Matches 1-12 discussion.

Don't know if it was in spite of, or because of, a hangover, but at least one shooter did pretty well on Sunday, after a night on the town in Ottawa.
I think Match 12 did result in a bit of nausea.
 
M12 can result in a bit of nausea no matter what....either during the shoot, or after the results. Last year's stage 2, I dropped 5 shots somehow. !?!?!?!? Almost puked in disgust.

NS
 
Yeah the 5-100 killed my chance at the QM last summer.I think I had 2 misses on the second stage.I was having an issue with my body armour causing some of my strings to go low.Like into the 4 ring and 3 ring and completely off the fig 12 on a stick.It was weird because it had never happened before.Of course it had to happen at the worst possible moment!
 
As a relative newbie to the service rifle game, I shot my first full 12 matches last weekend with Hungry and Tim K. I've done some other service rifle style shooting, but this was the first time I did 12 matches. Also, the first time shooting the carbine at 500.

Things I learned.

Rundowns can ruin your day: be prepared by having yourself lined up properly to your target when you get to the next firing point. Lost seconds on this and then screwed up my scores.

Breathing: cigarettes are not my friend on a run down.

Elcans come loose. Completely buggered up my 500 metre deliberate because my thumb screws came loose on the sight, thereby making my POI jump up and down several feet with each shot.

Proper ammo is key. I was mucking about with .55 .62. and .68 gr. ammo. I'm running a 16 inch barrel, so when you get out past 300, and there's even a spot of wind, .55 will let you down. Think I'll stay with .68 from here on in.

All in all I shot a lowly 461 or something like that. To disgusted to remember and am trying to block it from memory. Learned some stuff to make for better scores next time however!
 
Plink - I replaced the clamp screws on my Elcan with steel Allen head screws, and made knurled steel nuts to suit. The original plastic w/brass insert nuts were stripping out. Surprise, surprise. Clamps up good and solid now. Of course, I don't use it, can't adjust the 'scope for my vision, and needing to wear glasses to see the reticle defeats one advantage of a 'scope. I lent it to a friend, it is now on his Hungry-built carbine.
 
NavyShooter said:
Did you have plates in your BA?

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No I didn't!
Unfortunately for me the area ASU has no body armour to issue me or anyone to fit it.So I just went through our whole LFWA concentration without it.Instead I used my jacket and never had a problem.So most likely that is what I will use at CFSAC unless I can get some practice with it to iron out this issue.
 
Longshot said:
No I didn't!
Unfortunately for me the area ASU has no body armour to issue me or anyone to fit it.So I just went through our whole LFWA concentration without it.Instead I used my jacket and never had a problem.So most likely that is what I will use at CFSAC unless I can get some practice with it to iron out this issue.
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The CFSAC instruction for 2009 mentions that body armour minus plates are to be worn this year. Not sure how that will work out as the Gen III armour is not on general issue and is in low supply everywhere. Maybe they will dump off tri-walls of the older armour, or ditch the rule at the last minute.
 
Plink said:
Rundowns can ruin your day: be prepared by having yourself lined up properly to your target when you get to the next firing point. Lost seconds on this and then screwed up my scores.
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A big part of SR shooting is to have a routine.A program if you like.Every time you get up there to shoot you should work your way through that program.Lining yourself up correctly BEFORE the targets come up is a part of that program.

Plink said:
Breathing: cigarettes are not my friend on a run down.
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Cigarettes not your friend anytime! ;)

Plink said:
Elcans come loose. Completely buggered up my 500 metre deliberate because my thumb screws came loose on the sight, thereby making my POI jump up and down several feet with each shot.
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Part of my program is to check those screws before EVERY match.Usually right after I make sure I'm on the proper sight setting for a particular distance.

Plink said:
Proper ammo is key. I was mucking about with .55 .62. and .68 gr. ammo. I'm running a 16 inch barrel, so when you get out past 300, and there's even a spot of wind, .55 will let you down. Think I'll stay with .68 from here on in.
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I agree.I have seen some pretty nice scores shot with 55's though.Pick one and stick to it.

Plink said:
All in all I shot a lowly 461 or something like that. To disgusted to remember and am trying to block it from memory. Learned some stuff to make for better scores next time however!
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Another thing that you should be learning is that 461 is pretty respectable for your first time out.Don't be too hard on yourself.This is a tough game we play.I don't think I've ever seen anyone shoot over 500 on thier first try.Give yourself a break and just make a goal to beat that score next time around.next thing you know you'll be in the mid 500's!
 
Shelldrake said:
The CFSAC instruction for 2009 mentions that body armour minus plates are to be worn this year. Not sure how that will work out as the Gen III armour is not on general issue and is in low supply everywhere. Maybe they will dump off tri-walls of the older armour, or ditch the rule at the last minute.
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Great.Hopefully they will ditch this one until everyone has access to the same stuff.Last thing we need is a bunch of the old US flack jackets that weigh 50 lbs.
 
Longshot said:
A big part of SR shooting is to have a routine.A program if you like.Every time you get up there to shoot you should work your way through that program.Lining yourself up correctly BEFORE the targets come up is a part of that program.

Cigarettes not your friend anytime! ;)


Part of my program is to check those screws before EVERY match.Usually right after I make sure I'm on the proper sight setting for a particular distance.

I agree.I have seen some pretty nice scores shot with 55's though.Pick one and stick to it.


Another thing that you should be learning is that 461 is pretty respectable for your first time out.Don't be too hard on yourself.This is a tough game we play.I don't think I've ever seen anyone shoot over 500 on thier first try.Give yourself a break and just make a goal to beat that score next time around.next thing you know you'll be in the mid 500's!
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Well, thanks for the pointers. :cool: When I came home last time I said to the wife unit.. Next time, I just gotta beat THAT score and I know I'm improving.. :D

I have also found out that my groups were loose because of an over tight compensator on my AR as well. (Thanks TImK for figuring THAT out..) :)
Fixed that problem.
Quit smoking a couple of days ago.. Lets see how THAT goes........
Learned my newbie lesson on the Elcan screws.. still smacking myself in the head on that one. HELLO Captain Obvious!!!!

Loading some .68's tonight and we'll see how the matches go this weekend... :)

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So the LFWA reserve team had its last practice this weekend.We shot all 12 and then practiced some of the matches that were causing the most grief.

I shot pretty well and am happy and confident heading off to NSCC and CFSAC.

1.47-3v
2.49-5v
3.46-2v
4.50-7v
5.49-2v
6.50-3v
7.49-3v
8.47-3v
9.44-0v
10.45-2v
11.47-2v
12.37-1v
Total 560-33v

Everything was going very well untill match 12.I got to the 200m point to fire my 2 shots sitting.Everything felt great.I saw some splash a little low but wasn't phased as quite often if you hit the stick the ricochet can end up anywhere.If I know I fired a good shot and see the splash in a strange place its confirmation that the shot was a good centered hit.Anyways after the two shots I go to change the sight to 100 and find that the dial is already past my 100 mark by 4 clicks.I must have rubbed it on the way down from 300 causing 2 misses low.Lesson learned.ALWAYS check the dial AT the firing point before shooting.
 
We did a M1-8 this weekend, and ran the mover for M4.

Took us several practice runs, but we got it to work well across a 7 target frontage with no problems.

I can see a LOT of protests happening on game day though.

NS
 
A big part of SR shooting is to have a routine.A program if you like.Every time you get up there to shoot you should work your way through that program.Lining yourself up correctly BEFORE the targets come up is a part of that program.
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When I am trying to run the line and shoot during practices my scores suck. I guess it goes back to "practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect".
 
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