Sure why not? Vokes range is up the Chilliwack valley road beside the Vedder river just past the Slesse creek bridge and fish hatchery. Which day are you thinking?
2015 BCRA Service Rifle Info
- Thread starter trigger'06
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Sure why not? Vokes range is up the Chilliwack valley road beside the Vedder river just past the Slesse creek bridge and fish hatchery. Which day are you thinking?
Dave is coming but he's not shooting a swiss. He's got a new .308 he's playing with. Going retro back to his battle rifle days.
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Is it possible to come and watch any of these? I have 2 boys who would love to come and watch if it's possible.
We were thinking of the competition weekend. Not sure which day would be best.
Is it possible to come and watch any of these? I have 2 boys who would love to come and watch if it's possible.
We were thinking of the competition weekend. Not sure which day would be best.
Oldsmobiler
CGN Regular
- Location
- Coquitlam, BC
Gonna send in my form tomorrow...I'll call Chris to confirm
Sorry for delay...work
Gonna dust off the M14 or bring out the M1 Garand and go really old school
Sorry for delay...work
Gonna dust off the M14 or bring out the M1 Garand and go really old school
For the competition weekend, Saturday is the big day for individual rifle events. If you're coming to watch with the intent to learn how things are done, this is a great day.
Sunday brings a touch of individual rifle, and all of the higher speed team events. Also, it's finished off with the awards ceremony. It is generally a shorter day. If you're coming to see the spectacle of it all, this is the better day. A bit more action to see, it's more condensed, and the victors are chaired from the range.
Many thanks, I will see which day works best for the family.
Gunnerlove
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island
I am not making out this weekend as I am booked by 9er Domestic so I will be getting ready for next weekend.
Oldsmobiler
CGN Regular
- Location
- Coquitlam, BC
I'll be there with Garand in hand...gonna be fun. Hope my comeups haven't changed LOL!
Good stuff! Glad you came out! The nature of the shooters you saw there runs through the service rifle discipline across the country. No attitudes no egos and everyone willing to help anyone that needs it. Very different from a lot of shooting sports!
Illae came out for his first ever time shooting service rifle. With no experience previously he came out to the match a jumped right in. Perhaps he can jump in here and give us an idea of his thoughts.
Illae came out for his first ever time shooting service rifle. With no experience previously he came out to the match a jumped right in. Perhaps he can jump in here and give us an idea of his thoughts.
I agree. Everyone was super friendly and helpful. My initial hesitation in jumping right in to a competition was more to do with never having shot at those distances with an AR15. Not so much in regards to my skill (or more accurately, lack of), but more around wonder if my rifle was setup properly (barrel, ammo, optic) for this and getting actual data on my rifle/ammo combo.
I was worried that if I jumped into a match I would spend the day missing the target. Looking at the actual drop vs ballistic calculator, there was quite a difference.
Perhaps you could comment on the sighters during the match?
I was worried that if I jumped into a match I would spend the day missing the target. Looking at the actual drop vs ballistic calculator, there was quite a difference.
Perhaps you could comment on the sighters during the match?
Gunnerlove
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island
We in BC have eliminated a walk back get your zero afternoon/day in favor of five sighters on the deliberates.
The first match at 200, 300 and 500m are single indicated deliberates where the impact/hole of each round is indicated with a 1" 3" or 6" orange indicator plug and the score based on where it hit on the 4ftx4ft target (Military ranges have a target butts/trench so there are scorers under the targets which are raised and lowered as you shoot very safely over their concrete protected heads). The first 5 rounds are freebies to tune in and adjust where they are hitting and the last ten are recorded for score.
So if you have a decent 100m or 200m zero and accept that 200m is zero and 300 is 200M+3Moa and 400 is 200m+7Moa and 500m is 200m+12Moa you will be in the ball park and on paper from 55gr-77gr.
The first match at 200, 300 and 500m are single indicated deliberates where the impact/hole of each round is indicated with a 1" 3" or 6" orange indicator plug and the score based on where it hit on the 4ftx4ft target (Military ranges have a target butts/trench so there are scorers under the targets which are raised and lowered as you shoot very safely over their concrete protected heads). The first 5 rounds are freebies to tune in and adjust where they are hitting and the last ten are recorded for score.
So if you have a decent 100m or 200m zero and accept that 200m is zero and 300 is 200M+3Moa and 400 is 200m+7Moa and 500m is 200m+12Moa you will be in the ball park and on paper from 55gr-77gr.
So - today was my second weekend in a row shooting a bit of service rifle. I did the whole course of fire last weekend for the Lower Mainland match and today I jumped in on the teams. I had a great time last weekend - it was a small match but an awesome time. I was using an AR that I hadn't shot past 100, and an optic that I was unaccustomed to, and ended up with (I think) a 388-14. Not bad for my first time. My best for that day was 300m rapids, where I ended up with a 48-4. The rundowns were great - something that I was really not used to, but it was great.
Today I showed up and jumped in on a team for the BC Electric and falling plates (which I ended up shooting twice because another team was 1 man short). The BC Electric was fun - movers at 300, 200 and 100 - always a good time shooting movers; not a lot of places to shoot that for sure. Falling plates - that was awesome - probably my favorite part. Sprint from 300 to 200 and knock down 10 8" steel plates that fastest. I was pretty happy to shoot on both the 2nd place and 3rd place teams for that one - so much fun.
For anyone on the fence - just come. It's awesome with no ego as Ryan said. Everyone was incredibly helpful and was having a good time. If you have an AR, come out and shoot it in a scenario that isn't on the bench and out of most peoples comfort zone. It would be awesome to see more attendance for the Lower Mainland match; also - there are practice days that you can get a taste of it, with zero stress.
I think today there was 90 or so shooters - it was impressive seeing the teams shooting all 4 men (and women) at once.
I sure was - Chris asked me to shoot some photos with his camera while I had downtime - so I am sure he will post them somewhere. If not - I'll ping him to upload them.
