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2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

NorCal Vu

Gunny Sergeant
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Dec 20, 2004
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Sacramento Area
Wow, what a weekend!!!!

Day 1 – Thursday: Rally area and initial range setup.
We had a range crew of 16 bust ass for about 10 to 12 hours cleaning up all the ranges, hang about 120 + banners, and start to setup props and targets for the weekend. This is our 6th TBRC event, and the range has never looked better. We had “SureFire Road” leading the competitors to the check in area, and our rally point for our shooter’s brief in the mornings.

Day 2 – Friday: Competitors check in and final range setup begins.
The range crew kicks off at 0700 on Friday and pushes till about 6pm to get the entire range ready for game day. This was our biggest TBRC to date with 5 separate ranges, and 4 different evolutions.

Competitors shot a Long Range, Short Range, Steel, and Run & Gun evolution over 2 solid days of shooting. The COF called for 215 rounds fired if a competitor was able to fire every required round. Shortest shot was @ 25 yards, with the longest being @ 1K. There were 36 rounds fired from 800 to 1000yards. The core of the match was shot from 200 to 600yards, with a small percentage being inside 200yards for our short range evolution.

Check in went from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Competitors received a ton of match and sponsor related schwag in their shooter bags provided by SureFire. Arc’Teryx LEAF provide everyone with hats, we had stickers, challenge coins, patches, magazines, AmericanSnipers.org calendars, round count booklet from Storm Tactical, and the nicest match booklet I have yet to see. It was printed by the same company that SureFire uses to print their magazines. We had it done in 100% color, on glossy magazine type of paper. It contained every piece of information for the next two days of shooting, sponsors logos were in full color, stage information, and range layouts.

SureFire did interviews with about 10 to 12 of our top sponsors that were present at the event. This should be neat to see in the final video that will be produced by Michael Victor of Victor Company.

Garin Lee with SureFire also did a nice suppressor demo with side match. The best 3 shot group from a SureFire suppressed 308win would win a SureFire Fury light. Travis Case barely beat out Chase Stroud in that race.

Day 3 – Saturday: Competition Day 1
Competitors rallied at the pole barn @ 0700 sharp for our shooter’s meeting lead by Shawn and me. After our quick meeting, all the squads were transported to their various ranges.
Alpha and Bravo started the event on the Steel Evolution. This particular evolution called for about 90 rounds, and had 12 COFs involved. Alpha and Bravo’s Day 1 CBS was a 3” Shoot N C @ 325 yards, a tad under MOA.

Charlie and Delta started this event with 3 evolutions, short range, run & gun, and long range. Their day would consist of about 130 rounds possible, and A LOT of shooting. Delta started on the long range evolution while Charlie shot the short range and run & gun. These two squads flipped flop areas mid day.
As always, getting things going took a lil more time (by about 30 minutes) than I wanted, but once the range crew started to hit on all 12 cylinders, we were smoking. Score sheets and shooters were run through COFs as efficiently as I have ever seen at our TBRCs.

On the steel range we had 4 ROs running the two squads through their COFs. At any given time there were 4 stages being shot all at the same time.

On the Run & Gun we had Jason, David, and Jason running shooters through the COF VERY efficiently. Those guys just rocked it as I thought they were going to be our bottleneck with a 4 minute par time per shooter. Tom was kind enough to follow each RO and competitor down range with his Ranger UTV and get them back up range once they were shooting. Once they broke the 180, the next RO and competitor would start heading down range.

Short range was moving on the same pace as our Run & Gun so they were able to flip flop their shooters almost at the same time. Rod had the shooters moving along very well and efficiently through 30 rounds, and 5 courses of fire involving two mover stages on paper.

Rob Thomas and George Mac had the 20 competitors on the Long Range evolution scooting around at a good pace. We actually slowed things down a lot this year compared to previous years. At our monthly events, we actually move a lot faster on our long range course, but we realized not everyone has shot at our cadence before. To keep things fair, we increased all of our prep time and shoot times.

We also hired the Jr. HP Team (The CA Grizzlies) to pull pits for us. This investment bought the competitors 3 hours of shoot time that is used for our Run & Gun and Short Range evolutions. Competitors didn’t do a thing but pull the trigger for two full days.

One of the biggest challenges for the day, or actually the whole weekend was the heat. We are typically around mid 80s to high 70s around this time of year. I purchased 28 cases of water, 16 cases of sports drink and it was all gone by the end of day 1! This amount of hydration usually last us throughout a TBRC with some to spare. We also went through about 350lbs of ice between Thursday and Saturday.

Our range support staff busted their ass keeping everyone hydrating and making sure scores were hitting our scoring team ASAP. Vic and Steve were super stars and must have ran up and down that range a few hundred times during the course of TBRC.
We were very fortunate that club members loaned us their golf carts and UTV to stay mobile on the range during the whole event. This was a HUGE factor in our efficiency.

We ended up having David Kerley with Tac Ready drive into town with his F350 to pick up a pallet of 60 cases of water from Costco for day two. Another 250lbs of ice was brought in to keep everything cool on Sunday for our competitors. Both days pushed about 100 degrees with some parts of the day being 100 +. With that being said, with the heat came less wind. When Sac Valley warms up, the wind just dies for the most part. .4 to 1 mil of wind @ 1K in the afternoon at Sac Valley is a nice day to shoot. There are days where even the fastest flattest hot rods will go 2.5 mils +

We finish up all the shooting almost 1 to 1.5 hours ahead of schedule for day 1!!!! As I track the status and progress of all the ranges, I was thinking to myself “are my ROs throwing stages out, or WTF?” There is no way we are 1.5 hours ahead of schedule. Well we were, and it was meant to be as my BBQ guy was early as well.
Everyone finished up the day with a nice plate of BBQ and a few cold ones.

Day 4 – Last day of competition.
We kicked at 0700 with a down and dirty shooters meeting and moved right into picture time. SureFire’s photographer (Thomas) did an outstanding job the whole weekend capturing everything in still pictures, while Eugene took care of the video side of the house. Both of these guys were extremely busy trying to get all the footage they can to document this epic event.

Alpha Squad started out the day shooting the short range and run & gun evolutions.

Bravo Squad started out on the 1K Range shooting the LR evolution.
These two squads flip flopped mid day.

Charlie and Delta finished up their TBRC on the steel range evolution.

Day two went a lil slower because I think the heat really wore everyone out. Some of my range crew has been out in that heat for the last 4 days by now, and it is showing. We still hit our marks, but we had the mover on the steel range go down for the last 1.5 shooters. We had 15 rounds left to fire at it, and it died. We decided to keep on trucking and figure out the mover for the last two shooters once we were done with rest of the COFs.

Conditions were pretty almost the same as day 1 with maybe another 1mph to 2mph of more wind on the long range according the weather stations we had on hand.

As we started to finish up all the shooting, I got a call on the radio saying there was a medical issue on the short range so we rolled immediately. Shawn and I were on scene in less than 2 minutes, and Jason (our medic) was there maybe 3 minutes after the call. One of our competitors went down due to the heat so we had to get him hydrated and cooled down. His squad mates did a great getting some water on him, and in him to help his body cool down.

After Jason checked him out, the competitor was able to finish up the last two stages of the TBRC. We have never had the need for our medics during TBRCs, but I was dyam glad to have Jason a few hundred yards away when we did. Jason and Rob G did a fantastic job making sure our competitors were good to go.

Now for our mover situation: With 1.5 shooters (15 rounds about) left to be shot on the mover, there was no way I can throw out a stage that might make or break 75 other competitors. After all the COFs were done, Jimmy C-Note (our engineer) went down range to see if he can’t get the mover going again. I got on the radio with the two competitors and explained that if we are unable to get the mover going in the next 15 to 20 minutes, I would have to ask them to take the hit on the mover stage. As a competitor myself, I completely understand and expected the ass chewing that was about to come after informing them I may have to 0 them for the stage due to OUR mechanical malfunctions. I was pleasantly surprised that Roger Cordes (Las Vegas Shooter) said “no problem, I am just here to drink some beer and hang out”, the other shooter Gustavo (NorCal shooter) asked if he could just keep the two hits he had before it died on him during the COF. No bitching, no whining, no crying at all from these two gents. I really appreciate them for having good sportsmanship even though they had every right to fire me up.

Jimmy was able to work his magic and got the mover up and they were able to complete the match like everyone else. Roger ended up getting 6 hits (60 points is HUGE) and Gustavo got 5 hits I believe. Those points are very valuable in such a tight match as this one. I was very glad that situation worked out. Jimmy is the MAN behind all of our movers. He built both the cable and remote steel mover for our club.

Final scoring: No real issues, maybe a few typos and minor things like 4 hits vs. 5 hits type of things. The ladies in our scoring trailer did a fantastic job in keeping record of all the paper targets, and stats. Shaina is my “go to” for keeping our scores straight. She has been a part of 5 TBRCs now, and has done a fantastic job. Matt McGinnis built me a bomber scoring system that spit out all the stats needed to take care of the many awards we had to give out.

There was a small delay when we blew the breaker on the generator due to the laser printer and everything plugged into one outlet. That knocked us back about 30 minutes on our awards ceremony.

Awards and Stage Winners:

AmericanSnipers.org rifle raffle was done by Shawn Hughes (Marine SS with the 1/5) and Mark Hartwell of Storm Tactical/ASO. After they drew all the numbers, the big winner was Michael Nitzschke of
Bravo Squad! He was the lucky winner of the 8500.00 ASO Rifle Build!!!

Fastest Shooter went to Jacob Denny with a time of 22.74 seconds to hit 4 8” plates at 550yards and a 6” stop plate @ 330yards.

Top 308win goes to Tyler Hughes with the 1/5 SS Platoon

Top Steel Evolution Shooter goes to Francis “The Animal” Kuehl

Top Long Range Shooter goes to Brian Sanders

Top Female goes to Regina Milkovich. We should have just put her name on the award from day 1. She is no doubt the top female shooter in this game.

Top LE/Military goes to Shannon “The Python” Kay

Top Short Range had a three way tie with Terry Cross, Richard Emmons, and Patrick Morris.

Top Shooter running a NightForce Optic - James Jefferies won 250.00 in cash from Nightforce.

Best Cold Bore Shot - Bob Nugmanov won 250.00 from TacticalMatches.com

We had several raffles that went on before the final awards were given out, but I was buried so if someone can post who won what, that would be awesome.

Top 5:

1st Place Winner, Francis “The Animal” Kuehl. This is Francis’s 3rd TBRC win. I am just dyam glad he wears our club colors.

2nd Place Winner, Jacob “Red Hat” Denny. It was the cherry on top for me to see one of my best friends finish so high in this event. Jacob has been working his ass off for 3 months training for TBRC and it paid off. To get this lazy SOB to point bullets is saying a lot! LOL

3rd Place Winner, Patrick Morris. This was my first time meeting Patrick, and I have nothing but good things to say about this young gentleman. Personally, I think it’s the bangs….just sayin. I don’t think Patrick is even old enough to buy beer yet right? I can’t wait to see what happens with a few more years under his belt. He is going to set the house on fire!

4th Place Winner, Johnathan Berry, very solid performance from a person that has never been to our facility. Good shooting and I hope to see you on the line soon.

5th Place Winner, Matt McGinnis. Matt was handling a lot of home stuff over the last several months with no time to train up, and told me he was just hoping for a decent showing. I would call 5th place finish in this field of shooters pretty dyam good.

Top 3 walked away with custom rifles, suppressors from SureFire, and a custom engraved knife with the TBRC logo on it from SureFire.

With the 100K + Prize table, guys down deep were walking away with very nice prizes for their efforts.
After all 77 competitors, our range crew went through the table. After the 45 man range crew, our competitors went through again. We STILL had stuff on the prize table that we basically told everyone to grab something from the items left over.

I want to say thank you to all the competitors that were able to make this event, I know it cost a nice chunk of change and personal time to come out for one of these big events so we appreciate everyone joining us this epic match.

Our range crew went above and beyond this last weekend. Those that have seen our range crew work understand what I am talking about. Those that have not been to a TBRC cannot fathom the amount of work, pride, and dedication these guys and gals have in making our event a successful one. About a dozen of us stayed behind to clean up the staging area on Sunday, and were not off the range until dark. Everyone pitched in and everyone helped each other out to make this TBRC the most successful one yet. You guys are rock stars and you’ll never know how much I appreciate you.

The generosity and support from our sponsors this year was just over the top. I can’t begin to express my gratitude to our sponsors. All I hope for is that we (NCPPRC) made you all proud to have your name associated with our organization and event. Without your support, we would not be where we are today. Without your products, we would not be able to shoot the way we do today. I am just glad a lot of our sponsors were out there to witness firsthand what they help build.

Nightforce our Premium Optic sponsor came through huge on the prize table and support. They sent out two F1s 3-15s for backups just in case a competitor experiences an optic malfunction. I was sure glad we had them on hand because Gustavo did have his optic die on the 1K range and needed to borrow one of them. Nightforce was also kind enough to pay for the BBQ that fed about 150 people on Sunday as well.

I would also like to express my thanks to May and Derek of SureFire. When I approached them about the concept of a TBRC SureFire Invitational, I honestly didn’t think they would go for it. Come on now, it’s SureFire! They can basically work with anyone they choose to work with. To my surprise May and Derek gave the project a green light and off we went.

Everything that was promised was delivered on time or before schedule. Every expectation that was met or exceeded. For the most part, SureFire went above and beyond to ensure we had an epic event. I honestly do not know what the final cost on their end of this event yet, and we probably will never know due to the long hours May spent with me planning and organizing it. In the middle of the project Derek was no longer with SureFire, but still called to assure me that everything will move forward as planned.

May is a true rock star and played a key role in the success of this event. Not only did she have SureFire business to deal with, she also had a wedding to plan, got married a week before, and STILL made it up here for the shoot as planned. She is truly PHS.

SureFire is in the process of producing a video of the highlights of TBRC. Once that is completed the raw footage of the entire event will be handed over to Michael Victor of Play Creative TV to produce a video of the entire event.
From a match directors standpoint, what more can a guy ask for.
We had the SureFire brand on the event, we had the strongest field of shooters ever assembled for an event, we had a $100,000.00 + prize table, sponsors and reps from all over come in, and a world class range crew to execute the plan we put together. People asked where I want to go from here with TBRC, the simple answer is “there is nowhere to go, we’re there.”

In closing, I am very proud and honored to have been able to lead this club and event over the last 6 years, but everything good must come to an end.

There will not be a 2013 TBRC like in the past, and we do not even want to think of 2014 yet. NCPPRC has pushed hard since 2006 to get where we are at, and as a club we have decided it is time to chill out, recharge the batteries and re-evaluate things in 2014.

I do not make the call if we have a TBRC or not, it comes down to the members of NCPPRC if we do one because we all understand that it is the dedication and efforts of many that make our event what it is. People that know us know that we only roll first class, and never half ass with anything we do.

I’ll still be shooting matches, and we will still have our club monthly events, however all major projects and events have been taken off the 2013 calendar. We’re spent, and it’s time to chilllllax. I have been blessed to meet and make so many friends all over the country in this sport, and it has been a great ride.
Thank you everyone for your support and words of encouragement over the years, I hope to see you on the line soon.

Vu Pham – TBRC 2007 – 2012 Match Director


 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

Final Results

1 Kuehl, Francis 260rem 1,530.27 2X 100.0%
2 Denny, Jacob 260rem 1,464.25 2X 95.7%
3 Morris, Patrick 243win 1,419.77 3X 92.8%
4 Berry, Johnathan 0 1,416.08 3X 92.5%
5 McGinnis, Matt 243win 1,402.28 5X 91.6%
6 Nitzschke, Michael 6x47 1,394.50 6X 91.1%
7 Morris, Dustin 243win 1,387.57 1X 90.7%
8 Sanders, Brian 284win 1,384.40 5X 90.5%
9 Jefferies, James 260rem 1,382.95 3X 90.4%
10 Owens, Stan 260rem 1,369.00 0X 89.5%
11 Quintana, Mark 6.5cm 1,368.81 2X 89.4%
12 Kay, Shannon 260rem 1,367.60 5X 89.4%
13 Ducos, Joe 260rem 1,354.35 3X 88.5%
14 Milkovich, Regina 6xc 1,348.32 2X 88.1%
15 Emmons, Richard 243win 1,344.53 5X 87.9%
16 Guiffreda, Vincent 260rem 1,334.78 3X 87.2%
17 Cross, Terry 260rem 1,334.08 2X 87.2%
18 Badley, Jeff 243win 1,327.00 5X 86.7%
19 Elpers, Kevin 6mm 1,324.12 2X 86.5%
20 Weitz, David 0 1,319.51 4X 86.2%
21 Keim, Jason 260rem 1,302.21 3X 85.1%
22 Reynolds, Todd 260rem 1,298.41 1X 84.8%
23 Morgan, Bryan 243win 1,296.48 1X 84.7%
24 Stuteville, Wade 243win 1,294.00 3X 84.6%
25 Burkes, Tony 243win 1,292.96 1X 84.5%
26 Yeung, Bryan 6.5saum 1,291.00 4X 84.4%
27 Palzkill, Tony 6.5cm 1,290.95 3X 84.4%
28 Carcacha, Gustavo 260rem 1,288.52 6X 84.2%
29 Kerr, Ryan 260rem 1,283.62 1X 83.9%
30 Gardner, George 6.5 1,283.00 1X 83.8%
31 Ecret, Steve 6.5cm 1,258.75 0X 82.3%
32 McGaffey, Brandon 243win 1,252.36 3X 81.8%
33 Sommers, John 243win 1,240.38 4X 81.1%
34 Lin, Ken 243win 1,238.06 2X 80.9%
35 Milkovich, Tim 6xc 1,236.87 3X 80.8%
36 Hughes, Tyler 308win 1,232.02 1X 80.5%
37 Roberts, Charlie 260rem 1,219.06 3X 79.7%
38 LaVine, Matt 6mm 1,210.00 2X 79.1%
39 Satterlee, Scott 6cm 1,196.39 4X 78.2%
40 Gali, Frank 243win 1,185.72 1X 77.5%
41 Gibson, Travis 6.5cm 1,182.00 7X 77.2%
42 Nugmanov, Bob 260rem 1,178.08 1X 77.0%
43 Weidman, Lowe 243win 1,161.63 3X 75.9%
44 Stroud, Chase 243win 1,153.00 0X 75.3%
45 Cordes, Rodger 6.5x47 1,150.50 3X 75.2%
46 Terry, Howard 6.5cm 1,150.07 1X 75.2%
47 Parks, Scott 6.5x47 1,140.27 0X 74.5%
48 Freidenfelt, Dave 260rem 1,134.93 3X 74.2%
49 Frehner, Tyler 260rem 1,120.09 5X 73.2%
50 Embly, Brian 6.5x47 1,106.36 1X 72.3%
51 Stone, Kurt 243win 1,096.46 2X 71.7%
52 Walhmerier, Greg 0 1,087.00 3X 71.0%
53 Lorenzo, Dennis 260rem 1,068.99 1X 69.9%
54 Hughes, Shawn 308win 1,064.62 0X 69.6%
55 White, Sean 260rem 1,063.94 3X 69.5%
56 Riganian, Ray 6xc 1,056.00 1X 69.0%
57 Laviolette, Travis 260rem 1,022.87 1X 66.8%
58 Moots, Tate 260rem 1,022.00 3X 66.8%
59 Richardson, Geordie 243win 1,020.17 2X 66.7%
60 Victor, Michael 260rem 1,006.02 5X 65.7%
61 Case, Travis 260rem 1,003.00 1X 65.5%
62 Comfort, Joseph 6.5cm 961.65 2X 62.8%
63 Bonofiglio, Nick 308win 955.11 2X 62.4%
64 Lapin, Josh 260rem 948.51 0X 62.0%
65 Roberston, Charley 6.5cm 938.37 2X 61.3%
66 Miller, Dane 6.5cm 932.00 5X 60.9%
67 Gominsky, Jim 308win 909.18 3X 59.4%
68 McAlary, Shane 6.5cm 883.00 4X 57.7%
69 Milkovich, Scott 6mm 882.00 2X 57.6%
70 Montgomery, Mike 6xc 879.00 2X 57.4%
71 Payne, Dustin 6.5cm 858.00 3X 56.1%
72 Hellmer, Werner 260rem 813.00 2X 53.1%
73 Rogan, Mike 260rem 772.00 1X 50.4%
74 Lansigan, May 6.5cm 643.41 1X 42.0%
75 Harrison, Mick 260rem 641.00 0X 41.9%
76 Lee, Garin 308win 640.00 0X 41.8%
77 Hawron, Suzanne 243win 227.00 1X 14.8%

Some more interesting stats.

Alpha Squad (Team GAP & Team Surgeon) Afternoon Relay on 1K
Average Score on the LR Evolution was 516
Average Score on the Steel Evolution was 436

Bravo Squad: Morning Relay on 1K
Average Score on the LR Evolution was 511
Average Score on the Steel Range Evolution was 303

Alpha and Bravo shot the steel evolution in the same conditions as they spent their entire 1st day up there.

Charlie Squad (other "super squad") Afternoon Relay on 1K
Average Score on the LR Evolution was 491
Average Score on the Steel Evolution was 409

Delta Squad: Morning Relay on 1K
Average Score on the LR Evolution was 500
Average Score on the Steel Range Evolution was 335

Charlie and Delta both spent their 2nd day on the steel range together.

Short Range Evolution which included our Run & Gun Stage
Alpha Average: 237
Bravo Average: 141
Charlie Average: 234
Delta Average: 188

Average for all competitors:
Long Range Evolution: 504
Steel Evolution: 371
Short Range: 200

Top 5 Finishers all shot 2nd relay on the 1K

1st through 10th had 8 competitors that shot in the harder conditions.

1st through 20th had 14 competitors that shot in the harder conditions.

1st through 40th had 29 competitors that shot in the harder conditions.
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

My numbers are not to the penny, but our prize table was over 100K! If we count everything that was donated by the sponsors to the AmericanSnipers.org build, we are well over 110K.

Top 3 walked away with custom bolt rifles from GA Precision, and ScoreHigh Gunsmithing, and Surgeon Rifles. On top of that, SureFire gave 1st through 3rd Suppressor certs with muzzle brake adaptors, and a limited edition TBRC SureFire knife.

NCPPRC is truly humbled by the amount of support we got from the manufactures/vendors listed below. Without their support, our match and sport would not be what it is today. On behalf of NCPPRC, thank you for your generosity and continued support of the practical precision rifle sport.

Our premier sponsor, SureFire, came through BIG! It was an honor for me to work with SureFire on this event. Everything that was promised was delivered on time, or before the deadline. All expectations discuss were met, or exceeded. I couldn't have asked for anything more from a sponsor.

Our premium optics sponsor, Nightforce, went above and beyond as well. Two F1s, one 2-10 compact, 50% off Cert, and 250.00 cash to the top finishing competitor using a Nightforce optic.

Nightforce was kind enough to cover the BBQ on Sunday for about 150 people.

The manufactures below played a key role in making our 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational an epic one!


ARC'TERYX LEAF
AmericanSnipers.org
Badger Ordnance
Bartlein Barrels
Benchmark Barrels
Black Gun
Carl Zeiss USA
CompRifle
Copper Creek Cartridges
CS Tactical
Dewey Mfg.
GA Precision Rifles
I.O.T.A
Impact Databooks
Invincible Safes
JEC Customs
Kahles Optics
Kifaru International
KMW Rifles
LV Steel Targets
Manners Composite Stocks
MGM Targets
Mildot Enterprises
MOA Systems
Newman Precision
Nightforce Optics
Outback Welding
Peerless Rifles
Premier Reticles
Primary Weapon Systems
Proof Research
Red Tac Gear
Redding Reloading
Rifles Only
Rock Creek Barrels
Rock Solid Stocks
Savage Arms
Seekins Precision
Short Action Precision
Sierra Arms
Sierra Bullets
Skull Monkey Gear
Spartan Precision
Specialized Dynamics
Stainless Tumbling Media
Stiller Precision
Storm Tactical
Surefire
Surgeon Rifles
Swarovski Optik
SWFA
TAB Gear
TAC READY
Tactical Matches.com
US Optics
Victor Company
Vortex Optics
Warne Scope Mounts
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

Some interesting stats from the event.

77 Competitors
45 Range Crew
20 Pit Pullers
8 Manufacture reps

We went through about 2200 + bottles of water, 540 bottles of sports drink, and 6 cases of soda from Thursday to Sunday.

77 competitors x 215 rounds possible = 16000 + fired in two days.

Below are the results of the survey we had shooters fill out.

Rifle Builders:

GA Precision: 15
Spartan: 9
Surgeon Rifles: 9
ScoreHigh: 3
KWM: 3
Newman: 3
Specialized Dynamics: 1
Desert Tactical: 1
Gre-Tan:1
Proof Research: 1
BBR: 1
AI: 3
Sako TRG: 1

Caliber Used:
6mm: 25
6.5: 31
7mm: 1
30cal: 4

Brand of Bullet Used:
Sierra: 7
Berger: 22
Lapua: 20
Hornady: 7
DTAC: 5
JLK: 1

Brand of Optic Used:
Nightforce: 11
Vortex: 12
Schmidt Bender: 16
US Optics: 16
Bushnell: 8
Premier: 3
SWFA: 1
Leupold: 1

Mil based optics: 56
MOA based optics: 10

Brand of Barrel:
Bartlein: 42
Rock Creek: 3
Krieger: 10
Benchmark: 2
Brux: 5
Other: 2

Brand of Stock:
Manners Composite Stocks: 15
McMillan: 24
KMW Sentinel: 8
Rock Solid: 3
AICS: 7
AI: 6
Other: 4

Brand of Action:
Surgeon: 26
GAP Templar: 9
Rem M700: 14
Stiller: 7
Defiance Machine: 3
AI: 3
Pierce Eng: 1

Bi Pod Used:
Harris: 60
Atlas: 9
Other: 1

Sling Used:
TAB: 30
TIS: 20
Other: 5

The majority of the competitors prefered optics that maxed out in the 20 to 25X range for FFP

105s dominated the 6mms, while the 139s dominated the 6.5s

 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

What a great match.
Big thanks to Vu and crew. Thanks to the Calif Grizzlies for the great job in the pits. They did a great job. Also another big thanks to all the great sponsers. That was a huge prize table.
It was great to see a lot of friends and make new ones.
Hope you guys do it again next year.
Thanks
Kurt
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

On behalf of Nightforce Optics, I would like to say thank you to Vu, Sean, and his crew for doing a phenomenal job on putting on a <span style="font-weight: bold">World Class</span> match. NorCal is for sure one of the Premier Bolt Rifle matches in the country and for good reason.

Congratulations to all of the winners!!!

Thank you to Alpha Squad 1-10 for allowing me to tag along and observe.

Thank you to all of the other sponsors who stepped up to help make it a success as well. Its great to see all of the industry support that the shooting sports is receiving. In this political climate, it is a huge cause and we must remain diligent in our support.

A huge thanks to all of the match staff that participated to make this match the success that it was. You all demonstrated a huge level of professionalism and ran a tight ship.

Thank you to the Sacramento Valley Shooting Club. An extraordinary facility that allowed such a match to take place.

Nightforce looks forward to the NorCal TBRC's next World Class match!!!!

Until the next match.

Tod Litt
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

Thanks for a great match! I'm very impressed with the RO's. Their professionalism was top notch. Also to the generosity of the sponsors!

Great work Vu and Sean. I look forward to seeing some of you this month here in Vegas.

Ty
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

I had a great time out there! It was really cool meeting everyone, making new friends and catching up with old ones.

Thank you to everyone responsible for making a match like this possible.
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

Thank you Vu, range staff, CA Griz, Sponsors, especially <span style="font-weight: bold">Stiller Precision</span> for the 50% off cert, and everyone else involved. COF was challenging, fair and fun. I had a great time and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. Lastly, good shooting to my Bravo 1-10 squad and especially my AZ LRPRS teammates.
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

A big thank you to all of the sponsors that made our event truly world class. Vu and Shawn, you also outdid yourselves as usual.

Shooters, you all were great to spot for and I look forward to seeing you all in competition when the opportunity lends itself.

Mike from AZ, I sure as hell hope you bought lottery tickets on the way home. Congrats on the new rifle sir.

To our young men from the USMC, thanks for coming out and continue to be safe out there. We will keep you in our prayers and keep sending support. Thank you for all you do to keep us safe.

jerry
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

AAR looks great Vu. You know i had a great time and you guys did a fantastic job. Thanks again.
 
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Vu & Co,

Huge thanks from me, you put on an outstanding event. The stages ran smooth, the range officers were all professional across the board and the events were varied so there was a great mix to test the competitors.

All the accolades you and your staff absolutely deserve, great job, as I truly enjoyed myself from the time I showed up to the time it all ended.

May @ Surefire is a genuine Rock Star ! She was on top of it, light the place up with her smile and still managed to get married and compete in the event. Surefire needs to give her a raise.

I had a blast with Alpha Team, the good, the bad, the ugly, we had a ball. Everyone was supporting each other, routing for guys to succeed and congratulating them when they did. It was refreshing to see and be a part of, I enjoyed meeting everyone there this past weekend.

Thanks again to all the sponsors, it was huge, the prize table was crazy impressive and for once I didn't feel bad taking something off the table, so thank you Surefire again.

I really appreciate the invite and anytime you want to shoot a Cup Match Vu, just ask.
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Thank you Frank and everyone for the kind words.

I was glad you were able to make the trip out here.

There is no doubt this forum you allow us to spread our word on has a lot to do with our growth over the last 6 - 7 years.

There would of been Starbucks on day 2, but it was just too dyam hot for coffee...lol.

By the way, nice shooting on that KYL stage. I think Frank was the only one that pulled the trigger on the 5th plate (6" )and center punched it on our 550yard KYL.

He railed the first 4 and racked in # 5, and I was like ahhh shit, we have a gambler!
 
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Vu
On behalf of www.AmericanSnipers.org, I want to thank you for the outstanding NorCal match and rifle raffle. You conceived this idea and carried it to fruition. You were able to harness your contacts in this community and have ALL components and labor donated for this build. Ticket sales were $20,400 for this (I believe a new record for a single rifle), and every penny is going to support our snipers in harm’s way.

Words cannot express how thankful we are for this effort put forth by you and the NorCal club. Our warriors ‘over there’ will appreciate their new gear.

Congrats on a successful match Vu.

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May and team SureFire, thank you for the great professional support. And to my fellow vendors, the shooters really appreciated such an impressive prize table, everyone went home with great memories, and with some quality gear from this event.

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Mark
Owner, Storm Tactical
Volunteer Staff, AmericanSnipers.org
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

Any more photo highlights posted anywhere? Sounds like it was a great match and it would be excellent to see some more images.
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

All media was taken care of by SureFire. I'll post up pics and video once we have it.

We'll have a full video of the event in about 30 days from Michael Victor as well.

Vu
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

This was an amazing match to witness. Vu and the entire range crew were awesome! It was great to get out there and put some faces to the names.

Thanks
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

I have two years of sitting down and thinking how I am going to exact my revenge on the steel evolution.
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Brutas</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This was an amazing match to witness. Vu and the entire range crew were awesome! It was great to get out there and put some faces to the names.

Thanks </div></div>

It was good having the guys from Bartlein out there with us for the weekend. They were a huge help when I had to lay out all the 100K + in prizes for our competitors.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kudu22</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have two years of sitting down and thinking how I am going to exact my revenge on the steel evolution. </div></div>

Garin,

It was good meeting you, and thanks for letting all the CA guys have a chance to shoot a suppressed rifle. Those that live in states that allow them can't understand why shooters in states that do not allow them dig it so much.
By the way, don’t bring the Prius the a Top Fuel race. Tell May to hook you up with a 6.5CM.

Vu
 
Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

On behalf of SureFire, congratulations to the NCPPRC for a first-class event! The 2012 NorCal TBRC/SureFire Invitational was outstanding!
SureFire is truly honored to have partnered with the NCPPRC in their support of the precision rifle community, the California Grizzlies Junior Rifle Team, and AmericanSnipers.org.

Thank you to the SPONSORS & DONORS for showing your support of this event. Know that your generosity has helped all of us shooters to promote our sport in a positive and productive manner.

To the VOLUNTEERS/COORDINATORS/RANGE CREW – you guys are awesome! SureFire is very appreciative of the efforts you’ve made to ensure all of us had a great time and a safe experience on your range. Personally, I very much appreciated the time some of you took to introduce yourselves to me and to thank me for SureFire’s involvement. A special shout-out to the set-up crew who put up all the red SureFire banners – I didn’t know SureFire had a range up in Norcal!
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BTW, are you guys hydrating?!?!!??

To VU & SHAWN – Thank you for approaching SureFire with this opportunity. SureFire is always looking to expand and enhance our commitment to the shooting sports and we want to support those organizations that enable us to do that. It’s unbelievable the amount of organization and follow-up you guys have done to make sure your sponsors were more than satisfied. There is a tremendous amount of work in planning a competition of this caliber in California, and big congratulations goes to you and your crew for yet another successful TBRC!

And finally, thank you to the SHOOTERS. I’ve met many of you at matches and have learned a lot from you… I still have much to learn! I didn’t grow up around guns and only learned how to shoot when I got this job at SureFire a couple years ago. Thank you for your friendship and for continuing to support SureFire and the companies that support you! Thanks guys! See you all at SHOT Show.

PS
Thank you to Derek McDonald who introduced SureFire to the NorCal folks and to the sport of precision rifles.
Thank you to Garin Lee from SureFire’s Suppressor Division for running the suppressor demo and side shoot.
Thank you to Thomas Carlson and Eugene Nagata for the photography and videography of this event.
And thank you to Michael Victor for the post-production of our footage.

PPS
I may be taking a break from shooting for a while to go have some babies. I got married the weekend before the TBRC and skipped the honeymoon so I can come to this event. Priorities, right??
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PHS
Keep rollin’ Pimp Hand Strong, NorCal! Let’s maintain that 916/714/209 connection (I grew up in Stockton…YEAH!)


May Lansigan
Marketing Manager
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17680 Newhope Street, Suite B I Fountain Valley, CA 92708 I U.S.A.
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Re: 2012 NorCal TBRC SureFire Invitational AAR

Link to first set of photos taken by one of our volunteers posted in the 5th post down.