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britrifles
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Posted: June 14 2021 at 5:25pm |
Just finished four days of shooting in the annual D-Day commemorative matches in Talladega AB. It was exceptionally run by the CMP staff with only one minor delay to fix a target issue during the Vintage Sniper Rifle match.
Sorry guys, I was hoping to make a good showing with the No. 4 on Saturday in the Vintage Military Rifle Match. I was off to a good start, my 5 sighter shots were X, 10, X, X, X. Then the first two shots for record in prone slow fire were low 9’s. This is a 30 round match, with 300 “possible” score. Ended up 4th. It’s unusual for me to do better with the M1 than the No. 4 in these matches. I shot my highest score to date with the M1 on Saturday AM. Friday was the M1 “Iron Man” match, new to the program this year. Thursday we had to qualify to shoot the match by firing 10 shots prone at 300 yards and score an 85/100. That was to be sure the shooters could hold a decent group and not shoot the sensors at the corners of the electronic targets. I shot a 89, so not much to spare. No sighter shots allowed for the “Iron Man” match. 50 round “across the course” match: 10 shots standing slow fire at 200 yds, 10 shots sitting rapid fire at 200 yards (60 seconds), 10 shots prone rapid fire at 300 yards (70 seconds) and 20 shots prone slow at 600 yards. I was doing good until part way thru the prone slow stage, then started throwing shots out into the 5 and 6 ring! I figured I was in the bottom third, but apparently I wasn’t the only one having trouble, ended up 3rd place. Sunday was the Vintage Sniper match, first time shooting that match. Definitely want to do that one again. It’s a team event, shooter and spotter, taking turns. Each fires 10 rounds at 300 yards then 10 rounds at 600 yards. 15 second target exposure per shot. I shot with a good friend with his 1903 Sniper (with original 8x Unertl scope). We had some problems maintaining elevation at 600, but we did OK, in the top third of the pack. The turnout was better than I expected considering the ammo and reloading component situation. 74 shooters in the M1 match. |
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congrats , id be happy to just get to compete let alone place
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Bear43
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Those sound like good finishes to me.
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Zed
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That sounds like a great weekend!
I think 4th is a very decent result; considering the number of people shooting in your competitions. Would love to have competitions like that in France. But all our Service rifle competitions have been cancelled last year and this year.
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britrifles
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Again, it shows that when shooting in position (standing, sitting and prone) the primary source of error is the shooter and not the rifle (unless there is something very wrong with your rifle).
The M1 will attain scores equal to the LE in these matches, although I suspect a higher X ring count on average with the No. 4. I usually shoot a better prone slow fire score with my No. 4 and a better standing slow fire score with my M1. The M1 stock makes it easier to pull the rifle into your shoulder in the standing position. I finished in 1st place with the M1 in the JCG match on Saturday AM. Just a few points short of the D-Day Match record. That new Krieger barrel is shooting well and hardly any fouling left in the bore, even after shooting 120 rounds over the four days. I just installed that barrel this spring, and I already have over 700 rounds thru it. I shudder to think how many rounds thru the BSA barrel on my No. 4, I’ve been in full practice and match mode for the last 6 years, then several thousand rounds fired off the bench before that. |
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congrats , that was great shooting , i think all that practice has paid off well ,
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Zed
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I can only dream of getting to shoot that much at the moment!
Full time job and full time family! Roll on retirement! (or a Lotto win)
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britrifles
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Zed, no doubt, this sport takes up a lot of time (reloading time, practice and attending matches) and a fair bit of cash too. That makes it pretty difficult to do with a family. So many of us have said we wished we could have started this sport sooner (when we had good eyesight!), but for these reasons, we don’t see many young shooters out there. I bet the average age of the shooters at the D-Day matches was mid 60’s.
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