December High Power / Prone matches @ Sac Valley

[Pthfndr]

Sacramento Valley Shooting Center
Range 12 - the 1000 yard range

Both days are prone matches

Saturday Dec 8 "Folsom Special"
300/500/600/800 yards
2 convertible sighter shots / 10 shots for record at each line
2 shooters to a firing position (either pair or string fire)
27 minute time limit for both shooters to shoot the string

Sunday Dec 9 Palma Match
800/900/1000 yards
Unlimited sighters at 800 yards and 15 shots for record
2 sighter shots and 15 shots for record at 900 & 1000
1 shooter per firing position
22 minute time limit for each string

Cost is $20 each day and includes the usual burger/hotdog BBQ after the match

Sign in is 0730-0800 both days (confirmed by Jim O)
Safety Brief at 0800

Classes for iron sight/sling shooters, F Open, F-T/R, Tactical Rifle, Vintage Rifle

Let Jim O'Connell know when you sign in if you are using a muzzle brake or shooting something big like a .338LM, or if you are a new/first time shooter, so he can squad you appropriately.

Any questions just post them up here as there are a lot of us on here that shoot these matches and can answer them.

[mattt]

This is the best match of the year!! Hope to see all the regulars there . Phish you still own a rifle?

[phish]

gmafb, I miss one match and it's APB

been hoping to have my "project" completed for end of the year, but it doesn't look like it

[Pthfndr]

gmafb, I miss one match and it's APB

been hoping to have my "project" completed for end of the year, but it doesn't look like it

Guess it's time to put the scope back on the Palma rifle then, eh?

[HK Dave]

I need to start getting competing in these types of events... i bet this it would be loads of fun.

Too bad its way up there.

[Pthfndr]

Too bad its way up there.

There are ranges closer to you that have them. Coalinga, Pala, Camp Pendleton (Santa Margarita gun Club).

Or you could make a weekend of it. Drive up Friday night, shoot Sat & Sun, drive back Sunday afternoon. There are actually several people who do that a few times a year.

[killshot44]

Ah, the old Folsom Special makes its return! Probably the best match for a first-time match shooter to attend.

Starts at 300yds, 10 rounds per distance (need 48 rounds total for the match) and if you like your Sighters you can score 'em.

If this match format doesn't get the fence-sitters, next-time-ers and 100yd line champions to come out and shoot, nothing will.

I'll see you winners next Saturday.

[mattt]

Just got done loading my 223 ammo for my Savage.You dont need a 308 to shoot this one.

[killshot44]

Bump to the 1st page.........anyone else interested?

Surely not everyone is going to be in a mall holding their wife's purse next weekend.....

[phish]

plan is to shoot Sunday's Palma match

ironic how a gun originally purchased for iron sight shooting seems to have wound up as an f-class gun

[wooger]

Shoot sling, it's not going to be hot.

[killshot44]

Forecast is 60 degrees and sun, gotta love California in December...

[mattt]

I was hoping for 40,s and overcast. My favorite conditions= no mirage

[cavemanlrrp]

I have never shot in a competition.
Have an AR I have only stretched out to a little over 300, space available. It has some glass, bi pod and I shoot it prone almost exclusively. I'd like to try further, but probably not much "competition" for you guys.
So would a green horn slow things down too much?

Best
caveman

[Pthfndr]

I have never shot in a competition.
Have an AR I have only stretched out to a little over 300, space available. It has some glass, bi pod and I shoot it prone almost exclusively. I'd like to try further, but probably not much "competition" for you guys.
So would a green horn slow things down too much?

Best
caveman

This is the perfect match for first timers. Everything is shot from the prone position. We do what's called "slow fire". You don't load up a whole magazine, you only load one (1) round at a time, fire that round on the target. The target is pulled down and a "spotting disc" is placed in the bullet hole, then the target is sent back up so the shooter can see where they hit, make any needed corrections, and do it all over again.

In this particular match you get 2 sighter shots (think of them as practice shots), and then you shoot 10 shots for record (for score). In this match, if your sighter shots are good ones - 10s or Xs - you can "convert" those to your first, or first and second, shots for record. While you are shooting another shooter is keeping track of your shots and score for you.

At the High Power matches everyone shoots, keeps score, and also spends time in the target butts pulling and marking targets.

We almost always have a few new shooters, and those with experience will always provide assistance to the new people. All you need to do is say it's your first time.

Since this is a short/mid/long range match, with the longest distance being 800 yards, any AR with virtually any ammo will be capable of keeping all shots on target.

This match is so easy and fun, even the vintage rifle guys bring out their Mausers, Mosins, and Swiss rifles to shoot with their iron sights. Some of them even score better than the "real" competition rifles.

Don't be bashful, come out and have fun. Shooting on a High Power target for score gives you something to measure your skill by if you do it on a regular basis. Don't be concerned with beating other people. It's nice to finish at the top (I usually don't, Killshot and Nimoz usually do), but most for most of us it's about our own progression.