600 yard match

[roninflag]

wring out your coues rifle. there is a 60 shot 600 yard match at ben avery. sign up 7:15, shooting at 8 . april 30th.

[Bill Poole]

I just stumbled upon this post, so I'll follow up with more info with my opinion on how a shoot like this can benefit a hunter.

 

The shoot mentioned is an NRA style high power rifle prone shoot, many of the participants shoot 5000 rounds a year from 500 to 1000 yds and have never eaten a piece of meat that did not come wrapped in cellophane.

 

Ben avery doesn't have shade on the high power range so they take the summer off, but the prone shooters have several weekend long range shoots per month and the retired guys practice nearly every wed and thurs october thru may, see http://www.desertsharpshooters.com/ for schedule.

 

the http://www.desertsharpshooters.com/ website as well as the 2 club websites

http://www.phoenixrodandgun.org/

http://www.riosaladosportsmans.com/

will have the schedule for the 500 yd prone shoots at those 2 ranges, which will be at least once a month all year round, even in the summer.

 

My thoughts about NRA-style shooting and applying a hunting rifle to it:

 

The normal process is that we split into 2 relays, one group goes to the target pits and marks targets the other group shoots sighters and 20 shots, then we swap out, either every 20 shot string or just once after firing 3 strings, and the other relay shoots their strings.

 

there will be shooters of military rifles, Match rifles with olympic style aperture sights (neither of those shooters pollute their beloved rifles with optical attachments) and "F-class" which permits scopes and bipods or sandbags. Usually big benchrest style rifles or "tactical" style rifles.

 

if you show up with a fairly lightweight hunting rifle (they will be pleased to learn that you took off the muzzle brake and left it home, but if that is not feasible ask for a firing point on the end so you can move way way off to the side, bring another spare non-brake rifle in case they cannot accomodate that) Tell them you will shoot F-class and are new to the game and are not shooting for score.

 

After squadding, tell the other guy on your point you may not fire all 20 shots. Better yet, 2 hunters go together and bring your own radios and get squadded on the same point.

 

I would never fire a 20 shot string with a lightweight hunting barrel, I'd fear the thing would catch on fire or melt!

 

I'd recommend either just shoot 5 shots, let the barrel cool and shoot 5 more during your 20 minute string, or bring 2 or more rifles to each 20-shot string (which last 20 minutes).

 

Concentrate of position, shooting fundamentals, getting a good known-distance zero and learning to read the wind.

 

In this way an NRA style prone/F-class shoot could be a good training technique for a hunter.

 

Alternately, learn what you need to make up a good match or F-class rifle and take up the sport of competition shooting!

 

Poole

 

I also run this thing for hunters, next one is 22-May:

http://arizona-rifleshooting.com/hunting-rifle-shoot-PRGC.html

[roninflag]

Bill - the gun i shot my coues with last octber works fine. a rem 700 sendero. if you have a light weight rifle i guess you could cut back on the number of rounds you shoot.