Since there isn't a wide variety of tactical rifle competitions up this way in MN I thought I'd share with you a bit about the one held on 15JUL at GRRC in Harris, MN. This is a yearly event held at the club, with all stages taking place on their 1000yd range. Hopefully with enough interest and support in the area we can get more of these going...
Registration began at 0900 and the entire match ended around 1600, with shooters divided into either bolt or gas gun classes. The entire match consisted of the following five stages:
First stage:
Shooters began prone behind the rifle on the 800 yard line, round chambered and gun on safe. On start of the timer, shooter was to engage three separate B27 targets with one hit each (maximum of two shot attempts per target…second shot hit was ½ points). After clearing the three targets, shooter moved 3 ft to the left to station #2 and repeated the engagement of the same three targets. After clearing all three targets from station #2, shooter moved 3 ft to the left again to station #3 and repeated engagement of the three targets. Minimum round count is 9, maximum round count is 18. A ‘bonus’ target (full-size IPSC steel) was located at 830 yards. At any time during the course of fire the shooter could choose to engage the bonus target. First round hit was worth 30 points, second round hit was worth 15 points. A par time of 200 seconds was used for the entire course (to include the engagement of the bonus target).
Second Stage:
Shooters began with rifle situation on top of a pitched outhouse roof, round in chamber and safety on. Three B27 targets were located at ~675 yards. On the start of the timer, shooter was to engage the three separate B27 targets with one hit each (maximum of two shot attempts per target…second shot hit was ½ points). After clearing all three targets, shooter moved from the outhouse roof approximately 100 yards forward to position #2 (opening bolt before moving). Position #2 was a 4’x8’ sheet of plywood, 4’ edge on the grass and the sheet angled downrange at approximately 45 degrees. Two small strips of lathe were tacked to the sheet; shooter moved up the sheet using lathe as traction (that was fun…) and reengaged the three B27 targets in the same manner as position #1. Additionally, there was a ‘bonus’ target (full-size IPSC steel) located at approximately 30 yards beyond the B27 targets. At any time during the course of fire the shooter could choose to engage the bonus target. First round hit was worth 30 points, second round hit was worth 15 points. A par time of 200 seconds was used for the entire course (to include the engagement of the bonus target). I should’ve engaged the bonus target from the further station since the outhouse roof was more stable than the plywood.
Third Stage:
Shooters began prone on the 300yd line, round in chamber and safety on. Range officer gave the command “Shooter ready, number (1-6), standby, *beep*”. On the ‘standby’ command, the pit crew raised a target with six separate 6” circles on it. Each circle was assigned a number 1-6, and the RO rolled a dice to determine what target would get shot…this is the ‘number (1-6)’ that was stated during the range command immediately before targets were raised. Shooter has a par time of 4 seconds to identify and record a hit on the target circle with a single round. This stage had three identical strings of fire, with the dice rolled each time to determine the target.
Fourth Stage:
Shooters began prone on the 200 yard line, round in the chamber and safety on. Shooters had a total of 6 rounds to fire in a par time of 45 seconds at a board with multiple 1 MOA and 2 MOA target circles. 1 MOA circles were full point value, 2 MOA circles were ½ point value.
Fifth Stage:
Shooters began prone on the 200 yard line, round in the chamber and safety on. Shooter had to engage a moving IPSC target at ‘walking speed’ with TWO rounds (no more than two rounds were permitted to be fired). Target would drop after two shots, hit or not. A second target would then appear, also at walking speed. Shooter had to also engage this target with TWO rounds. Hits were scored as A, B, C, or D, with appropriate points assigned for the hit location.
All in all a very fun match on a Sunday afternoon! Many thanks to the guys at GRRC who set it up; it was my first time shooting the match and I'll be back again next year.
Setup
Stage 1 at 800 yards
Stage 2 'outhouse' shot
Registration began at 0900 and the entire match ended around 1600, with shooters divided into either bolt or gas gun classes. The entire match consisted of the following five stages:
First stage:
Shooters began prone behind the rifle on the 800 yard line, round chambered and gun on safe. On start of the timer, shooter was to engage three separate B27 targets with one hit each (maximum of two shot attempts per target…second shot hit was ½ points). After clearing the three targets, shooter moved 3 ft to the left to station #2 and repeated the engagement of the same three targets. After clearing all three targets from station #2, shooter moved 3 ft to the left again to station #3 and repeated engagement of the three targets. Minimum round count is 9, maximum round count is 18. A ‘bonus’ target (full-size IPSC steel) was located at 830 yards. At any time during the course of fire the shooter could choose to engage the bonus target. First round hit was worth 30 points, second round hit was worth 15 points. A par time of 200 seconds was used for the entire course (to include the engagement of the bonus target).
Second Stage:
Shooters began with rifle situation on top of a pitched outhouse roof, round in chamber and safety on. Three B27 targets were located at ~675 yards. On the start of the timer, shooter was to engage the three separate B27 targets with one hit each (maximum of two shot attempts per target…second shot hit was ½ points). After clearing all three targets, shooter moved from the outhouse roof approximately 100 yards forward to position #2 (opening bolt before moving). Position #2 was a 4’x8’ sheet of plywood, 4’ edge on the grass and the sheet angled downrange at approximately 45 degrees. Two small strips of lathe were tacked to the sheet; shooter moved up the sheet using lathe as traction (that was fun…) and reengaged the three B27 targets in the same manner as position #1. Additionally, there was a ‘bonus’ target (full-size IPSC steel) located at approximately 30 yards beyond the B27 targets. At any time during the course of fire the shooter could choose to engage the bonus target. First round hit was worth 30 points, second round hit was worth 15 points. A par time of 200 seconds was used for the entire course (to include the engagement of the bonus target). I should’ve engaged the bonus target from the further station since the outhouse roof was more stable than the plywood.
Third Stage:
Shooters began prone on the 300yd line, round in chamber and safety on. Range officer gave the command “Shooter ready, number (1-6), standby, *beep*”. On the ‘standby’ command, the pit crew raised a target with six separate 6” circles on it. Each circle was assigned a number 1-6, and the RO rolled a dice to determine what target would get shot…this is the ‘number (1-6)’ that was stated during the range command immediately before targets were raised. Shooter has a par time of 4 seconds to identify and record a hit on the target circle with a single round. This stage had three identical strings of fire, with the dice rolled each time to determine the target.
Fourth Stage:
Shooters began prone on the 200 yard line, round in the chamber and safety on. Shooters had a total of 6 rounds to fire in a par time of 45 seconds at a board with multiple 1 MOA and 2 MOA target circles. 1 MOA circles were full point value, 2 MOA circles were ½ point value.
Fifth Stage:
Shooters began prone on the 200 yard line, round in the chamber and safety on. Shooter had to engage a moving IPSC target at ‘walking speed’ with TWO rounds (no more than two rounds were permitted to be fired). Target would drop after two shots, hit or not. A second target would then appear, also at walking speed. Shooter had to also engage this target with TWO rounds. Hits were scored as A, B, C, or D, with appropriate points assigned for the hit location.
All in all a very fun match on a Sunday afternoon! Many thanks to the guys at GRRC who set it up; it was my first time shooting the match and I'll be back again next year.
Setup
Stage 1 at 800 yards
Stage 2 'outhouse' shot
