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Ha!F-Class?
I've only competed in it once. All I know is that it started out for the old guys as an alternative to high power competition.Ha!
And who's gonna help me up?
I'm not the OP but both knees are foooked and don't respond well to being pressed into the ground, and if I go prone for too long, I'll probably be dealing with a sciatica flare-up the following day. Oh, and both elbows have bone-spurs or what-not so hope elbow-pads are in the rules.I've only competed in it once. All I know is that it started out for the old guys as an alternative to high power competition.
Regarding high power competition. IIRC, exemptions are made for the various shooting positions for competitors that are handicapped.
How serious is your mobility problem? You didn't go into any detail.
Do you mean PRS Comp , like senior division or something like Benchrest , F-Class, etc. ?Is there a comp that an old guy with mobility issues could try?
I walk very slowly! Like I am drunk on my a$$.I've only competed in it once. All I know is that it started out for the old guys as an alternative to high power competition.
Regarding high power competition. IIRC, exemptions are made for the various shooting positions for competitors that are handicapped.
How serious is your mobility problem? You didn't go into any detail.
I am located in Athens GA. home of the DAWGS...so comps in my area are my preference. I can't do the run and gun type comps. At the range I shoot from the bench.Benchrest tactical for the gerries. See if they have them in your region. Pretty popular on mid east coast.
My advice would be to go to a PRS match and shoot what you feel comfortable with. I’d invite you to try the Clinton house matches put on by Tommy Goodson, or cool acres. PM me and I’ll partner up with you to help out/advise.I am located in Athens GA. home of the DAWGS...so comps in my area are my preference. I can't do the run and gun type comps. At the range I shoot from the bench.
Isn't PRS a run and gun event? I don't want to hold up folks behind me.My advice would be to go to a PRS match and shoot what you feel comfortable with. I’d invite you to try the Clinton house matches put on by Tommy Goodson, or cool acres. PM me and I’ll partner up with you to help out/advise.
There certainly are aspects of speed, but not on all stages. My attitude has always been focusing on the impacts not the speed.Isn't PRS a run and gun event? I don't want to hold up folks behind me.
I have a Sako TRG and a Tikka T3x but the recoil has become a bit much.
I have gone to. 22lr and really enjoy it.
Isn't PRS a run and gun event? I don't want to hold up folks behind me.
I have a Sako TRG and a Tikka T3x but the recoil has become a bit much.
I have gone to. 22lr and really enjoy it.
Where is the Clinton House? I know about Cool Acres.There's almost no run and gun in PRS. You'll be in a squad of 5-10 shooters. You'll start on a stage. Most stages have some movement, but nothing crazy and almost never any running. We are talking pick up your rifle, move a couple feet and put it back down. You'll be on a timer. 90sec or 2min depending. So you can't really hold up anyone behind you.
Once everyone is done with that stage, you'll take your stuff and walk to the next stage, which is generally 20-100yds away. Then you'll rinse and repeat. You can bring a cart and I'm sure people will have no issue helping you move your gear.
They have PRS and NRL rimfire matches which are basically the same as centerfire in the way they are run and movement.
I've routinely had shooters in their 70's and older who don't move well. We just help them with their stuff, and let them shoot whatever positions they are comfortable with for the 2min timer. If you can't do kneeling, don't. If you can't move that well, just stay on the first position you can shoot and shoot all 10 rounds.
I bet there is something local for you.
Usually bench rest, but the other side in these parts is Schuetzen shooting. Its 22s on paper at 100 yards, iron sight or scope, rested up front or offhand. Only 5 or 10 shots for each targets score so its elderly friendly.
Also silhouette shooting can be fun if they will not make you lay down, depends on how serious the comp is.
Shotgun sports are usually from a single spot so once you walker up there you only have to turn it around, sit and shoot.
Old school sport that you dont hear too much about anymore which our club has modernized a bit, we now have target cams etc instead of pointers since everyone is old and the kids arent coming around as much or as reliably to point targets.This sounds great. Bench rest sounds good. What is Schuetzen?
Reviving an old thread. For .22 targets true, not so heavy, for full sized targets, rams are 65 pounds. Yep, Been there as a match director its easy in the Louisiana sun to have a heat stroke setting targets.I will second on Silhouette. The only part there, is that you have to go down range to reset your targets for the next shooter. Our club has been having 3 relays of 8 shooters for the NRA Smallbore Lever action/Hunter Pistol matches. The good part is that even the Ram (100m) targets are not very heavy so everyone can set them.
My son resetting Pig at 3 years old
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