Clint U66

Thanks for the help guys!!

Is it closer than flying into Austin?

Can anyone tell me how far the range is from the airport in Austin?

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I like the saiga.

Anyone? I don't think that mount is stock? He makes them from a piece of a bed rail.........I'm serious!!

What can I say that hasn't already been said........great match at a world class facility ran by some of the most awesome people involved in the sport. Clint

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What are ya'll talking about?? Makes my head hurt just thinking about it!!

NO!! NO!! NO!! I have the 2.5x10 velocity reticle nightforce........It is an awesome scope but stay away from "all that power". I thought the same thing (about the more powerful scope being better) but for most of what we do you don't need that much power. Stick with the acog. What makes the ACOG better for long range targets than running the NF on a medium power setting? The ACOG my not be "better" for long range targets but in an entire season of 3 gun how many target will we shoot past 300 yards? I figure we'll shoot a much higher percentage in the 100 to 200 yard range so I lean toward focusing on a scope that will shine in this area but will still get it done as the distance increases. 400 is the longest I can shoot at my range and the acog makes that shot with ease.

The nightforce uses a second focal plane reticle and as you go through the various power settings your impact will change.....My scope was zeroed per nightforce calculator and used about a 200 yard zero with the 200 yard hash. One day while shooting groups at 100 I ran the power up a little and noticed my shots were a little higher than the previous group. So, I went through every setting from 2.5 to 10 with about a 5 inch difference from lowest to highest power setting. With this much variation at 100 yards imagine what it is at 400!! If you set up the scoope for say 10 power and shot it on 10 power all the time this wouldn't be an issue. You could make the scope work IF you do your homework and know what its doing for whatever distance/power your are working with. I struggled with it for a few months and finally gave up.....just seemed over complicated to me. Simplicity is what sold me on the acog.

NO!! NO!! NO!! I have the 2.5x10 velocity reticle nightforce........It is an awesome scope but stay away from "all that power". I thought the same thing (about the more powerful scope being better) but for most of what we do you don't need that much power. Stick with the acog.

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I chose to shoot through the house with the rifle. While I do agree that you lose time in the transition to the rifle I think it evens out once all is said and done. Had I shot the house with the pistol I would have had to reload and I didn't like the idea of manuvering through the house with the rifle swinging around. For me I think I would have been slower shooting the pistol because of the previoulsly mentioned obstacles. This was my first 3 gun event so without any experience I chose the way that I felt would be easiest to execute and didn't leave much room for error. Made it out with a respectable score and didn't hurt myself or someone else so in some ways I think it worked.

Thanks to all that make the match happen!! You guys pulled off another great match!!

This will be my first 3 gun event..........been following this thread for a while and all this talk leaves me scratching my head thinking what in the world have I gotten into!!

After the match today we have made tenative plans to hold another shotgun match on the 2nd Saturday of March, which is the 13th I believe. I will let you guys know when that is confirmed. As for todays match, I think it went well and hope that everyone enjoyed it enough to come back again.

Match is set up and ready to go. Most of the snow has melted and the range is in great shape. See you guys tomorrow.

YOu are a brave man putting the below in writing! "What better way to spend the day than with the shotgun you love!!" LMAO!! I will be conducting Valentines Day operations Saturday night for my kitchen pass thank you very much!! I was just informed that I will be doing the same .

Somewhere between 100 and 150 rounds. 10 to 15 of those will be slugs.

I would love to shoot single stack but I've got a special one of a kind guide rod that isn't legal because it weighs .000001 grams more than a standard steel rod. It would be down right wrong to have that kind of advantage so I'll just stick wih the open gun.

So will the match be at the same facility as the 09 Ga. state match?

None.....I threw mine in the trash the other day. I'm tired of shooting. If I would have known there was a shortage I would have given them to someone.