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Do we have a tally of people going? I'd like to book the hotel early this week, and also I'm happy to drive if someone wants to share ride with (from South Shore). Hotwire seems to have pretty decent deal going, $80/night for a 3-star hotel in Scarborough.
New guys, DO NOT underestimate the importance of fast, prompt, accurate target service. Particularly if the person you are pulling for is a good shooter.
Rip off a strip of white and of black pasters. Stick each one under your belt on either side of the buckle so most of the strip hangs down by your legs. Stick a few pasters of each color on your off hand.
If the pits you are working have a good backstop, find the hole dug up by bullets hitting your target and look at it, not at the target. Your neck will thank me later plus it is a LOT easier to tell your target's been hit.
As soon as the first shot hits the target pull it down. Find the hole. Plug it with the spotting disk. Stick the scoring disk in the appropriate hole on the edge of the target. Run the target back up smartlty.
For every other subsequent shot, pull the target down. Find the new hole. Move the shot spotter to it. Paste the old bullet hole. Move the scoring disk to its new proper spot. Move the target up quickly. Replenish your pasters on your hand if needed. Go back to looking at the dirt on the berm, or back at the target if the berm won't let you see impacts (grass, etc).
DO NOT keep the target down while you find more pasters, look for a shot spotter, eat a snack, or any other reason longer than needed to mark the new shot. Get it back in the air re-marked ASAP. Move quickly but efficiently.
People that do not make the best effort to provide fast target service are a**h***s. Yes, I've ran into four or five over the years.
Hey B,
I have a quick question. My finances are very tight, but I really want to get into F/TR. Would an upper on my AR do the job if I were to get something like a WOA in 223 and the best scope I could afford. Or is doing it in this fashion a waste of time. With the new optic rule in NRA HP this could be an option for me to get something that would work for both types of events. I want to shoot this type of sport just for fun and do not care about wining only enjoying and beating myself
Dave
You are better off putting a service rifle upper on that and shooting conventional highpower.
You will learn a lot more than by having a bipod hold the rifle for you and letting the scope do the aiming.