Metallic Handgun Silhouette Event

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Peoples Republik of Kanukkistan
Cranbrook Rod and Gun Club Sunday November 14th 10:30am.
5.00 Entry Fee.
Prizes to top shooter, Last Place, and 3 random draws (so far)

We had our first 'trial shoot today, and just by word of mouth had 10 shooters show up to try their stuff out on our range.

Basically prizes are 50% of the # of entrants.


It was a blast. We are using small bore rifle silhouette targets set at 10/15/20/25 yards. Rimfire .22 pistol only using IMHSA rules. As we are keeping this sporting event as a 'budget' style shooting, no optics are allowed (open irons only), 10" barrel length maximum.

So the testing went well, all parties who came from the word of mouth sure had a great time, and so the invitation goes out to you folks in neighboring provinces as well.

If you do plan to come out please let me know in advance if you can. We have the capability to run 40 shooters on 8 man strings. And boy does it test out all aspects of gun handling mechanics (IPSC/IPDA Guys take note here)

So, that's it in a nutshell, hope to see you there! This is not an IMHSA sanctioned match, we are a little more relaxed, with emphasis on fun, safe gun handling, and improving shooting mechanics.
 
AWESOME turnout, 20 shooters, lots of prizes...... hopefully pictures to follow soon, we had competitors show up from Vancouver, Elkford, Fernie, Sparwood, Kelowna, and the rest were local!


Next shoot Nov 28 2010 10:30am!!!!
 
here is one picture.......

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Excellent turnout. It was a great day for shooting. Weather held fine all day, Hot Coffee and Timmy's rounded out some available snacks, and the clubhouse was warm and we even had a fire going in the outside ring to swap bs around. Temp was probably 5 degrees, and most came overdressed.

It was very interesting to note: A lot of shooters tend to sneer a little at shooting .22 rimfire. It isn't ''manly'' enough, or the size bothers them 'not really a mans' gun. We've all heard the cliches before.
Even some off hand comments from the new shooters such as 'it doesn't look all that hard, targets are only 10,15,20,25 yards out there. Ahh but there is a twist. We are following the IMHSA rules for the most part, but the size of the targets, for the curious? Those are smallbore RIFLE targets set at those ranges to keep the IMHSA range ratios correct.
Well, a few naysayers of 'how tough can it be' were soon inventing new words, and repeating time tested favorites when they missed.
It was priceless looking at the few Master Class IPSC shooters we had today. Their faces when they missed targets, bordered on utter disbelief! And when shooters (newbies and IPSC guys) connected, the smiles were very wide indeed.
After all squads had shot their first 40 round string, the comments were unreal. Most members could swear the targets they left standing were LAUGHING at them... as if to egg them on and dare them to knock those little metal pieces off the stand.
Emotions and camaraderie were in huge quantity, with a little good natured ribbing here and there of course. Some good goofs were accidentally shooting your neighbors targets, a few shot off the wrong bank first (instead of starting at the bottom row (L>R) , and even a few that lost their shot count, and used more than one round on an animal.

This game seems to have scratched an itch in a lot of members.
1. It's cheap to shoot. 5 buck entry
2. It's cheap to shoot (4-5 boxes of .22LR)
3. It teaches and touches upon proper safety with firearms
4. It really really shows up flaws in trigger and hand pressures and positions on the firearm
5. It's flat-out fun.
6. Your Accuracy and Speed will go up in IPDA/IPSC . Think of how HUGE an 'A' zone will look after shooting 'silly-wets' for a while

Will post more pictures as they become available, hope to see even more faces on the 28th!
 
What a great idea for some cheap shooting fun!

It's a bit far to drive though. I guess we'll need to see if we can drum up some similar intrest down this way.
 
Oh, and this weekend we planned an open fire weenie roast, more prizes, some schwag, etc.

We even have an ATV to plow out the range, so we are even wheelchair accessible!

Yep, a lot of fun for very little $$$$.

I also found out that Jim Zimmerman, who was shooting last week is a nationally ranked rifle (smallbore and big bore) silhouette shooter!

And even he has a ''fun'' time hitting those teenie targets with a 7" barrel and iron sights.

We have every kind of ruger, smith and wesson, a couple brownings, a GSG, a pair of drulov's and all manner of .22 rimfires in attendance!
 
Well, another shoot is done,
Another fine day for shooting. Shot a personal best of 52/80 and we even had a new shooter school some of the old gaurd.

Top honours went to Jim Zim (zimmerman) who as most will know was a nationally ranked smallbore and big bore rifle shooter, and he had 68/80
Second place was Tom Turner with a 58/80

And some more pictures....
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total of 18 shooters were in attendance, Lunch was hotdogs with coffee, supplied by the event organizers, top spot paid out a free shoot, then there were 3 hats donated by auto dealers (North Star Motors and Alpine Toyota of Cranbrook, thank you) Some other swag such as pencils, work gloves, kercheif's and other goodies (Alpine Toyota)
And some more American Eagle Ammunition (Thanks To Mountain Man Outdoors Cranbrook)

So with the sponsors, a huge thanks, and to all in attendance, see you at the next shoot! More than likely, same format, we will provide a lunch, prizes for the top 3 shooters, and draws for 3 more prizes. Coffee will be ready to go etc.
 
fatbastard said:
Sounds like you guys are having a great time.

Is Rocky getting out to these?

Don
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She wants to, but I think she has been using weekends to go see hubby who is working in saskabush.

But she does want to!

Next shoot is scheduled for Dec 12 @ 10:30 11 am.

Yes we are getting very very decent turn outs, and from the sounds of things a few people from Alberta will be on our next card, and some from the interior, judging by the feedback that is spreading just by word of mouth (and a little on here)

The people that show up sure have a good time, and what the heck. 5 bucks to compete is cheap especially when you get coffee and a hot dog lunch over an open fire included in that price!
Then there are prizes, the 50% payout, and the rest goes to target maintainance.

I don't hold these to make money, but to give shooters some friendly competition in the off-ipsc season. But it looks like this will become a club staple if the last 3 shoots are any indication.

Can't say enough about it. Entrance of 5 bucks, and 5 bucks worth of ammo... what can you do for 10 bucks these days for 4-5 hours of entertainment?

Loving every minute of it, even if sometimes I am RSO all day!
 
I'd love to head down there and get the family involved but have to be in vancouver that week!! well have fun, keep the pics and stats coming!

Got Juice? said:
She wants to, but I think she has been using weekends to go see hubby who is working in saskabush.

But she does want to!

Next shoot is scheduled for Dec 12 @ 10:30 11 am.

Yes we are getting very very decent turn outs, and from the sounds of things a few people from Alberta will be on our next card, and some from the interior, judging by the feedback that is spreading just by word of mouth (and a little on here)

The people that show up sure have a good time, and what the heck. 5 bucks to compete is cheap especially when you get coffee and a hot dog lunch over an open fire included in that price!
Then there are prizes, the 50% payout, and the rest goes to target maintainance.

I don't hold these to make money, but to give shooters some friendly competition in the off-ipsc season. But it looks like this will become a club staple if the last 3 shoots are any indication.

Can't say enough about it. Entrance of 5 bucks, and 5 bucks worth of ammo... what can you do for 10 bucks these days for 4-5 hours of entertainment?

Loving every minute of it, even if sometimes I am RSO all day!
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Vincentk said:
If only i wasn't in bantario. This sounds like a lot of fun.
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Excellent fun :D C'mon down sometime and try it out!

It's very very humbling 1 shot, 1 'kill'. And those misses add up. Last weekend I shot 3 relays.

Relay #1 25/40 =62.5%
I thought to myself, man what a great warmup. I will bust 30 for sure.

Relay#2 16/40 =40.0%
Well, so much for 30.. and kiss first place good-bye, worse yet, I never shot this poorly before!

Relay#3 26/40 =65%
I can't help but think, why did I ever start this silly game... I am a good shot, really I am....


I believe I finished the day in 5th place. The game really rewards good gun mechanics, and punishes without mercy poor gun mechanics. With 2 minutes to shoot 5 targets, you have all the time in the world to miss:D

Top spot was separated by a margin of 1 target. Top honours went to a fella who shot 77/120 =64.1%
 
Would you mind posting a pic of the targets? I hadn't heard of this before and would like to run it by the board of our range. If you don't have pics, perhaps you can just give me a run-down of the scenario. Ok, I get that you have to shoot 5 targets in 2 minutes, but then what, does the target holder thing get moved back once everyone has shot their turn? What are the targets made of? Stuff like that. Thanks.
 
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