Rio Salado: Practical Long-Gun Matches In January

[StealthyBlagga]

Here are the practical long-gun events we have scheduled this month at Rio Salado (Mesa, AZ):

Tactical .22 Rifle Match: Tuesday January 10th & 24th
Registration opens at 4pm, with first shots shortly thereafter. Location is the Smallbore Range right behind the Activity Center. The rules are simple: it's a straight time match with penalties for misses. Pretty much any .22 rimfire rifle is OK - the most popular guns are AR15-clones and Ruger 10/22s. We have two divisions: iron sight and optical sight. Our typical match format is one "long range" stage out to 100yards, and two or three shorter range hoser stages. This match is more fun than a barrel of monkeys... bring a bulk pack of cheap ammo and you will leave with a smile a mile wide.  Scoring is done on paper, so no pre-registration is required.

3-Gun (Multi-Gun) Match: Saturday January 14th
Sign-in runs 8am-9am, with first shots at 8am. New shooters should come in time to attend the New Shooter Orientation at 8:30am before they shoot. Our usual format is 3 short-range rifle, shotgun and/or pistol stages, plus 1 long-range rifle stage. Bring 150 rounds of rifle ammo, 50 shotgun birdshot (#6 or smaller), and 50 rounds of pistol ammo. THIS MONTH YOU WILL ALSO NEED AT LEAST 3 SHOTGUN SLUGS.

To facilitate efficient shooter registration, we want everyone to pre-register for the match. Online registration will open at 3pm on the Tuesday before the match at the PractiScore website. When you arrive on match day, come to the stat shack and pay your match fee as usual, then simply go and shoot - your info will already be in the iPads. Even if you are not 100% sure of making it, it is better to pre-register. Those who do not pre-register can still shoot; they will be assigned a shooter number only, with their name being added later.

We are fortunate to have four very generous sponsors for our monthly match: Carbon Arms provides "loaner" shotshell caddies for competitors to try, and they donate a $100 gift certificate. VLTOR donates two of their excellent AR15 rifle stock kits. LUTH-AR send us one of their fine MBA-series rifle stocks. KE Arms provides a gift certificate each month. All prizes are distributed by random draw from the list of competitor who finish the match. With typical attendance around 75 shooters, your odds of winning something nice are pretty good.

Red Mountain Action Rifle Match: Sunday January 15th
Registration opens at 12:30pm. This is a rifle-only match run over the same course of fire as the morning pistol match; maximum 60 yards, high-speed/low-drag, four run-n-gun stages. The equipment divisions accommodate iron and optical sights, rimfire rifle, centerfire rifle and pistol caliber carbine. Bring 150 rounds of ammo and a quick set of legs. Scoring is done on paper, so no pre-registration is required.

Tactical Shotgun and Pistol Caliber Carbine Match: Thursday January 19th
Registration starts at 4pm, with a new shooter orientation shortly thereafter. The match format is four practical scenario-based stages similar to what you would encounter at a 3-Gun match, except that you only need to bring one gun - you choose either shotgun or pistol caliber carbine. There will be separate divisions for shotgun (Open, Limited and Pump), centerfire carbine (Optic and Iron) and .22 rimfire carbine (Optic and Iron). Any tactical shotgun suitable for 3-gun competition will work well in this match, or you can shoot a pistol caliber carbine (straight walled pistol calibers only please) or even a .22LR rifle. Scoring is done on paper, so no pre-registration is required.

SPECIAL MATCH: Pistol Caliber ANYTHING Match: Saturday January 29th
This will be a run-n-gun action shooting match format with five practical scenario-type stages and all steel targets.This will be a match you can shoot with almost ANY centerfire pistol caliber firearm in one of the following calibers: 9mmNATO/Parabellum/Luger, .357SIG, .38Super, .40S&W, 10mmAuto or .45ACP only (maximum velocity 1600fps). Separate divisions for semi-auto handgun, pistol caliber carbine and submachine gun.

Sign-in runs 8am-9am, with first shots at 8am. New shooters should come in time to attend the New Shooter Orientation at 8:30am before they shoot.  To facilitate efficient shooter registration, we want everyone to pre-register for the match. Online registration will open at 3pm on the Tuesday before the match at the PractiScore website. When you arrive on match day, come to the stat shack and pay your match fee as usual, then simply go and shoot - your info will already be in the iPads. Even if you are not 100% sure of making it, it is better to pre-register. Those who do not pre-register can still shoot; they will be assigned a shooter number only, with their name being added later.

Edited January 8, 2017 by StealthyBlagga

[StealthyBlagga]

3-Gun match registration is open at PractiScore .

[StealthyBlagga]

We had an awesome turnout for today's 3-Gun match, despite the light rain and unforgiving wind. We tested out a fun new prop on Stage 2. Thanks as always to our awesome match sponsors: Carbon Arms, VLTOR, LUTH-AR and KE Arms. Here is the official match video:

Next match is RMAR (rifle only) 12:30pm tomorrow, then Tactical Shotgun/PCC 4pm on Thursday 

Edited January 15, 2017 by StealthyBlagga

[Neomet]

Great match Richard!

[StealthyBlagga]

CORRECTION: Pistol Caliber Anything is on SUNDAY 29th... sorry for the confusion.

[StealthyBlagga]

Registration for the Pistol Caliber Anything match is open at PractiScore.