Posted: 3/25/2004 4:33:13 PM EDT
I don't know which one of your guys came up with the construction ideas for your shoot house last year, but your friends up north (north as in SC and GA  ) thought it was great. So much so, that we're "borrowing" the design for our own little house of horrors. The ground stakes that hold the 2x4's make set-up a breeze. We framed up the door the other day, and we're just waiting on the welder to finish the stakes. Scoop's cousin owns a furniture company, and said we could have all the cardboard we needed. Things are coming along nicely.Hope you guys don't mind. The range where we're holding our matches has a 3-berm 20X50 yard pistol bay, so we should have a full 180 degree fire zone. Wish us luck. |
| CS223 (Chuck) and Dirk_Pitt pretty much come up with almost all of the props and materials. They have brought the club and its courses a LONG LONG way from its modest beginings. My crude target stands, use of trash cans for cover etc seem almost silly compared to what the two of them come up with! |
HELL YES, Your Invited.  You know, it's almost scary how fast things have picked up. There are no words to describe how great Peggy Crockett and the Carolina Star have been to us. We have exclusive use of any/all ranges the day of the match, and the afternoon before the match for set up. She let's us use a storage shed on the property to keep all our equipment/props in. She is a gracious host, and fixes lunch for our group of shooters. She has helped us purchase much of the equipment we currently have. We are lucky to have this venue. We've also had fellow shooters allow us the use of 30+ rifle grade steel targets, welders who have helped us build and maintain equipment, and the local bowling alley that contributes all the pins we could ever shoot. We also had a local business donate 55 gal plastic drums that we can use for barricades and shooting positions. The local range where we used to shoot Tactical Rifle Matches (many moons ago; it's now a "liability issue") is even loaning us equipment. What scares me most, is the progression of the matches. Each match we have done so far has been SIGNIFICANTLY more involved. I've had to actually eliminate targets to keep the MINIMUM round count under 100 for the April match. I know that we'll eventually hit a plateau, and hope we don't dissappoint anyone. You guys set the standard.  You're a tough act to follow. Hell, we don't even have a cool name yet, and it may take us years to get published. Thanks. |
Whatcha need to know dude. As far as the COF's go, we usually run four, but because of the shoot house, the April match will only have three. The primary rifle range is 300 yards, and we have incorporated 200 yard stages into our matches, but the April match will all be "up close and personal". Targets are bowling pins, steel plates, and IDPA scoring targets. All reactive targets are scored up/down; the IDPA targets require two scored hits. Cof's are shot "vickers count" unless otherwise specified - Shoot till your happy. We always start off with an IPSC style speed run to get everbody warmed up. Bowling pins at 20-25 yards do the trick; it's a quick stage, and those pins are deceptively small. This match will be in the same format, but we're tossing in a few IDPA targets on the first run to change the sight picture a little. The next stage will be a barricade situation. You'll start the COF from a concealed position, and engage steel reactive targets. You'll then move forward to the first barricade and engage targets from the left and right firing positions, move laterally to the next barricade and repeat, move laterally to the third barricade and repeat. Total lateral movement is about 25 yards. Intermission - Lunch at the club house. The third stage will be the shoot house. You're familiar with this one. We've increased the distance on some of the shooting to let us use some reactive steel; think of LONG hallways and lotza no-shoots  .The matches are shot at the Carolina Star ( www.carolinastar.com ). We shoot open class; shoot what you bring. Minimum round count for this match is 90, but figure +50%. The match fee is $20, and includes lunch. Do I see an FDCC Road Trip in your future. |