Shot my very 1st Precision Rifle match today at Prince range in Louisana (LAPRC). I really enjoyed myself and had a great time shooting with squad 9. While it was my 1st match shooting, I've photographed a lot of matches. The course of fire was very challenging but very fair course of fire.
I had 5 goals for this match but I really only told a few what the 1st 4 goals were.
#1 - be safe, don't do anything that might get me DQ and I feel I accomplished that (I didn't get DQ'd so I did accomplish it).
#2 - have fun and I really did. The heart was really racing on my 1st stage when I heard engage but the other eight stages I felt comfortable.
#3 - was learn and man did I learn a lot. Shooting on the clock, learning to build postions, remembering to dial the right elevation, grabbing the right bag for the stage, getting the bipod set up correctly, remembering to move to the next target and not shoot the same one out of order cuz those impacts don't count. All things that I can go back over my notes on the course of fire sheet and practice.
#4 - make impacts and while I didn't light it up by any stretch of the imagination, I did make impacts - 22 impacts out of 89 shots to be exact!
And my #5 goal but I didn't tell anyone for fear of jinxing myself was to not zero any stages. There were no zeros!
And not that finishing last would be the toughest thing to deal with but I didn't finish last.
For a 65 year old, who's been shooting a rifle for less than two years I was very happy with how I did.
Now I have to make a tough decision on my new barrel, stay with 6.5 creedmoor or go with a 6mm creedmoor.
Now I need to practice more on the clock, as well as practice off of a lot of different props (rocks, spools, tires, tank traps, ladders, gates, barricades, etc) learning to build solid, stable positions and get ready for the GAP Grind.
Thx
Greg
I had 5 goals for this match but I really only told a few what the 1st 4 goals were.
#1 - be safe, don't do anything that might get me DQ and I feel I accomplished that (I didn't get DQ'd so I did accomplish it).
#2 - have fun and I really did. The heart was really racing on my 1st stage when I heard engage but the other eight stages I felt comfortable.
#3 - was learn and man did I learn a lot. Shooting on the clock, learning to build postions, remembering to dial the right elevation, grabbing the right bag for the stage, getting the bipod set up correctly, remembering to move to the next target and not shoot the same one out of order cuz those impacts don't count. All things that I can go back over my notes on the course of fire sheet and practice.
#4 - make impacts and while I didn't light it up by any stretch of the imagination, I did make impacts - 22 impacts out of 89 shots to be exact!
And my #5 goal but I didn't tell anyone for fear of jinxing myself was to not zero any stages. There were no zeros!
And not that finishing last would be the toughest thing to deal with but I didn't finish last.
For a 65 year old, who's been shooting a rifle for less than two years I was very happy with how I did.
Now I have to make a tough decision on my new barrel, stay with 6.5 creedmoor or go with a 6mm creedmoor.
Now I need to practice more on the clock, as well as practice off of a lot of different props (rocks, spools, tires, tank traps, ladders, gates, barricades, etc) learning to build solid, stable positions and get ready for the GAP Grind.
Thx
Greg
