With the help of some great people I managed to get the gear together to compete in this match, The Long Range Operators Challenge. What a blast it was. Great group of shooters and the course of fire was awesome. Whenever the In Motion Target guys are involved there's always tricky sight lines and real world shooting positions, usually on some nasty piece of ground.(Classic hunting for me) I love ruck marching in a match and the snowpack was an added challenge. Target ID was a lot of fun. More than once my target was almost completely obscured by a branch or brush and I had to have faith the trajectory would carry the round through the loophole. Those were really satisfying hits. The mover is always so much fun. On day two with the hostage target it was particularly challenging so I sent a few rounds in there nervously wide just to scare off the bad guy. There were some photographers kicking around snapping shots of everyone slinging lead out there, so hopefully someone can post those pictures up later.
Tarrol, thank you for pulling all these good people together for a great weekend of shooting and running around in beautiful country. Dave from Glock really hooked me up loaning me an awesome pistol for the match and when I'd dirtied that one up, Tarrol handed me his, and it proved all Glocks shoot straight, even in Canadian hands. There was a load of great sponsors (check out the squarespace link up top for the full list) who stepped up huge for the prize table and everyone went away with some killer kit.
Not sure when the next LROC is happening but I'm already chomping at the bit to do it again so you can bet I'll be there. It was an honour to compete against so many current and retired military veterans and very motivating to step up my PT so I can put a chase to you guys on the uphill climbs.
I came away with so much kit from the prize table that I'm pretty sure I got something from all of the sponsors but I would really like to thank Leupold and Magpul for sure.
Thank you to all the RO's in particular, for freezing out there, so we could run the course. Any one of you needs a favour from me, just ask. And a huge thank you to Carl and the In Motion Target crew, I really hope I can return your generosity and hospitality in the near future.
Adam
