Anyone going? Weather looks nice: high 80s wind 16mph with gusts to 25mph. That's downright calm for this match!
PRS Talk Open Range Shooter's Retreat
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Wow. What a match.
https://practiscore.com/results/html/79d3a701-fbf1-4fa5-aa36-d03d9a1599ab?page=matchOpen
Some of the best marksmen in the USA were there. The difficulty and the skill on display was impressive.
Shot in 40mph wind on Friday at the check-in/check-zero. That was an eye opener. The rest of the match the wind was about 15-25, but it would let off and gust, swirl in the draws, slam down over the ridges, and you had to be vigilant or it would completely screw you. I stayed with an old friend in Tulsa. Appearently I drank the better part of a bottle of barrel strength Bulleit on Friday night. Didn’t mean to, it just kinda happened...
Pro Tip: this is not a good idea before a match. I was miserably hungover all day. I kept thinking I would get over it, but it actually got worse after lunch. The weak side, left eye stage actually made me ill and I thought I might puke. Even so, I shot pretty good! I’m very happy with the results even though I zeroed two stages today.
The wind was big, and strong, and pushed me around like a bully. I learned a lot at this match, and as a result I’m adding a bunch of things to my training.
My only disappointment, and it’s a minor one, was not getting an impact @ 1,500 yards on the longest stage. I drop transonic @ 1,380 yds so it’s kind of a musket ball at that distance with my PRS rig. I was at 16.5 mils, and my scope revs out at 16.9. I dialed (I rarely dial wind) 5.7 mils of wind, which was correct. I was banging all around the target right from the first shot, most right over or under, but no impact. Oh well, at least I was in the neighborhood the whole time. I watched some people never get close, because it’s so hard to see misses through a scope at that distance. Your can see a lot more through the “Spotting” scope.
Again, wow. Thanks to everyone who put this one on and ROed it. I had a blast!
https://practiscore.com/results/html/79d3a701-fbf1-4fa5-aa36-d03d9a1599ab?page=matchOpen
Some of the best marksmen in the USA were there. The difficulty and the skill on display was impressive.
Shot in 40mph wind on Friday at the check-in/check-zero. That was an eye opener. The rest of the match the wind was about 15-25, but it would let off and gust, swirl in the draws, slam down over the ridges, and you had to be vigilant or it would completely screw you. I stayed with an old friend in Tulsa. Appearently I drank the better part of a bottle of barrel strength Bulleit on Friday night. Didn’t mean to, it just kinda happened...
Pro Tip: this is not a good idea before a match. I was miserably hungover all day. I kept thinking I would get over it, but it actually got worse after lunch. The weak side, left eye stage actually made me ill and I thought I might puke. Even so, I shot pretty good! I’m very happy with the results even though I zeroed two stages today.
The wind was big, and strong, and pushed me around like a bully. I learned a lot at this match, and as a result I’m adding a bunch of things to my training.
My only disappointment, and it’s a minor one, was not getting an impact @ 1,500 yards on the longest stage. I drop transonic @ 1,380 yds so it’s kind of a musket ball at that distance with my PRS rig. I was at 16.5 mils, and my scope revs out at 16.9. I dialed (I rarely dial wind) 5.7 mils of wind, which was correct. I was banging all around the target right from the first shot, most right over or under, but no impact. Oh well, at least I was in the neighborhood the whole time. I watched some people never get close, because it’s so hard to see misses through a scope at that distance. Your can see a lot more through the “Spotting” scope.
Again, wow. Thanks to everyone who put this one on and ROed it. I had a blast!
Was a blast! Thank you guys for hosting and thanks to the ROs!!
Hey guys I'm just bringing this back from the dead. I was the MD for this match. I hope to see you all again! We are making many improvements over last year and hope you guys will enjoy the match even more this year. Stages are designed, just need to be written. Trying to decided how mean to be lol. Expect something similar to last year with a couple twists and turns. Target sizes should be fairly similar. Average range should be about 550 yards! If you didn't have a chance to smack that 1500 yard target don't worry you may get another chance this year, my only thoughts on that are should I make it 1760 instead?? lol
Seriously though, I would love to hear feedback from anyone that attended this match.
What did you like?
What did you hate?
What would you like to see more of?
Yes, i know... target failures, I hated them more than you I promise. That is one thing that will be fixes this year as well as match flow. We have also talked to the land owner and will stress safety more than any other match you've ever been to this coming year. We have rules in place to address what I thought were the downfalls.
Any more comments, concerns, complaints. I'll take what I can get.
Seriously though, I would love to hear feedback from anyone that attended this match.
What did you like?
What did you hate?
What would you like to see more of?
Yes, i know... target failures, I hated them more than you I promise. That is one thing that will be fixes this year as well as match flow. We have also talked to the land owner and will stress safety more than any other match you've ever been to this coming year. We have rules in place to address what I thought were the downfalls.
Any more comments, concerns, complaints. I'll take what I can get.
Either ace the little metal tree stage, or make sure the RO knows you can’t use a bi-pod on it. It would have been interesting otherwise.
It'll be back with vengeance. Unfortunately (and this shouldn't be an excuse), we had way too many new RO's who have never seen a match and I was not able to roam around like I had planned. This was due to several no call no shows on RO's. I will be sure we have more than enough RO's this year to ensure the MD's can move around and make sure the COF is going to be shot as intended.
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