From Randy...he already posted, but in case you don't know how to navigate this forum...
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
-Desiderius Erasmus
The annual Practical Rifle Night Match is set for Saturday, December 8th. It is a chance to use your battle rifle under realistic low-light conditions, usually including mud, rain and wind.
Shooting in limited lighting has special safety considerations. If you don't feel you can safely handle your rifle in low light, please sit this one out. For safety, we will not allow new shooters at this match. A new shooter is someone who has never competed in TCGC Practical Rifle matches before. (No Tyros this month.)
This match is for rifle only – no handguns. You may shoot pistol-caliber carbines or rimfire, if you like, but those will be scored separately from Practical Rifles.
All you need is a rifle and a light. Heck, the light isn't even absolutely needed. Any other gear is acceptable including lasers, night vision, thermal imagers, etc., as long as it is safe and doesn't annoy the other shooters. Please avoid pointing any lights or lasers at other shooters or range officers.
We will have four stages with no more than 16 rounds per stage. Most shots will be close distance as it is generally difficult to identify deadly threats at long distance. We will have a couple mandatory magazine changes and shooting from different positions (knee pads?). Dress for the weather.
As usual, we will be handing out blue chem.-lights to designate no-shoots and everyone must wear them.
We will have some steel targets so no armor piercing ammo or any bullets with steel content will be allowed in the pit. Please check you ammo with a magnet in advance. If you are found in possession of magnetic bullets you will be disqualified.
Sign-up is from 4:00-4:30pm at the stat shack by the action ranges. Safety briefing and walk-through start at 4:30pm, also at the stat shack. If you are late, you will not be shooting. Please don't ask for an exception. The first 30 in line get a free magnet with built in LED and laser. The magnet is to check your bullets for steel. The LED is to check chambers etc without blinding your squad. The laser is to point at the targets when someone else is shooting, if you're brave enough.
From noon to 4 PM, we will set up a "practice stage" consisting of several reactive steel targets at medium to long range if you would like to get some practice in before the match. There will be a charge of $1 per ten rounds fired to help Practical Rifle purchase new targets. You can also help set up the stages during this time, if you want.
The match fee is $15 but if you are experienced enough to be a stage range officer (running everyone through your assigned stage safely and consistently) then you shoot for free. Check with me before the match.
This is a great opportunity to see if your equipment (and your brain) really works in the field. Last year, I felt like I needed a more powerful light on my rifle so I bought a new one right before the match. The bulb broke on the first stage and I was so rattled that I forgot I had a flashlight on my belt that would have helped me finish the stage. Almost every time I buy something new right before a match it screws me over.
There is no such thing as darkness, only a failure to see.
Malcolm Muggeridge
Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again.
When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Protect your nipples.
Blueswarrior