allen-1
NES Member
Let's start with "I'm reasonably competent with a pistol, not so much with a rifle" - just to get that out of the way.
I shot a two gun match this past weekend, a Sua Sponte fundraiser. I've only shot one multigun match before. I read the stage descriptions and the accompanying match brief carefully, but I expected to learn some stuff as I went along by watching better shooters. That turned out to be true.
Lesson #1 -
Although you CAN zero an AR-15 at either 20 or 50 yards - only a dumbass would zero his AR at 50 when his scope is designed for a 20/200 yard zero.
I had a nice grouping on my sight-in paper, and shot the 300 yard targets on our long range,
but in the match I was shooting way over the target at 100 yards and had to walk the rounds up to hit the steel.
Missed shots and time - LOTS of time.
Lesson #2 -
If you're missing the long shots, cut your losses and go get the pistol shots instead of parring out.
Lesson #3 -
Practice more.
I can clearly see on video me bringing the rifle up on target, then lowering it to flip the safety off;
that safety should have come off as soon as I was raising the rifle to shoot.
I generally shoot my handgun at least twice a week at the range, plus dryfire at home.
I don't do that with the AR. If I want to do better with it, I need to work with it more.
I shot a two gun match this past weekend, a Sua Sponte fundraiser. I've only shot one multigun match before. I read the stage descriptions and the accompanying match brief carefully, but I expected to learn some stuff as I went along by watching better shooters. That turned out to be true.
Lesson #1 -
Although you CAN zero an AR-15 at either 20 or 50 yards - only a dumbass would zero his AR at 50 when his scope is designed for a 20/200 yard zero.
I had a nice grouping on my sight-in paper, and shot the 300 yard targets on our long range,
but in the match I was shooting way over the target at 100 yards and had to walk the rounds up to hit the steel.
Missed shots and time - LOTS of time.
Lesson #2 -
If you're missing the long shots, cut your losses and go get the pistol shots instead of parring out.
Lesson #3 -
Practice more.
I can clearly see on video me bringing the rifle up on target, then lowering it to flip the safety off;
that safety should have come off as soon as I was raising the rifle to shoot.
I generally shoot my handgun at least twice a week at the range, plus dryfire at home.
I don't do that with the AR. If I want to do better with it, I need to work with it more.