Vintage & Sporting Rifle Shoot
Winona Range at 8:00. Pack a lunch or Soup and Sandwich at Harvey’s or Swiss Chalet. Hope to finish around 3:00.
• May 27
• July 29
• October 14
Practice dates at Winona (300 yard shooting beside the Swiss Club)
• June 9
• July 22
• October 7
Rifles: bring what ever rifle(s) you want to try out. 100 to 300 yard shooting is easy for any milsurp, black rifle or hunting rifle.
Bring out a rifle or two and do some shooting. Remember that we shoot most of the 100 yard stage from the standing position, so a 20X target scope would not be a good choice.
Please don’t let the program intimidate you. The Range Officer will explain each step as we progress through the program. Just make sure you bring a rifle(s), enough matching ammo and ear protection.
As usual, we will have a fine selection of $6 wine as prizes….
We will start at 100 yards and then move back. This is a course of fire that allows us to zero the rifles at each distance and then shoot from various positions. All shooting will be on the same target, known as the fig. 11.
N.B. Prone shooting can use a rest, so long as the rifle rests on a hand, with the back of the hand on the rest. (I rest my hand on an ammo can.)
N.B. Before each deliberate match you will have 5 minutes of sighting shots. The target will be pulled and a red spotter added for each new hole. For each match you will fire a string of 10 shots. After the shoot the target will be displayed with a red plastic spotting disk in each bullet hole, so you can see where your scoring hits were.
100 yards
Deliberate from the prone position on the 4 foot target. 5 minutes sighting shots for zero, and then 10 shots on score. We shoot this from the prone position so you can start the day with a real good zero.
10 shots Standing Snap. 10 exposures of 3 seconds each. 1 shot per exposure. 2 sighting shots.
10 shots Standing at Moving target. One sighter in each direction. (Our experience is that the target does not require any lead at 100 yards to hit it.)
200 yards (all shooting from prone position)
Deliberate on the 4 foot target. 5 minutes sighting shots for zero, and then 10 shots on score.
10 shots prone Snap. 10 exposures of 3 seconds each. 1 shot per exposure.
2 sighting shots.
10 shots prone at Moving target. One sighter in each direction. (Our experience is that the target requires about 6” lead in front of target center to hit it.)
300 yards (all shooting from prone position)
Deliberate on the 4 foot target. 5 minutes sighting shots for zero, and then 10 shots on score.
10 shots prone Snap. 10 exposures of 3 seconds each. 2 sighting shots.
10 shots prone at Moving target. One sighter in each direction. (Our experience is that the target requires about 12” lead, the leading edge of the target, to hit it.)
Ammo required 120 minimum (more if you take a lot of practice shots)
Note: This is a lot of shooting. You do not have to use the same rifle at each distance or for all stages. You could, for example, shoot a different rifle for each distance. For the Snap and Mover there is plenty of time to re-load the rifle between exposures. I have shot it with a single shot rifle.
Squadding: Shooters will be assigned 4 per target lane. Two will shoot while 2 go to the butts to mark targets and keep score. After shooting the shooters will go to the butts to take over marking duties while the markers comes out of the butts to shoot. After both relays have had their turn shooting, we will move back to the next distance and repeat the procedure.
With two shooters on the firing point, taking turns shooting the 3 matches it is easy to shoot with your buddy, to share rifles or to shoot with your wife or kid.
Cost: $20 for ORA members, $40 for non-members.
PM me for more info or to let me know you are attending.
Winona Range at 8:00. Pack a lunch or Soup and Sandwich at Harvey’s or Swiss Chalet. Hope to finish around 3:00.
• May 27
• July 29
• October 14
Practice dates at Winona (300 yard shooting beside the Swiss Club)
• June 9
• July 22
• October 7
Rifles: bring what ever rifle(s) you want to try out. 100 to 300 yard shooting is easy for any milsurp, black rifle or hunting rifle.
Bring out a rifle or two and do some shooting. Remember that we shoot most of the 100 yard stage from the standing position, so a 20X target scope would not be a good choice.
Please don’t let the program intimidate you. The Range Officer will explain each step as we progress through the program. Just make sure you bring a rifle(s), enough matching ammo and ear protection.
As usual, we will have a fine selection of $6 wine as prizes….
We will start at 100 yards and then move back. This is a course of fire that allows us to zero the rifles at each distance and then shoot from various positions. All shooting will be on the same target, known as the fig. 11.
N.B. Prone shooting can use a rest, so long as the rifle rests on a hand, with the back of the hand on the rest. (I rest my hand on an ammo can.)
N.B. Before each deliberate match you will have 5 minutes of sighting shots. The target will be pulled and a red spotter added for each new hole. For each match you will fire a string of 10 shots. After the shoot the target will be displayed with a red plastic spotting disk in each bullet hole, so you can see where your scoring hits were.
100 yards
Deliberate from the prone position on the 4 foot target. 5 minutes sighting shots for zero, and then 10 shots on score. We shoot this from the prone position so you can start the day with a real good zero.
10 shots Standing Snap. 10 exposures of 3 seconds each. 1 shot per exposure. 2 sighting shots.
10 shots Standing at Moving target. One sighter in each direction. (Our experience is that the target does not require any lead at 100 yards to hit it.)
200 yards (all shooting from prone position)
Deliberate on the 4 foot target. 5 minutes sighting shots for zero, and then 10 shots on score.
10 shots prone Snap. 10 exposures of 3 seconds each. 1 shot per exposure.
2 sighting shots.
10 shots prone at Moving target. One sighter in each direction. (Our experience is that the target requires about 6” lead in front of target center to hit it.)
300 yards (all shooting from prone position)
Deliberate on the 4 foot target. 5 minutes sighting shots for zero, and then 10 shots on score.
10 shots prone Snap. 10 exposures of 3 seconds each. 2 sighting shots.
10 shots prone at Moving target. One sighter in each direction. (Our experience is that the target requires about 12” lead, the leading edge of the target, to hit it.)
Ammo required 120 minimum (more if you take a lot of practice shots)
Note: This is a lot of shooting. You do not have to use the same rifle at each distance or for all stages. You could, for example, shoot a different rifle for each distance. For the Snap and Mover there is plenty of time to re-load the rifle between exposures. I have shot it with a single shot rifle.
Squadding: Shooters will be assigned 4 per target lane. Two will shoot while 2 go to the butts to mark targets and keep score. After shooting the shooters will go to the butts to take over marking duties while the markers comes out of the butts to shoot. After both relays have had their turn shooting, we will move back to the next distance and repeat the procedure.
With two shooters on the firing point, taking turns shooting the 3 matches it is easy to shoot with your buddy, to share rifles or to shoot with your wife or kid.
Cost: $20 for ORA members, $40 for non-members.
PM me for more info or to let me know you are attending.
I am somewhat more beardly now then when that photo was taken, I must warn you... 
