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    Quiet Days on the Range....

    in What I Like

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    So I've been planning all week to go do 1k yard practice with our local "sniper"/long range practical club but been slammed ALL week with school and work. Thursday night, I literally passed out for a much needed nap. Got up about 8pm and did all the stuff around the house as well spend a little time with Stef. Hit the sack early, deciding to get up at 3am to do brass prep and loading of the 50 additional rounds that I'd need.

    Alarm didn't go off, but got up at 4. Got done prepping and loading 50 rounds in just about 2.5 hours. Not bad really. Got to the range to find that they had already started and that while I probably could have got in there, it just was too late, and I would have been playing catch up all day. Decided to go down to the 100 and just get some atmospheric data and work on some fundamentals.

    Met up with 2 other guys in the LR club and we just hung out on the 100 for about 3.5 hours. Take my weather data, shoot a group and relax and setup for the next group. Pretty sweet actually. Being able to just sit at the range and BS and enjoy some time with fellow shooters.

    I love our sport (IPSC/3-Gun) but at times the testosterone is more than a bit annoying. Some quiet range time at the 100 and then 300 yard lines were great. Learned a lot (that my cold bore shot at 100 is right where it's supposed to be and learned too how many rounds it take for my rifle to "warm up" to hit POA. Practiced my NPA & breathing and have established what I think is a good pre-shot routine, for EVERY shot. Still working on adding to it for different positions, but all in all, I think it relaxes me and prints on paper much better (groups were routinely about .5-.75 MOA; not earth shattering but I'll take it for basically a stock rifle).

    Good times on the range with good people.

    Rich

    Found Primers!

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

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    Pretty sure I heard similar about the Canadian buy out. Through the rumor mill (so I apologize for errors) the company that is buying out Sportsmans Warehouse is the same that owns DPMS, Remington, et. al. Anyways...I'm excited that I get to shoot for another month or two. The SR's are for Benning. The BR2's are for practice and the Allegheny.

    Rich

    2009 Fort Benning 3 Gun Challenge

    in Multi-Gun, Rifle & Shotgun Match Announcements

    Posted

    I'll defer to d.carden's report of me and hopalong's journeys making this exact trip. While everything without off without a hitch flying into and out of B'ham...getting to Benning was another story. :D

    Dan - To answer your question, in order for everything to time out JUST right, you have to take a 630 (I think) departure out of Oakland to make a connection in Phoenix. Then, if I recall, it's a non-stop to Birmingham. Then drive another 2-3 hours.

    Sam says he's got a bigger truck now, so we're good, but that's if we fly in a day before and watch the RO's shoot (not a bad idea actually) especially since it'll get us oriented in how to get to the range. All I know is it's on the Kelly Hill side of the base.

    Rich

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