Here's the match report. Of the 5-6 guys in here that said they'd be there, only 3 showed up AFAIK. If any of you were there, let us know.
I had a gear change this match that affected my shotgun scores. Once I get used to the new gear, things should fall into place nicely. For the shotgun stages, I'm using one of the SST adapters from CavalryArms on my Mossberg 500. I didn't do too bad on the shotgun stages, but it's going to take a little time to get used to shooting a shotgun like an AR. I've been used to a dropped stock profile and bore mounted turkey sights. Here's what it looked like before:
Notice the drop in the stock. It really helped prevent your cheek from being beaten to death when shooting 3" magnum loads.
Here's a shot of the SST from the CavArms site. It shows the straight profile a little better than the match pics. I've got the same setup except mine's a Moss 500 not a 590 and I don't have the 4pos buttstock, I've got a standard A1.
I was a little worried about not having a rubber buttpad on the A1 stock. I was very surprised and how well the straight profile of the SST adaptor and A1 stock reduced felt recoil. Follow up shots are a breeze, or would be if not for my ineptitude using a red-dot sight. The change in sights is going to take a little getting used to. The new safety used with the SST is wonderful, I can't tell you how nice it is to be able to disengage the safety without having to completely let go of the pistol grip and reach over the top of the receiver.
First shotgun stage:
Me
Russell:
Second shotgun stage:
AZEric:
Russell:
Me:
Long range rifle:
Here's the stage layout. There were four steel flag poppers (flag raises when you hit them) and four LaRue swinging targets at ranges from 100 to 300+ yards.
Shooters must engage all 8 targets from the prone position and then again while shooting over a table.
Russell:
AZEric:
Me: The old Simmons Aetec 3-10x44 really came in handy on this one.
CQB rifle:
Stage setup: Begin with one knee on the ground in the shooter's box. On buzzer, climb stairs and engage 3 targets over the top of the barricade. Then proceed down the hall and engage targets as they become visible. At the end, shoot 4 targets in the spider hole. Various no-shoot and hard-cover targets are interspersed.
AZEric:
Russell:
Me:
After the match was over, Russell and I took the opportunity to run the CQB stage using our sidearms. Quite a difference and extremely FUN!
Russell took out the bad guys in the spider hole execution style. He pretty much reached all the way in and popped each in the forehead.