Re: One Mile Match-Would you attend?
A couple of things first. Kevin may be new here, but not to shooting. I'll let Kevin give you his shooting resume, if he wants. He shoots in lots of the matches that I shoot in here in Vegas (but shoots all over in thw western region). The range in question would be a dedicated range for this event on this particular day and we would have vehicle access (as in drive right up to in your vehicle) to both firing points and target points all day long. That makes driving to the targets to verify hits very easy and doable on the firing point swap over.
The key from my view is to have some space and blast shields between shooters on the line and definitely between targets downrange. I know it is not fun sitting 20 feet from a 50 BMG all day long as they bring the pain. Simple reality is the wind can easily blow projectiles 10 minutes or more offline. You don't want shooter A putting hits on Shooter B's target because he got blown that far off line. (unless I'm shooter B and you are going to give me credit for shooter A's shot
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Yes 18x24 is a bit spicy for a mile. Yep just a hair over 1 MOA wide and 1.5 MOA tall. I know, since I just shot it yesterday at my desert spot. That is what makes it both fun and makes it HARD. Think of it as an egg shoot at a mile.
A good rifle and decent spotter can combine to a good event. Kevin was planning to let folks have access to a spotter to help. I know several folks who will be there, including me and my brother, both of whom can help out with spotting (using a USO Spotter with MOA reticle to call adjustments) if you don't otherwise have one.
I like making cold Bore COUNT. If you get a decent zero, and know your rifle, the rest is in the wind god's hands. I'm not against going with a separate cold bore event, or giving folks a chance to get a 600 meter zero at say Desert Sportsman the day before. But I prefer giving a shooter X shots in Y minutes of time, including cold bore.
Depending how many lanes you run, and participants you may have, it could take all day. TIME is always the big problem on these events. If you go two days, then its more time consuming still. If you go qualifiers then finals, you just need to be efficient in how you push folks through the various stages all day long.
Kurt, I told Kevin to try to tag team your tactical event, if possible. I suspect lots of guys that show at your event might want to give 1,760 a run and see how they do.
Simple Answer is "I'm in". So is my brother, and although I can't speak for TopoSniper directly, I think its safe to say he'll be there also.
JeffVN
