it's fun to see a less expensive option keep up with the rest. ; )

[AR15barrels]

I guess in this day of people spending $2-3k on glass it's fun to see a less expensive option keep up with the rest. ; )

If the 6-24 turns out to be as nice as this 3-12, it would be THE sub $1000 scope of choice for out to about 800yds.

[Teletiger7]

I can now say that the 3-12 elite 4200 is not a POS.
Hopefully the 6-24 will be as nice as I have one of those coming now too...

Good to know that there is a decent, less expensive option as far as scopes go.

BTW, Congrats to Michael V. Good shooting.
Goodtimes out there today.

[AR15barrels]

Muscle memory...

Sonny just went to a left handed gun.
Watch the first 6 seconds where he tries to run the bolt with his right hand...

[para38super]

I can now say that the 3-12 elite 4200 is not a POS.
Hopefully the 6-24 will be as nice as I have one of those coming now too...

I know your scope is Bushnell 4200, but what are those rings and base your are using?

[264Charlie]

Is that a jewell trigger?

Yes it is Mark.


Firstly, Big thanks to Randall, Brad, Ryan, and James for putting on a great match...

Mike V. Nice shooting he even had to do it with a new Rolex.
Randall, Really showed it's the shooter not the gear this match...

[johnlee]

Thank you to the organizers and crew for another great match. This match ran like buttah.

Congratulations to the top guns and special congratulations to Mike for the W.

Michael V:

There's that photo again from Randall. Randall loves that pic.

Randall's conscious sees: Remington 700, AICS, USO, etc.

Randall's subconscious sees:



Also, is it mere coincidence that Mike won the match with his new GMT? Perhaps. Perhaps not.

[khw9mm]

That's a sweet Rollie! It's either that or the Daytonas.

Thanks for all that organized and helped run the match. Had a great time!!

[johnlee]

I know your scope is Bushnell 4200, but what are those rings and base your are using?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these the rings?:

http://www.manventureoutpost.com/produc ... Matte.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I hope they are. I want Randall to kick everyone else's ass with $10 beater rings.

[264Charlie]

Thank you to the organizers and crew for another great match. This match ran like buttah.

Congratulations to the top guns and special congratulations to Mike for the W.



There's that photo again from Randall. Randall loves that pic.

Randall's conscious sees: Remington 700, AICS, USO, etc.

Randall's subconscious sees:



Also, is it mere coincidence that Mike won the match with his new GMT? Perhaps. Perhaps not.

He had a different one this time.

[johnlee]

He had a different one this time.

Yeah, Mike was sporting a ceramic Wesley Snipes GMT today.

I just posted a pic of that Coke GMT because that's the one Randall seems to be dying for.

[johnlee]

I'm digging this one of Keith:



Some may look at that clip and think it's a disaster. Keith doesn't chamber his first round. He has a hard time finding the 300-yard disc. He doesn't know when he closed his bolt over an empty magazine. Blah blah blah.

I don't see it that way. Keith accomplished there what I try to do but most times cannot do: he kept his cool. You can see that Keith had a hard time finding the 300-yard disc with his scope at max magnification. But he didn't panic. He didn't rush the shots after he finally found the disc because he wanted to get off all the shots before James called "time". There were no future shots in Keith's mind. The only shot that mattered was the one he was taking at that time. Previous shots didn't matter and neither did future ones. Keith just bangs one shot after another and they're all hits. He connected with every shot he discharged.

So Keith ran out of time and didn't get to bang the seventh shot. Who cares? Keith scored 120 points on that stage, even with those bobbles. He kept his cool. Like Fonzie.

In contrast, I got off all seven shots well within time. No bobbles or anything. I just shot at one target and moved to the next and then the next and so on. I scored 60 points on that stage.

[Gnzrme]

and he did it without the Rolex....

[johnlee]

All of the pics from today's match should be up tomorrow. Here are a few teasers.

Ho some pics of the interesting footwork:













I think James' rifle is back in action:



Watch out for James at the next match.

Randall's beater rings and ultra-fast bolt work:



And you thought the .308 was hispeed low drag?:



Think again.

Ken's hostage-takers:



Well done.

[johnlee]

This one I feel bad about.

Shoot-off between Brian and me:



We were shooting at the KYL target at 100 yards. If I recall, par time was 30 seconds or thereabouts to make the target extra difficult.

Everyone, including me, thought Brian won. So he got the Top 308 tag:





Then Ken looked through a spotter and saw that Brian didn't win after all. The two of us had tied with two hits apiece.

So we had another shoot-off, this time at the large red plate at 400 yards from sitting:





Brian and I both missed our first shots. Then Brian missed his second shot while I clipped the target with my second shot. So I ended up with the tag:



I'm really stoked I got it, but I feel bad about it too because of the misunderstanding on the KYLs. I feel a little as though I snagged the tag from Brian's neck.

Brian, it was really fun shooting against you today. I was totally spent after our shoot-off.

[hanchung]

John, congrats on the shoot off. Was hoping to stop by today but got busy all day.

First post here, checking in with the board members. Quick intro, my name is Han Chung. I have an AI AWP w/ a S&B 3-12x50 PI. Hoping to join a match in the near future.

Cheers!

[AR15barrels]

I know your scope is Bushnell 4200, but what are those rings and base your are using?

I think the base is TPS.
The rings are the lowest 30mm rings I could find in my scrap heap of scope rings.

I changed the rings out to TPS steel super lows after the match.

[AR15barrels]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these the rings?:

http://www.manventureoutpost.com/produc ... Matte.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I hope they are. I want Randall to kick everyone else's ass with $10 beater rings.

Those are the same rings, but I believe mine came in millet packaging.
I have seen many companies that sell the exact same ones and they are almost always right around $10.

http://theconsumerlink.com/Millett/detail/TCL+AL00720/0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[maddesign]

Muscle memory...

Sonny just went to a left handed gun.
Watch the first 6 seconds where he tries to run the bolt with his right hand...

That's funny, that's right after the weak side stage!