Here are the practical long-gun events we have scheduled this month at Rio Salado:

3-Gun (Multi-Gun) Match: Saturday April 9th - PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Sign-in on Saturday runs 7am-8am, with first shots at 7am. New shooters should come in time to attend the New Shooter Orientation at 7:30am before they shoot. To get a feel for what to expect, check out these videos from our previous matches. Our usual format is 3 short-range rifle, shotgun and/or pistol stages, plus 1 long-range rifle stage. Bring 150 rounds of rifle ammo, 50 shotgun birdshot (#6 or smaller), and 50 rounds of pistol ammo. THIS MONTH YOU WILL ALSO NEED AT LEAST 3 SHOTGUN SLUGS.

We have been using electronic scoring for several months. To facilitate efficient shooter registration, we want everyone to pre-register for the match. Online registration will open at 3pm on Tuesday April 5th at the Practiscore website. When you arrive on match day, come to the stat shack and pay your match fee as usual, then simply go and shoot - your info will already be in the iPads. Even if you are not 100% sure of making it, it is better to pre-register. Those who do not pre-register will have to wait at the back of the line until everyone else who did pre-register is processed.

We are fortunate to have THREE very generous sponsors for our monthly match: Carbon Arms sponsors one of the shotgun stages, provides "loaner" shotshell caddies for competitors to try, and they donate a $100 gift certificate. VLTOR sponsors a CQB rifle stage, and they donate TWO of their excellent AR15 rifle stocks. LUTH-AR sponsors a long-range rifle stage, and they donate one of their fine MBA-series rifle stocks. All prizes are distributed by random draw from the list of competitor who finish the match. With typical attendance around 75 shooters, your odds of winning something nice are pretty good.

Red Mountain Action Rifle Match: Sunday April 17th
Registration opens at 12:30pm. This is a rifle-only match run over the same course of fire as the morning pistol match; maximum 60 yards, high-speed/low-drag, four run-n-gun stages. To see what a typical match setup looks like, view this YouTube video. The equipment divisions accommodate iron and optical sights, rimfire rifle, centerfire rifle and pistol caliber carbine. Bring 150 rounds of ammo and a quick set of legs.

Tactical Shotgun and Pistol Caliber Carbine Match: Thursday April 21st
Registration starts at 4pm, with a new shooter orientation shortly thereafter. The match format is four practical scenario-based stages similar to what you would encounter at a 3-Gun match, except that you only need to bring one gun - you choose either shotgun or pistol caliber carbine. There will be separate divisions for shotgun (Open, Limited and Pump), centerfire carbine (Optic and Iron) and .22 rimfire carbine (Optic and Iron). Any tactical shotgun suitable for 3-gun competition will work well in this match, or you can shoot a pistol caliber carbine (straight walled pistol calibers only please) or even a .22LR rifle. Check out the match rules for more details.

SPECIAL Pistol Caliber Carbine Match: Saturday April 23rd
This will be a special one-off match for pistol caliber carbines only. There will be four run-n-gun stages designed specifically for PCC afficianados. Start time 2pm. No need to pre-register... just turn up and shoot.

Despite some competing events, we had a solid turnout for Saturday's 3-Gun match, including several new faces. We hope everyone enjoyed the stages, which were adapted from four of the SMM3G stages. The match results are up on PRACTISCORE .

This month we again have four prizes to hand out  by random draw. The lucky winner of the $100 Carbon Arms gift certificate is Ari T, the VLTOR IMOD stock kits go to Paul R & Mike T, and the MBA stock from LUTH-AR is awarded to Gary M. CONGRATULATIONS to each of you, and a huge THANK YOU to our generous sponsors.

Lastly, a reminder about some additional long-gun matches later this month:
Red Mountain Action Rifle match on Sunday 4/17 at 12:30pm
Tactical Shotgun/Pistol Caliber Carbine match on Thursday 4/21 at 4pm
SPECIAL Pistol Caliber Carbine match on Saturday 4/23 at 2pm

REMINDER:

Thursday 4pm - Tactical Shotgun/Pistol Caliber Carbine match

Saturday 2pm - Pistol Caliber Carbine match

PCC match was a blast - check out the video on YouTube: CLICK

How about a link to the scores?

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