As taken from ScottMilk9 on Snipers Hide today:

Dates are set:
60 shooters
Feb 19/20, 2011 at Phoenix Rod and Gun Club
200 rounds

Applications for 2011 will be available at the end of july.
Will start taking applications Aug. 2, 2010 NO earlier.

Further details can be seen at: http://www.thetprc.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nothing is updated yet, but great pics from the last two years are still there.

We should be planning to go to their monthly matches in october, november, december and january to get experience on their range.

AR15barrels wrote:We should be planning to go to their monthly matches in october, november, december and january to get experience on their range.

I call shotgun!

AR15barrels wrote:We should be planning to go to their monthly matches in october, november, december and january to get experience on their range.

you guys are a bad influence on my finances!!

Sounds good...

Who has access to a jet????

The latest update is that the applications will be available in the next few days.
Applications will not be accepted if received BEFORE September 1st.
I highly recommend that you mail your application ON August 31st.
So who's going?

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthr ... 099&page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Me.

i'll go

Has the app been posted yet?

Print out your application.
Write a check to Tim for the entry.
Mail me all the applications/checks and I will consolidate them into one overnight mailing.
That will also help them with squadding us all together.

Send to:
Randall Rausch
c/o TPRC
PO Box 66281
Los Angeles, CA 90066

MAKE SURE you get the applications to me by the 30th if you want them consolidated into our mailing.

How much is the entry fee? On the fence about this. Will I get enough practice with the next couple of matches we have? My unsupported will probably never be good.

I will be off for a month at the end of September so I will be getting a lot of practice in. Hoping to make it to the next match. Having my rifle overhauled while I'm away for two months in Nov-Dec. Not looking to place just looking to have a good time. But don't want to look like a douche!

Iloveguns wrote:I will be off for a month at the end of September so I will be getting a lot of practice in. Hoping to make it to the next match. Having my rifle overhauled while I'm away for two months in Nov-Dec. Not looking to place just looking to have a good time. But don't want to look like a douche!

I was afraid of that as well. I had a freakin blast at my first big match and did much better then i even hoped for. If your interested in doing it then don't pass it up. You have plenty of time to get yourself and your equipment ready.

AR15barrels wrote:Print out your application.
Write a check to Tim for the entry.
Mail me all the applications/checks and I will consolidate them into one overnight mailing.
That will also help them with squadding us all together.

Send to:
Randall Rausch
c/o TPRC
PO Box 66281
Los Angeles, CA 90066

MAKE SURE you get the applications to me by the 30th if you want them consolidated into our mailing.

Dropping in the mail tomorrow!

Can you guys email me the form in an attachment I cant get it to open from there website.

nwebnar@hotmail.com

I am off that w/e....can be the team med person.....Would like to participate in the match somehow....

Hey Randall, I dropped it in the mail tonight.

Gnzrme wrote:I am off that w/e....can be the team med person.....Would like to participate in the match somehow....

If you, or anyone else for that matter wants to go to out of town matches and really feel that you are prepared, check out this thread:
http://www.caprc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=752" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Try to make it to as many of those specific matches as you can.
There's ample time to put-in for days off as needed.

You can drive to vegas after work on a friday night and be home late saturday night.
Phoenix's match is on sunday so you can leave saturday mid-morning and be into phoenix at dinner time.
Then shoot the match sunday and drive home. It makes for a long weekend, but it's do-able without a day off as well.
Sacramento requires a day off as you want to be into sac friday night to shoot their saturday morning practice session and then their sunday morning match.
You get home around 10-11pm from sac, but you won't be as tired as you will coming back from Phoenix.

I picked specific matches to be done as a train-up that will get us (as a group) ready for Phoenix.
After Phoenix, the big push will be for Sacramento a few months later.

In the mail today to your house Randall! Excited about this.

Randall, did you send that overnight mailing delivery signature required? It appears on the hide that two large envelopes were not left because they required signatures.

StraightShooter wrote:Randall, did you send that overnight mailing delivery signature required? It appears on the hide that two large envelopes were not left because they required signatures.

The default for express mail is signature required.

Shit, things are not looking good for the Socal crew.

Dude that blows. Was looking forward to this.

Got a link to the thread on the hide Brandon?

DirtRacer151 wrote:Got a link to the thread on the hide Brandon?

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthr ... ost1903753" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yeah i ended up finding it. I think its a classic sandbag technique against so cal due to the beat down up north. That seriously sucks.

So the 6 entries that I sent in for delivery on the morning of the 1st have ended up on the waiting list...
Scott is assuring us that we will most likely make it in though because they always have lots of drop-outs.

Next problem.
Scott posted on Snipershide that they are not allowing any TPRC participants to shoot their November, December and January matches.

If you are on the wait list or have a slot, you can not come down and shoot our monthly match in Nov/DEC/Jan.

That leaves us with the following matches for anyone that wants to gather some intel on the range where the big match is held:

Sep 19th 7am
Oct 17th 8am

Here is the local board with all the info:

http://www.lrprs.com/forum/viewforum.ph ... ac9c5f2fce" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Last year there were about 22 people on the waiting list. As Scott said and Randall has restated, everyone got in the match. There is always dropouts. I look forward to shooting with you all then!

Randall, did Scott say that we could not show up and 'observe' the Nov, Dec, Jan matches???

Wow Randall...That really sucks....I see you are all on the waiting list and like he said, everybody got in last year....Good luck

MercilessMike wrote:Randall, did Scott say that we could not show up and 'observe' the Nov, Dec, Jan matches???

No, he did not say that.

Just got word I am in...

How does the standby list work....Are you notified when there is a cancellation or is it like a week before the match....

Hey guys, What should we expect at this match?

264Charlie wrote:Hey guys, What should we expect at this match?

So after watching those videos totally stoked and bummed at the same time. Randell and anyone else who shot it last year. Am I going to even be able to do all the stages? In the one video some one is shooting off of a Newspaper thing. Kinda high for me. Were there any stages you guys can remember that height would be an issue with me? Beside getting my shooting up to speed. Will I be able to do this?

Iloveguns wrote:So after watching those videos totally stoked and bummed at the same time. Randell and anyone else who shot it last year. Am I going to even be able to do all the stages? In the one video some one is shooting off of a Newspaper thing. Kinda high for me. Were there any stages you guys can remember that height would be an issue with me? Beside getting my shooting up to speed. Will I be able to do this?

Do you think you could shoot from the top of the newspaper stand with out a pack on top of it Nathan? I'm pretty sure exceptions and compromises could be made on positions for you but you might want to email the MD and talk to him first.

The newspaper stand was actually pretty low. Im 6'3" and I believe I shot off the newapaper stand while sitting on my knees. If anything shortness has its advantages for shooting out of the vehicles, helicopter, and doghouse.

Yeah I know it will definitely be an advantage. I think I would be able to shoot off the newspaper stand but not sure. I will email them and talk to them about it.

Ok, now my turn...Movers...Do you chase them or wait for the target come into the proper lead point...I see Ryan shooting it by not moving his rifle...I was chasing the target around on Satuday...which is better...

Gnzrme wrote:Ok, now my turn...Movers...Do you chase them or wait for the target come into the proper lead point...I see Ryan shooting it by not moving his rifle...I was chasing the target around on Satuday...which is better...

I tried both at TBRC which was my first time shooting movers. I think i favored the ambush technique over the chase but i need more practice to be sure.

I almost always use the ambush technique.

Gnzrme wrote:Ok, now my turn...Movers...Do you chase them or wait for the target come into the proper lead point...I see Ryan shooting it by not moving his rifle...I was chasing the target around on Satuday...which is better...

I ambush.
Get about 3-4 mils ahead of the target and get stable and lined up so that when you see the target aproaching your fire position (1-1.5 mils), you can snap the shot.

Having never shot movers i can't be certain, but it seems that chasing the target would be difficult on a prone stage with a scoped rifle. You can't do a whole lot of movement until your not properly behind your rifle any longer. I'd want to stick with ambush as well. Chasing a target or using a follow-through type method seems more suited to swinging a shotgun.

Connor P Price wrote:Having never shot movers i can't be certain, but it seems that chasing the target would be difficult on a prone stage with a scoped rifle. You can't do a whole lot of movement until your not properly behind your rifle any longer. I'd want to stick with ambush as well. Chasing a target or using a follow-through type method seems more suited to swinging a shotgun.

Chasing while prone really isn't as awkward as a it may seem. I did halfway decent using the chasing technique. A target moving only 3mph that's 3-400yds away doesn't equate to a whole lot of swing on your end back at the rifle. I just felt better and did better using the ambush technique.

I agree that it was not difficult keeping it within the sight picture...now hitting it, was another story....Ok, ambush it is....We need a mover of our own.... ;)

Here is a couple of vids from TPRC 2010 of RKSimple and myself engaging the mover. I believe the range was 530yds. Watching how much movement there of the rifles, this I believe could have been shot using either technique. I ambushed the target as I think RKSimple did as well.

RKsimple:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj-ZntwCi-Y

Myself (mercilessmike)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8DAtce3H4

finally a view of the mover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nma5UGz0SgA