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Never mind. I went back and re-read the scoring rules twice. ( I said I was dense some times) I got it now. It's all good.
June Target Challenge
- Thread starter dsdmmat
- Start date
I don't know if I can get to the range this month. Its been heavy rain all week, and its supposed to continue till next weekend!
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What, no raincoat and galoshes???
Anyone going shooting today?
I'm planning to go in awhile to try the 100 yard rifle with my 10/22 with Tech-Sights! IDPA has a match (8 stages) on all of the other ranges so no pistol til their done.
No rain only wind, where is everybody?
Will post when I get home! Having a few cold ones first.
Working on it now. Just finished the rifle match, starting the pistol match now.
Question, How is the X ring scored? Is it 11 points? Also, beyond the "shoot till you get 5 hits" I dont fully grasp the pistol match rules. I just a pic of what get and see how it turns out.
X ring is just 10/1x.
You have to shoot 5 shots, you have to get three in the target area. If you don't have three in the target area (circle and the T) you have to continue shooting until you have 3 in the target area. Penalties apply for every shot over 5.
Well I am good and refreshed from a few PBR's ! I shot the rifle match today 06/17/17 with my Ruger 10/22 factory 22" barrel with Tech-Sights at 100 yards off hand with a GI-sling for a score of 60 and 1x with 7 rds on a reduced target. And a target off my elbows on a bench with 10 rds on a reduced target of 93 and 2x's for a score of 153 and 3x's with CCI-SV ammo
OFFICIAL ENTRY!!!
OFFICIAL ENTRY!!!
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Nice shooting, pretty rifle. @nortatoga if you intend on entering the targets in post 130 please mark your post "official entry"
OK so many rules!! LOL!!!
Well people may post targets but not have them count, like last month. This way I can differentiate between BS posts and official entry posts.
Well I just now wrapped up my range session. I got here at 1100 This time. Today I expended 1030 rounds of ammo mixed between 5.56 and 9mm. Got a long drive home and then I will post my targets. After you verify my scores and eveything jives I will edit that post for official entry. I think I got some pretty respectable targets today.
Also, for the 100 irons match. Was it that clean, non edge hit were also an "x" or was it just within a certain range, like the 9 or 10 rings?
If you cut the line it counts as the higher number.
Okay, here it is, couldn't sleep till I posted this.
Edit- the following is for official entry
Rifle 100 yard prone/offhand (yes I got down on the ground for this)
Daniel Defense AR using BUIS, IMI 77gr OTM. Same same.
I make that a 152/1X Which means @nortatoga pipped me. Damnit! This was supposed to be my jam! If I just could have done a little better offhand. I rocked it prone though.
Pistol 5 yard freestyle/7 yard strong hand
S&W Shield
Edit- The following is for official entry
115gr Federal American Eagle Syntech TSJ (Total Synthetic Jacket)
I call it 20/1X for the raccoon and 15/3X for Mr Viking for a total of 35/4X.
I am calling a 1X for the raccoon because the 12 o'clock hit is entirely inside the circle:
Tears don't count, is what has been established before correct? Otherwise I'll take a 35/3X.
Edit- the following is for official entry
Rifle 100 yard prone/offhand (yes I got down on the ground for this)
Daniel Defense AR using BUIS, IMI 77gr OTM. Same same.
I make that a 152/1X Which means @nortatoga pipped me. Damnit! This was supposed to be my jam! If I just could have done a little better offhand. I rocked it prone though.
Pistol 5 yard freestyle/7 yard strong hand
S&W Shield
Edit- The following is for official entry
115gr Federal American Eagle Syntech TSJ (Total Synthetic Jacket)
I call it 20/1X for the raccoon and 15/3X for Mr Viking for a total of 35/4X.
I am calling a 1X for the raccoon because the 12 o'clock hit is entirely inside the circle:
Tears don't count, is what has been established before correct? Otherwise I'll take a 35/3X.
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Nice shooting @Podmonkey !
@Podmonkey I get 152/1X and 35/4X. Very nice shooting!
You and @nortatoga are going to make me practice instead of shooting one set of targets and calling it good. LMAO
Was on the range yesterday getting some group therapy in the wind I put three 223 rounds touching each other right above the X at 200 yards with my Remington 700/Nikon P223 combo while holding the 8 ring at 3 o'clock. I was happy with that, at 300 and 400 my groups were 1/4 vertical but 3-5 inches horizontal. I still have some learning to do.
You and @nortatoga are going to make me practice instead of shooting one set of targets and calling it good. LMAO
Was on the range yesterday getting some group therapy in the wind I put three 223 rounds touching each other right above the X at 200 yards with my Remington 700/Nikon P223 combo while holding the 8 ring at 3 o'clock. I was happy with that, at 300 and 400 my groups were 1/4 vertical but 3-5 inches horizontal. I still have some learning to do.
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I posted cold shot pistol targets for this challenge because I figured it was somewhat closer to a SD situation.
Well it isn't against the rules to shoot them more than once.
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I knew that. It was just me challenging myself.
Yeah, I do the same. Mainly because I usually am doing something else with my range sessions and the challenge is an afterthought.
Edited previous post for official entry.
Observations on this months match.:
Perhaps some of you have picked up on this but I am a very competitive person, I shoot these targets until I get ones I think are the absolute best I can do. What you don't see is the mountain of incompetence on the way to what I post. On the pistol portion I shoot at the raccoon 50 times once before I hit the little circle 3 times!
I also did some incidental experimentation during the Rifle match and learned some interesting things. I shot both offbthe bench unsupported and prone and found I was much more accurate when prone. That's not too suprising given my background but what is was that I also used the red dot for a few targets to see if I could do any better. I could not, I was a bit more consistent using the iron sights. I suppose this is befitting since I learned proper marksmanship on an M16A2, prone with iron sights.
Also I have gained substantial confidence with my Shield. Prior to this I figured the best I could do was to scatter shots over a torso sized area out to 10 yards but I have learned I can be accurate with my CCW.
Usually I will run a couple mags through the Shield and then switch over to the more entertaining PPQ but during the match I shot 400 rounds through the S&W. Its amazing what a little practice can accomplish.
This will be my last match for a while, I will be spending the next two hometimes in NY and WI visiting family. I'll pick it up again in September.
Observations on this months match.:
Perhaps some of you have picked up on this but I am a very competitive person, I shoot these targets until I get ones I think are the absolute best I can do. What you don't see is the mountain of incompetence on the way to what I post. On the pistol portion I shoot at the raccoon 50 times once before I hit the little circle 3 times!
I also did some incidental experimentation during the Rifle match and learned some interesting things. I shot both offbthe bench unsupported and prone and found I was much more accurate when prone. That's not too suprising given my background but what is was that I also used the red dot for a few targets to see if I could do any better. I could not, I was a bit more consistent using the iron sights. I suppose this is befitting since I learned proper marksmanship on an M16A2, prone with iron sights.
Also I have gained substantial confidence with my Shield. Prior to this I figured the best I could do was to scatter shots over a torso sized area out to 10 yards but I have learned I can be accurate with my CCW.
Usually I will run a couple mags through the Shield and then switch over to the more entertaining PPQ but during the match I shot 400 rounds through the S&W. Its amazing what a little practice can accomplish.
This will be my last match for a while, I will be spending the next two hometimes in NY and WI visiting family. I'll pick it up again in September.
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You do realize I consider you my bitter rival now right?
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You should Always be practicing as much as necessary for maximum proficiency. Especially with your CCW. Don't forget before you're finished to shoot a couple of mags with your off hand.
You do realize I consider you my bitter rival now right?
I'm Okay with that!! At least we are out Shooting!!
Very true. I did some weak hand shooting with the Shield. It wasn't pretty. I think the main thing that has had me favoring The PPQ at the range is all the extra magazine loading the Shield requires. I didn't even touch the PPQ this time out though. After I got done with the pistol match I did still have some 9mm left but it was late, I was exhausted and also completely famished!
On that note, that polymer jacketed American Eagle is very fine range ammo IMO.
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Also, if I may make a small suggestion to @dsdmmat. When you list your name in the leader boards you should tag your name with an @ too. It would look more consistent.
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where the heck is everybody that took the poll and said that they would definitely shoot this pistol challenge ?? Must be afraid to show how crappy of a shot they are?
Can open, worms all over
Can open, worms all over