Weather looks good so far, how about a longrange (midrange) rimfire shoot this coming weekend Friday Sat & Sunday (July 19, 20 and 21st)? Distances will be from 25 yards to 197 yards on swinging steel plate racks. Lots of shapes and sizes with maybe a couple novelty targets mixed in.
100 rounds plus a few extra for checking zero and 5 allowed sighters that a shooter can use at their discretion on any rack they desire during the match. I have a covered firing line with two benches and can shoot two shooters at a time.
To keep it somewhat even and not have a runaway equipment race I limit ammo costs to a max of $8.00/50 based on Champion Shooters Supply website. No tuners or heavy benchrest style front rests. Sandbags or bipods for the front and bags or even a monopod can be used on the rear.
There is a separate set of special 4moa “Peep Sight” targets that metallic sight shooters shoot to compete directly with the scoped shooters for score. At 75 yards the metallic sight shooters have to shoot at the “Shoot Thru” targets which has decreasing sized holes to hit the white target behind it. Scores are very close and keeps everyone on their toes.
It takes about 1 hour to shoot the match. A $10.00 donation is required for each entry, you may re-enter and shoot again for an additional donation. First place winner gets $25.00 and there will be at least one $25.00 drawing and could be more based on how many entries there are.
My email is [email protected] The shoots will be held at my personal range near St. Clairsville Ohio. Eye and ear protection is required as well as a chamber flag or open bolt. No handling of the firearms will be allowed until it's your turn to shoot. Safety is number 1 priority.
If you've never tried longrange rimfire shooting I think it's every bit as challenging as our 1000 yard matches with the centerfires. Pretty satisfying to see that small target way out there swing and hear the distant "ding" after a hit.
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100 rounds plus a few extra for checking zero and 5 allowed sighters that a shooter can use at their discretion on any rack they desire during the match. I have a covered firing line with two benches and can shoot two shooters at a time.
To keep it somewhat even and not have a runaway equipment race I limit ammo costs to a max of $8.00/50 based on Champion Shooters Supply website. No tuners or heavy benchrest style front rests. Sandbags or bipods for the front and bags or even a monopod can be used on the rear.
There is a separate set of special 4moa “Peep Sight” targets that metallic sight shooters shoot to compete directly with the scoped shooters for score. At 75 yards the metallic sight shooters have to shoot at the “Shoot Thru” targets which has decreasing sized holes to hit the white target behind it. Scores are very close and keeps everyone on their toes.
It takes about 1 hour to shoot the match. A $10.00 donation is required for each entry, you may re-enter and shoot again for an additional donation. First place winner gets $25.00 and there will be at least one $25.00 drawing and could be more based on how many entries there are.
My email is [email protected] The shoots will be held at my personal range near St. Clairsville Ohio. Eye and ear protection is required as well as a chamber flag or open bolt. No handling of the firearms will be allowed until it's your turn to shoot. Safety is number 1 priority.
If you've never tried longrange rimfire shooting I think it's every bit as challenging as our 1000 yard matches with the centerfires. Pretty satisfying to see that small target way out there swing and hear the distant "ding" after a hit.
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