CAPRC Marksmanship Clinic A 3-29-14

Nosmas · Post by **Nosmas** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:47 pm

What do I do when i'm a germaphobe?

Downrange67 · Post by **Downrange67** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:49 pm

Anyone going to Ranchside Cafe for breakfast in the morning?

264Charlie · Post by **264Charlie** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:02 pm

I will

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glenn_ma · Post by **glenn_ma** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:10 pm

+1 for Breakfast

EBR Works · Post by **EBR Works** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:37 pm

Downrange67 wrote:Anyone going to Ranchside Cafe for breakfast in the morning?

I'm in. What time?

Post by **pklin1297** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:00 pm

How early is breakfast?

Downrange67 · Post by **Downrange67** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:02 pm

Let's say Ranchside at 7

EBR Works · Post by **EBR Works** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:05 pm

Downrange67 wrote:Let's say Ranchside at 7

Perfect.

264Charlie · Post by **264Charlie** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:21 pm

Roger that

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Post by **Gnzrme** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:11 pm

Charlie... Whats up with the new sig line?

jetman624 · Post by **jetman624** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:14 pm

AR15barrels wrote:We are opening this up to 30 shooters now as we will be running two squads of 15 shooters on rotating 10 minute sessions.
This will give some break time to the offline shooters while the other group is shooting...

So thankful for this-- I was going to be so bummed if I drove all the way up there and didn't get to shoot after the classroom sesh...

Post by **oni** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:16 pm

Downrange67 wrote:
You can lay in the dirt

If I was shooting I would. But I'm teaching so I get to stand.

Post by **oni** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:21 pm

Nosmas wrote:What do I do when i'm a germaphobe?

Not shoot because it's dirty?

264Charlie · Post by **264Charlie** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:36 pm

Man up

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waxer · Post by **waxer** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:11 pm

AR15barrels wrote:We are opening this up to 30 shooters now as we will be running two squads of 15 shooters on rotating 10 minute sessions.
This will give some break time to the offline shooters while the other group is shooting...

In that case, Waxers-wifey would like to sign up as a shooter on the 2nd squad so we can rotate using my rifle.

Thanks

264Charlie · Post by **264Charlie** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:22 am

Yep

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Post by **pklin1297** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:34 am

Man its early.

glenn_ma · Post by **glenn_ma** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:00 am

As Charlie would say...Man Up

Post by **pklin1297** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:16 am

Haha yeah. Wish I could be at breakfast, but long ways to drive.

Post by **Gnzrme** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:49 am

Charlie is here outside the restaurant. . 1st one here... I'm impressed. ..

waxer · Post by **waxer** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:51 am

Waxer and waxers-wifey are here IN the restaraunt. Mm coffee

waxer · Post by **waxer** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:15 pm

Had a blast guys. Learned a lot from Charles in the classroom and at the range. Will see you all again at B.

EBR Works · Post by **EBR Works** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:28 pm

Just simply a blast of a time today! Learned a whole bunch. Wish I could have stayed longer to finish, but clients were coming in the afternoon. Thanks to all that made it possible and especially the guys that cooked the excellent lunch. I'm hooked and in for B!

264Charlie · Post by **264Charlie** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:23 pm

Nice work guys look forward to shooting with you all. You were a great class.

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Post by **robojet** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:56 pm

Thanks so much for an awesome class! Had a great time and totally exhausted! Excited to attend the next one. Thanks to everyone that taught and helped on the lines!

jetman624 · Post by **jetman624** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:08 pm

Again, greatly appreciate you guys opening this up and allowing the few of us on the standby list to be able to shoot. Had a great time-- great learning experience.

Post by **pklin1297** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:13 pm

Had a great time shooting and putting faces together with names finally. Learned a lot, and have a lot more to work on. Prone shooting is harder than it looks but some of you guys definitely made it look easy. Hope to see most of you again at B, and hopefully I won't blow another tire on the way to B again...

gau17 · Post by **gau17** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:14 pm

Great shooting today ROBOJET!

nevertipsy · Post by **nevertipsy** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:18 pm

I wanted to give a special thanks to Charlie and all the instructors that helped make today possible. I feel like I've accomplished more at this clinic than all of my solo plinking sessions combined.

Also special thanks to the chef for preparing much needed grub, I was so happy to see food!

Post by **Capnjon** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:26 pm

Thanks to everyone! Great to meet all and see you in a few weeks.

Whitesmoke · Post by **Whitesmoke** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:33 pm

Thanks for putting the great class on for us guys...I learned a lot.

Jcar308 · Post by **Jcar308** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:05 pm

Thanks to EVERYONE who helped put on the clinic! It was awesome, y'all did a great job. Apart from rifle or scope issues I learned a lot. Look forward to seeing everyone at the next class or next comp. Thanks again!!

glenn_ma · Post by **glenn_ma** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:32 pm

Thank you CAPRC for Clinic A!

It exceeded my expectations.

I look forward to Clinic B.

The turnout was awesome.

Solomon, your top Asian status is in jeopardy

Post by **Gnzrme** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:47 pm

glenn_ma wrote:Thank you CAPRC for Clinic A!

It exceeded my expectations.

I look forward to Clinic B.

The turnout was awesome.

Solomon, your top Asian status is in jeopardy

LOL

Post by **Treadstone** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:52 pm

Amazing turnout! Hope to see all the students continue on to future clinics and monthly matches.

Jeff

tweakrr · Post by **tweakrr** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:21 pm

Really great!

Thanks to Charlie and all of the instructors for their help and knowledge.

I look forward to the B clinic.

Post by **Gnzrme** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:32 pm

Guys, I always enjoy coming to the clinics and I always love to see peoples faces as they start to put together all the things that we are teaching...

Things to do to prepare for B Clinic... Learn your scope... By now, you should have a solid 100 yard zero... Go to the range atleast 1 more time before the clinic preferably at Angeles and go up on the 100 yard line and re-confirm your zero... Spend at least 10X's the amount of shooting that you plan to do in dry firing... I do not do this enough myself but its free, easy to do and it really helps.

Get good ammo... There were several people that were having issues that we cannot narrow down to one issue if you are shooting less than par ammo. The gold standard is Federal Gold Match Medal... Its expensive for a reason, but it works... I guess Black Hills works, but FGMM is best or use good quality reloads. You will want to shoot a HPBT bullet, not ball ammo, not surplus but MATCH AMMO. In 308, the standard is 175gr Sierra.

Try to replace your scope if you can if you were having issues... I saw atleast one scope that started having issues by the end of the day...

Learn you equipment... Know what reticle your scope has and what the reticle is calibrated in... Either in MOA's or Mils... This is critical. You are going to be spotting for your partner and will call corrections based upon what you see in your reticle... You will say "your hitting 1 MOA high and 2 MOA's left or what every it is.... Do not call out clicks or inches or scoches or pubic hairs or other vague measurements... This is PRECISION RIFLE... We call corrections in either Mils or MOA's....

Everybody has a cell/smart phone.... Invest in either Ballistic FTE for IPhones or Shooter for Droids... Its worth it and you will use it all the time...Come to the clinic with Dope for your ammo that you will be using out to 600 yards... This will save you time at the clinic trying to do this.

We will reconfirm zero's at the start of Clinic B. Try to bring your own tools to reset your zero so you do not have to wait for one wrench.

Read this link... http://www.caprc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=37" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Learn and understand this... Ask questions before hand, so that more time at the clinic will be spent shooting. We will go over this, but its better if you have a base understanding of it before hand...

Bring Pen/Paper to record hard dope... Write it down... We will bring a Chrono, but honestly, there are features in both FTE and Shooter that will figure out your speed based upon your hard dope...

Be prepared to shoot 100 rounds, but bringing more ammo is always better.

Read though the old posts on the forum from the previous Clinics. You will see most of the issues that you are going to have have already been experienced by these people and see the conversations that revolve around these issues...

HAVE FUN....

SteveS · Post by **SteveS** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:13 pm

Thanks for the time and work to put on the clinic today. As nevertipsy put it, I learned more to improve my shooting today than all those solo range sessions. Now to practice the fundamentals till they are second nature. And kudos to the chef too!!!

Post by **AR15barrels** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:34 pm

My special thanks is to all the line coaches and helpers that showed up and helped out.
You know who you are.
We could not put these on without you guys...

Post by **snappy** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:18 am

thanks every one for helping out.

Post by **snappy** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:25 am

This is B clinic one MOA at 600 yards. compared to Angeles steel.

Downrange67 · Post by **Downrange67** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:48 am

What's Rich doing with his hand?

Post by **autoessentials** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:51 am

I was getting fluffed up for Nate.

gau17 · Post by **gau17** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:06 am

Bwahhaaaa. Had to zoom in for that one!

zprof · Post by **zprof** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:41 am

Thanks for the instruction and feedback. Had a great class, learned a lot and I didn't believe it at first when Brad said it but man I'm sore today.

Post by **Gnzrme** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:52 am

I didn't do nearly as much shooting as you guys or up downs, but I feel it too

Post by **robojet** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:16 pm

You guys are pathetic! There's no excuse for being out of shape. Holy cow, lift a few weights....

Now excuse me while I go take another ibuprofen.

Post by **Gnzrme** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 3:09 pm

Lol...

Post by **pklin1297** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 3:34 pm

I guess laying on my belly while working on laptop every night paid off, I don't feel a thing. So much for chiropractor's advice not to do that.

Post by **Capnjon** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:12 pm

The only ache I have is from accepting the offer to shoot the higher quality rifle next to me. Maybe it's more of an itch.