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Yeah if there's night shooting then it would be nice to know ahead of time because my game guns aren't setup for that (yet)

Saturday 09 May I hosted another practice day at Echo Valley for my regional training group which was hot and exhausting, however very productive - Starting with rifles prone at 100 yards to confirm zero, then some pistol accuracy & shot calling on IPSC cardboards, then running through a multigun course of fire that forced lots of movement, gun transitions and wide swinging transitions... Like I said, exhausting but where else are you going to live fire nearly 180 degree transitions other than outside? In an attempt to prep for the USCA 2-Gun Nationals at the end of May we had our rifles slung and I found out something very telling about my ELS belt. When moving fast over long distances it sucks becuase stuff is bouncing around and when slinging a rifle the ELS attachments are not ideal. As a result of that I will not be using it for the USCA Nationals and will resort back to tactical stuff ITW Fastmags. After a short break we all did some 300 yard shooting with various levels of success and I'm very happy with my rifle & ammo choices. At 300 yards I was tagging 4 inch hangers reliably once I adjusted my elevation so that my 1st mil hold is dead on at 300 yards, giving a 200 yard zero with the center crosshair and this 13.5 inch barrel. Velocity was 2540 FPS with a 69gr SMK, and the hold for the 1st mil is verified true. Lastly I'd like to give a special thank you to Paul Duquette who supplied and built for us a portable 3 Gun Nation barricade, 4 shooting boxes, and a Bianchi barricade since last month's event. The time, effort and money is greatly appreciated.

Saturday 02 May Otherwise I won my first match shooting USPSA Limited at Peacemaker on 02 May https://practiscore.com/results.php?uuid=905C92F8-1AC1-4B01-9CBB-CFB8DEAE722C&page=matchLTD(thank god no good shooters showed up). I say that because I was fast and moved well however I shot poor points. I have not been able to "call shots" with this borrowed CZ because I think that my natural point of aim is not optimized for it and I'm stuck on Glock. Don't know what to do about that other than shoot it more and hope for the best. Next time I go to the range I'm going to actually practice some shot calling as its own task.

Forgot to update this for a while, I'll start with I've lost 10 pounds so I'm down to 280 and hovering right there. Looking forward to the 270's

If you wait a couple weeks armalite will be selling their 3 gun uppers

I'd shoot SBR but don't want to deal with the NFA hassle living out of state so Standard division it is. Already made hotel arrangements and looking forward to it!

The OP last post was Dec 2014 so how did this turn out? Was the issue resolved to satisfaction?

In short, yes. I haven't read all the rules but there is no broken gun clause as far as I know in any of then so if the shooter ND's then its on them. However depending on some matches it may be a stage DQ instead of a match DQ, but again it depends on the rules youre shooting under.

Not a pencil profile but lighter than many

Thanks Dan I'll look at it

Does anyone make a 20 inch lightweight stainless barrel? Something like the old M16 pencil barrel profile just stainless and 20 inches?

Looking to know the first optic to have a .223 BDC and the details on reticle subtension, if anyone knows.

The shooting was good. The weather was meh. Still had fun though!

Saturday 11 April - 1st 3Gun Group Practice & Night Fire Today was not a practice session like I usually have practice sessions (alone), today was a group 3-Gun practice session to prep for the Tarheel championship and we rented out Echo Valley as a group to get the most out of it. For some of the guys who came they were new to 3-Gun and it was a great learning experience. I started range prep at 10am, and we started practice at 12 noon. 1) The first thing we did was accuracy. Every shooter lined up in front of a steel target appropriate to their firearm, and one by one we took turns taking one shot at it, either making a hit or missing. All of this was freestyle unsupported standing on-line with one another in a tactical bay, using the gunshot of the man next to you as a start buzzer. Rifle started from the low ready, was shouldered, one shot at 100 yard 12 inch steel plate and then reset. Shotgun started at high port, was shouldered, one shot at a 75 yard full size IPSC steel and then reset. Pistol started holstered, was drawn, one shot at a 25 yard Colt Speed Plate auto popper and then reset. After everyone had a chance to go at least once per gun for as many rounds as they wanted we moved on to the next thing. It should be noted that there was no "par time" for each shot, this was about accuracy and making every hit. 2) The next thing we did was stand and blast speed shooting. In front of each shooter was now an array specific to the gun they were going to use and the goal was to hit all the targets as fast as possible, and run the gun as fast as possible. They way I put it to them was to say "run the gun out of control and try to see the sights for every shot a couple times then back it down and find your speed limit to get all your hits". This part was very good because some people were new to 3-Gun but others were shooting so fast they missed and found that speed limit I was talking about where they're shooting fast but seeing their sights for every shot. Rifle had 3 cardboard IPSC targets at 25 yards, Shotgun had 6 steel targets at 10 yards, and Pistol had 2 steel targets and 3 cardboard IPSC targets at 10 yards. Accuracy requirements on paper was 2rds on each, and steel was get a hit. Speed speed speed. 3) After the speed shooting was done, we incorporated some movement with some box to box drills. Starting on the left with the pistol, we set up some easy targets so people could learn/practice shooting the targets while exiting the shooting area and then shooting the next targets while entering the next shooting area. This kind of efficiency changed my game in USPSA drastically and I'm hoping that it does the same thing in 3-Gun to some degree. After doing it with the pistol, we also did it with the shotgun on auto poppers and with the rifle on IPSC cardboards. The focus here was speed and movement efficiency. Looking back on how these drills went, I didn't miss with the pistol at all but I did miss with the shotgun and rifle probably because my natural point of aim with those guns is not as highly developed. That says to me that I need to get used to doing more with the rifle and shotgun if I'm going to advance. 4) Finally, I wanted to do shooting on the move but Sheldon suggested we move right to barricade positions and it was the right decision. For those who have never shot in a variety of supported barricade positions it can be slow and awkward to find something stable however in a match you don't want to be slow and awkward. So we made sure to go over the most common barricade positions such as supported standing, reverse kneeling, squatting, and prone. Then we began shooting VTAC 9-hole drills at a 100 yard full size IPSC. As expected the skinny guys who had never done it before took to it quickly and my fat ass could barely waddle around the barricade quickly enough to do it in 60 seconds even though I've run the drill 100 times before. But hey thats why I'm on a diet now, got to lose the belly if I'm going to advance. We packed up our gear, laid out 2 courses of fire for the night shoot, and went into town for dinner. Applebee's sucked for anyone who cares, not doing that again. --------------------- Night Fire For anyone who has never shot at night you should realize that you're going to see alot MORE than you think you're going to see. Most people think that they're going to see less because its dark but really when the first gunshots are going off, for anyone who's behind the sights you're probably going to see all the stuff that you never noticed during the day. Muzzle flash... kinda bright. Smoke, lots of smoke coming from your gun and if you're a reloader then its gong to be worse probably. Sparks. You're going to see sparks from your muzzle, from your chamber, from steel targets being impacted, some rocks being hit. Lots of cool stuff. While you're watching all this go on, don't forget you have a gun in your hand and you're shooting. After handing out some glowsticks and loading up a couple magazines we first went to the low bay for night firey goodness. Instructions were to shoot this one however you wanted, most people had brought out their defensive carbines (non-gamer guns) for the night stuff and therefore chose to shoot it like it was real. Lights on only while shooting, flash to see where you're going, move in the dark as much as possible, shoot from cover, reload from cover. This is how I planned to shoot it, and how I shot it, and after doing so I had some pointers to myself. I haven't done a night fire in a couple years and I used the flashlight way too much for my own comfort. Since its a pistol light on my Colt Commando LE6933 11.5" rifle that I hardly ever use anymore, I bumped it on and off a few times accidentally. I also had a 2nd course of fire setup in the 360 degree shooting bay but not going into detail other than to say it was fun. Some good things came out of this practice session and therefore I'm going to hold another one on 9 May for anyone who's interested in coming. 3-Gun during the day and pistol/carbine blastery at night.

Friday 10 April A non-range day, I used this as a prep day for the 3-Gun group practice I was hosting on 11 April (tomorrow) & follow-on multigun night fire. However I did go to Sharpshooters in Lorton VA where I had my proprietary Colt / Bold Ideas gas block switched for a Seekins because I think the original was not working properly and having already sent it back to the company once, had it completely disassembled and cleaned by my gunsmith once, ... well third time's a charm. It got trashed and replaced with a Seekins. Keeping the JP low mass stuff in the gun, I went out on their 25 yard indoor range and tuned the gas until the bolt was locking to the rear with my PMC & Stillwood ammo's - which is what I plan to shoot at Tarheel on 16 & 17 April.

I used the thinnest front fiber that HiViz makes and its nice. The fartherst I've shot with it is 75 yards but we'll see how far they put the targets this weekend at Tarheel...

For me it depends on the accuracy requirement. If the shot is really highly accuracy intensive then I'm going to naturally close my non-dominant eye so I can "see what I need to see". If its a common low accuracy shot, I can usually see what I need to see with both eyes open which allows me to shoot, transition and move quicker.

Squad #?

Geissele curved. Tried the Hiperfire 24c and my finger liked it but my groups didn't. I actually shoot much better with the 2-stage trigger than the 1-stage no matter how nice it felt

Now thats funny right there. There are prone stages I assume. How much would you charge so you won't wear it? I think if you keep your demands low enough, you could get most of us to chip in a twenty.

No training or competing this past weekend. Very sad. However I did go to a Bluegrass / Newgrass concert which was awesome!

Thanks!

Right now I'm eating a salad thinking about a philly cheesesteak. FML

Thanks I'll look into it.

31 March Started a diet today, going primal or some variation thereof. It's pretty simple - meat, vegetables, fruits, and water is good. Stay away from processed foods, breads, sodas, etc. Starting weight is 290 lbs, let's see where this goes...