PQRA millitary shoot pictures

[bobfortier]

Hi all

We discussed this shoot earlier this month here, and it finally happened. Thanks to the PQRA who hosted the event, and thanks to "BoumBoum" here for all the tricks and advice about wind reading, sight adjusting, etc.

How it worked was very good. We have some 600y TR targets, but at all distances. This mean that the further we went, the smaller the aiming circle was getting. Perfect for first-timer like me at long range with the iron sight

Here are the shooters for the day

"Bolt Action" form here with a Lee no 4T

We started the day at 200 yards to get on paper and get a feel for it. Then we got back to 300y, 4 sighters and 15 for score. Here is me shooting and my happy face when I got a 5.

"BoumBoum"

JCM308

"Bolt Action" with his Mosin sniper

Targets

My 303 (1943 Longbranch with my own wood on it)

"hacer2" with his swiss

At the end of the day the markers (cadets hired for the day) wanted to try to shoot a bit. Here is me coaching them a bit at 600y. They all hit the black circle, which I think is good.

And guess what ? This was a friendly match, and to my surprise, I won the "Issued" class. 198 and 13V in the day. We shot 15 at 300 and 400, and 10 at 500 and 600

(ok, the Issued class was me, hacer2 and JCM308, but still.....)

Thanks to the PQRA, and if it happen again next year I'll be there for sure

 

[Bart212]

No Rosses eh?

 

[flying pig]

Looks like lots of fun!

 

[hacer2]

It was a great experience specialy for guys like me who usualy shoot at around 100 meters. Its nice to see that these old rifles are able to make nice groups even out to 600 with irons.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Man, you boys sure have a beautiful range! All the ones I shoot at look like gravel pits or the Somme.

 

[hacer2]

Man, you boys sure have a beautiful range! All the ones I shoot at look like gravel pits or the Somme.

It is the batoche shooting range at CFB Valcartier so Basicly the army takes care of it minus the grass they are way slow on the grass cutting on average

 

[The Bolt Action]

Looks like lots of fun!

It was belive me. The best thing of all was the people there. This was my first time in this kind of long distance shooting and to be honest i was a little nervous to shhot flyers all day long. I dident know how to shoot in a lay down position, i dident know how to read the wind, i dident even know how use the spoting scope correctly. I basicly knew nothing about shooting from 100 yds and beyond. With the helpfull tips the more experience shooters give to me, i was able to hit the target all day long.

I am very far from being a good shooter and i have very little experience but the poeples there where more than happy to help and pass a bit of there knowledge. These kind of competition / experience are absolutly for everyone. All you need is a milsurp rifle, about 100 rounds and a off day

I am looking forward to a future day like this.
Oliver

 

[Boom-Boom]

If someone can come forward with a solid 10 people turnout, we can get another one done possibly this year, if it can be fitted within existing CFC/PQRA calendar on the Batoche.

Yes, we had lots of fun and it was a nice collective experience where everybody was treated the same and was able to give his maximum for the day and ultimately learned quite a bit w/o learn and drill stress...

BB

It was belive me. The best thing of all was the people there. This was my first time in this kind of long distance shooting and to be honest i was a little nervous to shhot flyers all day long. I dident know how to shoot in a lay down position, i dident know how to read the wind, i dident even know how use the spoting scope correctly. I basicly knew nothing about shooting from 100 yds and beyond. With the helpfull tips the more experience shooters give to me, i was able to hit the target all day long.

I am very far from being a good shooter and i have very little experience but the poeples there where more than happy to help and pass a bit of there knowledge. These kind of competition / experience are absolutly for everyone. All you need is a milsurp rifle, about 100 rounds and a off day

I am looking forward to a future day like this.
Oliver

 

[hacer2]

I would be Completly down for another day like. Shooting long ranges with iron sights kinda grows on ya.

 

[bobfortier]

Well, we were 7, so I'm sure we could find 3 more to join in the fun......

 

[Boom-Boom]

Well, we were 7, so I'm sure we could find 3 more to join in the fun......

Hey bob,

Time will tell....

Maybe you could spur it on your side. I am sure you now have a feel for what is the task at hand for a day on the range....

It has been a real pleasure meeting with you all.

Next time, we could also learn and start working with a shooting sling. Amazing what stability a good slinged position can bring to your group on target.

CU

BB

 

[bobfortier]

Yup, I'm all in to learn the sling, I tried a bit and it needs work.

Are you thinking July 29th right after the provincial ?

 

[Boom-Boom]

In fesponse to a question about significantly lower scores at 500 and 600, I have to say that we shot 10 on score vs. 15 on score on the two first distances.

BB

Hi all

We discussed this shoot earlier this month here, and it finally happened. Thanks to the PQRA who hosted the event, and thanks to "BoumBoum" here for all the tricks and advice about wind reading, sight adjusting, etc.

How it worked was very good. We have some 600y TR targets, but at all distances. This mean that the further we went, the smaller the aiming circle was getting. Perfect for first-timer like me at long range with the iron sight

Here are the shooters for the day

"Bolt Action" form here with a Lee no 4T

We started the day at 200 yards to get on paper and get a feel for it. Then we got back to 300y, 4 sighters and 15 for score. Here is me shooting and my happy face when I got a 5.

"BoumBoum"

JCM308

"Bolt Action" with his Mosin sniper

Targets

My 303 (1943 Longbranch with my own wood on it)

"hacer2" with his swiss

At the end of the day the markers (cadets hired for the day) wanted to try to shoot a bit. Here is me coaching them a bit at 600y. They all hit the black circle, which I think is good.

And guess what ? This was a friendly match, and to my surprise, I won the "Issued" class. 198 and 13V in the day. We shot 15 at 300 and 400, and 10 at 500 and 600

(ok, the Issued class was me, hacer2 and JCM308, but still.....)

Thanks to the PQRA, and if it happen again next year I'll be there for sure

 

[bgcameron]

Your wood stock looks great! Well done.

 

[Boom-Boom]

Bob,

Provincial is on sat 28th and sunday july 29th as well.....

Get the guys in and we will try to find a date to host it...... (-:

CU

BB

Yup, I'm all in to learn the sling, I tried a bit and it needs work.

Are you thinking July 29th right after the provincial ?

 

[bobfortier]

yeah I saw that after I posted

 

[bobfortier]

Bringing this up, there will be another Milsurp match June 2nd, hope to see you all there !

 

[JR Hartman]

how in the hell do you even see it at 600 yards without a scope?

 

[desporterizer]

how in the hell do you even see it at 600 yards without a scope?

If you have a target with good contrast, its not as hard as you might think.

 

[JR Hartman]

ahh. ok. I have good eyes, maybe better than good eyes, maybe I will have to give that a go some time. I know my mauser will shoot that far hehe