ORA CQC and Service Pistol 2025

[dink27]

Ah the pistol sport of the provincial rifle association. The tactical belt, the tactical pants with many marvellous pockets, the tactical tray table to load mags on, the deliciously salty Liberal tears as we shoot handguns that we had legally purchased and used for legitimate sporting purposes.

Where: CFB Borden, Langemark Range
Match Fee: $50 ORA members, $90 guests

May 31
June 14
July 12
July 27
August 9
October 4
November 1

Timing and Events
0830 100m Rifle Marksmanship Match briefing
1000 Service Pistol Briefing
1500 Range clean up
1600 march out

Rifle Marksmanship Match
Round Count: 60 ish

Service Pistol
Matches 20-28 and Match 40
Round Count: at least 157. Plan for 200 ish

The match fee covers the day. Shoot 100m rifle, or service pistol, or both.

Be on time for the safety briefing for the matches you want to shoot. No briefing, no shooting, no excuses. After shooting, you will clean up before you leave.

Service Pistol
Review the 2025 DCRA course of fire
Plan for 200 rounds of pistol ammo

100m Rifle Marksmanship Match
Bring any rifle, any calibre (that we can use at Langemark)
Rifle Marksmanship Match

Match fees and Guests
The ORA has set the match fee at $50 including HST. The Guest fee is an additional $40. The ORA has to pay for the use of DND ranges. I'm trying to keep the prices in line with last year. The ORA has to pay range rental fees and now collect HST it seems like the costs keep going up. I'm trying my best to limit that.

Note the calibre restrictions on the range. Note that hand loads are permissible again if you follow all the rules and file all the appropriate paperwork.

NSCC is being planned for September, to be held at CFB Borden and hosted by the ORA. To this end, expect to shoot parts or all of the NSCC COF as we prepare for Nationals.

As we have trained 50 new Range Safety Officers this year, Diesel and I will not be signing for the ranges at Service Conditions events for the ORA. If there are insufficient volunteers this year, the matches will not take place. We will need Range Safety Officers, Assistant Range Safety Officers, and Butts Officers. I think SP5WAT has kindly volunteered to do most, if not all, of the stats.

Watch and shoot, Watch and shoot!
DINK

 

[dink27]

Our first CQC match on May 31. Started out as a cold, damp day and the weather turned out nice enough in the afternoon. Congratulations to our winners. Thanks to Kris for doing scores up. Thanks to Mike for coming up to test the NSCC scoring system with practiscore on a tablet. Congratulations to Bruce, Andrew, and Dave on their top 3 places and also being the last 3 on Match 40, which Andrew won, Bruce second, and Dave third.
Discussing CQC with that registered for match 1 and 2, it seems like the best course of action is to focus on Service Pistol in perpetration for Nationals. The format of the CQC day has changed slightly.

CQCm1 Results​

Place	Rifle marksmanship	Score
1	Kris	487
2	Andrew	404
3	Dave	401
4	Eric	181
5	Pam	140

Place	Service Pistol	Score
1	Bruce	740
2	Andrew	728
3	Dave	722
4	Alex	719
5	Hailey	669
6	Fletcher	642
7	Craig	583
8	Kris	581
9	Eric	510
10	Gavin	490
11	Qasim	480
12	Imad	462
13	Ian	418
14	Adrian	271
15	Pam	216

 

[dink27]

We held our second CQC match on June 14. The match ran very well. Everyone was on time and ready to shoot. The weather was good, and we dodged the rain that had been predicted leading up to the weekend. Thank you all for working hard to keep our match supplies in good order, the range stores are all in good order.

Congratulations to Kris for his 10/22 first place finish at 100m Rifle Marksmanship. Congratulations to Andrew on first place, and Dave and Bruce on their tie for second place, which Dave won by two Vs. Congratulations to Bruce on winning Match 40 last man standing. Special thank yous to Kris for his help with stats, and Dave for helping share RSO duties.

CQCm2 Results​

	Rifle marksmanship
#	Name	Points	Vs
1	Kris	501	4
2	Daryl	461	6
3	Dave	446	3
4	Andrew	427	1

	Service Pistol
#	Name	Points	Vs
1	Andrew	736	3
2	Dave	716	7
3	Bruce	716	5
4	Fletcher	678	6
5	Hailey	674	1
6	Kris	651	5
7	Craig	571	1
8	Carter	556	3
9	Daryl	544	1
10	Gavin	542	2
11	Adrian	330	0

 

[Junction]

Just a quick question..
What are most people shooting for rifle?

 

[dink27]

This week 100m rifle saw an MRA Renegade, a savage in a lightweight MDT chassis, a ruger 1022 and a savage B22. 100m rifle is designed to help you improve marksmanship with a rifle that you already own; a hunting rifle, a service rifle, a military surplus rifle, a 22, etc.

The Rules of 100m Rifle Markmanship

Equipment

• Eye and Ear protection
• Rifle and allied magazines
• 60+ rounds of ammunition
• Sling (optional)
• Shooting mat/ground sheet (optional)
• Spotting scopes are encouraged to speed up grouping/zeroing before the match proper. Spotting scopes may not be used during the match proper.

Match Procedure

1. All shooting will be conducted at 100 yards
2. Zeroing “Match 0” shall be on a separate target, any shooting aids may be used. 3 minutes will be allotted for zeroing.
3. Rifles are to be supported by the shooter, and optionally using a sling. The rifle may not be rested on the ground or other shooting aid
4. Reload as required
5. Exposures shall last from the start of one whistle blast to the end of the next whistle blast. If any shots are fired outside the designated exposure range staff shall note the number of shots fired, and deduct that number of shots. Higher point values shall be deducted first.
6. Targets shall be a bullseye type target, a series of concentric circles. NRA Smallbore TQ-4 100 yard target are ideal, and are 14”x14”
7. Two targets shall be placed next to one another
8. When scoring if the bullet touches the scoring line the higher value shall be awarded to the shooter
9. X ring of the target shall be worth 10.1 points.
10. In cases where there are “extra” shots, higher value shall be deducted first
11. The Highest Possible Score is 600.60

References

1945 Canadian Army Shoot To Live​

https://archive.org/details/CanadianArmyShootToLiveMusketryManual1945​

Imperial Army Series - Musketry - 1915 Soloano Manual​

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56395/56395-h/56395-h.htm#Table_B_​

 

[dink27]

We held our third CQC match on July 12. I hope everyone is recovered from the heat this weekend. I am happy to report that we had no major heat casualties. People were hot, people too breaks, no one had to seek medical attention. Some shooters also participated in Precision Rifle on Sunday and I know it was hot both days.
Thanks Very much to Dave E for signing for the range, Gavin for acting as Firing Point officer for 100m rifle, themarauder for helping me run the line during service pistol, SP5WAT for doing scores.
Special thanks to Bruce for arranging official targets! It seems like that big 5 circle really bumped some people's scores up.

CQCm3 Results​

​	Rifle marksmanship​	​
Place​	Name​	Total​
1​	Kris​	477​
2​	Dave E​	461.5​
3​	Dave K​	420.2​
4​	Andrew​	407.2​
5​	Bryan​	363.6​
6​	Suzanne​	363.2​
7​	Marcus​	256.1​

​	Service Pistol​	​	​
Place​	Name​	Total​	Vs​
1​	Alex​	778​	80​
2​	Bruce​	775​	72​
3​	Dave E​	756​	60​
4​	Andrew V​	750​	63​
5​	Bryan​	716​	45​
6​	Kris​	703​	34​
7​	Gavin​	665​	17​
8​	Dave K​	649​	26​
9​	Erik​	538​	18​
10​	Mikki​	438​	8​
11​	Suzanne​	305​	5​
12​	Adrian​	231​	7​

 

[themarauder]

Thanks for making it happen, Dink and all others. It was a great summer day to be at Borden shooting with a fabulous group of people, participating in our traditional Canada sport.

Much water was consumed, much friendly banter exchanged, much ammunition expended to great effect. So, so glad I was there.

Lessons from the day
I drank a lot of water. Drink more water.
I need to shoot my pistol more than once a year. This is not acceptable. I will be taking ORA Service Pistol clinic and shooting more.
I need to shoot my .22 at 100 yards more than never before, and I need to get a good zero at 100 yards. I guestimated from my 25 yard zero and was close but it can and will be better.

 

[Bolivar]

Good event again Dink. Great to practice and compete with the NSCC pistol course of fire.

The 100m rifle match covers a lot of basic, fundamental marksmaship skils. It has value in practice for other diciplines such as SR and is a good way to practice and apply skills developed in programs like Mapleseed.

 

[Rearguard]

Thanks to the organizers and to all for making me feel welcome.
I have a lot to learn, perfect environment to do so.
Safety is top notch and event allot of fun.
I will be back for more!

 

[dink27]

Thank you to everyone that made it to the service pistol clinic Sunday. I was a little worried we'd have heat casualties, and I am pleased to report that everyone made it. We ended the day slightly earlier and with fewer rounds expended, than I had planned for. Overall, it seems like it was a positive day and everyone got to try some new things and improve their pistol shooting skills. Special thanks to themarauder and Dave for signing for the range and helping to maintain safety on the firing line. I especially enjoyed seeing a number of our friends from the Royal Canadian Miliary Institute preparing for NSCC Service Pistol.