If you want to try out longrange shooting, this is the shoot you need to go to.
We will start out with a clinic on proper position behind the gun, eye relief and natural point of aim as well as how to manage your data and your gear at a match.
Then we will check your zero at 100yds and get the knobs set to zero.
From there we will work all the way out to 1000yds.
Experienced club members will be on hand to help new shooters.
We will limit this to 10 actual shooters so that those shooters can get maximum range time.
Cold water, Gatorades, BBQ lunch and all the fixins will be provided as part of the $40 entry fee for the day.
We meet-up at a park-and-ride in Newhall and carpool out to the range.
The address is 23628 Newhall Ave.
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Please note that Newhall Ave used to be called San Fernando Road.
Outdated online mapping and in-car navigation systems still show San Fernando Road, but the sign on the freeway now says Newhall Ave.
There are multiple park-and-rides on Newhall Ave so make sure you arrive at the correct one which is just over 1/2 a mile west of the 14fwy on the north side of the street.
If you plan to attend and you are coming from the south, please arrive at the Newhall park & ride between 7:30am and 7:45am on the morning of the shoot.
We will work out the carpool situation at that time.
We roll out as a caravan at 8:00 sharp and don't wait for late people.
It's about an hour's drive to the shooting location.
Trucks and SUV's are preferred for navigating the 1000yds or so of dirt roads once we arrive at the shooting location.
In the past, passenger cars have made it up the road, but many people are not comfortable on the dirt roads in a car due to the conditions of the dirt roads.
In this case, cars can park just off the asphalt and we will shuttle you up to the shooting position as required.
If you live north of the greater LA area, please PM me for directions on where to meet up with us on the way to the shooting spot.
We should be arriving at the shooting spot right around 9am.
Some things to bring:
Precision rifle wearing a scope with target knobs, eye/ear protection, sunscreen, chamber flag, 60 rounds of match quality ammo, printout from a ballistics program showing your bullet drop in moa or mils as appropriate to your scope, shooting mat or blanket, bipod, some kind of rear bag or sand sock, small notepad to take notes, pencil or pen, laser rangefinder, food & water for 6 hours, backpack or bag to carry everything.
Bring what you have, don't worry too much about what you don't have.
We always make do with what we have.
This is a Precision Rifle event so if the gun/scope/ammo is not capable of shooting tight groups, it will detract from your overall experience at the shoot.
Please have your rifle zeroed at 100yds and your knobs set to zero.
If you need help with this, we can do it at the shoot, but it takes time that is better spent putting rounds on targets much further away than 100yds.
Due to the tight space on the line, this will be a bolt action rifle ONLY event.
A view of the targets from the firing line:
We will be out in the high desert so dress accordingly including a hat and hiking boots as we will sometimes be moving around on steep terrain.
Weather should be somewhere between 30 and 110 degrees.
Some cell phones will work at the shooting spot and we have had 3g service in the past.
Please RSVP in this thread by the Friday before the shoot if you plan to attend.
When you RSVP please post something very definite in this thread such as "I will be there".
I will not accept "if...", "I would like" or "I might" responses as an RSVP.
The following people are on the schedule as shooters:
khw9mm
smapd
Veritas
gunsmithcats
linkpimp
DJDace
sbmunshi
Shamrock
jawcn
Iloveguns
bozochu
Bajaracer
The following people will coach and run the line:
AR15barrels
rksimple
DirtRacer151
Gnzrme
ColdSteel
Non-shooters are welcome of course and you will still learn a bunch even if you are not shooting.
When you RSVP, please make a note to whether you need a ride or if you can give someone a ride that does not have a truck or SUV to make it up the dirt roads.
;) JK, I will be happy to help out in anyway....
