gahunter12 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Anyone here going to Bristol for the 2016 VA state match 6/24-6/25? I will be there for my first one, and look forward to it. Sounds like they put on a pretty good match. We will be driving up from NE Georgia Friday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racknrider Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I'm going, first time. Friends say it is a very good match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahunter12 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Yea I have heard its a good match. I missed out on Alabama due to my son's baseball season. We have a group of 7 coming from Georgia. We are Squad 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racknrider Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 There are 8-10 going from my area. Good luck. Unless you're shooting CDP EX, then I hope your gun jams on every stage ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahunter12 Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Ha! Thanks! No worries! SSP/SS. Hope to get a bump before I have to do another classifier. Good luck to you sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal82 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) I'll be there on Squad 1 with a bunch of local shooters from the Charlotte area. Be the first time there as well. Be a very long day with 16 stages and climbing the hills to the shooting bays. Edited May 23, 2016 by Marshal82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsg Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 There are 4 of us coming from KY. It is a good match. I think we are all on squad 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Anyone here going to Bristol for the 2016 VA state match 6/24-6/25? I will be there for my first one, and look forward to it. Sounds like they put on a pretty good match. We will be driving up from NE Georgia Friday morning. How do you haul your gear? Cart, stroller, ect? There is a BIG HUGE hill that depending on what squad you get assigned to you might have to go up it twice. It's what made me switch from a cart to a stroller. Bring a chair because its a long day but a good day. I missed last year and will miss this year due to prior engagements but its always a good match wtih great workers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahunter12 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Anyone here going to Bristol for the 2016 VA state match 6/24-6/25? I will be there for my first one, and look forward to it. Sounds like they put on a pretty good match. We will be driving up from NE Georgia Friday morning. How do you haul your gear? Cart, stroller, ect? There is a BIG HUGE hill that depending on what squad you get assigned to you might have to go up it twice. It's what made me switch from a cart to a stroller. Bring a chair because its a long day but a good day. I missed last year and will miss this year due to prior engagements but its always a good match wtih great workers. I use a cart. Do you have an idea what squad #'s usually have to make the climb twice? I am on Squad 5. I'm glad you said something about chairs. All the ranges here in Ga, Al, & Sc have benches to sit in under those metal car ports. I didn't know if they had seats or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 There is no shade that I recall. That's why I have a beach umbrella on my cart. Usually for big matches my sister goes with me so I have chairs and shade and snacks for her. As to what squads would start on the hill it would depend on how they number the bays for the stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahunter12 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Sounds good. I will look at bringing my shade then. My wife may not want to sit in the sun all day. Long range forecast is 90*, and 40% chance of T-Storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal82 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 YOu guys see the stages? What do you think? The stage designs leave some questions for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmauk Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I've shot the va state several times there is no shade so bring sunscreen and maybe sunshade there is lots of water available and the big hill sucks but its a well run match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahunter12 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 YOu guys see the stages? What do you think? The stage designs leave some questions for sure. Sorry haven't been on this site in a while. Yea I noticed some of the stages changed from how they posted. The V Drill ended up changing to Mozambique's. without going in to great detail there was a lot of questions asked from a few top shooters in my squad about cover on stages 1,3&4. All in all it was a good match. I ended up 10th in SSP/SS due to my brain not working with my trigger finger on the theater stage. That pretty much costed me a top 5. Oh well we all live, and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racknrider Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 A few bumps along the road, but overall the match ran pretty smoothly and I had fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chb119 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 YOu guys see the stages? What do you think? The stage designs leave some questions for sure. Sorry haven't been on this site in a while. Yea I noticed some of the stages changed from how they posted. The V Drill ended up changing to Mozambique's. without going in to great detail there was a lot of questions asked from a few top shooters in my squad about cover on stages 1,3&4. All in all it was a good match. I ended up 10th in SSP/SS due to my brain not working with my trigger finger on the theater stage. That pretty much costed me a top 5. Oh well we all live, and learn. We had those same cover issues. It was mentioned to the MD on one of his passes, and his response was that is how the MD, AC, and Range Master decided it would be called. It was left at that, because arguing would have been futile. Decent match but the lack of movers made the stages look elementary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahunter12 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 I think our biggest complaint was on Stage 1 you couldn't expose your left foot to the targets at P2. Stage 3 the SO said I don't care about P2 while you are shooting from P1. Then on Stage 4 the SO said don't expose yourself to targets at P2. We had a 15 min delay while one of the top shooters questioned the consistency. Wasn't a big deal for me, but I agree about the movers. Would have been nice to see a few more movers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsg Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I think our biggest complaint was on Stage 1 you couldn't expose your left foot to the targets at P2. Stage 3 the SO said I don't care about P2 while you are shooting from P1. Then on Stage 4 the SO said don't expose yourself to targets at P2. We had a 15 min delay while one of the top shooters questioned the consistency. Wasn't a big deal for me, but I agree about the movers. Would have been nice to see a few more movers. The cover calls on those three stages kinda pissed me off. I understand things can be interpreted differently but these were a clear cut case of ignoring the relevant page in the rulebook. We just went on and shot but it lowered my confidence in staff competency. Other than that, no issues and some fun stages at a good facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captains1911 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Does anybody know where the photos that the photographer took at this match can be found? I have searched high and low with no luck. Edited August 3, 2016 by Captains1911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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