Match Winner: Sebastian

Smallbore Results (Scoped)

Match Winner: AughtSix

Smallbore Results (Iron Sights)

Match Winner: AughtSix

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Questions and submissions should be directed to gunblogrifles at gmail dot com.  Sorry for the lack of fall match, but we spent most of fall trying to prevent the horror of what will be the next administration.  Let us show him that Eastern Bloc semi-autos do have sporting uses this winter!

Kalashnikov/SKS Center Fire – Iron Sights

Target will be the A/23 target which we used before for the small bore match. You can buy them here, or download them here. Match will be a 300 point match, broken into three stages of 100 points, or 10 shots. Since you can practice ahead of time before actually shooting the match target, I’m not going to use sighting shots for this match.  I’m bringing us down to 50 yards for this match, but to make it challenging we’ll use a smallbore target.  Competitors can use any Kalashnikov or SKS based rifle.  Multiple entries are fine as long as you use a different model rifle for each entry.  The stages are:

1. Slow fire, standing, unsupported – 10 rounds in 10 minutes, at single A23 target @ 50 yards.
2. Rapid fire, sitting or kneeling – 10 rounds in 60 seconds, at single A23 target @ 50 yards.
3. Rapid fire, prone – 10 rounds in 70 seconds, at single A23 target @ 50 yards.

We will only have an open sight category for these.  I would ask that folks who want to use a sling restrict themselves to the commie web slings that came with the rifles.

Smallbore Rifle

Small bore competition will have only one stage of fire this season. We’ll be using the NRA A-23 targets the same as above.  This will be a 1oo point match, with 10 shots offhand.  You may practice as much as you want, but the submitted string should be shot in a single string of 10 shots.

1. Standing, 10 rounds in 10 minutes at 25 yards.

This one we’ll allow classes for both iron sighted and scoped rifles.

It is hoped by taking these matches in a bit in terms of yardage, and having an offhand only match for smallbore, we’ll get more participation.  The weather is cold, Kalashnikovs are not renowned for accuracy, so I figure this should be sufficiently challenging without leaving people walking down 100 yards and back in the snow and cold too much.  The smallbore match should be shootable indoors at most indoor ranges.

UPDATE: I think it would be fun to offer a prize for best picture taken of a competitor shooting under winter conditions.  See details at my blog here.

Match Winner: AughtSix

Centerfire Results (Scoped)

Match Winner by Default: BillH

Smallbore Results (Scoped)

Match Winner: BillH

Smallbore Results (Iron Sights)

Match Winner: AughtSix

Results for the Summer match should be ready very shortly, along with the Fall/Winter match. Next time I’ll try to delegate this stuff if I’m otherwise busy.

The fall match will be up shortly.  Since fall colors include a lot of red, I’m going to do a Red Army Rifle Match, where we’ll all shoot Kalashnikovs and SKSs in minor variation of our Summer match.  Greart thing about this match will be no reloading!  I’m still trying to decide on a target.  Probably the SR scaled down for 50 yards, but I will try to make a PDF people can just download.  I’m also going to move the smallbore match into 25 yards this time, and we’ll probably make it a standing match so folks can shoot this one indoors if they want.  One string standing, slow fire.  A second string standing rapid fire.

Matches To Be Shot in Single Session

When entering a match, competitors should have shot the entire match in one session.  You may shoot the match as often as you like, and submit your best score, but competitors can’t shoot the match, say, five times, and submit their best target for each stage of the match.  Competitors may take a reasonable break between stages as much time as needed between stages, but matches should be shot as if you were competing in a live match, or as close as possible to competition in a live match.

If a competitor is interrupted by a range command during slow fire, the competitor has the option of stopping his shot clock and continuing the string once the line is hot, or re-shooting the string.  If interrupted during rapid fire, the competitor has the option of re-shooting the string.

I think this will make things a little easier.

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Questions and submissions should be directed to gunblogrifles at gmail dot com

Centerfire Rifle

Target will be the SR-1 target. You can buy them at MidwayUSA here. Match will be a 400 point match, broken into four stages of 100 points, or 10 shots. Since many of us are new to these styles of shooting, competitors will be permitted to shoot two sight-in shots at the target at each stage, timed at one shot per two minutes. The two lowest scoring shots on target will be dropped. This is not a requirement, however, and competitors may shoot only the required shots if they desire. The stages are

1. Slow fire, standing, unsupported – 10 rounds in 10 minutes, at single SR-1 target @ 100 yards.
2. Rapid fire, sitting or kneeling – 10 rounds in 60 seconds, at single SR-1 target @ 100 yards.
3. Rapid fire, prone – 10 rounds in 70 seconds, at single SR-1 target @ 100 yards.
4. Slow fire, prone – 10 rounds in 10 minutes, at single SR-1 target @ 100 yards.

For center fire rifle there will be two classes. One class for competitors who wish to shoot with open sights, and one class for competitors who wish to shoot with optical sights. Red dot sights, and holographic sights count as optical sights.

Smallbore Rifle

Small bore competition will have three stages of fire. We’ll be using the NRA A-23/3 50 yard targets. Competitors may use other A-23 targets in leiu of the 3 bull target. This will be a 300 point match, with 10 shots at each stage. As with the centerfire match, a competitor may opt to take two sight in shots, at the rate of one shot every two minutes, with the two lowest scoring shots dropped.

1. Standing, 10 rounds in 10 minutes at 50 yards.
2. Kneeling or sitting, 10 rounds in 10 minutes at 50 yards.
3. Prone, 10 rounds in 10 minutes at 50 yards.

Again, one class for open sights, and one class for scoped rifles. The same as with the centerfire match.