Stage Idea Better Barricades KYL Edition

[Lowlight]

Here is the first of several stage ideas to help mix up your stale course of fire.

In this edition, Better Barricades, using the KYL Rack

To set the tone, here is the barricade we use. It's two sided so the shooters' height is not an issue. You decide the position, but make no mention of the platform. As an example the Standing Shot does not need to be taken from the very top, a shorter shooter, a junior shooter, etc can use any location on the barricade to apply the position. Taller shooters can use 56" the shorter shooters 48", even 36".

Barricade KYL Stage

The shooter, with a magazine of 10 rounds, starting 5 yards back from the firing line, upon the go command the shooter will engage a 6" Plate at 600 yards from the prone. Once impacted for no points the shooter will transition 5 yards to the side for a sitting position on the barricade and engage a KYL Rack at 400 Yards. They will engage the rack from the biggest target to the smallest target. The shooter will have 2 minutes to complete the drill. If the shooter misses a plate he will transition to the next highest point and position and start the rack over, then continuing to the standing if they miss again. If the shooter cleans the KYL Rack, with time still remaining he can transition to the sitting position and engage the 6" Plate @ 600 for 2 extra points with any remaining rounds. The shooter may stop at any time and collect the accumulated points earned.

The plates must be hit from the position or scoring starts again.
Standing is the maximum height they will use.
No more than 10 rounds will be fired, and the shooter can stop at any time.
All equipment must be employed on the clock and be within arms reach when moving.
Only 1 bonus hit will count, you cannot stack bonus points.
No gear restriction.
Bolt back when transitioning from positions

Scoring
Plate 1 = 1 point
Plate 2 = 2 points
Plate 3 = 3 points
Plate 4 = 4 points

Total KYL Rack = 10 points
Bonus 6" Plate = 2points

Total possible 12 points

Positions on the barricade,

Position 1 - Sitting - Butt on the ground
Position 2 - Kneeling - Butt not touching the ground
Position 3 - Standing - Two feet on the ground

This is a gamble, if the shooter hits 3 plates from the sitting and misses the 4th, he will reset to the kneeling position and begin again. If the shooter hits 2 plates and stops, they will collect the points earned.

Distances such as yardage or distance from the prone to the barricade, etc can be adjusted, however, less than 5 yards between is not recommended.

 

[DarinC]

What’s your kyl target sizes? (Hopefully not a stupid question)

 

[Lowlight]

They are usually pretty standard, the rack we use is preset and I don't have it off the top of my head.

I went to the JC steel site they dont' give the sizes, and our AA Targets Racks is very similar to this:

It's pre-designed and works correctly around 400 yards, the last target being 1/2 MOA would be 2"

If you google it, you will see all of them pre-set

 

[DarinC]

Thank you!

 

[Basher]

I love it, Frank! On the clock deployment is something I've heard you mwntion before and I'm fully in support if it. Great KYL stage to shake things up!

 

[missed]

Subd....

Looking for some more practice ideas!

 

[Sogan]

I like it. Varying height barricades is a huge plus to help even the field as well.

 

[Gilly]

With all I’ve read and listed to lately on matches, gear and gaming I’m surprised this reads a lot like any other match book description might. No gear restrictions.

Don’t get me wrong it seems to be a creative stage with some added pressure on the clock with movement and deployment of gear under time but the solution for this stage is still going to be a game changer and a tripod leg on the rear support.

Also what’s up with penalizing tall shooters? 4’ 8” tall for standing! Haha

 

[Lowlight]

Tall shooters can use 56” duh try reading it, that is the same spec they use today

 

[Gilly]

Tall shooters can use 56” duh try reading it, that is the same spec they use today

Dang LL I was just being humorous, hence the “haha” I should have spelled out sarcasm instead. I’ll refrain from trying to add humor in the future to avoid offending anyone.

 

[Sheldon N]

I've shot the KYL restart stages before, they are fun. Less consequence for a miss, but if you miss and restart most shooters have the wheels fall off due to time pressure and being shaken from the miss.

For this one I think I'd deploy tripod on the clock, burn a round or two prone to get the 600 yard hit and a solid wind call, then move to the barricade and probably would stop after target 3 or 4 depending on the wind. If you went for 5 you'd only have 3 or 4 rounds left depending on whether you got a first round hit at 600.

Tripod rear would be doable, even as a 90 second stage. Smart play too, hit percentage would go up probably 10-20% over just free recoiling.

 

[BigBen09]

You mentioned getting more movement into stages, this is just an idea but what about doing some sort of exercise before the stage? Like do 10 jumping Jack's and the timer starts after the last one is completed. I think getting the heart rate up would add a unique challenge.