Winter Match Results

Centerfire Results (Open Sights)

Match Winner: Sebastian

Shooter	Rifle	Standing	S/K	Prone	Total
Sebastian	Arsenal AK-74	69 (0X)	56 (0X)	67 (0X)	192 (0X)
True Blue Sam	Norinco SKS	30 (0X)	26 (1X)	59 (1X)	115 (2X)
Danno	SKS	19 (0X)	36 (0X)	36 (0X)	91 (0X)

Smallbore Results (Scoped)

Match Winner: AughtSix

Shooter	Rifle	Total
AughtSix	Hammerli Olympic	98/4x
True Blue Sam	Winchester Model 74	87/1X
Free in Idaho	Ruger 10/22	81/0X

Smallbore Results (Iron Sights)

Match Winner: AughtSix

Shooter	Rifle	Total
AughtSix	Hammerli Olympic	97/5x
AughtSix	Anschutz Match 54	97/2x
Leadchucker	Ruger 10/22	88/2X

Winter Match Closed

The Winter Match for 2009 is closed.  Didn’t get very many scores, unfortunately, so some will be winners by default.  I am going to, however, offer an extension until the end of the month if people want to shoot this match, in hopes I might get a few more scores.

Winter Match 2008

Closes Saturday March 21, 2009 @ 11:59PM

Please Review our Match Rules

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.

Summer Match Results

Centerfire Results (Iron Sights)

Match Winner: AughtSix

Shooter	Rifle	Slow Standing	S/K Rapid	Prone Rapid	Prone Slow	Total
AughtSix	Service Class AR-15	97 (1X)	100 (6X)	100 (9X)	100 (8X)	397 (24X)
Aughtsix	Elisio R5 6mm Repeater	97 (1X)	99 (5X)	100 (7X)	100 (8X)	396 (21X)
Sebastian	AR-15 20″ bbl (Armalite M15A4)	91 (0X)	91 (0X)	94 (1X)	95 (0X)	371 (1X)
Danno	DPMS AR-15 20″ Bbl.	81 (0X)	78 (0X)	85 (1X)	83 (0X)	327 (1X)
Mike Gallo	K-31	79 (0X)	84 (0X)	83 (0X)	81 (0X)	327 (0X)
Sailorcurt	M1 Carbine	59 (0X)	86 (0X)	93 (1X)	75 (0X)	313 (1X)
Sailorcurt	M1 Garand	44 (1X)	85 (1X)	85 (0X)	83 (0X)	297 (2X)
BillH	M1A1	57 (0X)	65 (0X)	79 (0X)	86 (0X)	287 (0X)
Sailorcurt	SKS	42 (0X)	49 (0X)	61 (1X)	71 (1X)	223 (2X)
Danno	M1 Garand	74 (0X)	49 (1X)	54 (0X)	44 (0X)	221 (1X)

Centerfire Results (Scoped)

Match Winner by Default: BillH

Shooter	Rifle	Slow Standing	S/K Rapid	Prone Rapid	Prone Slow	Total
BillH	Remington 700 SPS Varmint .308 Cal	72 (0x)	58 (0x)	86 (1x)	85 (0x)	301 (1x)

Smallbore Results (Scoped)

Match Winner: BillH

Shooter	Rifle	Standing	Sitting	Prone	Total
BillH	Ruger 10/22	53 (0x)	73 (0x)	69 (0x)	195 (0x)
Armed Citizen	Marlin 25N	45 (0x)	62 (1x)	59 (0x)	166 (1x)

Smallbore Results (Iron Sights)

Match Winner: AughtSix

Shooter	Rifle	Standing	Sitting	Prone	Total
AughtSix	Hammerli	89 (2x)	96 (4x)	98 (5x)	283 (11x)
Sebastian	CZ-452 Lux	48 (0x)	68 (0x)	83 (2x)	199 (1x)
Lead Chucker	Ruger 10/22	50 (0x)	42 (0x)	78 (0x)	170 (0x)

Fall/Winter Matches Combined

Because of the delay in getting the fall rifle match up, I will just combine it with the winter match, and create and end date of March 21st, 2009 for the combined match. My apologizes for the delay, but my election volunteering really made time scarce, and it’s taken me a bit to catch up.

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.

Match Results Coming

I am working on the match results for the summer match, and also the fall match.  I apologize profusely for the delay, but with all the volunteer work leading up till the election, I have time to tend to my blog, and that’s about it.  Hopefully I will have results up in the next few days.  Under normal conditions, I will be more timely with results, and the next match.

Summer Match is Closed

The Summer 2008 Rifle Match is closed.  I will begin calculating results.  Since this is our first match, I will continue to take entries up until results are posted in a week or so, so if you still need that extra weekend to do some last minute shooting, feel free to take it.

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.

Proposed Rule Addendum

Today at the range was kind of busy, so I’d like to propose the following rule addendum that will help make shooting these matches easier.  I think we have to accomodate the fact that we’ll be shooting these matches under non-match range conditions.  Here’s what I propose.  Additions are in italics:

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.

Summer 2008 Rifle Match

Closes Sunday September 21, 2008 @ 11:59PM

Please Review our Match Rules
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.

Getting Everything Set Up

I’m in the process of getting everything set up for the Summer Match of 2008, and getting the Gun Blog Rifles off to a start.  It’s a pity we’ll have reduced time to shoot this match, but you have to start somewhere.  Look for more shortly.