Vintage Rifle Match at Camp Borden Victoria Day Weekend
The practice day for Gun Nutz went great. So let’s do it again and shoot some real matches!
Course of fire:
We will shoot all morning beside the Swiss Club at 300 yards. All 300 yard shooting from prone position. Use of a simple rest is permitted. Please, no bench rest rigs.
300 yards
200 yards
100 yards
Rifles – bring what ya got. We will group rifles in classes:
“Vintage” means rifles older than the current crop of military rifles. Typically Lee Enfields, Mausers, SKS, Garands, Moisan Nagants and M14s. If you have a scoped Remchester, bring it, but it had better have a scope that will zoom down to at least 6X so you can shoot it standing. Want to shoot more than one rifle? No problem. Shoot a different rifle at each distance if you like.
Considerations: The bull is quite big. The challenge is breaking good shots with a rifle that is properly sighted in. This is why we start the day with a number of 5 shot groups, so you will be zeroed. I have shot the entire program using a single shot rifle. The only match that is “rifle sensitive” is the 300 yard rapid fire. A Lee Enfield has a 10 shot magazine. All other rifles will require a re-load. Stripper clips are faster than mag changes. I think it is a toss-up between a 5 shot semi-auto or a 10-shot Lee Enfield. I won the match last year shooting an SKS. This time I will shoot my #4.
Cost:
ORA members - $10
Non-ORA members - $40. Note: This represents a free entry in the match. The $40 is a quarterly payment of the $160 basic ORA membership. Shoot 4 different events and you will be a full member…
Interested? Send me a PM with your name and email address. I will send you a package of information, including hints on how to prepare for the day and things to consider at each distance.
The practice day for Gun Nutz went great. So let’s do it again and shoot some real matches!
Course of fire:
We will shoot all morning beside the Swiss Club at 300 yards. All 300 yard shooting from prone position. Use of a simple rest is permitted. Please, no bench rest rigs.
300 yards
- 5 shot groups, to adjust zeros.
- 10 shot deliberate (on the 4 foot target, 12” bull)
- 10 shot rapid fire (45 second exposure on 4 foot target)
- 10 shot snap (1 shot per 4 second exposure). On charging Hun target.
200 yards
- One 3-shot group to check 200 yard zero
- 10 shot deliberate, off the elbows, no rest (on the 4 foot target)
- 10 shot rapid fire (45 second exposure on charging Hun target.)
- 10 shot snap (2 shots per 10 second exposure). On charging Hun target.
100 yards
- One 3-shot group to check 100 yard zero
- 10 shot deliberate, standing (on the charging Hun target.)
- Standing snap at walking pace Hun target, 1 shot per exposure.
Rifles – bring what ya got. We will group rifles in classes:
- Vintage irons;
- Vintage optics;
- modern rifle (any sight).
“Vintage” means rifles older than the current crop of military rifles. Typically Lee Enfields, Mausers, SKS, Garands, Moisan Nagants and M14s. If you have a scoped Remchester, bring it, but it had better have a scope that will zoom down to at least 6X so you can shoot it standing. Want to shoot more than one rifle? No problem. Shoot a different rifle at each distance if you like.
Considerations: The bull is quite big. The challenge is breaking good shots with a rifle that is properly sighted in. This is why we start the day with a number of 5 shot groups, so you will be zeroed. I have shot the entire program using a single shot rifle. The only match that is “rifle sensitive” is the 300 yard rapid fire. A Lee Enfield has a 10 shot magazine. All other rifles will require a re-load. Stripper clips are faster than mag changes. I think it is a toss-up between a 5 shot semi-auto or a 10-shot Lee Enfield. I won the match last year shooting an SKS. This time I will shoot my #4.
Cost:
ORA members - $10
Non-ORA members - $40. Note: This represents a free entry in the match. The $40 is a quarterly payment of the $160 basic ORA membership. Shoot 4 different events and you will be a full member…
Interested? Send me a PM with your name and email address. I will send you a package of information, including hints on how to prepare for the day and things to consider at each distance.
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