2013 BCRA Service Pistol and Rifle was awesome
- Thread starter Riflechair
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wow...very nicely done.
The way I teach it is your positions must be solid first before anything else. Try everything and find the one that works the best for you. Then after that your focus should be on just making all your hits on paper. Think only about the correct sight picture when on the line for the mental end of it. Nothing else matters.
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If you can't shoot all positions well at 25m there is no point in moving back.
Just my opinion, well that and the opinion of lots of other very competitive shooters.
Just my opinion, well that and the opinion of lots of other very competitive shooters.
Mainly I need to find a kneeling that works.......
Prone is good, even though my prone has been described as a dog humping a football....
Sitting and standing just need practice and muscle conditioning....
Kneeling however.......I think some sort of flexibility training is in order.....
Prone is good, even though my prone has been described as a dog humping a football....
Sitting and standing just need practice and muscle conditioning....
Kneeling however.......I think some sort of flexibility training is in order.....
Kneeling is by far the hardest position. Take some time to figure it out and like Will said start close and keep your mind on 10 hits on paper. It will come. Stretch that rear leg during commercials when watching tv.
As Riflechair said, this was a great match. Great job by Ian, Peter, and Bob and family
Already looking forward to next year. I took a lot of performance (and lack of) notes during and right after the match. Plenty of things to work on this winter.
Already looking forward to next year. I took a lot of performance (and lack of) notes during and right after the match. Plenty of things to work on this winter.
Rgv this was your first service rifle match. Perhaps you could write a little bit on here for those that are worried about coming out as a first service rifle match. Did you experience any bad attitudes or intimidation etc? I think that folks might be a little freaked about making a provincial championship their first match.
Awesome shooting by the way dude!
Awesome shooting by the way dude!
There certainly wasn't any sort of negative attitude from any corner, complete opposite.
I think the main 'intimidation' keeping prospective participants away comes from three things,
Firstly is the lack of 300m and 500m zeros. The Friday walk-backs aren't easily accessible to guys with regular working hours. The easy solution is to just give new shooters unlimited sighters on the deliberates, especially if you squad them behind an experienced shooter who only needs 5-6 minutes to shoot and can give a hand after. Being given two sighters and then going for score at half a kilometer distance when you've only had access to a 100 yard range is going to be intimidating no matter what.
Really though, just showing up with a good 100y zero, good ammo, and a good basic optic that isn't calibrated in fathoms or marked in Cyrillic, you'll get enough help on the mound to keep you going at all ranges.
second is the perception of complex courses of fire. Again, for someone who has never shot organized events and has mostly shot at enclosed ranges, the CoF can appear to be a little complex when you first read through them. Clinics like you've started will open this up a lot, as will squadding the new shooters on relays #2 and #4 so they can watch a relay first.
Lastly, like you said, jumping into a 'Provincial Championship' as a newbie can be intimidating. Adding at least one more match in April, the clinics, etc are things that will make it easier to jump into SR.
Having said all that, I really enjoyed SR and I don't know why I didn't start a long time ago. For me the appeal is the broad challenges, going from 500m deliberate and rapid fire all the way down to 25m snap shooting.
Back after a long break
This year's BCRA Service pistol/Service rifle championships was a long delayed homecoming for me. My last DCRA shoot was at Aldershot N.S. in 1980. I can't think of a better place or group of people to celebrate my return to the sport. Excellent match, very well run. I will be back.
This year's BCRA Service pistol/Service rifle championships was a long delayed homecoming for me. My last DCRA shoot was at Aldershot N.S. in 1980. I can't think of a better place or group of people to celebrate my return to the sport. Excellent match, very well run. I will be back.
