In all, we had a pretty good turn out at the last match. One new shooter, and a couple that have not really shot Service Rifle before. Rifles on the line included MR.223, Tavor, VZ858, G36ed SL8, and a hammering of ARs. Oddly no M14s this time, though M14s on the line are fairly common.
The course of fire is out to 500m, unsupported firing from the standing, sitting, kneeling, and prone. The match culminates in the 500m rundown.
The 500m rundown is a course of fire that has 2 shots fired prone from 500m, then run to 400m for 2 seated, then run to 300m for 2 prone, followed by a run to 200m for 2 shots kneeling, then one last run to the 100m for 2 shots standing. A bunch to say in one sentence, a bunch to do in the field.
This is a bit of what it looks like:
Covering ground on the way from 500m.
Kneeling at 200m. Four targets visible.
Arrival at the 100m line waiting for the targets to appear for the final stage of the run down.
The walk back from the 500-100m run down. Easy to look triumphant before you see the scores :/
Service Rifle is not all about shooting on the move, and under stress though. There is also a big precision element. One of the courses of fire is prone deliberate, where 10 shots are fired at your own pace at a figure 12(shown below). Deliberate firing is done from the prone unsupported positions at each of 2, 3, 4, and 500m.
A couple of the 500m prone unsupported 10 shot groups. Nicely centered in both cases. Not bad given the condition.(both targets have 10 shots on them
)
Preparing for the 500m deliberate:
Service rifle is not all about buying specialized gear, and shooting unpractical courses of fire. One of our members rocks a box stock 858. He tells me at 500m, the target is about half the size of the front post. This pic shows all the gear needed for Service Rifle, however.
Note smile.
Of course there can be some serious hardware as well:
Somehow I managed to cover both the Mr.223, and the FN2000.
Additional information can be found at the following location:
http://www.albertarifle.com/csra.htm
Or shoot me a note directly.
Look forward to seeing you at the next match.
The course of fire is out to 500m, unsupported firing from the standing, sitting, kneeling, and prone. The match culminates in the 500m rundown.
The 500m rundown is a course of fire that has 2 shots fired prone from 500m, then run to 400m for 2 seated, then run to 300m for 2 prone, followed by a run to 200m for 2 shots kneeling, then one last run to the 100m for 2 shots standing. A bunch to say in one sentence, a bunch to do in the field.
This is a bit of what it looks like:
Covering ground on the way from 500m.
Kneeling at 200m. Four targets visible.
Arrival at the 100m line waiting for the targets to appear for the final stage of the run down.
The walk back from the 500-100m run down. Easy to look triumphant before you see the scores :/
Service Rifle is not all about shooting on the move, and under stress though. There is also a big precision element. One of the courses of fire is prone deliberate, where 10 shots are fired at your own pace at a figure 12(shown below). Deliberate firing is done from the prone unsupported positions at each of 2, 3, 4, and 500m.
A couple of the 500m prone unsupported 10 shot groups. Nicely centered in both cases. Not bad given the condition.(both targets have 10 shots on them
)
Preparing for the 500m deliberate:
Service rifle is not all about buying specialized gear, and shooting unpractical courses of fire. One of our members rocks a box stock 858. He tells me at 500m, the target is about half the size of the front post. This pic shows all the gear needed for Service Rifle, however.
Note smile.
Of course there can be some serious hardware as well:
Somehow I managed to cover both the Mr.223, and the FN2000.
Additional information can be found at the following location:
http://www.albertarifle.com/csra.htm
Or shoot me a note directly.
Look forward to seeing you at the next match.
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