Gents,
JASON HILLIER, Accredited CERAKOTE Applicator and owner of http://www.adja.com.au/ has kindly offered $450 worth of Cerakoting to the winner of the coming match and all future Canberra based Practical Rifle Matches. As a customer of Jason's I'm happy to report that the quality of his work, his customer communication and turnaround times are fantastic.
While it is a long term goal to have some sponsorship of future matches Jason was not approached for sponsorship, he was happy to help out of his own accord. Thanks Jas.
Cheers,
Rath
Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
Thanks to all involved today, it went off brilliantly. 14 Shooters all up, lots of fun had by all. Great to put some faces to names.
Photo's and write-up to come in next few days.
Rath
Photo's and write-up to come in next few days.
Rath
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
Great day.
Here's what it was like for me.
I decided to use my 308 for the 700m. It's a heavy barrel Sako so the idea of using it and then putting it back in the car appealed. I scored 3*10/2*9/3*8/1*7/1*6 for a total of 35. Keep in mind until last Wednesday the longest shot I'd ever attempted was some 500m rams off a bench rest.
Swapped the 308 for a 223 and walked up to 400m. This rifle doesnt wear a target scope. My adjustments were made off theoretical ballistics web sites only. This was the rapid fire and between cranking up the scope and mucking around (discovering the 75gn AMax's dont fit my mag) I forgot it was rapid fire. I couldnt work out why I had all these rounds left over after the 2nd exposure. I scored a 10 and 9 for the two shots I did get away.
Next was agony snap. Now I know how it got it's name. Staying on target for 10 long minutes tests your neck and eye muscles. Single loading I managed 7*10/2*9/1*8. Funny how it seemed so different when you were in the butts doing your turn on the targets.
Sitting at 200m, again single loading, I only managed 3*10/1*9 for the 10 shots.
100m rapid fire I put 10 rounds on the mat and single loaded again. It was a tough enough job just getting back on target before it turned away. I landed 3*10/1*9 but didn't get all my rounds away.
50m standing I got 5*10 so the hunting background must have worked in my favour.
Lessons for next time. This thing really tests your gear and your ability to work it. I cant believe that at almost 50, I still failed to make sure my rounds cycled through the mag. Dumb!
I was also surprised how easy it was to forget what the next task was, what with everything going on and your own thoughts rattling around in your head. Only getitng 2 out of 10 shots away really cost me at 400m.
I went along thinking I was just making up the numbers. I expected to have ranges where I missed all 10 shots, but ended up doing far better than I expected.
I'm told I came about 2/3rds of the way down the list. The bug has bit.
Here's what it was like for me.
I decided to use my 308 for the 700m. It's a heavy barrel Sako so the idea of using it and then putting it back in the car appealed. I scored 3*10/2*9/3*8/1*7/1*6 for a total of 35. Keep in mind until last Wednesday the longest shot I'd ever attempted was some 500m rams off a bench rest.
Swapped the 308 for a 223 and walked up to 400m. This rifle doesnt wear a target scope. My adjustments were made off theoretical ballistics web sites only. This was the rapid fire and between cranking up the scope and mucking around (discovering the 75gn AMax's dont fit my mag) I forgot it was rapid fire. I couldnt work out why I had all these rounds left over after the 2nd exposure. I scored a 10 and 9 for the two shots I did get away.
Next was agony snap. Now I know how it got it's name. Staying on target for 10 long minutes tests your neck and eye muscles. Single loading I managed 7*10/2*9/1*8. Funny how it seemed so different when you were in the butts doing your turn on the targets.
Sitting at 200m, again single loading, I only managed 3*10/1*9 for the 10 shots.
100m rapid fire I put 10 rounds on the mat and single loaded again. It was a tough enough job just getting back on target before it turned away. I landed 3*10/1*9 but didn't get all my rounds away.
50m standing I got 5*10 so the hunting background must have worked in my favour.
Lessons for next time. This thing really tests your gear and your ability to work it. I cant believe that at almost 50, I still failed to make sure my rounds cycled through the mag. Dumb!
I was also surprised how easy it was to forget what the next task was, what with everything going on and your own thoughts rattling around in your head. Only getitng 2 out of 10 shots away really cost me at 400m.
I went along thinking I was just making up the numbers. I expected to have ranges where I missed all 10 shots, but ended up doing far better than I expected.
I'm told I came about 2/3rds of the way down the list. The bug has bit.
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
Gents,
Pictures are being written to disk and I should have them in hand by weeks end. I will post them asap.
Sunday marked the first official Practical Rifle Match in Canberra. I arrived a little after 8am to find a number of very keen shooters ready and waiting to get stuck in. Introductions were made and as said before it was great to be able to put some faces to names. Ultimately we had 14 shooters turn up, some local and some interstate. Simon Ross conducted the registration and provided a thorough overview of the day. We then split into 3 squads with one team working the targets and scoring, another shooting and a 3rd spectating or acting as RO’s for the shooting squad.
I was pleased to be part of the first shooting squad as the conditions proved to worsen as the day wore on (how sad for those shooters!). Two sighters @ 700m and then we were into our first COF, having observed an obvious wind change between sighters and the scoring rounds left me unsure how I had done, this feeling followed me the entire match but I knew all were in the same boat. For those used to getting visual feedback on their targets shooting blind can weigh on the mind and cause some second guessing.
We grabbed our gear and walked down to the 400m mound, at this point our RO decided to spring a little surprise on us, instead of starting comfortably in the prone position we would retreat to 500m. It was explained that we would have 30 (I’m told he gave us 40) seconds before the first target exposure. In that time we were to run from 500m, reach our firing positions and engage targets for 2 x 15 second exposures for 5 rounds per exposure. Sounds simple...(a special mention must go to an unnamed shooter, who despite completing a text book ninja roll face-plant kick-slap manoeuvre still managed to get into position and put all rounds on target via his AI!)
300m introduced all to the agony snap, named as such since one must stay ready and focused for the entire 10 min, one scratch of the nose or stretch of the neck can cost you a missed target. In this COF targets appear at random intervals over a 10 min period with targets exposed for 3 seconds only. I didn’t realise how much my head weighed until I shot this COF.
200m began the first positional shooting COF and consisted of firing 2 shots from the seated position at a target exposed for 10 seconds. Many shooters commented on the difficulty of this COF and I think a lot was learnt, I certainly took some hard lessons from it. I feel some dumbbells, good slings and thinner profile barrels might get purchased as a result of this COF.
Moving to 100m involved 10 rounds over 60sec, starting standing up behind the rife before moving into the prone position, there were some “cooking” barrels and impressive groups on target after this COF.
At 50 meters we fired one round on a target exposed 5 x 5 seconds for a total of 5 shots. This was done from the standing position, a lot of shooters cleaned this COF despite 15lb + rifles and high mag scopes.
All up it was a extremely fun and challenging shoot and I’m sure the start of bigger and better events to come. There are some people I would like to thank.
Simon Ross put a lot of time into designing the COF, producing the flyer the scoring material and coordinating the bookings for this match. Simon also briefed everyone prior to the shoot and acted as a RO when he was not shooting. Who says tall circus freaks can’t be useful. Top job all round Simon and congrats on the win....Steak is on you next time!
Dave Groves pours a huge amount of his time into a host of shooting sports here in Canberra, always the first to lend a hand he spent a couple hours on Saturday prepping targets. On top of this Dave managed to arrange range access for this shoot that simply would not have been possible without his involvement. Dave just happens to be a ridiculously good shot so I displayed undisguised joy when the winds picked up prior to his squad’s session!
Rob Griffith shot our match and kindly sponsored an excellent prize. Rob produces hand made packs, shooting mats and a host of other gear, he is able to custom tailor gear to suit and we were extremely pleased when he donated one of his packs for 2nd place. Rob, once the pack is in hand and I have used it for a few weeks I will review it on this forum and others.
Jason Hillier & wife Adina deserve special mention. They woke at 4am Sunday to drive down from Sydney, and despite not shooting they took photos, helped with scoring and took a bunch of questions about their business. Jason donated an awesome $450 worth of Cerakoting for 1st place. Thanks for your efforts guys you have set the standard for future sponsors and I look forward to seeing you on the line next match.
Final Placing (max score = 275)
Name, Score Percentage (%)
Simon R 260 100%
Clyde R 256 98%
Brian K 255 98%
Robert G 219 84%
David G 213 82%
David E 206 79%
Darren L 174 67%
David V 168 65%
Sam V 157 60%
Mathew T 152 58%
Greg T 131 50%
Paul K 91 35%
Max B 57 22%
David T 28 11%
Gary B 0%
We are looking forward to seeing you all back to join us for the next shoot. We are hoping to get 30 shooters and I will update on dates ASAP.
Sponsors:
JASON HILLIER
Accredited CERAKOTE Applicator
Mob: 0488 625 969
Email: adja7681@bigpond.com
D/L: 410043337
Web: http://adja.com.au/
ROB GRIFFITH
GriffGear
Mob: 0418 285 431
Email: rob@griffgear.com
D/L: 02 9785 2625
Web: http://www.griffgear.com/
Cheers,
Rath
Pictures are being written to disk and I should have them in hand by weeks end. I will post them asap.
Sunday marked the first official Practical Rifle Match in Canberra. I arrived a little after 8am to find a number of very keen shooters ready and waiting to get stuck in. Introductions were made and as said before it was great to be able to put some faces to names. Ultimately we had 14 shooters turn up, some local and some interstate. Simon Ross conducted the registration and provided a thorough overview of the day. We then split into 3 squads with one team working the targets and scoring, another shooting and a 3rd spectating or acting as RO’s for the shooting squad.
I was pleased to be part of the first shooting squad as the conditions proved to worsen as the day wore on (how sad for those shooters!). Two sighters @ 700m and then we were into our first COF, having observed an obvious wind change between sighters and the scoring rounds left me unsure how I had done, this feeling followed me the entire match but I knew all were in the same boat. For those used to getting visual feedback on their targets shooting blind can weigh on the mind and cause some second guessing.
We grabbed our gear and walked down to the 400m mound, at this point our RO decided to spring a little surprise on us, instead of starting comfortably in the prone position we would retreat to 500m. It was explained that we would have 30 (I’m told he gave us 40) seconds before the first target exposure. In that time we were to run from 500m, reach our firing positions and engage targets for 2 x 15 second exposures for 5 rounds per exposure. Sounds simple...(a special mention must go to an unnamed shooter, who despite completing a text book ninja roll face-plant kick-slap manoeuvre still managed to get into position and put all rounds on target via his AI!)
300m introduced all to the agony snap, named as such since one must stay ready and focused for the entire 10 min, one scratch of the nose or stretch of the neck can cost you a missed target. In this COF targets appear at random intervals over a 10 min period with targets exposed for 3 seconds only. I didn’t realise how much my head weighed until I shot this COF.
200m began the first positional shooting COF and consisted of firing 2 shots from the seated position at a target exposed for 10 seconds. Many shooters commented on the difficulty of this COF and I think a lot was learnt, I certainly took some hard lessons from it. I feel some dumbbells, good slings and thinner profile barrels might get purchased as a result of this COF.
Moving to 100m involved 10 rounds over 60sec, starting standing up behind the rife before moving into the prone position, there were some “cooking” barrels and impressive groups on target after this COF.
At 50 meters we fired one round on a target exposed 5 x 5 seconds for a total of 5 shots. This was done from the standing position, a lot of shooters cleaned this COF despite 15lb + rifles and high mag scopes.
All up it was a extremely fun and challenging shoot and I’m sure the start of bigger and better events to come. There are some people I would like to thank.
Simon Ross put a lot of time into designing the COF, producing the flyer the scoring material and coordinating the bookings for this match. Simon also briefed everyone prior to the shoot and acted as a RO when he was not shooting. Who says tall circus freaks can’t be useful. Top job all round Simon and congrats on the win....Steak is on you next time!
Dave Groves pours a huge amount of his time into a host of shooting sports here in Canberra, always the first to lend a hand he spent a couple hours on Saturday prepping targets. On top of this Dave managed to arrange range access for this shoot that simply would not have been possible without his involvement. Dave just happens to be a ridiculously good shot so I displayed undisguised joy when the winds picked up prior to his squad’s session!
Rob Griffith shot our match and kindly sponsored an excellent prize. Rob produces hand made packs, shooting mats and a host of other gear, he is able to custom tailor gear to suit and we were extremely pleased when he donated one of his packs for 2nd place. Rob, once the pack is in hand and I have used it for a few weeks I will review it on this forum and others.
Jason Hillier & wife Adina deserve special mention. They woke at 4am Sunday to drive down from Sydney, and despite not shooting they took photos, helped with scoring and took a bunch of questions about their business. Jason donated an awesome $450 worth of Cerakoting for 1st place. Thanks for your efforts guys you have set the standard for future sponsors and I look forward to seeing you on the line next match.
Final Placing (max score = 275)
Name, Score Percentage (%)
Simon R 260 100%
Clyde R 256 98%
Brian K 255 98%
Robert G 219 84%
David G 213 82%
David E 206 79%
Darren L 174 67%
David V 168 65%
Sam V 157 60%
Mathew T 152 58%
Greg T 131 50%
Paul K 91 35%
Max B 57 22%
David T 28 11%
Gary B 0%
We are looking forward to seeing you all back to join us for the next shoot. We are hoping to get 30 shooters and I will update on dates ASAP.
Sponsors:
JASON HILLIER
Accredited CERAKOTE Applicator
Mob: 0488 625 969
Email: adja7681@bigpond.com
D/L: 410043337
Web: http://adja.com.au/
ROB GRIFFITH
GriffGear
Mob: 0418 285 431
Email: rob@griffgear.com
D/L: 02 9785 2625
Web: http://www.griffgear.com/
Cheers,
Rath
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
And my personal favorite:
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aam
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
Great pics Rath 
Looks like everyone had fun.
Albert.
Looks like everyone had fun.
Albert.
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
Gents, the next match is confirmed for the 14th August 2011. I will update with more info as it becomes available.
Rath
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
Gents,
Next match flyer:
Next match flyer:
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Re: Practical Rifle Match - 8 May 2011
Just a quick update Gents.
I would like to remind all that Simon Ross (02) 62295130 or (04) 21 059 614 must be contacted to reserve your position for this shoot. Posting that you are coming on the thread dose not reserve your spot so please ensure that you touch base with Simon if you plan to attend on August 14.
I'm very pleased to announce the most recent prize list for the upcoming match:
Glen from Precision Shooting has provided a Kurzzeit PVM 21 Chronograph as seen here: http://www.precisionshooting.com.au/pro ... .php?id=22
Jason Hillier of ADJA Absolute Enterprises will again provide Cerakoting work to the value of $450 http://adja.com.au/
David Gifford of Dyer Projectiles will be providing some of his outstanding .308 cal projectiles (I will be able to confirm prize details soon)
Rob Griffith of GriffGear (http://www.griffgear.com/)will again provide one of his handmade items as seen here: http://www.precisionshooting.com.au/pro ... .php?id=37
I'm waiting to confirm additional prizes and I hope to be able to update this list soon.
A big thanks to all the sponsors, having quality prizes really adds to the match and I'm sure it will help attract some quality shooters too.
Rath
I would like to remind all that Simon Ross (02) 62295130 or (04) 21 059 614 must be contacted to reserve your position for this shoot. Posting that you are coming on the thread dose not reserve your spot so please ensure that you touch base with Simon if you plan to attend on August 14.
I'm very pleased to announce the most recent prize list for the upcoming match:
Glen from Precision Shooting has provided a Kurzzeit PVM 21 Chronograph as seen here: http://www.precisionshooting.com.au/pro ... .php?id=22
Jason Hillier of ADJA Absolute Enterprises will again provide Cerakoting work to the value of $450 http://adja.com.au/
David Gifford of Dyer Projectiles will be providing some of his outstanding .308 cal projectiles (I will be able to confirm prize details soon)
Rob Griffith of GriffGear (http://www.griffgear.com/)will again provide one of his handmade items as seen here: http://www.precisionshooting.com.au/pro ... .php?id=37
I'm waiting to confirm additional prizes and I hope to be able to update this list soon.
A big thanks to all the sponsors, having quality prizes really adds to the match and I'm sure it will help attract some quality shooters too.
Rath