What's keeping you out of Service Rifle?

Quiet said:
The DCRA NSCC service rifle matches held every year in Ottawa have a class called the Wounded Warrior, that allows people with disabilities, and older shooters to shoot the matches without having to do any of the running. Im not sure, but there may be exceptions for that category that also allow you to not have to get up and down for each exposure. I suggest you check out the rulebook on the DCRA website if you are interested in shooting service rifle.
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On the Island we can't do rundowns as our range needs Sherpas to get from firing point to firing point using anything but the perimeter road. Also on the mainland they run a veterans aggregate where 55 plus shooters are entered in an agg which is everything but the rundowns.
 
I was one of the reasons that DCRA/NSCC started the Wounded Warriors Agg. My suggestion was to call it the Geriatric Agg, but that was overruled.
In my case, a deteriorated disc in my spine has resulted in my legs not working properly; I have to stump along on my heels. Running isn't in the cards, and getting up and down for snaps and rapids is problematic. Joys of getting old.
I don't know if there is any provision in the ORA/CAFSAC style matches for shooters with such issues.
 
For any aspect of the shooting sport it's always one or more of the following:

- don't like the course of fire;
- don't like the "culture" of the event (is it laid back and friendly vs. Life and death competitively serious?);
- too expensive;
- too restrictive (lots of rules limited eligibility, lots of hoops to jump through);
- too few events in a year;
- location
 
shortandlong said:
Point there! And I can see andy's point as well
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Friend wanted me to get into Precision. Would have to join NSRA the $$$ club, For couple shoots I might attend in a year, Easy for him because his membership would be a write off same with his ammo. But for me 400$ to do something couple times a year is not worth it.
 
All

You have asked and I will build out a "kit list" and post it on the sticky for what is needed for CQB.

ORA CQB MD
Erich M
 
There ought to be enough shooters in Alberta, of all places, to get together and start something up for service rifle.
 
An available gallery range is the limiting factor.
Sure, one could run sudo-matches to suit another range if one were available, but it really isn't the same.

There are clubs that run 'military-ish' matches, but nothing organized beyond a club level, and nothing tied to DCRA.
 
Several years ago, KC worked up a complete set of scaled matches to replicate the DCRA SR Matches 1-16 for a 100m range using .22 rifles. With accurately scaled targets, we couldn't find a .22 that was sufficiently accurate to be competitive. Also, interest was limited. FWIW, the last time we shot the course, KC and I used our .223 rifles. Scores were much higher than with any .22 we'd tried.
Thought this might be a way to hold a full SR match on a shorter, club type range.
 
Gunnerlove said:
Ours is $90 per year in BC.
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Yeah unfortunately here in NS to join NSRA sorry its 295.00 ( not 400 ) but reduces to 95$ after 4 years. I can get 3 year memberships for that price pretty much. They had a special couple years ago I should have taken it was like 400$ for 4 year membership.

Still the cost is a factor and I dont need to drive down the windy curvy road of beaverbank road.
 
tiriaq said:
Several years ago, KC worked up a complete set of scaled matches to replicate the DCRA SR Matches 1-16 for a 100m range using .22 rifles. With accurately scaled targets, we couldn't find a .22 that was sufficiently accurate to be competitive. Also, interest was limited. FWIW, the last time we shot the course, KC and I used our .223 rifles. Scores were much higher than with any .22 we'd tried.
Thought this might be a way to hold a full SR match on a shorter, club type range.
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That's pretty clever. I recently did a .22 sillhouette shoot. I think a .22lr kit for my AR is in order, as that course if fire is great cross training for standing SR serials.
 
RobertMcC said:
Yeah unfortunately here in NS to join NSRA sorry its 295.00 ( not 400 ) but reduces to 95$ after 4 years. I can get 3 year memberships for that price pretty much. They had a special couple years ago I should have taken it was like 400$ for 4 year membership.

Still the cost is a factor and I dont need to drive down the windy curvy road of beaverbank road.
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Taxing the hell out of new members sounds like a great way to keep away new members.
 
The APRA has a $100 levy (helps pay for the free lifetime memberships the executive give each other) for new members on top of the membership fees.
 
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