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Saturday March 30, we will begin our 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] season of this discipline at Riley Conservation Club, and then shoot 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Sat each month April - October. As we continue to grow, we experience the inevitable growing pains. Attendance changes, shooter skill increases, equipment gets upgraded, all the result of popularity among the shooters. Some shooters like an easy format, others prefer a more difficult challenge. With 8 monthly matches planned, (I’d like one of them to be a “Game Day” like our September match) I want to have rotating degree of difficulty each month. Additionally, I hope to run a Wednesday night match once a month. I expect all monthly matches to be 60 rounds.
3 Formats— To prevent boredom and appeal to the largest amount of potential shooters, I want to change the difficulty of the match each month.
“20 straight” will be the easiest format and simply be 20 targets in 8 minutes, at each of 3 distances. This should be ample time given that you are not changing distance during the string of fire.
“Varmint Hunt” is the original format and the most challenging. You shoot 5 critter targets at 3 different distances, repeating 4 times. 20 shots in 10 minutes, 3 strings of 20 = 60 rounds.
“Half & Half” is a combination of the others, 5 shots in a row at each of 4 distances. 20 shots in a string, 3 strings, time limit to be determined.
Unlimited Class—After 35 years of Handgun Silhouette, the last thing I want in this game is to turn everything into an equipment race. The original purpose was to host an event where a guy can run a 2 MOA rifle and have a reasonable chance of success. Acknowledging that some shooters enjoy customizing and gearing up their equipment, I think it’s time for an Unlimited class. Custom guns, aftermarket barrels, and/or bona fide target rifles will fall into this class, all others will remain in standard class.
You can still run different guns in different classes, allowing shooters to fire 2 entries without competing against themselves. The different formats are more conducive to this.
Distances—75-200 yards will still be the mainstay. I want to offer targets at the 240 line this year, perhaps for the Unlimited class or maybe create a High Master class for the upper echelon shooters.
Comments? Questions? Plan to come shoot with us!!
3 Formats— To prevent boredom and appeal to the largest amount of potential shooters, I want to change the difficulty of the match each month.
“20 straight” will be the easiest format and simply be 20 targets in 8 minutes, at each of 3 distances. This should be ample time given that you are not changing distance during the string of fire.
“Varmint Hunt” is the original format and the most challenging. You shoot 5 critter targets at 3 different distances, repeating 4 times. 20 shots in 10 minutes, 3 strings of 20 = 60 rounds.
“Half & Half” is a combination of the others, 5 shots in a row at each of 4 distances. 20 shots in a string, 3 strings, time limit to be determined.
Unlimited Class—After 35 years of Handgun Silhouette, the last thing I want in this game is to turn everything into an equipment race. The original purpose was to host an event where a guy can run a 2 MOA rifle and have a reasonable chance of success. Acknowledging that some shooters enjoy customizing and gearing up their equipment, I think it’s time for an Unlimited class. Custom guns, aftermarket barrels, and/or bona fide target rifles will fall into this class, all others will remain in standard class.
You can still run different guns in different classes, allowing shooters to fire 2 entries without competing against themselves. The different formats are more conducive to this.
Distances—75-200 yards will still be the mainstay. I want to offer targets at the 240 line this year, perhaps for the Unlimited class or maybe create a High Master class for the upper echelon shooters.
Comments? Questions? Plan to come shoot with us!!