What do you want to shoot at 22LR long range match?

[MarkCZ]

I am trying to set up a long range 22LR match. It will be all steel. I would like to see KYL targets. Match stick and card splitting , then steel out to 200yds. for starters. We will shoot from benches, standing with rest, off hand, and some prone. Not a lot of up and down shooting positions, for guy with bad knee's, like myself. No benchrest rest, Bi pods and sand bags only. There would be a different classes for guns. What do you like to shoot?

Mark Schronce

 

[steve123]

We shot on one of those Caldwell movers a few weeks ago, it was great fun.

Also on a large spinner, it's designed to go a little farther back each hit, and finally will spin if you get the cadence down.

It sounds to me you are doing it right.

 

[accurate obsession]

In the matches we tried last winter it was really "mini PRS" all steel, all positions. Any of your PRS support bags could be used. No tripods. I guess some of the best features were two KYL racks (one for long range 150-200yds and short 30-50yds) and a mover at 100 yds.

 

[JG26_Irish]

The ones that I liked the most were the ones that had longer ranges and were shot from a prone or sitting rest position and the ones that were completely off-hand and required movement (similar to 3-gun stages). The kneeling stages are tough for me too since I have bad knees also (too many jumps with rough landings, lol). The best stages lay out the tgt and do not specify the shooters position but may inhibit them some with obstacles and then allow the shooter to solve the problem in his/her best manner. One example is that you can shoot it standing at 50y or sitting off a rest at 25y but you start at 50y either way and if you shoot them at 50y, each hit is valued at 2pts but if you move forward and shoot it at 25y you loose the time it takes to move from the already short 2 min time limit, and your max score is already cut in half! Most will shoot off hand from 50y and risk missing a few but those lacking confidence or skill can advance forward and still score pts.

 

[Hoser]

Finding a balance to challenge good shooters and not stomp on newer shooters is a fine line. One way to accomplish that is do have varied sizes of steel out to 200-250 yards. 1.5-3 MOA targets seems to work for us. We have mounted them on conveyer belt just like their centerfire big brothers.

We are only using one range that is designed for silhouette, so we don't have much movement.

We don't have much offhand, when we do its a fairly large target (18x24 IPSC) at 175-225.

Most every position we run has some sort of support, everything from a tank trap to a V-Tac wall.

We have 2 stages we run at every match so people can use them as a benchmark on how they are doing. Standing sticks/tri-pod on 1.5-3 MOA targets from 50-150 yards and a V-Tac wall with a 8x10 target at 105 yards.

 

[accurate obsession]

Finding a balance to challenge good shooters and not stomp on newer shooters is a fine line.

That's very true , you don't want to discourage any one from trying again, but for example in our first match the long range KYL was at 190yds and started with a 12" disk. Half of the shooters never made it off that target and I even gave them an opportunity to "get dope " for the KYL, on the big disk only, before the match. At this point in time I can't see realistically going beyond 200yds for a stage.
I do like the idea of the benchmark stages.

 

[Spartan67]

"Finding a balance to challenge good shooters and not stomp on newer shooters is a fine line ".;
I agree. Have you though about having 2 divisions based on price of there equipment?
I wouldnt want to see a Vodoo going up against a newbie with a Savage/Ruger, ect.
This way you could keep the same setup.

 

[lash]

I've only run and shot one match, so take this as you will, but we did go out to 300 meters on the last stage. I had people worried about that distance, so provided all kinds of dope for the shooters the day before. The really long stage was last and had two different targets you could shoot at: a 24"x24"x1/8" square and a 2/3 IPSC. Shooters choice with, the IPSC worth 2 points vs the 24" square at 1 point. at least half of the shooters made good impacts with a few gaining extra points on the IPSC.

However, the favorite stage of many was a stage at 200 yards where I hung up shaving cream cans from the dollar store at different heights on a rack. Shooters got 3 attempts at the can with a 1st round hit = 12 points, a 2nd round hit = 6 points and a 3rd round hit = 3 points. Of course the shaving cream spins and spews cream when hit. This was a favorite of the younger shooters, with most of them doing better here than on some easier stages due to the fun factor.

Good luck with your match! I had enough fun with that one, that I plan on another in the cooler season here, when we are limited to 300 meters because of hunting season in the area.

 

[Flint62a1]

"Finding the balance to challenge good shooters and not stomp on newer shooters is a fine line" That's the whole thing. I ran the first of these shoots last month and we had a good mix of shooters. Some had shot my matches before and some were real beginners.
KYL, matchsticks, 100 yard offhand stage, a golf ball sized swinger at 100 yds, and a sniper hole at 50 yards. We just took our time with the newbs, made sure they had a zero and knew what to do, and we turned them loose. Two went out after the match and bought Ruger rimfires, so I guess they had fun.

 

[Rolltide]

I'd love a mix of prone and positional, at various ranges on each stage. I'd love to know more about the match...

 

[Rover31]

Look at the NRL22 matches.
They have all the stages for previous months available to look at online.

 

[Just Chuck]

Just a guess, but I'll bet you posted on Accurate Shooter forum, too?

My input is the same; maybe one stage where you have to change shooting from strong side to weak side. It's fun and challenging.

 

[MarkCZ]

Just a guess, but I'll bet you posted on Accurate Shooter forum, too?

My input is the same; maybe one stage where you have to change shooting from strong side to weak side. It's fun and challenging.

Yes, that is me.

Mark