Rio Salado: Action Long-Gun Matches In February

[StealthyBlagga]

Here are the practical long-gun events we have scheduled this month at Rio Salado (Mesa, AZ):

 

3-Gun Match: Saturday February 9th @ 8am
There will be four action shooting stages requiring rifle, pistol and/or shotgun, with targets anywhere from 1 yard to 550 yards. In preparation for SMM3G, our February and March matches will only offer 3-Gun divisions (2-Gun will be back in April). Bring 150 rounds of rifle ammo, 50 shotgun birdshot (#6 or smaller), and 50 rounds of pistol ammo. Registration and squadding on the preceding Monday at 6pm via the PractiScore website (sorry, no walk-up entries on the day). After registering, the competitor will be able select from squads in one of two time slots: 8am-11am or 11am-2pm. New shooters should sign up for an 11am squad and come in time to attend the new shooter orientation at 10:30am before they shoot.

 

Tactical .22 Rifle Match: Tuesday February 12th and 26th @ 4pm
Registration opens at 4pm, with first shots shortly thereafter. Location is the Smallbore Range right behind the Activity Center. The rules are simple: Targets are reactive steel - shoot them per the stage briefing, fastest combined time (+penalties for misses) wins. Pretty much any .22 rimfire rifle is OK - the most popular guns are AR15-clones and Ruger10/22s. We have two divisions: iron sight and optical sight.

 

Tactical Shotgun and Pistol Caliber Carbine Match: Thursday February 21st @ 4pm
Registration opens at 4pm, with a new shooter orientation shortly thereafter. The match format is four practical scenario-based stages similar to what you would encounter at a 3-Gun match, except that you only need to bring one gun - you choose either shotgun or pistol caliber carbine. There will be separate divisions for shotgun (Open, Limited and Pump) and pistol caliber carbine (Optic and Iron). Any tactical shotgun will work well in this match, or you can shoot a pistol caliber carbine (minimum caliber = 9mm, maximum velocity = 1600fps).

Edited February 4, 2019 by StealthyBlagga