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Hadn't made a prediction for Standard Senior yet. There are so many to choose from. While one intuitively would think that those more experienced (read: older shooters) would swtich over to the optics division, the Senior category in Standard division actually packs a lot of heat! Kurt Miller (USA) is one of the favorites, and as said, he became the Standard Senior match winner at the 2009 European Rifle Championship, but not title winner since he competed for the U.S. The last World Shoot winner was Mikael Kaislaranta (Finland), with Jan Palka (Slovakia) in a close second at 97.47 %, so those are my favorites. Sverre Idland (Norway) is also a merited outsider with a huge track record.

Here are some of my potential favorites Open This is where all the heat is! The Finns have at least three, or maybe four, or six solid shooters who can take it. The clear favorites are Teemu Rintala, Raine Peltokoski and Jarkko Laukia, but not in any particular order. Kim Leppänen is another top tier Finn with some solid IPSC Shotgun performances under his belt, and maybe 2019 will be the year when he breaks through at the top of rifle shooting? Tuukka Jokinen and Hannu Uronen are some other Finns who are Top Guns if able to peak their performances. U.S. shooter Tim Yackley just made it into top ten at the last Rifle World Shoot in 2017, and went on to the 2018 USPSA Multigun Nationals the year after taking 2nd place in the Tactical division, arguably the hottest MultiGun division. Tim will be exciting to watch, and although a little hard to predict, he might take it all the way to the top. Some other contenders from the previous top ten - Vaclav Vinduska, the Czech pistol, rifle and shotgun multitalent - The Russians Sergey Orlov and Gleb Svatikov - Rastislav Korba (Slovakia) - Martin Humar (Slovenia) - Olle Ackehed (Sweden) I would also love to see Daniel Horner and other U.S. top shooters such as Josh Froelich, Scott Greene, Todd Jarrett and Brian Nelson. Open division Lady category The U.S. ladies are favorites here. Lena Miculek is still my favorite, but she only won with 4 % down to fellow U.S. teammate Ashley Rheuark at the last Rifle World Shoot. Maria Gushchina from Russia has been dominating pistol lately, and it will be interesting to see if she can step up her rifle game too, giving the American women some serious competition. Open division Super Senior category Jerry Miculek is a pretty clear favorite here since he won by over 10 % at the last World Shoot. I don't know who will be able to threaten him, but maybe the previous podium finishers Pertti Karhunen (Finland) or Peter Kressibucher (Switzerland) are the best bet. Open division Senior category At RWS 2017, the Senior Open had the tightest Category Podium across all divisions, with Jose Vidanes winning in front of Armin Meesit of Estonia at 96.8 %, the previous European Champion from 2015, and U.S. Jeffrey Cramblit placed third at 94.16 %. Difficult to have a clear favorite here, so I'm going to leave this one open. Standard At the last World Shoot, Håvard Østgaard from Norway dominated the iron sight division, pushing most of his competitors down below the 90 % line. Sami Hautamäki from Finland was somewhat close down at 2nd place with 94.2 %, and he has, from what I've heard, put on some solid performances in other matches since. The only other two compeetitors who managed to stay within the 90 % line were his fellow Finnish teammates Timo Vehvilainen (down to bronze at 90.57%) and Isto Hyyrylainen (4th at 90.16 %). Håvard Østgaard is my favorite, but keep in mind that Sami Hautamäki IS the reigning Nordic Champion from 2018. There are also quite a few good Russian iron sight shooters, as well as some other Norwegian outsiders. It will also be interesting to see if the U.S. can scramble some Standard competitors, and if they are able to adjust from shooting 1x optics? Manual At the last Rifle World Shoot, this division was won by Russian shotgun guru Roman Khalitov, right in front of fellow Russian Egor Khramov 2nd at 98.54 % and Erik Bjaelkvall from Sweden at 3rd with 95.73 %. Still young, Roman can also showcase an Open division silver medal from the 2015 Shotgun World Shoot, and strong 5th place from the 2018 Shotgun World Shoot. He has the player strength and experience, and will be my favorite for the Manual division. It will be interesting to see if he can perform once again. There's a lot of excitement around the Manual division this year. A lot of innovation around equipment took place at the last World Shoot, will there be any new prototypes at this World Shoot? And even though the rest of the top ten was packed with Russians last time, the Manual division has grown somewhat popular in Scandinavia, so I expect to see some competitors from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. I think it's fair to say that the Manual division has some unleashed potential and is open for innovation.

Pumps and straight pulls seems to have been the recipe from the last World Shoot, but a bolt action may also be really competitive if the ergonomics of the grip and bolt placement are right. The Russians who took first and second place in Manual used the Kalashnikov KSZ-223, which is a combined pump action and straight pull rifle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5P_RIWRM4 The Swede who took bronze used a Troy PAR with a Zeiss 1-8 scope and an Aimpoint side mounted red dot. https://www.facebook.com/caliber44varberg/posts/1415941711828181 I think Remington 7615 has been popular with Australian shooters. The IPSC Nordic Rifle Championship in 2016 was won with a SIG Sauer bolt action wth a Swarovski 1-8 scope.

The South African Practical Shooting Association has announced its preliminary team members for the World Shoot: http://sapsa.co.za/2019-rifle-world-shoot-slots/ Open: Gerrit-Jan Bakker, Andre du Toit, Ronald Gower, Yung Tsao Standard: Demis Karamitsos, Piet van Wyk, Terry Calivitis, Wesley Visser Senior Open: Dirk Becker, Julian Lincow, Ernst Heydenrych, Davin Giles Super Senior Open: Carlo Belletti, Jan van den Berg Each IPSC region will be given their exact number of slots officially in early January 2019, and the number will be based on IPSC membership numbers.

The 2019 IPSC Rifle World Shoot will be held in Karlskoga, Sweden, home town of Nobel Price founder Alfred Nobel. Main Match dates: 3. to 10. August 2019  Match webpage: https://rws2019.com/  Coordinates of Villingsberg's shooting range: https://www.google.no/maps/place/59.2894N,14.7042E 59.2894 N ,14.7042 E (decimal), 59°17'22"N 14°42'15"E See separate thread here at brianenos forums:

The 2019 IPSC Rifle World Shoot will be held in Karlskoga, Sweden, home town of Nobel Price founder Alfred Nobel. Main Match dates: 3. to 10. August 2019 Match webpage: https://rws2019.com/ Coordinates of Villingsberg's shooting range: https://www.google.no/maps/place/59.2894N,14.7042E 59.2894 N ,14.7042 E (decimal), 59°17'22"N 14°42'15"E Which U.S. shooters will go? What are your favorites for the match, and who do you predict will win? The last Rifle World Shoot was held in Russia 2017, and the current champions are: Open Overall: Teemu Rintala (Finland) Lady: Lena Miculek (USA) Senior: Jose Vidanes (USA) Super Senior: Jerry Miculek (USA) Open Team: Finland Standard Overall: Håvard Østgaard (Norway) Lady: Anastasiya Tereshina (Russia) Senior: Mikael Kaislaranta (Finland) Super Senior: Antonin Navratil (Czech Republic) Standard Team: Finland Manual Overall: Roman Khalitov (Russia) Lady: Alena Karelina (Russia) Senior: Ramazan Mubarakov (Russia) Super Senior: Peter Starley (Great Britain) Manual Team: Russia

I suggest merging this thread with the pinned thread about rifle iron sights so we can keep all the good information in one thread: Iron Sights for IPSC Rifle/ USPSA & 3Gun Heavy Metal Limited https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/214038-iron-sights-for-ipsc-rifle-uspsa-3gun-heavy-metal-limited/

Here is a table showing at what distances the target will be covered with some different front-sights. The IPSC Target is 45 cm wide and the IPSC Mini-Target 30 cm wide. "Cover distance" depends on the front-sight width, as well as distance from the front-sight to the eye

Thank you for appreciating this "resource". It's time to take a look at some new offerings for competition iron sights. Estonian company Nord Arms offers a front-sight in anodized aluminium, either for a barrel diameter of 0.750 in or 0.875 in (19.1 or 22.2 mm). It has bolts for fine tuning the height from the barrel between 44-61 mm (1.7-2.4 in), and weighs 177 grams. NA-FS-750 http://www.nordarms.com/na-fs-750.html NA-FS-875 http://www.nordarms.com/na-fs-875.html ADC - Armi Dallera Custom offers the same adjustable Sight Riser Block as used by 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot silver medalist Sami Hautamäki. The sight block has a numbered adjustment wheel to help with zeroing. Made in Italy from aluminum and stainless steel. Compatible barrel profiles are not listed, but the website appears to say the riser is not for bull barrels(?) Sight Riser Block ADJ http://www.adccustom.com/small-parts/#iLightbox[gallery_image_15]/3

What suppressor, at what range, and do you notice much mirage after how many rounds? Someone at snipershide said that CRD's heat up like a can, so it will still give off mirage. The question is whether the difference is neglible. A shooter at the national Norwegian IPSC Rifle team even says that the muzzle brake gives off mirage. https://forum.snipershide.com/threads/concussion-reduction-device-crd-vs-noise-and-recoil.6907039/ I can't find any reference for it, but the Wikipedia article on "muzzle shroud" claims that: "By encircling the muzzle, the shroud funnels and focuses the sound waves along the projectile flight axis, away from the shooter. This alone can partially protect the shooter from 12-18 dB of blast returning to the shooter's ears" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_shroud

Yeah, ~560 g added for the CQB-BL (or ~470 g for the CQBS-BL) is quite a bit. Front heavy means a less maneuverable rifle, but also more steady, so it's not the end of the world What I assume is worse is that after an unknown number of rounds (maybe 5 or 6?) the heat and mirage will make one IPSC target at 300 meters look like 2 or 3 dancing ones.

Yes, we can buy them over the counter, no ID, no paperwork. The government appreciate them being good to our health. Very common on hunting and long range rifles, but those are usually made of aluminium which make them lighter, more affordable and suppress better. However, for IPSC use an aluminium suppressor would probably melt, so I'm considering a steel Ase Utra JET-Z CQB-BL http://www.aseutra.fi/jet-z-cqb-bl-and-jet-z-cqbs-bl-suppressor.html A suppressor might sound like the obvious choice, but mirage and accelerated barrel wear are also part of the deal.. A CRD will will probably not have these problems since it runs cooler, and I assume it will increase recoil some, and reduce blast some.. But wondered if anyone have actual experience with it and how it performs. Not much, but enough that it's irritating if I'm a whole day at the range. I may have a little sensitive sinuses, though. I also RO on most of the rifle matches I attend, and have noticed a big difference when timing shooters with different comps. The new TE-Titan Salen comp is very kind on both the shooter and RO. The SJC Titan, which I have on my rifle and also is a very good comp, gives noticable more concussion. I think the worst comp concussion-wise (but also the most effective on recoil) is the JP tank compensator.

No, a CRD is something different. No sound suppression. It's more like a tube that goes around the flas hider/brake to direct the blast forward. But I'm also interested in hearing your experiences using a suppressor.

My brake is effective, but also quite noisy, and there's also the concussion. Of course I wear both plugs and muffs, but after a long day on the range I get a starting headache. Have anyone tried a CRD device on a .223 IPSC/3-Gun rifle? Does it increase the recoil notably, and do the reduced concussion make it more comfortable to shoot? I've thought about getting a steel suppressor, which would help with both the noise and concussion, but I assume that would lead to huge mirage and insanely accelerated barrel wear near the crown..? Thanks!

Hello, I'm interested in building a 9 mm AR for PCC using a 5.56 lower and Glock mags. I've looked at the Stern Defense MAG-AD9 and the CMMG Guard bolt and barrel kit, have anyone tested if they are compatible? And before anyone mentions it, yes I would have have loved to just get the CMMG Guard lower for simplicity, but due to our gun laws in this country it is not feasible to get anything other than mil-spec 5.56 lowers. Cheers from Europe

Has anyone compared the Double Alpha belts to the Ghost Ultra Rigid? I'm considering buying one of the two, and already have some DAA gear. Got an offer on the Ghost belt.

Thanks. I'm now leaning more towards a small backpack for the handgun and all the range accessories, and carrying the long guns in separate bags. Deciding between the GPS Handgunner and Tactical backpacks. Any pros and cons between the two?

Thanks for a very detailed reply. Another bag that may suit our needs is the new Ulfhednar dual rifle bag which has backpack straps built into it. It comes in two lengths, 125 and 140 cm (49 and 55 inches). A demo can be seen in the video below at about 1:20.

What does the Hogue do better?

Has anyone tried the Cannae Triplex Acies? I'm tired of carrying so many thing separately. I usually carry two bags (one bag for each long gun) and a small backpack for other things such as food, ammo, clothes etc. All hands are thus tied up, and when you walk the shoulder straps start slipping.. If I only could carry everything in some sort of backpack.. Will the Triplex do the job? Eberlerstock Gunslinger 2 is another interesting option, but it's more expensive and maybe a little overkill. Eberlerstock also have the Upranger, but it doesn't loog very comfortable, and is also expensive.

How did the match go? Do you plan on repeating the success?

I'm designing a chassis system for a bolt rifle, and want to be able to use free float AR-15 handguards. The first problem is that the barrel diameter of the bolt rifle is larger than the AR-15 upper receiver threads, so I will either have to come up with a proprietary solution where the handguard mount is integrated in the chassis, or use Armalite AR-10 or DPMS .308 threads. If I were to choose some AR 308 threads, I would have to choose between Armalite 1-7/16" x 18 tpi (1.420 x 18) or DPMS 1-7/16" x 16 (1.420 x 16). Anybody know what threads are used on the HK MR762 by the way? However, I fear AR 308 threads would limit the selection of handguards anyway. Therefore I'm leaning towards a proprietary solution where the handguard mount is integrated in the chassis. The best thing would be if everyone used the same standard type of barrel nut for free float handguards, but sadly thats not the case. Does anybody know what would be "the most universal" AR-15 free float barrel nut? I'm considering designing the chassis with an attachment base that is externally equal as the ALG Defense AR-15 Barrel nut, so that I can use ALG handguards. I have an ALG handguard, and it's affordable, comfortable and modular. It would be the easy solution. ALG Defense barrel nut, photo by jerkingthetrigger.com

Looks like Lancer offer to two models. I think the newer one piece version looks sexier. The Adaptive Magwell is currently available in two configurations; original two piece version and the NEW one piece upgraded version. Both available now.

Are you serious? Pictures please. Have anyone compared the ones from Lancer and Shooters Source? Which one makes insertion easiest, and which one has most room for coupled mags? Suppose beta mag won't fit in any of these, but I don't have one anyway.

Hi, Anyone got experience on whats the best flared magwell for a mil-spec AR-15 lower? Arredondo AR-15/M4 Extended Magazine Well: Toni System AR-15 Magwell: Shooters Source AR Magwell: Lancer Adaptive Magwell: Lancer Adaptive Magwell with after market trigger guard: I think the one from Shooters Source looks least ugly, but also think the most important is which works best.