2014 ORA Winter Training Series

04turbowagon said:
Weren't you going to post a link or something to show the way in? Please! :)
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Try this one http://goo.gl/maps/OGis2 .



Or failing that these are sort of generic directions to the ranges:

Directions to Mons, Amiens, Langemark Range, CFB Borden

Directions from 400 north, TO:
- 400 north from TO
- exit Hwy 89 west Cookstown, west to Alliston
- in Alliston, at T junction, turn north, you’ll see a Dairy Queen on SW corner.
- From Alliston proceed North on CR-15 to the Borden Gate
- Show your ID and inform the gate guard that you going to Mons Range
- You are now on Ortona Road, KEEP heading north for about 2.3 km.
- TURN WEST (left) at the FIRE Station, You are now on Range Road.

From 400 south, Barrie:
- From hwy 400 south
- Exit Dunlop St (Hwy 90) Follow the sign to CFB Borden
- Continue west to Angus,
- ID is required at the base main gate, tell them you are going to Langemark Range
- Drive straight (south) and observe the speed limits. You are on Cambrai Road
- Next light, TURN RIGHT west) (you will have the Base Borden HQ Bldg on your right). You are on El Alamein Rd W.
- Next corner TURN LEFT (south)(you will see the Base Hospital on your right). You are now on Ortona Rd.
- Proceed 2 long blocks; At the FIRE Station, TURN RIGHT (west). You are now on Range Road.
 
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In case you were not warned all ready. While on the base make sure to obey all traffic laws. A rolling stop or a few KM over will get you a ticket.
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I'm pretty sure you can get by with 20K over the limit, but I'm not driving this Saturday. hehe.
 
And a great day was had by all!

Another big thanks to Bob, the Coaches and all the gang that braved the wet weather, fog, and base road construction to show up and shoot!
 
That was awesome! It's great to have a chance to test yourself and your equipment and find out that your gun works past a few hundred feet and you're halfway decent! Good times with good people.

Can someone remind me: was our zero distance 200yds, or was it 300yds? Gotta write up all this dope down and do up a handy moa-to-mil chart. Kudos to Ryan who was coaching me for doing the math in his head and calling it for me in mils.
 
Well done all. Hope to see you guys on the line again. BTW Ian was brave enough to show up today, we were shooting a 1/2 moa target at 1000 yards with gusts to 35 K.
 
Terry Perkins said:
We initially shot at 200 yards, using the DCRA 300YD face for zero, and finished off with the rapid follow up for 5 exposures.
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Ah, thank you! Once zero was found we (A gent named Ryan and I forget who else?) unscrewed the turret on the bushnell and reset the reading on the dial to zero. I couldn't remember if the number of mils dialed in now was therefore spread from 200-500yds or 300-500yds. I also realized that 30" away from me right under the notepad was a mildot master slide rule I got ages ago and forgot about, d'oh! :|

How did people do with those huge gusts mentioned in the previous comments?
 
Bob Raymond said:
Well done all. Hope to see you guys on the line again. BTW Ian was brave enough to show up today, we were shooting a 1/2 moa target at 1000 yards with gusts to 35 K.
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Damn. Would have loved to be there, but had to attend day 2 of a 2 day Baton competition in Oshawa in the morning, then a Club board meeting in the afternoon.
 
We traded drizzle for wind on Sunday. It was my first time shooting in any significant wind and it was a real eye-opener. Even some of the old timers were having trouble with the wind dropping off quickly between shots. Bob gave me some excellent wind calls and I got a few shots where I wanted them - also got a bunch where I didn't want them! I learned a lot over the past two days but one of the biggest lessons is that you have to pay attention to changes in the wind which is hard as a new shooter because there are a dozen other things you are trying to pay attention to at the same time (cant, sight picture, grip, position, trigger control, etc.). Enough practice though and that list of a dozen other things will get shorter as they become second nature...

This past weekend has been a fantastic learning experience, thanks to Bob, Mike, their team of volunteers and my fellow students! I hope to see more of you guys out at the ORA practices this season.

Cheers, Ian.
 
Thanks again to Bob and all of the ORA coaches and support for a great day on the range!
Excellent course.

Chuck
 
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