M1 matches all over for the day. Beautiful weather today.
All quiet on the southern flank.
M1 matches all over for the day. Beautiful weather today.
All quiet on the southern flank.
"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman
Beautiful! You are most fortunate to have access to such a nice range. Even better ... matches! Sincerely. bruce.
" Unlike most conservatives, libs have no problem exploiting dead children and dancing on their graves."
Thanks Bruce. I now realize my picture is out of focus, but it was a nice morning.
I'm fortunate to have access to three ranges with "active" HP matches. The CMP will be here in a few weeks to administrate the Western Games, or about two weeks of matches, for almost everything, C&R, Rimfire, Vintage Sniper, Small Arms Firing School, Classroom instruction by AMU representatives. E targets will be used again this year, despite the growing pains, they make for a much faster day at the range. The second week is all XTC matches, essentially 4 days of matches to gets zeroes for the EIC on Sunday. Lots of reloading to do, and I've just barely gotten started.
"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman
used to have a job that allowed me to shoot Service Rifle (AR) , Garand Matches, and the odd Vintage (1903) match, ,
miss those days,
I think you need two things. Free weekends and forgiving spouses.
"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman
wife was good with it,
I would have her reload the 30.06 while I loaded the 5.56,
my club ran Garand matches and Service Rifle at the same time, usually 2 relays, (50 rounds, short course)
I would shoot the Garand first, then the AR
3rd relay was the local watering hole for a delicious Hot Italian Sandwich, and a cold beverage,,
My local club runs a double header, CMP "B" course matches. Makes it nice training for the National Matches, and Travel Games. We often just shoot our service rifles, and do Standing/Sitting/Standing. Today I brought an M1 for one match.
I do miss sitting with an M1 or 1903, as it adds to the fun. My M14's sit waiting for me to Leg Out, and get back to shooting .30's.
"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman
bought a nice CLE Kreiger upper to work on some XTC and leg points,, and had an understanding with the boss on time off to shoot, (being a Store Manager w\ excellent results helped there) then had to switch employers (they left the area) and kilt that thought,
still have it in the safe, with the now antique Jewell trigger (maybe has 250 rounds thru it)
how many points do you need to leg out?
Too many. Have 12 now, hoping to pickup the hard leg at Perry this year. Possibly go Pac-Fleet at Camp Pendleton in May. I missed another 6 or 8 in January by 2 poor shots. Just got in my head, and shot like crap at 600.
I've had Master since about a year ago, but the NRA never notified me. I was a sandbagging Expert all summer. LOL
Last edited by Roadkingtrax; 02-23-2020 at 08:02.
"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman
NRA has been a bit slack in notifications lately,
I haunt a Bullseye forum, and those guys are not happy with some of the changes (venue mostly) and the way the NRA is managing the classifications, (late, no notifications etc)