realmswalker
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Hello Everyone,
Being That I am in cali, we haven't really had a chance to participate in one of these until now, and I must say it was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
The shoot was held and mike rahaagues shooting range in Corona. It was a very good turnout and we had so many people we actually had to do relays with one line on a left target and one line on a right target.
Day one ran from 830 to almost 6 oclock, we pretty much shot till the sun went down. The instruction I got from this course and the skills I have taken away are Phenomenol, I can not stress highly enough that if you can do this shoot, then do it.
Day two ran like a normal day shoot with only one line of shooters per relay, no swaps. It was windy as heck on day two and sand and dust were blowing everywere, but around 11 or 12 it calmed down and wasnt too bad.
My hats go off to the instructors as they did and AMAZING job not only with instruction, but with range safety, and just being general all around very nice people. If you go to a shoot and are lucky to have Junior Birdman as you coach for the classes, he taught very well and in a manner that anyone can understand, which gave us the basic ways to effectively shoot a rifle.
All the other staff was great such as Koolaid, Bob, Frank, and everyone else, If you read this and I missed you by name I apologize, but everyone did a great job.
And one of my favorite parts of the experience was the history lesson on the start of the revolutionary was on april 19, 1775. All the people who read did a GREAT job and I for one loved it and was inspired.
The only regret I have is that I did not shoot rifleman, I missed it by 8 points on the very last stage
But i have taken so many great skills to practice and build upon, I am hoping to shoot it at my next shoot.
This AQT is shot with 4 stages of 10 rounds each. The first stage is shot standing which is the largest target on top, 10 rounds, and you have 2 minutes to complete it. I may be getting my time mixed up on these stages but this is best I can remember, been a long day.
The second stage is shot sitting position starting from standing, 5 in each of the two targets that are side by side. You must do a mag change after the second shot then put three more in the first target and 5 in the last. 50 seconds to complete I believe.
The third stage is shot from the prone position, starting from standing. Three targets side by side side. 2 in the first target, then a mag change then 1 more in the first. 3 in the second target, then 4 in the last target. 60 seconds to complete I believe
The fourth stage is started from prone and stays in prone. 2 shots on the first target, 2 on the second, 3 on the third and 3 on the fourth. 2 and a half or three minutes to complete, Im pretty sure im wrong on the time on this one.
Those targets at the bottom look mighty small through iron sights at 25 meters. But it was a great time.
Here is my target with my best score, which was the last stage, we shot about 6 or so of these. I shot with an m1 garand and my own loads.
The third stage is three targets
Being That I am in cali, we haven't really had a chance to participate in one of these until now, and I must say it was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
The shoot was held and mike rahaagues shooting range in Corona. It was a very good turnout and we had so many people we actually had to do relays with one line on a left target and one line on a right target.
Day one ran from 830 to almost 6 oclock, we pretty much shot till the sun went down. The instruction I got from this course and the skills I have taken away are Phenomenol, I can not stress highly enough that if you can do this shoot, then do it.
Day two ran like a normal day shoot with only one line of shooters per relay, no swaps. It was windy as heck on day two and sand and dust were blowing everywere, but around 11 or 12 it calmed down and wasnt too bad.
My hats go off to the instructors as they did and AMAZING job not only with instruction, but with range safety, and just being general all around very nice people. If you go to a shoot and are lucky to have Junior Birdman as you coach for the classes, he taught very well and in a manner that anyone can understand, which gave us the basic ways to effectively shoot a rifle.
All the other staff was great such as Koolaid, Bob, Frank, and everyone else, If you read this and I missed you by name I apologize, but everyone did a great job.
And one of my favorite parts of the experience was the history lesson on the start of the revolutionary was on april 19, 1775. All the people who read did a GREAT job and I for one loved it and was inspired.
The only regret I have is that I did not shoot rifleman, I missed it by 8 points on the very last stage
But i have taken so many great skills to practice and build upon, I am hoping to shoot it at my next shoot. This AQT is shot with 4 stages of 10 rounds each. The first stage is shot standing which is the largest target on top, 10 rounds, and you have 2 minutes to complete it. I may be getting my time mixed up on these stages but this is best I can remember, been a long day.
The second stage is shot sitting position starting from standing, 5 in each of the two targets that are side by side. You must do a mag change after the second shot then put three more in the first target and 5 in the last. 50 seconds to complete I believe.
The third stage is shot from the prone position, starting from standing. Three targets side by side side. 2 in the first target, then a mag change then 1 more in the first. 3 in the second target, then 4 in the last target. 60 seconds to complete I believe
The fourth stage is started from prone and stays in prone. 2 shots on the first target, 2 on the second, 3 on the third and 3 on the fourth. 2 and a half or three minutes to complete, Im pretty sure im wrong on the time on this one.
Those targets at the bottom look mighty small through iron sights at 25 meters. But it was a great time.
Here is my target with my best score, which was the last stage, we shot about 6 or so of these. I shot with an m1 garand and my own loads.
The third stage is three targets
