Post by Danny Creasy on Nov 21, 2010 20:37:11 GMT -6
Hey NASA shooters. The CMP Sporter Match with its six stages, sighter stage, and multiple prep times is not much fun in winter conditions. So, Dwight made a good move in calling the CMP Sporter for December, January, and February. I wanted to offer something different and I hope fun for the fourth Saturdays in January and February. If you have cabin fever by then and are willing to come out and play in the cold, then please come and shoot the P Dog Sniper Match with us.
I went out and played with some options today to see if what I had in mind would be challenging. I think it will be. Here's the drill:
We will roll our four new King racks over to the 100 yard rifle range. The first will be located 65 yards from the shooting pavilion to the left of center and we will put all 24 of the new small chicken silhouettes on it. The second rack will be located slightly left of center at 73 yards and will hold all 24 of our new pig silhouettes. Next, will be a rack of turkeys at 81 yards positioned slightly right of center. And finally, at 90 yards and to the right will be a rack holding the five new prairie dog silhouettes.
A single shooter will come to the firing position between the middle two 100 yard bench rests on the pavilion with his rifle (bi-pod required - no throw down bags or bench rests for this one). After getting into prone position and given the load and start commands, he will have two minutes to make one shot at each rack. The four racks must be engaged from left to right - chicken, pig, turkey, and "p dog".
The RO will be seated at the right center bench rest with a spotting scope set to view the entire field of targets. After the shooter's first shot, the RO will call out "chicken hit" (or "miss"
) and his scribe will record same on the shooter's score sheet. After the shooter's second shot, the RO will call out "pig miss" (or "hit" 
). And etc. etc. . After the shooter has fired a single shot at all four racks, he will quickly clear and flag his rifle and remove it from the line. The next shooter will be on deck and another will be in the hole ready to keep the competition moving. The exiting shooter should confirm his recorded score with the scribe and make any protest at that time (his score will be his hits and the high score wins). Each shooter will have four runs at the targets.
Target reset delays will only be needed as the five p dogs are cleared. Full resets will be required less frequently .
I anticipate frequent tie scores. With the line scores recording which animals were hit and missed, it is quite easy to break ties:
The tied shooter with the most chicken hits will be the winner.
If that doesn't break the tie, then the tied shooter with the most pig hits will be the winner.
If that doesn't break the tie, then the tied shooter with the most turkey hits will be the winner.
And, finally the number of p dog hits will be employed if needed.
If still tied and the shooters are still present, then they will have two minutes to take four shots at four little chickens from 90 yards and this will be repeated as necessary. If a tied shooter is in a shoot-off scenario and has already packed up and headed home, then the victory will go to the shooter that is still present.
If we have eight or more shooters, then there will be time to come off the line and go stand around the gas heater, warm up, and exchange fish stories. If only four to six shooters show up, the turn around rate will be pretty fast but the match will be over pretty fast as well and none will be exposed to the elements for too long. And as usual with our classy crews, folks will jump in there and volunteer to rotate RO and scribe duties.
I put up the four new animal spinners at the prescribed distances this afternoon and learned a thing or two shooting my Kimber Hunter with its Weaver T-36 scope:
1) A Wolf Match Target round's bullet arched quit severely through the 25 yard kill zone.
2) I had more success sighting in the rifle dead on at the chicken distance (65 yards) and then aiming high on the latter three targets than the other way around.
3) I thought the best bet would be to set the AO for a middle distance - a compromise. But, I seemed to do better, setting it along with its zero (as recommended above) at 65 yards and then aiming high and maintaining a centered eye position on the increasingly fuzzier targets. With two entire minutes and only four shots, I may practice a little and rotate the AO a tad at least once.
4) As I mentioned in the club newsletter, I am going to single load from my wooden cartridge tray. Why? Kimber magazines for the NY models are atrocious and the least offense they commit is the scarring of the bullet. Plus, it makes me slow down and concentrate and in this game, that will be a good thing.
5) I cleaned them one time by aiming dead on the clear little chicken, setting the dot reticle on the back of the still clear pig, placing the dot reticle just to the back of the head of the slightly fuzzy turkey, and finally placing the dot reticle centered above the ram (I didn't put up p dogs today - just wanted to shoot spinners) with the horizontal wire just touching the top of his fuzzy horn. If I was using the P Dog silhouette, a head POA would probably make for a center hit.
Remember, January 22nd and February 26th with 9:00 AM set up times. My second new knee and I are looking forward to seeing you then.
SHOOTER READY? STAND BY!
PS You will need to go out and get your rig set up and tuned in advance. No sighters will be allowed in P Dog Sniper - just 16 shots for score - we will see how those cold barrel flyers can play with our scores.
And, any rifle chambered for the .22 long rifle round is eligible. You BR guys can bring a 40X or an 82G if you like as long as it has a bi-pod attached and no rear rest is used. Just remember that you're going to have to track across quite a spread of targets and the big gun could be an issue in that regard.
I went out and played with some options today to see if what I had in mind would be challenging. I think it will be. Here's the drill:
We will roll our four new King racks over to the 100 yard rifle range. The first will be located 65 yards from the shooting pavilion to the left of center and we will put all 24 of the new small chicken silhouettes on it. The second rack will be located slightly left of center at 73 yards and will hold all 24 of our new pig silhouettes. Next, will be a rack of turkeys at 81 yards positioned slightly right of center. And finally, at 90 yards and to the right will be a rack holding the five new prairie dog silhouettes.
A single shooter will come to the firing position between the middle two 100 yard bench rests on the pavilion with his rifle (bi-pod required - no throw down bags or bench rests for this one). After getting into prone position and given the load and start commands, he will have two minutes to make one shot at each rack. The four racks must be engaged from left to right - chicken, pig, turkey, and "p dog".
The RO will be seated at the right center bench rest with a spotting scope set to view the entire field of targets. After the shooter's first shot, the RO will call out "chicken hit" (or "miss"
) and his scribe will record same on the shooter's score sheet. After the shooter's second shot, the RO will call out "pig miss" (or "hit" 
). And etc. etc. . After the shooter has fired a single shot at all four racks, he will quickly clear and flag his rifle and remove it from the line. The next shooter will be on deck and another will be in the hole ready to keep the competition moving. The exiting shooter should confirm his recorded score with the scribe and make any protest at that time (his score will be his hits and the high score wins). Each shooter will have four runs at the targets.Target reset delays will only be needed as the five p dogs are cleared. Full resets will be required less frequently .
I anticipate frequent tie scores. With the line scores recording which animals were hit and missed, it is quite easy to break ties:
The tied shooter with the most chicken hits will be the winner.
If that doesn't break the tie, then the tied shooter with the most pig hits will be the winner.
If that doesn't break the tie, then the tied shooter with the most turkey hits will be the winner.
And, finally the number of p dog hits will be employed if needed.
If still tied and the shooters are still present, then they will have two minutes to take four shots at four little chickens from 90 yards and this will be repeated as necessary. If a tied shooter is in a shoot-off scenario and has already packed up and headed home, then the victory will go to the shooter that is still present.
If we have eight or more shooters, then there will be time to come off the line and go stand around the gas heater, warm up, and exchange fish stories. If only four to six shooters show up, the turn around rate will be pretty fast but the match will be over pretty fast as well and none will be exposed to the elements for too long. And as usual with our classy crews, folks will jump in there and volunteer to rotate RO and scribe duties.
I put up the four new animal spinners at the prescribed distances this afternoon and learned a thing or two shooting my Kimber Hunter with its Weaver T-36 scope:
1) A Wolf Match Target round's bullet arched quit severely through the 25 yard kill zone.
2) I had more success sighting in the rifle dead on at the chicken distance (65 yards) and then aiming high on the latter three targets than the other way around.
3) I thought the best bet would be to set the AO for a middle distance - a compromise. But, I seemed to do better, setting it along with its zero (as recommended above) at 65 yards and then aiming high and maintaining a centered eye position on the increasingly fuzzier targets. With two entire minutes and only four shots, I may practice a little and rotate the AO a tad at least once.
4) As I mentioned in the club newsletter, I am going to single load from my wooden cartridge tray. Why? Kimber magazines for the NY models are atrocious and the least offense they commit is the scarring of the bullet. Plus, it makes me slow down and concentrate and in this game, that will be a good thing.
5) I cleaned them one time by aiming dead on the clear little chicken, setting the dot reticle on the back of the still clear pig, placing the dot reticle just to the back of the head of the slightly fuzzy turkey, and finally placing the dot reticle centered above the ram (I didn't put up p dogs today - just wanted to shoot spinners) with the horizontal wire just touching the top of his fuzzy horn. If I was using the P Dog silhouette, a head POA would probably make for a center hit.
Remember, January 22nd and February 26th with 9:00 AM set up times. My second new knee and I are looking forward to seeing you then.
SHOOTER READY? STAND BY!
PS You will need to go out and get your rig set up and tuned in advance. No sighters will be allowed in P Dog Sniper - just 16 shots for score - we will see how those cold barrel flyers can play with our scores.
And, any rifle chambered for the .22 long rifle round is eligible. You BR guys can bring a 40X or an 82G if you like as long as it has a bi-pod attached and no rear rest is used. Just remember that you're going to have to track across quite a spread of targets and the big gun could be an issue in that regard.
