March Sporting Rifle Match PICS

[Zak Smith]

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[usmcgrunt]

Great pics Zak as always! Is that a total AI rifle or just the AICS? Either way both are nice looking and more than likely very accurate! At what range distance were ya'll shooting?

Grunt Out!

[Zak Smith]

The rifle I used (S&B and suppressor) is an AI-AW rebarreled to .260 Remington.

The rifle in pictures 3 and 6 is a Remington in an AICS, shot by MrButterpants.

The match is the Sporting Rifle Match in the terrain at the NRAWC in Raton NM.

The "Sporting Rifle Match" at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton NM is designed to test a rifleman's skills shooting small targets from approximately 175 to 700 yards in the natural terrain, with what he can carry throughout the course. (The "Sporting Rifle Match" has nothing to do with NRA High Power "Sporting Rifle" class.)

The match format is 10 stages spread over a 2 mile distance. Each stage has 6 targets at varying distances to be engaged with only one shot each. Target distances are known to the shooter. There is no time limit, but the shooter must finish within a reasonable period of time. No "sighter shots" allowed. Score is total number of hits out of 60 possible. No one has shot a perfect score, yet.

Match entry is $30. There is partial cash payback to winner(s) based on the match turnout. The balance of fees goes to the NRA WC.

The match has 60 targets, 6 per station, 10 stations, and you get one poke at each one. Distances are known, but are random/arbitrary since the targets are just out in the terrain. The stations are spread out over a couple miles.

Next month we are moving a target out to 900.

[rhino]

The match has 60 targets, 6 per station, 10 stations, and you get one poke at each one. Distances are known, but are random/arbitrary since the targets are just out in the terrain. The stations are spread out over a couple miles.

Can you drive/ride between the stations, or is this one of you hike'n'shoot matches?

[Paulinski]

Great pics. Looks like a lot of cool hardware in one place.

[Zak Smith]

Hike-n-shoot, but no time constraints.

-z