Vintage Rifle Match at Camp Borden Saturday August 1
So let’s shoot some real matches with our old rifles!
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.
The Swiss stop every hour to switch shooters with target markers. We will squad 4 shooters per target. At any point in time, 2 will be marking and 2 will be shooting. Every pair will have the first hour of their shooting to zero rifles (bring more than 1, if you like). The second time you shoot you will start the official program with a 10 shot deliberate and then a 10 shot rapid fire.
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.
Break for Lunch (pack a lunch or buy a Swiss Club BBQ Bratwurst Dog)
200 yards
1 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
10 shot deliberate, standing (on the charging Hun target.)
Standing snap at walking pace Hun target, 1 shot per exposure.
Ammunition requirement – 120 rounds
Rifles – bring what ya got. We will group shooters 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.
Time and Place; Amiens range, Camp Borden 9:00 am August 1
So let’s shoot some real matches with our old rifles!
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.
The Swiss stop every hour to switch shooters with target markers. We will squad 4 shooters per target. At any point in time, 2 will be marking and 2 will be shooting. Every pair will have the first hour of their shooting to zero rifles (bring more than 1, if you like). The second time you shoot you will start the official program with a 10 shot deliberate and then a 10 shot rapid fire.
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.
Break for Lunch (pack a lunch or buy a Swiss Club BBQ Bratwurst Dog)
200 yards
1 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
10 shot deliberate, standing (on the charging Hun target.)
Standing snap at walking pace Hun target, 1 shot per exposure.
Ammunition requirement – 120 rounds
Rifles – bring what ya got. We will group shooters 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.
Time and Place; Amiens range, Camp Borden 9:00 am August 1
BTW for those unfamiliar with this type of shooting/matches, Ganderite is the match organizer. The matches are under the auspices of the Ontario Rifle Association (ORA). The ORA has access to DND ranges and military targets (Fig 11, 12 and 13). And yes, CFB Borden is an active DND training facility just south-west of Barrie (near Angus). Any PRA (Provincial Rifle Association of the DCRA) has access to DND ranges and can put on these matches as well as Service Rifle, Precision and target matches or whatever else you can think off. If interested, check out the PRA in your province, join and have fun 
