4th Annual F-Class Driller's Match/ISSF 60 shot & Ultra Long Range Match

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4th Annual F-Class Driller's Match/ISSF 60 shot & Ultra Long Range Match
North Star Range - Nokomis SK
July 2nd & 3rd, 2011 ​
  • Limited to 36 shooters
  • PRE-REGISTRATION & PAYMENT is required
  • $30 per day entry fee
  • Range rules and safety meeting at 7:30-7:45
  • 1st Match starts at 8:00 am both days.
  • Up to 338 Lapua Mag cartridges allowed.
  • Muzzle brakes NOT ALLOWED
  • Any safe trigger weight
  • Target pullers will be provided.
  • PRA (MPRA,SPRA,APRA,BRCA,etc) membership required for insurance reasons
  • SPRA membership available on site for $50/yr
  • Awards presentation after each days matches.
  • All shots will be fire from the prone position

Saturday Morning: Group/Score match at 600 yds – 8:00 am start
300m target @ 600 yds 8:00 am start and will closely follow the IBS 1000 yd LG rules for Group/Score
5 minute setup time allowed
5 minute time period of unlimited sighters per match - Coaching will be allowed during the sighter time only
and all sighters will be indicated
5 minute for 5 shots on record target - no shots indicated during this period
3 matches of 5 record shots for group and score string shooting

1st place for Small Group & High Score per match in each class (F/TR and F Open) Winner of Small Group per match in each class is eliminated from High Score calculation for that match. You can’t win both small group and the high score award. Group & Score Aggregate winners receive money gift cards with places paid out using 3,6,9 rules** per class
Small Group shooter gets name on F-Class Drillers Trophy.

Saturday Afternoon: Mini Palma 2+15’s for Score – 1:00 pm start
300m target @ 600 yds, 500 yd target @ 800 yds, 500 yd target @ 1000 yds

Top aggregate score shooter in each class gets name on F-Class Drillers Trophy
Agg Winners receive money gift cards with places paid out using 3,6,9 rules per class

Saturday Evening: BBQ BYO Meat and Drinks!
Baked Potatoes with fixings, salad, buns, beans and a pop for each shooter

Sunday Morning: ISSF 300M 60 Shot match – 8:00 am start
Agg Winners receive money gift cards with places paid out using 3,6,9 rules per class

Sunday Afternoon: Ultra Long Range Match – 1:00 pm start
2+15's at 1000, 1100 and 1200 yds
Agg Winners receive money gift cards with places paid out using 3,6,9 rules per class

** (Max of 5th place payouts per class)


Target and relay numbers will be assigned before the match to allow you to come and go as you need for food etc and will be posted in this thread and at the clubhouse Saturday morning.
This is basically 4 separate matches over two days for $60 total.
Total round count needed would be approx. 200 rounds, allowing for 10 sighters for grp/score Saturday morning and 10 sighters for the ISSF Sunday morning.
F/TR is a 308 or 223 with no bullet restrictions.
F Open is everything else.

NOTE: This match is on 2 of the same days as the Western Canadian F-Class Championships(July 1-4) in ALBERTA if you plan on going to that match too! Yes it is over 8 months away, but this way you can start planning
 
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Entry Form

4th Annual Driller’s Match Entry Form July 2nd-3rd, 2011

Please fill out and mail, with cheque, made out to SPRA by June 15th 2011 to:

Keith Skjerdal
410 Adaskin Cove
Saskatoon SK
S7N 4P4



Competitor Name: ________________________________


Address: ________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

Email Address: ________________________________

Ph: ________________________________


Class: F/TR ______ F Open _______


Bullet | Powder | Case | Velocity | Barrel Maker | Barrel Length | Total Weight

_____________________________________________________________________________

for group size measuring and stats


Fees:

Day1: Group/Score _____ Mini Palma _____ $30

Day2: ISSF 60 shot _____ Ultra Long _____ $30

PRA Membership if required $50



Total Fees Paid _________
 
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I hate to detract from Keith's excellent match, but the Western Canadian F-Class Championships will be the same Dates (July 1-4) in Chilliwack. This will include Team shoots as well. This conficted date is extremely unfortuante, but we cannot make changes when we secure date to use Military ranges.
 
Ian, I know the Western Canadian F-Class Championships is in ALBERTA (BC backed out) this year on the same date. I think it is just great to have options as to were to shoot, how far you want to drive, the distances you will be shooting, plus how much you want to spend doing it right? It is unfortunate that the dates conflict since we will be drawing from each others possible shooters. Originally, the SPRA exec had the Driller's on the same weekend as the AB Prov's (June 25-26) which would have been worse conflict wise for me since I have comitted to that last year. I have already moved the match date once for the 2011 Driller's from June 25-26 to July 2-3 and will NOT do it again.
 
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Well, to date, we have 4 paid and registered shooters (one of which may well back out for the Western yet) and 4 other that have said they are going, including myself. I'm guessing we will have another 2 or 3 local guys coming and that will probably be it for this years Driller's. A nice sized smaller, inexpensive match were the competition will not be to hard on the new guys. Most of the hot shots will be at the Western that weekend.

In 2012, the Driller's will be June 23-24 weekend followed by the Western June 28th to July 2nd. This way, you can make both of these matches if you so desire and get a little trigger time in before the Western (main event).

Sure would be nice to see at least 15 shooters for the 2011 match so the club breaks even on this after prizes and paying the target crew. Any more shooters want in, lots of room still and like I said, a great venue for a new shooter to get his feet wet at.
 
I can speak from personal experience that this is an excellent match!

This year we had the perfect storm to screw everyone match-wise. On the same weekend, we have the BC Tac rifle match (the biggest in Canada) the Western Canadian FCC, The Eastern Canadian FCC and the Drillers.
While it is great to have so many choices, it will unfortunatly dilute participation everywhere.
 
Well, there is only 61 days left before this match (July 2nd) and to date, we only have 3 pre-paid entries (which does not surprise me with the Western on in AB the same weekend) and one of the 3 pre-paid is a new member to the SPRA.

Based on all of this, the match is still going ahead and we will probably only get 8-10 guys tops and the club will loose money on this (but it does on a lot of other shoots too) so Pre-Regsitration is no longer required. I will buy food for the Saturday supper for 10 guys and get the awards (12 medals engraved for the grp/scr Sat morning portion and money cards for the remaining) lined up asap. Another small change for this year's Driller's is that we will have IBM 300 YD targets for the Group/Score portion of the Driller's. This will make the group measuring easier and you get to keep your targets after if you wish, plus you may even see you group forming since the target is no all black like the big 'ol meatball we shoot at today. The score rings on the new target is a 10 ring score system so the score will not be directly comparable to the prior Driller's score values, which was shot on a 5 ring target (300M DCRA).

SPRA Range info update...
There is still a little work that has to be done on the target system as well for the new year. On the weekend, we got all 6 frames up and running smoothly but we have to add a limit strap to each frame so no metal from the frames do not show above the line of sight (we used pallets on the weekend to stop them from going to high in the air), plus we have to set up the reds/green flag systems at the butts still and fix the bigger red flag on top of the berm (that one has been broken for a few years now) and possibly add new ropes for all the flag poles (they shrunk some over the winter). The range road is pretty good other than one stream crossing (trucks can get thru, but cars can't) that should be gone by mid May and I think we should add a culvert pipe to the damn we made when we filled in the hole you drove thru to get to the short range side (600 yd crossing) before it washes out too.
 
What time on Friday can people start showing up? Will there be any opportunity to shoot some practice shots Friday evening?
 
I will be at the range to open the gate Saturday morning around 6 am.
Signing reg/safety etc at 7:00 to 7:45 or earlier...
S/B going at 8am.... if the target pullers come early... hummm. Probably more like 9...

Keith


UPDATE: Well, the match when off well but only had 8 shooters (6 FO and 2 FTR).
Good weather, no rain and lots of sun and tricky fish tailing winds that would swing from 9 am all the way to 3 pm.
I did not solicit vendors for door prizes this year since I will have to next year for the Westerns at Nokomis.
AC Douglas donated a prize for the winner of the Mini Palma, a $150 inch lb torque wrench from Brownell/Sinclair's when I was at his shop last year, but since we did not hold the match in 2010, I made this a prize for 2011 and told the shooters that the winner of the mini palma would get it. Got lucky and I won this award by one point over Brian Rowe so I sold my old wrench (worth $60) to another shooter, Orrin, for $10.

Hope to see lots of people out for our Provincial Prize match on July 24-26 2011

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Keith,

OT but what date is your shoot in Sept?

If it happens to be the weekend before the John Howard in AB I am thinking of coming out and then hitting AB on the way back.
Richard
 
PPRA 2010 Program Details
Sept 3 - 5, 2011

Saturday Sept 3 8AM registration 9AM start
Alberta Aggregate
300 2+2+10
500, 600, 900 2+10

Sunday, Sept 4 8AM registration 9AM start
Manitoba Aggregate
500, 600, 900, 1000 2+10

Monday Sept 5 9AM start
Team match 600 & 900 2+10


I'm not sure when the JHoward match is Richard...
K
 
Looks like I may make both of those shoots...I will keep you posted though.

Any chance of a Gopher slaughter with anyone on the Tues/Wed or Thurs if I make it out there? Or are the little dirt pigs asleep by then?

Will have to find something to do for a few days in between. Will be camping in the truck box (or sleeping in the Nokomis Clubhouse) as it costs twice as much in fuel to drag the fornicatorium behind the truck.

Might have to grab a hotel room or pilfer someones bathroom to have a shower though. :)
 
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