I'll volunteer to write the AAR for this month's match.

I wasn't there so I'm going off limited information.


6 shooters
2 negligent discharges
% 75 of shots beyond 300yds
Steven got top 10

make that 2 nd's....

Gnzrme wrote:make that 2 nd's....

Fixed just for you!

Haha, I was thinking of writing up a summary when I get home. I might have to modify this as my memory is typically faulty and I don't remember what I did yesterday, much less a couple days ago.

11 stages??, 6 shooters
1. cold bore. 300yd on paper target, scored per target
Henry S. swapped stocks with the (it turns out) failed hope that it would still shoot close enough to previous POA to be competitive. Was more than 1 mil high. I had the high score of 40 points. I don't know how everyone else did, though I think shooter 3 (Esteban I think) hit the 30 point ring.

The following will all be out of order, I guarantee it:

Ports
Shoot 2 shots through a port and move to another port.
Not sure about anyone else, I screwed around with my tripod and hog saddle. Felt slow. Realized today (2 days later...) that I should have splayed the legs out a lot more.

Hostage target, 3 shots left hostage, left side shooting.
3 shots right hostage, right side shooting.
Steven hit the hostage twice, Henry S. was still trying to find the target, I did pretty well and got 5 shots in the box and 1 other bad guy hit. Not sure how Henry G., Esteban or Sam did.

Note: Sam for the most part was hitting left, but elevation was good on most of his shooting.

Stressfire, 6 shots starting from the bench with 1 cartridge in hand, go back to bench for each additional cartridge.
See video, I think Henry G. and Esteban did pretty well, Steven forgot to put his mag in and had an epic "AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH" while I laughed my ass off and retrieved a mag for him (then realized I forgot to put a mag in mine too. Not sure how everyone else did.

Barricade:
Henry S. still all over the place. Henry G shot the roof putting his rifle into battery while at port of arms. Steven dropped his rifle down a step and fired. (both one right after the other, must be contagious). I screwed around with my tripod and hog saddle and only got 4 shots out of 9. Sam and Esteban not sure how they did (I was spotting but I erased all memory immediately after).

Back and forth:
100 1 shot
300 2 shots
100 1 shot
400 2 shots
100 1 shot
500 2 shots
??? We all shot it, whut happened? Don't remember.

Holdover
shoot at plates holdover only.

Kneeling, shoot IPSC or something... maybe plates???
Screwed around with hog saddle more... Definitely should have splayed the legs out more. Too wobbly.

Henry S. got his rifle shooting straight, then had to drop out on the barricade stage because he ran out of ammo. Shot at something to zero and used up the supply...

Hot bore
I missed.
Someone or 2 that wasn't me hit it.

My rifle really doesn't like the 155gr Palmas and the shots were all over the place. I felt like I did much better with the 175gr SMK previously.

The only "good" shot I had was the hot bore thanks to over compensating for wind

What's your load Sam?

I got good results with the Sierra 2156's out of my 20" 11.25 Rock Creek bbl... I just toasted the rifle trying to get 26" velocities out of a 20" tube... I was getting almost 2900 fps out of a 20" bbl... When I switched to the 26" bbl, my velocity was over 3000 fps!!!

Steven,
What was your load?

51.5gr re17.... DO NOT USE THIS LOAD

Gnzrme wrote:51.5gr re17.... DO NOT USE THIS LOAD

WOW!!! Will that even fit in the case?

it was a somewhat compressed load.... LOL

Oh, and I believe Steven was in the top 5!

Stage 1 300yd cold bore, scored by scoring rings on the target.
Stage 2 300yd ipsc, 6 shots, pack support only.
Stage 3 200yd ipsc through ports, 2 shots per port with 5 ports, 10 shots possible.
Stage 4 200yd hostages, 3 shots weakside, 3 shots strongside.
Stage 5 Stressfire, 6 shots at 400yd popper, retrieving rounds from the bench.
Stage 6 Back and forth, 10 shots possible as explained before
Stage 7 kneeling, 100yd paper ipsc, 5 shots
Stage 8 Weakside holdover at 300yd ipsc and 600yd ipsc, shoot to move on
Stage 9 Barricade
Stage 10 hot bore 600yd ipsc

Bro and I both tried the sierra 2156. His gun seemed to shoot them too slow to make a difference, mine never shot well, never better than a 3/4" group. With 175's can get about a .4 or so group relatively easily.

Thanks Aaron for the proper AAR. I didn't get to be there, but it sounds like I missed all the action! I will be sure to be on my toes there next month's match!

i wish i was there with my 300 mag to add to the hilarity and absurdness of the match

Sam, your 300 winmag would've been great! Also if my bro went with his rocking Savage!

gau17 wrote:What's your load Sam?

Using IMR 8208 & 155 gr SMK Palma. Found 2 nodes using OCW 42.6 and 44.2 and after messing with the seating depth, the groups look good on paper with a little less than MOA.

The day before the match, I've noticed POI vertical shifts as the barrel heats up. Must be sloppy Remington work.

I'm just waiting for my bolt to come in before i re-barrel this rifle. In the meantime, I've just bought some more 175gr SMK to see if there are any improvements with the powder/bullet combo.

Have you tried Varget? It might be less temp sensitive.

I have not. I was trying to go with a faster powder for my 20" barrel.

WOW! two ND's. Guys time to focus on safety!!!!