Ora sr 2017
- Thread starter maritimer
- Start date
Service Rifle (SR) Match Info: CFB Borden
Location: Amiens Range
Time: Sat 0800 - 1700, Sun 0800 - 1200
Registration: 0800
Safety Briefing: 0830 sharp, must be attended by all
Ammo: 250 rd
Entry fee: $40 members, $75 non members (includes guest fee, see note below)
Registration: Email Greg at oraatt@yahoo.ca
All are welcome to participate.
Letters of invite are available.
Preregistration required.
Spectators are welcome.
Rule sheet available at the match.
Matches:
-based on CAFSAC matches 11 - 14.
-distance: 25 - 500 yd/m
-matches will consist of: deliberate, snaps, rapids, movers, movement with fire.
-firing positions: prone, kneeling, standing
-same rifle must be used for the whole competition
You will need to bring :
- a lunch, liquids, snacks
- 3 pens, plus a pen for registration
- a safe, reliable, zeroed carbine / rifle
- bolt action are welcome
- gun oil, CLP etc
- scope, iron sights all one class
- mags, enough to have 50 rds loaded eg. 10 x 5/30 or 6 x 5/30 and 2 LAR 10 rd
- stripper clips and mag charger
- LAR mags are allowed, full cap
- tac vest or webbing or mag pouches to carry all the above
- small binos, or spotting scope for the 500 yd/m.
- mandatory hearing and eye protection
- camera
Note: no cell phones allowed on the range
Directions to Amiens Range, CFB Borden
Directions from 400 north, TO:
- 400 north from TO
- exit Hwy 89 west Cookstown
- west to Alliston
- in Alliston, at T junction, turn north, you’ll see a Dairy Queen on SW corner
- From Alliston proceed North on CR-15 to the Borden Gate
- You are now on Ortona Road, KEEP heading north for appx 2.3km.
- TURN WEST (left) at the FIRE Station, You are now on Range Road.
- Drive appx 4.6 km to gate # 6, Amiens range is on the north side.
Current ORA guest policy:
The ORA allows guests to participate in all events. This is a one-time visit as a guest, then membership is required. The one-time visit is to a single ORA event regardless of discipline. A $35 guest fee will be applied, plus the applicable entry fee.
Location: Amiens Range
Time: Sat 0800 - 1700, Sun 0800 - 1200
Registration: 0800
Safety Briefing: 0830 sharp, must be attended by all
Ammo: 250 rd
Entry fee: $40 members, $75 non members (includes guest fee, see note below)
Registration: Email Greg at oraatt@yahoo.ca
All are welcome to participate.
Letters of invite are available.
Preregistration required.
Spectators are welcome.
Rule sheet available at the match.
Matches:
-based on CAFSAC matches 11 - 14.
-distance: 25 - 500 yd/m
-matches will consist of: deliberate, snaps, rapids, movers, movement with fire.
-firing positions: prone, kneeling, standing
-same rifle must be used for the whole competition
You will need to bring :
- a lunch, liquids, snacks
- 3 pens, plus a pen for registration
- a safe, reliable, zeroed carbine / rifle
- bolt action are welcome
- gun oil, CLP etc
- scope, iron sights all one class
- mags, enough to have 50 rds loaded eg. 10 x 5/30 or 6 x 5/30 and 2 LAR 10 rd
- stripper clips and mag charger
- LAR mags are allowed, full cap
- tac vest or webbing or mag pouches to carry all the above
- small binos, or spotting scope for the 500 yd/m.
- mandatory hearing and eye protection
- camera
Note: no cell phones allowed on the range
Directions to Amiens Range, CFB Borden
Directions from 400 north, TO:
- 400 north from TO
- exit Hwy 89 west Cookstown
- west to Alliston
- in Alliston, at T junction, turn north, you’ll see a Dairy Queen on SW corner
- From Alliston proceed North on CR-15 to the Borden Gate
- You are now on Ortona Road, KEEP heading north for appx 2.3km.
- TURN WEST (left) at the FIRE Station, You are now on Range Road.
- Drive appx 4.6 km to gate # 6, Amiens range is on the north side.
Current ORA guest policy:
The ORA allows guests to participate in all events. This is a one-time visit as a guest, then membership is required. The one-time visit is to a single ORA event regardless of discipline. A $35 guest fee will be applied, plus the applicable entry fee.
You say "all are welcome to particpate", and this is great and very encouraging! But...do you have suggestions/observations around age, fitness, etc.? The rundowns would seem to suggest that it wouldn't be a good idea to show up with your walker. So far, I can hold my own in CQB, but wonder about being able to hang in there on the Match 12 rundowns 400 to 300 to 200 to 100, etc.
Bolivar
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Run downa are in Match 11, 13 and 14 with the latter being from 500-400-300-200 just to clarify.
Each rundown is only 100yds or metres depending on the range use (Amiens is still in yds as I recall) and you fire 10 rounds from each successive mound. This actually gives you quite a bit of time to catch your breath.
It's a competition, not life or death. Come out and push yourself to try to do something that you think may beyond your current capabilities....you will likely find a pleasant surprise. Worst comes to worst, you don't get all your rounds off after a hop...no real loss in the big picture and you will for sure get a higher score by showing up than by staying home.
In the mean time, get out and walk/jog/run or bike or whatever you like to get more active if you are concerned. As long as you don't cause yourself an injury in getting excercise you will probably benifit from it regardless. Use the rundowns as motivation if that helps (I helps me).
Now if you have an injury, disability or medical condition that prevents you from doing the rundowns I would expect that you could be cleared at the line before the rundown starts and you could make your way down at a walking pace. Trust me, you will keep up. The run is not that fast and everybody shoots 10 rounds at each mound. Even walking you will have to pause at each mound before the next advance.
Each rundown is only 100yds or metres depending on the range use (Amiens is still in yds as I recall) and you fire 10 rounds from each successive mound. This actually gives you quite a bit of time to catch your breath.
It's a competition, not life or death. Come out and push yourself to try to do something that you think may beyond your current capabilities....you will likely find a pleasant surprise. Worst comes to worst, you don't get all your rounds off after a hop...no real loss in the big picture and you will for sure get a higher score by showing up than by staying home.
In the mean time, get out and walk/jog/run or bike or whatever you like to get more active if you are concerned. As long as you don't cause yourself an injury in getting excercise you will probably benifit from it regardless. Use the rundowns as motivation if that helps (I helps me).
Now if you have an injury, disability or medical condition that prevents you from doing the rundowns I would expect that you could be cleared at the line before the rundown starts and you could make your way down at a walking pace. Trust me, you will keep up. The run is not that fast and everybody shoots 10 rounds at each mound. Even walking you will have to pause at each mound before the next advance.
Sorry I don't often check here. If you have any questions it'll always be faster to send me an email to the address above.
As for a 1 day vs 2 match, it should ideally be 2, I just didn’t get the range on Sat so we have to make do with just Sunday. Only in the most ideal circumstances can we get through a complete match in a day. Volunteers to help, small numbers of participants, everything going right ...
Due to having only 1 day, we may not get through all 4 matches. Priority will be given to the longer range matches.
Just to comment on fitness, the run downs are a really more of a jog down. What people complain about is the kneeling and the position changes, standing to kneeling back to standing and repeat. It's not usually the run downs that cause the issues for people, it is the bad knees usually. We do have a competitor who, I believe, is in his seventies who does just fine.
As for a 1 day vs 2 match, it should ideally be 2, I just didn’t get the range on Sat so we have to make do with just Sunday. Only in the most ideal circumstances can we get through a complete match in a day. Volunteers to help, small numbers of participants, everything going right ...
Due to having only 1 day, we may not get through all 4 matches. Priority will be given to the longer range matches.
Just to comment on fitness, the run downs are a really more of a jog down. What people complain about is the kneeling and the position changes, standing to kneeling back to standing and repeat. It's not usually the run downs that cause the issues for people, it is the bad knees usually. We do have a competitor who, I believe, is in his seventies who does just fine.
Knee pads can help a lot! No shame in using them.
themarauder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just north of Toronto, thankfully.
Mods, can we get this pinned please?
themarauder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just north of Toronto, thankfully.
Thank you 
Super short notice but we've got the range for an extra SR day. Saturday Nov 4 on Vimy range, CFB Borden just got approved.
We'll run through some practice relays in the morning focusing on:
300 mover with shot indication to get the lead right
400 and 500 for zeroes and some longer distance practice
We'll end the day running through Match 14 (the 500yd rundown) followed by scores and awards.
Figure the round count will be 50rnds for match 14 and then another 60 for the practice stages, say 150 total to be safe.
Gate will be open at 8AM, range safety briefing at 8:30
$10 for ORA members. ORA guest policy still in effect. Short term ATT's will be needed if you don't have one valid for DND ranges. It might be tight for time to get one from the CFO.
Please let me know right away if you're interested in coming. If not, see you next year in 2018
servicerifle@ontariorifleassociation.ca
We'll run through some practice relays in the morning focusing on:
300 mover with shot indication to get the lead right
400 and 500 for zeroes and some longer distance practice
We'll end the day running through Match 14 (the 500yd rundown) followed by scores and awards.
Figure the round count will be 50rnds for match 14 and then another 60 for the practice stages, say 150 total to be safe.
Gate will be open at 8AM, range safety briefing at 8:30
$10 for ORA members. ORA guest policy still in effect. Short term ATT's will be needed if you don't have one valid for DND ranges. It might be tight for time to get one from the CFO.
Please let me know right away if you're interested in coming. If not, see you next year in 2018
servicerifle@ontariorifleassociation.ca
