TXBob
04-28-11, 09:59
Some thoughts I learned as a new guy running an AR in competition the first time. Becuase it deals with general opertaion, i put it in the general forums.
1. The bolt release works both ways. Top part releases the bolt, pushing the bottom part locks the BCG back after you have cleared the weapon
1a. I'm a retard for not knowing this.
2. It has been stated elsewhere better, but for emphasis: PRACTICE YOUR MAG RELOADS.
2a. Further proof I am a retard: I put a magazine in, went to charge my rifle and the magazine fell out.
3. Benchrest/seated shooting and standing shooting are night and day different. That red dot moves all over the place. Most ranges I know require you to sit. There was not a single sitting position in the COF last night. Find a place where you can practice shooting standing.
4. Guys with NFA weapons aren't necessarily good. They have a fancy gun, but can shoot even worse than me.
4a. You're even more of a tool when you don't tape targets.
5. Yes speed counts, but the difference between 1st and 10th was accuracy. In fact, I had the slowest time in all 3 courses of fire, and yet places better than 25 competitors in 1 stage (our of 50) because I HIT EVERY TARGET CLEAN.
5a. The no-shoot target in the other stage was a collaborator, I'm sure of it.
6. As the match wore on, the light got pretty bad--it was very nice to be able to turn down my optic brightness. Shooting in low light was an experience as well.
7. Lower 1/3 co-witness with fixed sights: Didn't even see my irons when running. Red Dot+Target was all. I have a micro Aimpoint--even in that tiny sight, there was plenty of vision.
8. Very few failures--almost all were magazine related that I saw. 1 guy had a rifle that clearly was a problem child. My squad 14 guys had 0 failures. We had 1 bad AR (didn't catch the brand-busted mags, FTF, All sorts of stuff), 1 Bad Mini-14 (FTF--5-6 times, racked it and went on), 1 bad 22/rimfire that jammed and required extensive remedy.
1. The bolt release works both ways. Top part releases the bolt, pushing the bottom part locks the BCG back after you have cleared the weapon
1a. I'm a retard for not knowing this.
2. It has been stated elsewhere better, but for emphasis: PRACTICE YOUR MAG RELOADS.
2a. Further proof I am a retard: I put a magazine in, went to charge my rifle and the magazine fell out.
3. Benchrest/seated shooting and standing shooting are night and day different. That red dot moves all over the place. Most ranges I know require you to sit. There was not a single sitting position in the COF last night. Find a place where you can practice shooting standing.
4. Guys with NFA weapons aren't necessarily good. They have a fancy gun, but can shoot even worse than me.
4a. You're even more of a tool when you don't tape targets.
5. Yes speed counts, but the difference between 1st and 10th was accuracy. In fact, I had the slowest time in all 3 courses of fire, and yet places better than 25 competitors in 1 stage (our of 50) because I HIT EVERY TARGET CLEAN.
5a. The no-shoot target in the other stage was a collaborator, I'm sure of it.
6. As the match wore on, the light got pretty bad--it was very nice to be able to turn down my optic brightness. Shooting in low light was an experience as well.
7. Lower 1/3 co-witness with fixed sights: Didn't even see my irons when running. Red Dot+Target was all. I have a micro Aimpoint--even in that tiny sight, there was plenty of vision.
8. Very few failures--almost all were magazine related that I saw. 1 guy had a rifle that clearly was a problem child. My squad 14 guys had 0 failures. We had 1 bad AR (didn't catch the brand-busted mags, FTF, All sorts of stuff), 1 Bad Mini-14 (FTF--5-6 times, racked it and went on), 1 bad 22/rimfire that jammed and required extensive remedy.