What's keeping you out of Service Rifle?

Bolivar said:
You volunteering to be BO for all of Charlie Range at the same time? Budget for all the additional targetry?
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Getting all those targets made up and put out is the problem. Also FNG's in the butts on a target alone, or the infamous "missing man" target.
The days we had 3 relays last summer worked great though. 2 relays in the butts, one on the mound. The waiting relay is a total waste of time and just gives some people who otherwise need adult supervision, enough slack to fall asleep, get lost back at the trucks, take off early before range cleanup, etc.
 
CQB is catching my eye. Just trying to find some resources on gear and what not. I've got the rifle, pistol just need a chest rig of some sort. Any clubs in BC that have some info?
 
If you go with 2 relays you will need to provide time for breaks as people can't eat, bomb up or take a leak while shooting or running targets. 2 in the butts, one shooting and one prepping makes a great deal of sense. You also need the next firing relay to hang out and score the targets before leaving. This adds time and after you factor in putting out and putting away double the targetry you are better off shooting 4 relays.

Sighters take as long as running most matches, switching targets in and out so you can shoot at 2xfig11s for rapids wastes time, and radioing scores to the line wastes time.
 
Bolivar said:
You volunteering to be BO for all of Charlie Range at the same time? Budget for all the additional targetry?
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What is the cost of additional targetry? It costs me over a hundred bucks in ammo alone, + match fees, + the all important TIME - worth triple that. I will gladly, happily, pay an extra 5 bucks for more targets, and pay 5 bucks for your targets too. Hey who wants targets??? Not having to come back on Sunday morning for 4 more relays is worth it.

But you make a good point on having a dedicated Butts Officer. It would speed things up. But why can't we pay someone, retired, 5$ a person to run the ranges for a day? We've got a few retired guys here in Ottawa that know how to do this - we know who they are...Or we could offer an NCO or Officer to do it in exchange for free match fees for their rifle team. Man on the moon in 1969 and we can't tweak these shoots to make them better?
 
Quiet said:
Getting all those targets made up and put out is the problem. Also FNG's in the butts on a target alone, or the infamous "missing man" target.
The days we had 3 relays last summer worked great though. 2 relays in the butts, one on the mound. The waiting relay is a total waste of time and just gives some people who otherwise need adult supervision, enough slack to fall asleep, get lost back at the trucks, take off early before range cleanup, etc.
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I completely agree with the waiting relay - always results, without fail, in someone running out of a truck scrambling because they forgot their head. It's the one time I actually think Tim doesn't freak out enough, he freaks, but not enough.
 
sledge said:
Not having to come back on Sunday morning for 4 more relays is worth it.
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All matches (Connaught) were completed Saturday, prize presentation Sunday morning, on the road home by 8am. It's about perfect.
Be interesting to see if we do 1x day matches at Borden this summer...I hope we have the range to ourselves! ;)
 
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