Favorite stage?

[RodneyDowns]

In designing a course of fire for our long range competitions we have come up with several stages. Everything from standing to prone. Supported and unsupported. Paper, steel, balloons, bowling pins.

What Im looking for is new stages to add variety and fun to the shoot. Our ranges go from 200-600 flat range, 200-1000 flat range, 100-600 (from a ridge down into a winding creek bed full of hills and brush to trees)

Im looking for new ideas. What are some of the best stages you guys have shot? What position and props were used? What were the targets?

Thanks for any input.

 

[ajwcotton]

Re: Favorite stage?

I really enjoy target loaction/ID stages. You have to find hidden targets in obscure locations and such. I also enjoy the target discrimination stages where you have to pick the correct target and engage only that target, but I come from a MIl background and I have seen some people become frustrated on these types of stages

 

[DT1]

Re: Favorite stage?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rocca</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> standing..... unsupported.
Thanks for any input.</div></div>

Standing, unsupported is not too fun IMHO

I always enjoy the "run and gun" type stages where you engage targets from various locations such as barricades, windows, big rocks, stacks of tires, etc with short movement between each position. Forces you to shoot from unconventional positions.

Good luck with your matches!

 

[WhiskeyWebber]

Re: Favorite stage?

My favorite stage was on a National guard machine gun range where the RO had green Ivans popping up from 100-900yds. Each target popped up for 3-10 sec. Totally intense and you had to know your reticle/holdovers and instant ranging skills.

 

[McLarenross]

Re: Favorite stage?

Shot a stage once where you had a stair stepped pyramid looking piece of plywood infront of you and had to make 5 shots right handed and 5 shots left handed using each level of the plywood on each side as your rest. None of the levels were at comfortable heights to go prone or sit or stand or kneel or anything so each position was really hard to get steady in. Made for a fun and tough stage. I think I only got 3 of the left handed ones and 4 of the right.

 

[Garvey]

Re: Favorite stage?

I really liked one that had 4 targets in the brush in front of you. If I remember correctly they were at 218 yds, 280 yds, 325 yds, and 440 yds. You had to start at the closest one and couldn't move to the next until you engaged the nearest target. Once a target was engaged move to the next until you reach the last and then start at the closest one again. You just kept shooting until you ran out of time. The guys that dialed got smoked by the guys that weren't scared to hold over in the reticle. Oh and all shots were from a stack of sandbags about knee high.

 

[Wade]

Re: Favorite stage?

I always like shooting out of vehicles.

 

[triton19]

Re: Favorite stage?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wade</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I always like shooting out of vehicles.
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Me too but I got tired of running from the cops!

 

[Garvey]

Re: Favorite stage?

I've also enjoyed transitioning from pistol to rifle, rifle to pistol and back to rifle, or the opposite. That will show you where your weaknesses are in technique and equipment pretty quickly.

 

[Captain Moroni]

Re: Favorite stage?

Rodney, I would like to have a carbine stage on the 1000 yard range where the RO drives the buggy and the shooter has to hit the targets on the move.
Also I do like the idea of having multiple targets and the shooter has to ID and only shoot their target

 

[kraigWY]

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Setting rapid is my favorite, but I need to shoot more standing unsupported.

 

[taliv]

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Would have to be the rifles only helicopter stage shooting tracers at night on a steel mover

 

[RodneyDowns]

Re: Favorite stage?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Moroni</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rodney, I would like to have a carbine stage on the 1000 yard range where the RO drives the buggy and the shooter has to hit the targets on the move.
Also I do like the idea of having multiple targets and the shooter has to ID and only shoot their target </div></div>


AHHHHH, mounting the targets to the buggy......... Great Idea Tucker... I tried mounting it to my hat but the roof was in the way. As long as it was YOU shooting at the targets Id be ok with that.

 

[Captain Moroni]

Re: Favorite stage?

Well that would be fun too but I was thinking more along the lines of the shooter riding along with the RO shooting targets along the berm but I'm open to other ideas.

 

[RodneyDowns]

Re: Favorite stage?

That does sound like fun with either pistol or carbine. Just need someplace with semismooth ground and a good backdrop.