Rhodie

I went with the 1000 model because I knew I would never utilize the full capacity of the 1600. A friend of mine that lives in Montana has the 1600 and recommended that I get a Leica. He had bought and sold several rangefinders and gave a very solid argument for the CRF 1000 or 1600. Amazon had the best price when I was shopping for mine. I did a good bit of shopping around and did not find any sales or reduced prices. The price on Amazon has gone up since I bought mine. I paid $476 for a refurb model in June. They're now ~$550.

If you truly do believe in by once / cry once, a Leica is the way to go. I have the CRF 1000 and I love it. I've been able to range trees to 1100 yards with my 1000 model. The optics on it are top notch too. I bought mine refurbished off of amazon. Their refurbished models have the same warranty as new models. If mine truly is refurbished, I was unable to tell after a very close inspection once I opened it.

This should help. Single is the one page. Double is the two side-by-side. Quad is the 4 piece one. Single_Arfcom 25 moa all day BFL.pdf Double_Arfcom 25 moa all day BFL.pdf Quad_Arfcom 25 moa all day BFL.pdf

One of my buddies has used a 223 AR for hunting whitetail a pretty good bit. He was very impressed with the performance of 55gr and 62gr soft points.

It should look something like unto this....

I don't have all of them. But, here's most of them. It was another really fun match. I think it is really hard to beat for the price and duration. They always have fun and challenging stages. We were done and on the way home before 5:00.

I haven't talked to Ted to know for sure. But, last year they were around 40 yards at full size IPSC steel. The ones on the stage with the platform will be about that distance. No telling what he'll throw at us in the woods.

I saw where he mentioned that. If he says which one he'll be using, I'll update my file and repost it.

I noticed this weekend that the stages were posted to the MVSA Facebook page. Here they are. 2014_MVSA_Melee_Stages.pdf

8, 9 and 10.

I compiled this earlier this morning. The earlier file did not have stage 4 in it because it was not on the web yet. This file does have stage 4. 2014_FB3G_STAGES.pdf

ETA: See my post below for the PDF with all 10 stages.......

Me too!! I'd love to see the double star and single star from last year make an appearance as shotgun targets.

I ran a quick crunch of numbers between the estimated round count that was posted a few weeks ago and the stages that have been posted thus far. It looks like stage 4 will be heavy on the shotgun if we are going to get close to the previous estimate of 140 rounds of birdshot. It looks like it'll be Rifle / Shotgun. We've got a deficit of 39 rounds birdshot and 11 rounds rifle.

They're not too bad. It's a plate with a small inverted "V" welded on the bottom that is on a stand that is pretty much the same dimensions as the inverted "V". They're very similar to what was used at TXMG. Your IC should cover you for most of them unless they get out to 18 or 20 yards.

I shot all of mine from the top of the rock. The description said from within the fault lines. But, I don't remember any true fault lines. Maybe a couple of sticks on the ground. I believe it was more like "stay adjacent to the rock and don't fall off of the cliff".

Or off of a giant chunk of rock. Surprisingly, the rock was pretty steady once you had your lower body comfortable. It's the wind in the valley when there is no wind at the rock that is tricky. If it wasn't for the visible bullet splash last year, I would have been in big trouble.

Last year all of the slug targets weren't any further than ~50 yards. The rifle was from in close out to ~525. If it's anything like last year, you'll need to know more than your easy bracket holds (300, 400, 500.....) There were plenty of targets at long distances that were random. Something like 366, 431, 484...... I know he made the statement last year to know your holdovers. I thought I did. He definitely proved me wrong. ETA..... There are also a fair amount of elevation changes that are available depending on the stage design. If you have a rangefinder that has true ballistic range capabilities, it would be good to turn that option on. Or, ask around in your squad for someone that has a rangefinder that will do it.

I haven't done much testing with them. But, I did run a few through to see what they would do. I don't remember the exact numbers...... IIRC, I was getting around double size patterns at 10 yards with an LM. I didn't shoot any further. I still have not shot any in a match. If there's a stage that's all clays, I stick with a CYL or SK choke. I have these for when a stage comes up that has a mixture of up close clays or steel and some steel at distance. Or if I'm up first and don't have time (or I'm to lazy) to change chokes. MarkCO posted his results with spreaders a while back. You can probably find them quickly with a search.

Stages were posted on 9/17 last year. That's the calendar day equivalent to tomorrow...... Let's keep our fingers crossed!!!!!!

We most likely won't see that until sign in. My guess is the list is a little too dynamic with last minute cancellations and trying to reduce the wait list.

TTI M2. 26" with a 12 round tube. I absolutely love it.

I'm starting to lay my stuff out for FB3G. In the shotgun department, this is what I have: Win AA Light Target (#7.5, 1 1/8 oz, 1145 FPS) - Primary Load Win AA Super Sport (#7.5, 1 1/8 oz, 1300 FPS) - For any heavy set targets Fiocchi Reduced Recoil 7/8 slugs Odd ball stash: Fiocchi Spreaders (#8.5, 1 1/8 oz, 1200 FPS) Remington High Brass (#6, 1 1/4 oz, 1330 FPS) Prairie Storm (#6, 1 1/4 oz, 1500 FPS).... unless the rules get changed and forbid Prairie Storm I also have a small assortment of turkey loads in addition to the Prairie Storms that I keep in my bag. But, I have never used any of them other than to see where they patterned in my gun. I'll be shocked if I need anything more than the Light Target, the slugs and maybe a few of the Super Sport. But, it's always nice to have options.

When a coworker is talking about an episode of Doomsday Preppers and says "That guy had 10k rounds of ammo....." and the first thought in your mind is "F'in lightweight......" Another coworker doesn't talk about Call Of Duty around me anymore because I get a smirk on my face. He asked me how much time I played last weekend. I told him that I don't play COD, I shoot real guns. Your office manager emails you a link to a gunbroker listing to ask if you think it's a good deal.

I loaded some 175 Bayous to try in my SV. I loaded them short (they are minor for 3 gun). I do not remember the length off of the top of my head. But, it was to where the same amount of the bullet was visible past the case as my 200 SWC loads in my 45. The load was "short" by the typical lengths we load 40 to in the 2011 platform. They were extremely accurate. But, I had a few failures (2 or 3) to feed in my test batch of 100. I decided to go with a 180 Bayou loaded to 1.2". Those have fed fine and are just as accurate. I finished loading the rest of the 175 grainers that I had to use for practice. I think I had one more failure in the last 400.