Rio Salado: Practical Long-Gun Matches In April (Mesa, AZ)

[StealthyBlagga]

Here are the practical long-gun events we have scheduled this month at Rio Salado:

 

3-Gun (Multi-Gun) Match: Saturday April 8th
We are on summer hours, so sign-in runs 7-8:30am, with first shots at 7am. New shooters should come in time to attend the New Shooter Orientation at 7:30am 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. Pre-registration opens on the Tuesday before the match on PractiScore.

 

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.

 

Tactical .22 Rifle Match: Tuesday April 11th & 25th
Registration opens at 4pm, with first shots shortly thereafter. Location is the Smallbore Range right behind the Activity Center. The rules are simple: Targets are reactive steel - shoot them per the stage briefing, fastest combined time (+penalties for misses) wins. 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. Now that .22 ammo is more available, this is a match you won't want to miss.  Scoring is done on paper, so no pre-registration is required.

 

Tactical Shotgun and Pistol Caliber Carbine Match: Thursday April 20th
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.

 

Run-n-Gun Rifle-Pistol Match: Saturday April 29th
This will be a RIFLE + PISTOL only match (no shotgun required). There will be five practical scenario-type stages; four CQB-type stages plus one longer range stage. Almost any semi-automatic centerfire rifle and pistol will work, plus a safe, secure belt holster for the pistol. Bring 150 rifle rounds & 100 pistol rounds. Sign-in runs 7-8:30am, with first shots at 7am. New shooters should come in time to attend the New Shooter Orientation at 7:30am before they shoot. Pre-registration opens on the Tuesday before the match on PractiScore.

 

[StealthyBlagga]

Today's 3-Gun match was a lot of fun, and hopefully got folks warmed up for the unloaded-start-fest that will be USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals later this week. 

 

Thanks as always to our generous sponsors: Carbon Arms, VLTOR, LUTH-AR and KE Arms - the lucky winners of our random prize draw have been notified.

 

Here is the OFFICIAL match video:

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2017 by StealthyBlagga

[StealthyBlagga]

We had a strong turnout for yesterday's Run-n-Gun Rifle-Pistol match, and the feedback was very positive. We saw lots of new faces, and we hope those folks will be inspired to become regulars. We want to give a HUGE shout out to KE Arms, who stepped up at the last minute to sponsor the match with some great prizes that will be distributed by random draw. The results are up on PractiScore.

 

For those of you that couldn't make it, here is the match video:

 

 

Edited April 30, 2017 by StealthyBlagga