CWT USMA

My Ears and eyes like Plasma does a body good.

They are AOK, as long as they keep there eyes closed. Wear eye and ear protection and enjoy the show.

I am watching for the release date too.

As a shooter I vote Spray Paint. I understand the cost difference, but that has to be handled by the host club. If paint rollers are what a match is using I will us them. But I feel people including myself are a bit slower (careful) with the rollers. No one likes to get paint on themselves. Quality spray paint to "paint the steel" is easy to deal with and fast. In addition during the warmer weather the paint tray and roller tend to dry out toward the end of the day.

Watched first episode it was weird but got me wanting more. Then after the second episode, I was saying that was a waste of an hour. Not sure if I will give it another chance.

Dam Nuke8401 if you keep this up we may have to hire you as our rules official To all shooter, Joe and the team are working many hard and long hours to make this match even better then last year. Please make sure to thank Joe and the cadets for all their work. I have no idea how some of you will finish, but I am sure you will have fun and leave with a tired smile on your faces. Remember to bring extra rifle ammo for those long range steel sure look small down range 3 days and counting.....

OMG Bro is this a new record!

If anyone wanted to see some of the painted targets at work. .

I have to send out a BIG Thank You to all the shooters that joined us in the memory of CPT Andrew Houghton and for your support of the Combat Weapons Team. These next few shoots were taken looking down Range 5 near the registration area. As you can see Saturday morning had a HUGE impact on the visibly down range. Below is a picture of Stage 3 "Triple Nickel" which had three sets of 5 LaRue targets. They were place out at 100, 150, and 200 yards. You can just about make out the bank at 100 yards This second picture shows both stage 3 and 4. Here you can just barely make out the 150y bank of LaRue targets. And Stage 4 "Clean Sweep" had flashers set at 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, and a bonus set at 375 yards. The fog/clouds would only allow us to just make out the flasher at 150y after that good luck. And this is just a view of Stage 4.

Thanks. Don't think I'll ever use spray paint again, if I can help it. We did the large batch of targets for the sectionals outdoors so they dried a little faster but I don't remember it taking too long. And we did a lot of targets. When we do it indoors, we just line them up on a wall - and again, dry time isn't that long. Even if you overlap them while they're wet, the paint only gets on the back of the other target. Don't remember what brand of paint -cheapo on sale from Home Depot. I think it was semi-gloss. Let me know how it goes if you decide on the roller and paint. (Been doing some research on my ancestors from your neck of the woods - Chester, Suffern, Ramapough Mountains - are you from there originally?) Well Kimmie I put your latex paint idea to the test IT WORKED! I had to paint 300+ targets in four different colors. We had a crew of 5 to 7. and were able to knock this task out in about 3 hours. We found that very cheap paint was a little thin (watery). Which just meant you had to be a little more careful and watch for runs. The targets dried very fast sitting in the sun. There was a little curling of the targets but stacking them with the paint side down should over time flatten them out again. Paint goes a long way when doing targets. So once you buy a gallon of paint you may never go back to spray for target paint prep. But for a small amounts or on match day can spray is the way to go. Oh and we used foam brushes which worked great. And I am not originally from Suffern. And at the rate this state is going I may some be running away

Kimmie I like your input. Now you have me think to the point some smoke is coming out of my ears. Weather for my work detail is not looking good for an outdoor day. So if we have to work indoors paint and roller may be the way to go. My big concern is dry time with the amount of targets I have to produce. I may have a fan on hand to help in the drying process. Kimmie what type of paint did you use?

Well now it appears that the spray can has the lead. Time for this work detail is 3 to 4 hours. And I will have a few cadets doing the painting as I oversee. Some times it is nice to be the coach

Well folks I need your input. This weekend I have over 150 targets to prep for a match. In the past I have all ways used spray paint. But there was the thought to use latex liquid paint. Has anyone out there ever painted not sprayed on cardboard targets? All help would be a appreciated.

Funny show with some great one liners. But watch out, for this is how you get ANTS!

Hi folks just wanted to advise all interested parties that the CWT web site has been updated. Keep checking the site, as more information will be posted as it be comes available. Hope to see you all on the range.