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They are correct it's not that simple. I am 73 and I also use 12-16 MOA C-Mores plus a few mini red dots on other firearms. One is a Trijicon Rm02a, the batteryless model with a 9MOA green dot on my G34 Open gun. I love it. Except for the cost that is. One thing is it takes more power to generate light in the green wavelength. While not as bad in an LED vs a laser it will mean the battery will not last as long, although I don't know the exact figures off the top of my head. Still if it was available I would get a couple. I just don't think they can do it in a module that would work in the current C-More.

This was the RFRI version, with short handguard for mounting sights Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

I use my AR-22 sometimes in SC. It was built a few years ago. Taccom alloy sleeved barrel, Taccom conversion kit for the CMMG AR kit, Taccom titanium FP, A-P upper w/o AR Parts kit, PSA lower w/Timney trigger, Taccom carbon fiber pencil stock shortened, Umbrella/B5 grip, C-More Red dot, BDM mags. Weighs a little over 3 lbs like 3.25. No handguard just neoprene bike grip on barrel. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

You may have seen her on Shooting Gallery because she shot the entire 16 stages of the 2019 Rimfire Worlds without a single miss. That was her goal. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

Youngest person I ever saw shoot SCSA was VQ pro Ron Oliver's daughter Venice. She shot the Rimfire Worlds and her first sanctioned SC match at 7. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

Some rimfires had ackward safety positions. The ones using safeties similar to 1911 had a speed advantage. Even the Ruger with a post had a disadvantage compared to the paddle lever on the Brownings. With all semi-auto rimfires being single action it was either all use them or none use them. And they were not being drawn from a holster. They elected none. Maybe if then there was the aftermarket like there is now they might have decided all. But there was not. Almost all aftermarket parts then were either for Ruger or S&W 41. I think they made the correct call. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

Until you see Kolby Pavlock shoot irons you don't know how fast is fast. 4 time rimfire world champ shooting irons instead of optics, beating the top steel pros like BJ Norris and KC Eucebio who were shooting optics. This is or was to be the first year I will be shooting both open and limited in RCSA. So I have been shooting SCSA in both also. One thing to consider is your foot positions. If you get In position and snap your firearm up to the first target in dryfire and it's not right on the target, requiring a little adjustment then you are giving up time and your natural point of aim. So you want to adjust your position so the snap to the target is right on the first plate everytime. It's more important on the long guns due to the low ready position unlike centerfire where you can line your body to point at the first target. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk

Since that class with Max I have had cataract surgery in both eyes, total knee replacement last year in my left leg and retina repair surgery in my non-dominant eye this spring. They say it will take close to a year to totally heal. But 2 weeks ago at age 72 I ran a 7.24 in S&H in RFRO. I think that is my first GM level score so there is hope yet at my age. And I shot it 1, 2, 3, 4, S instead of my usual 4, 3, 1, 2, S. Why? Because with the rifle shooting RH its easier to snap to the LH plate than it is it to actually go against your body to the RH plate. I point shot all the big plates snapped to the stop plate with the red dot finally to my eye. All in spite of messing up the first run and having to shoot 4 perfect runs, 1.91, 1.84, 1.82, and 1.67. I have had sub-2 second runs before but never had 4 in one stage.

OK since you reached out to me personally here is what I did. I actually did this on both my 15-22 and on the 2 Blackhawk Axioms stocks I sometimes use on my 10/22. I swapped out all stock pieces with the Magpul Fixed Carbine stock piece. Could easily have been another Magpul stock but I like to figure out what the correct LOP is then lock it down. the Fixed Carbine stock has a crossbolt you have to drill out or notch out a section of the polymer "fake buffer tube" then insert the bolt and nut. OK but the main reason I went with the Magpul is they have interchangeable snap in cheek risers from as low as 1/4" to as high as 3/4". I found with the C-More 3/4" was correct and for Irons 1/4" was correct. If you like an adjustable stock and you don't like the way the stock piece wobbles on the 15-22 sometimes or the way I fixed it the next best thing is a Safariland/Rogers Supper Stock. In addition to the adjustment lever it has a lockdown lever that you can adjust the slop out and get the adjustable stock as rigid as a fixed stock. Personally I prefer my speed rifles to be back heavy and front light so I can leverage the transitions faster. My 15-22 and main 10/22 currently have VQ carbon fiber sleeved barrels on them, my 3-gun AR sports an American Barrel Systems carbon fiber wrapped barrel and both my PCC uppers (1 for SCSA and one for USPSA) have Taccom alloy shrouded or sleeved barrels on them. If she is going to go to a 10/22 soon then if she is small the absolute best stock for a junior shooter is the Blackhawk Axiom. Its a combo of a 10/22 front stock and an AR rear stock so you can use a Magpul stock on the back although I am pretty sure it needs the commercial tube and not the mil-spec tube. Big thing is it has a really short trigger LOP, perfect for young shooters. Same stock Mackenzie Bragg used to set a world record in Steel Challenge RFRO. Same one Ron Oliver's 7 year old daughter Venice used to shoot the Rimfire World Championship with.

In Rimfire Challenge it's pretty much mandatory to have a comp even on iron sight rifles because some brands and models of timers have problems with rimfires in general. Currently in SC it's not required in Rimfire open or allowed on Rimfire irons but it might be later. Comps on rifles won't do anything for muzzle rise it's just for the timers. I have used several over the years and they all help.

OK here is my take. I have seen a lot of cool rimfire 2011s from people like Grimes and Striplin, but I have seldom competed against people shooting conversions. Some history, BJ and I use to talk over this forum back in the late 2000's when we were both shooting Buckmarks because we did similar testing with various parts. Later when he shot for S&W he used a conversion on top of his scandium frame, which he said he used because it felt the same as his open gun. When he left S&W and was on his own he showed up at the Ruger Worlds that year shooting a Ruger Mk III (non-22/45). When I asked him why he said after extensive testing he gained a tenth of a second with the Luger grip angle over a 1911 grip angle on the first shot. So I built a Frankenruger Mk III (only the bolt is still a Ruger part) and it does seem to be faster even though the grip does not seem as easy to hold secure as the 1911 angle on my Buckmarks. And both guns are built as identical as possible, with the same C-Mores, same 90 degree mounts, TacSol barrels, Allchin comps, Hogue G10 grips, and the "Ruger" uses a VQ lower frame to match the alloy frame of the Browning. Both weigh 27 ozs. fully equipped. I built my own thumb rests on both. Both have triggers in the 1.75-2 lb range. Both are reliable as can be. I mainly use the Frankenruger right now and it has not had to rack a round from a dud or FTF in at least a year and it shoots practice, 3 club matches a month ( 2 are year round regardless of weather), and any big matches that happen to come up (36g CCI for club and 40g CCI for big matches). As I have mentioned before my Buckmark went 49 straight matches in the 2011-2013 time frame without a single malfunction of any sort, shooting exclusively CCI 40g. And yes I know every trouble spot the BM can have as the gun passed 50K rounds in the space of about 6 years or so and parts got replaced. Early model which I happen to like better than the post 2001 models. But I don't shoot it now mainly because Browning stopped producing the early firing pins and I bought the last ones available at the time and the last one is in the gun (I actually have 2 early BMs). Last I heard no one's making new ones. As for 1911/2011 conversions I would not mind trying one. I won a Colt Competition .45 last year which I only use for bowling pin matches, and I have my old open STI that I don't shoot anymore plus my old Bull M-5 Limited gun. Even though the Bul has the better of the last 2 triggers (its an old Bul Custom Shop gun) I doubt any conversion will fit it due to the fact it like Para mags over STI type mags. Both guns are 9x23mm. I never tried converting either mainly due to the cost of TacSol double stack mags back when I considered it. But maybe with different options I might do it just to test out. Not for muscle memory reasons because I mainly shoot Glocks these days in centerfire.

I lost 2 gas keys from my first 2 9mm BCGs. I firmly believe its mainly due to improperly stakes bolts as in the first one I found the bolts were loose the night before a big SC match and sure enough they sheared off and I had to borrow a friends PCC to shoot the last stage. I have since opted for a higher quality 9mm BCG, one from Faxon, that uses a flat faced gas key instead of a sloped one. There is at least one maker out there that has the gas key machined out of the entire BCG so no bolts to break.

My arms are not long enough for that.

I have been running a 3# Timney drop-in flat trigger in mine for more than a year of competition with no problems. However I ordered a Hyperfire 24C just this week because of the good deal I found, just to try it out. May put it in something else also. I am pretty much a Geissele S3G guy most of the time.

I shoot 9mm even in SS simply because I have a 9mm Dan Wesson. I used to shoot down loaded 9x23mm out of an old IPSC L10 gun in Limited but use one of my Glock 34 configurations these days.

That's pretty common in outlaw type matches. My original club in Maryland has a Speed Steel match, 5 targets per stage and 5 runs over 5 stages and only stage 5 stays the same month to month.

The original purpose of SC was USPSA practice and that is why OL is still in there. As somebody who is slow due to bad knees I don't care that much as no OL would likely be the last thing keeping me from GM in RF and PCC. But I kind of like the stage after Max showed me better ways to move.

Unofficial stages don't count for classification purposes, only match scores.

I used 7.25" TS barrels on my Buckmarks for RFPI in the past and liked it a lot. Considering using one of the 8.5" barrels in a new Ruger build just for the heck of it.

I use nothing but plastic C-Mores on 90 degree mounts on all my open centerfire and rimfire pistols, although the one that came with my STI was the plastic one with the metal ratchet brightness knob. Mine never go off zero although on one of mine I put longer screws in it so I could put nuts on the back side of the mount also. That might be an option. I use 16 MOA dots for Steel Challenge.

I use a 12 MOA on my PCCO mainly because I only shoot SC and outlaw steel matches, no matches with paper although I may consider a couple of IDPA matches this year depending on how it goes with my knees.

That's the way I do it, too. But the video method is ok also.

My custom built AR-9, while heavier than my rimfire shoots to the same speed in SC as my 10/22 as I am at M class in both. While my shoulder feels some recoil my head never moves at all. I generally run either over the counter Fed 9mm or reloads, usually 147g, at somewhere between 900-1000 fps.

In case you don't know the NSSF is getting out of the Rimfire Challenge business as of 1/1/2018. They are handing it over to the 2 surviving members of the group that came up with the concept about a decade ago, Michael Bane of Outdoor TV, and Ken Jorgensen recently retired from Ruger (the third member, Nelson Dymond, sadly passed away earlier this year). It will be called the Rimfire Challenge Shooting Association and for 2018 the rules will not change. This is a very good thing.

Some good points. While aiming for the center of the target is the goal what you should do is as soon as the red dot is moving around inside the perimeter of the plate is fire. If your shots are grouping in SC or RC you are leaving time on the table. Work on trigger control by dry firing, until when pulling the trigger the gun never waivers from your target. Adjust your finger position on the trigger until the gun stops waivering when you pull the trigger and then practice that over and over. Some rimfires can't be dry-fired without something in the chamber to protect the firing pin from hitting the breech face. Most shooters worried about that use a particular size of drywall anchor inserted in the chamber (my guns don't require it so I don't know what size). Some guns like pre-2001 Browning Buckmarks can be dry-fired all day with no problem. As long as your firing pin won't reach the breech face you can do it all you want. I think one of my Buckmarks has over 7k dry fires. While you don't need to lighten your firearms to start with you will need to eventually to gain transition speed. The only Ruger part in my MK III open race gun is the bolt and that's only because I don't like the manual of arms of the VQ bolt and its pinball racker. I prefer a side racker similar to my STI Open gun. Even my Glock 34 open gun has a side racker. So I run a Majestic Arms racker on the back of the Ruger bolt. My 10/22 has only one Ruger part, the receiver. I use a VQ CNC bolt because its radically more advanced that any of the bolts that use the regular old Ruger design. While I have TacSol barrels the one I actually use is the VQ Ultralite carbon fiber tensioned barrel and forward-blow compensator because I won them at an RC event in 2014. Same weight as the TacSol, about 4 oz. lighter than a Kidd ULW. I do use a Kidd 2# single stage trigger after trying some others. Its the best I have tried. I like thumbhole stocks and the one I like because its lighter than the wooden ones is the Magnum Research GC thumbhole. I don't like regular stocks due to the grip position. The lightest stock is actually the Blackhawk Axiom which is a one off combo of a tactical stock with an AR type adjustable stock and grip and a fore-end like a thumbhole. Has a very short trigger to grip length which is great for people with small hands and bodies. I just don't much like the ergonomics. But the bottom line is no one part is perfect for everyone. My rifle weighs in at a little over 3 pounds and my pistol is about 27 oz. Both use C-More red dots