Shooters!
not much to report from the Tokyo olympics shooting results, but the womens trap final is just now starting as I write this and one American made it into the final round, so in an hour or two we'll know how she did.
Some of the AZ team at Camp Perry OH are posting on FB and results are up from the CMP matches that lead up to the National Matches. 3 days of 80-shot service rifle (200-300-600yd, standing-sitting-prone, slow fire & rapid fire) 800 would be a perfect score, lost of scores in the 795 range, didn't see any Arizona names next to those scores.
https://ct.thecmp.org/app/v1/index.php?do=match&task=edit&tab=results&match=21041
At the NRA F-class Nationals at Camp Atterbury IN, the 1000 yd Fclass 2-day matches they have 2 variants, "target rifle" that's .308 or .223 with bipod. and "open" that allows any caliber (up to some limit) with sandbag type rest. Big scopes on all the guns. I see AZ names in 2nd place for TR and an AZ teenage girl was first place on day one and 3rd place for the 2 day in open category!
https://competitor.nra.org/public/ChampionshipResults.aspx
I saw that write up about her at
https://www.facebook.com/accurateshooter/
lets see if this posts:
to me (I don't shoot F-class) it kinda seems like benchrest but lying on the ground. big, accurate rifles, big scopes, bipods or sandbag type rests.
If you think you wanna try it, pretty much any of the modern crop of varmint/tactical/"chassis" long range rifles will do if you have a scope with twisty knobs. Get a zero at the public range and then use a ballistic table to figure out your 500 or 600 yd come-up and you'll be on paper (the paper is 6 foot square in this sport).
start at a 500 yd shoot at PRGC or Rio Salado, then go to the 1000yd shoots at Ben Avery.
Desert Sharpshooters often run beginner-friendly shoots at the 600yd line at Ben Avery.
https://phoenixrodandgun.org/ (prgc)
https://www.rsscaz.com/ (rio)
http://www.desertsharpshooters.com/ (avery)
https://www.roadrunnerrifleclub.com/ (avery or rio)
Post, PM or email questions.
ya'll shoot good!
Poole
http://arizona-rifleshooting.com/
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