NorCal 1st Field Precision Rifle AAR and Results

[NorCal Vu]

This last weekend was the High Power/F-Class Canadian/American Match at Sac Valley Shooting Center. This event takes place during a month long of HP/F-Class competition called March Madness.

Jim O'Connell is Sac Valley's HP Director, and the man behind March Madness. After a brief discussion, Jim gave us the green light and has added the FPR Class to his program.

For the first time ever, tac rigs (even with brakes) were goin to shoot side by side with the F-Class and Sling shooters.

Our group decided to focus on two specific days so we would have a decent showing.

Saturday March 12th - 4 Man Teams
300, 600, 900 and 1000 yds. (48 rounds)

Sunday March 13th - Individuals
300, 500, 600 and 1000 yds. (48 rounds)

We had 6 complete teams on Saturday. 3 were FPR-Limited (308win / 175gn) and 3 were FPR-Open (Hot Rods)

On Sunday we had 7 shooters in FPR-Limited and 10 in FPR-Open.

 

[NorCal Vu]

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For the Teams, the OMC took home first place in FPR-Open.

Here are today's individual's results for FPR-Limited (308) and FPR-Open (Hot Rods)

Congrats to Mr. David Kerley for taking home 1st place with his Spartan 7 SAUM.

I was lucky enough to take home 1st in the Limited class with my Newman 308win (175gn).

 

[NorCal Vu]

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Overall Standings:

FPR-Open

1. David Kerley - 393 13X
2. Bryan Yeoung - 390 17X
3. Vinny Da Hook - 388 19X
4. Dave Roper - 387 16X
5. Rob Thomas - 385 16X
6. Sam Buckley - 380 9X
7. Scott Springer - 378 14X
8. Richard Nye - 368 1X
9. Gary Hromadko - 368 1X
10. Dave Freidenfelt - 364 2X

FPR-Limited

1. Vu Pham - 386 13X
2. Bob Nugmanov - 382 9X
3. Scott Small - 382 9X
4. Shawn Shaw - 376 10X
5. David Skit - 376 10X
6. Shannon Sisco - 357 7X
7. Jay Rennenberg - 299 8X

 

[NorCal Vu]

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Overall it was a great experience and good trigger time.

Going from a game of hammering down to a 60 - 90 second per round COF is a world of difference.

99.9% of the folks I enteracted with were friendly and helpful. We only had one asshole on the line that needed a serious attitude adjustment. Other than that, I believe our group had a great time and plan to come back more often.

For those that are close enough to Sac Valley that are not ready to run and gun, or the fast pace of tac matches, I would seriously look at joining the HP Group for a few of these matches. This is a great venue to learn how to read wind and get trigger time at distance.

Jim will be adding the FPR class to all his monthly events from now on. Braked or no brake, all of us are welcomed on his line. Just let him know ahead of time if you do have a brake and he will squad you away from the sling shooters.

It also helps if you put your pack up so you don't blast the folks around you as well. We had a full line so the F-Class guys really appreciated the fact that we put lil barriers up for our brakes.

 

[ToxGunn]

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Agreed.

I had an awesome time, Jim did a good job of making us feel welcome, and being able to actually take more time to dope the wind out made a huge difference in my own success.

Very cool to be able to play in the wind, have enough time to try and learn from it, and not have to build a second stick in order to play.

The NCPPRC monthlies are doing an ass-kicking job of teaching me that I need to get proficient with my gear, but since I'm a relative newb, I get so wrapped in that part that I have a hard time getting as much out of the conditions lessons because of time constraints. Jim's matches look to provide a nice complement.

 

[jeepone]

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Good shooting guys. I'm glad to see the tac trifle discipline advancing in the high power circles.

 

[TAC READY]

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Many thanks to Mr. Jim O'Connell (the match director) for opening up this shooting and competing venue to guys who just want to come shoot the rifle they are comfortable with. I brought my favorite new rifle to this match -- it has taken 3 elk, placed 3rd at the last RO/Snipers Hide Bash, and now held its own in the F Class environment. Many thanks to Marc Soulie over at Spartan Precsion Rifles for building me such a hammer of 7mm SAUM rifle.

Just like almost every other shooting venue I've been to, these folks are friendly and fun to be around and I'm looking forward to the next opportunity I have to go test my skills shooting 10 round groups at distance.

David

 

[Aqua Mark]

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Congrats to you guys, and especially David on that win. It looks like you got a beautiful stick from Spartan Rifles. Mark