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the 50/25 Rimfire Silhouette Sporter Match to be held this Saturday. I had the duty for hosting the Mid-Range Get-together today and thought I would put the time to use getting ready for our local match on June 5th.

Kimber Hunter with Sightron HBR II 6X42 scope:


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10 minutes, 30 rounds, 25 targets, engage in any order, offhand from 50 yards, and your score is the number left standing. Low score wins. Top row can be a tiebreaker. This score is a 3X3. Its only been cleaned three times in competition.
 
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#2 ·
the 50/25 Rimfire Silhouette Sporter Match to be held this Saturday. I had the duty for hosting the Mid-Range Get-together today and thought I would put the time to use getting ready for our local match on June 5th.

Kimber Hunter with Sightron HBR II 6X42 scope:

10 minutes, 30 rounds, 25 targets, engage in any order, offhand from 50 yards, and your score is the number left standing. Low score wins. Top row can be a tiebreaker. This score is a 3X3. Its only been cleaned three times in competition.
I'm sure you meant July 5th. How did you do?
 
#3 · (Edited)
I did indeed. Thanks for catching that. To answer your question, I shot the same score as I did in practice. But, it was good enough to tire for first with one of the finest and most consistent shooters in our club. Funny, we did the same in open sight class as well.

The match report from today:

SCOPE SIGHTED CLASS

1st 3X3 Randy King, Savage Mk II, CCI SV
1st 3X3 Danny Creasy, Kimber Hunter, Sk Std Plus
2nd 7X6 David Malone, Ruger 10/22, Wolf MT
3rd 9X4 Mike, Savage Mk II, Federal AutoMatch
4th 9X7 David Hollimon, CZ 452 Silhouette, Aguila
5th 11X5 Ulus Farris, CZ 452 American, Federal 510
6th 12X7 Peter Justinius, Ruger 10/22, Federal
7th 15X6 Peary Willard, Remington 581, Federal 510
8th 21X7 Billy Moffett, Cricket, Federal 750

OPEN SIGHTED CLASS

1st 5X5 Randy King, CZ 452 Trainer, CCI SV
1st 5X5 Danny Creasy, CZ 452 FS, SK Std Plus
2nd 10X6 David Hollimon, CZ 452 UltraLux, Aguila
3rd 14X5 Mike, Marlin 39, Federal AutoMatch
4th 15X7 Andrew Butler, CZ 452 UltraLux, Winchester Xpert
5th 19X7 Peary Willard, CZ 452 Lux, CCI SV
6th 23X7 Peter Justinius, Stevens Favorite, Federal
7th 24X7 David Malone, Ruger 10/22, Wolf MT

PEEP SIGHTED CLASS

1st 7X7 Randy King, CZ 452 Trainer, CCI SV
2nd 8X6 Danny Creasy, Marlin 39A, Federal 750
3rd 17X6 Billy Moffett, Marlin 39A, Federal 750
 
#5 · (Edited)
I decided to go with two different rifles for the August 50/25 Rimfire Sporter Silhouette match. The CZ 452 UltraLux for the open sighted class and the Anschutz 1710 for the telescopically sighted class:



Once again, no one else was at the range on this beautiful Monday summer morning. I set up one rack and put up some sighting bulls on the backer just behind the rack:



I began by zeroing the two rifles using the flame dots. As I jotted on the target in the accompanying pic, the Anschutz was a piece of cake to zero (up four clicks and left three on the Weaver V-16). However, I was bummed to find the windage off on the long barreled CZ as that entailed playing cat and mouse with the tiny little windage adjustment screws on the rear sight. I only took two boxes of SK Std Plus cartridges and I wanted to be sure I saved 60 rounds for two runs at the rack. One with the Annie and one with the CZ. So, I could only spare three rounds for that final CZ group. I was making very judicious left windage adjustments trying to sneak up on POA. Fortunately, those last three pretty much straddled the little diamond:



With the two European sporters sighted in, I was ready to take on the steel targets, offhand, in simulated match conditions. One can engage the 25 targets in any order with his/her 30 rounds, and there are several strategies about how to go about this. Usually, the competitors, me included, start with the bottom row dwelling rams and then work our way up. I shot the Anschutz first and I decided to use my still fresh nerves and muscles to start with the challenging top row. I have done this once or twice over the years with mixed success. Today, I smacked the Pdog with my first shot and then went six for six on the little chickens. Not only that, while I was hot and since I had a ten shot magazine in the rifle, I knocked off three pigs. "Dang, ten for ten. I can clean this thing today." Well, it was not to be. Left one turkey up. I even missed a big fat ram. But, I would gladly take a 1X1 score on Saturday (under match conditions and a crowd):



I started with the rams on the open sight rack. It is the percentage play with this less precise combo. After shooting two or three rams, I started using a scattered strategy which is a favorite of mine. A couple of rams, a pig or two, a turkey, the pdog, etc. After finally clearing the bottom three rows and the pdog, I had only one round left for the six chickens. I paused, set the rifle down, and let my numbing arm hang for a moment. I picked the rifle back up - chambered a round - took a deep breath, let half of it out, aimed, sighted, and squeezed. I sent the last pill sailing right over the third chicken from the left's back. A 6X6 is fine, but a 4X4 on Saturday would probably be needed to beat the King brothers (they can flat out shoot):



By the way, if you live in the North West Alabama area, these matches are open to the public and we don't even charge an entry fee. We simply ask that you follow the rules, be safe, and have fun. More than once, I have seen a gravel pit plinker show up and best everybody with his or her Marlin 60 or Ruger 10/22. And, there is a peep sighted class as well.
 
#6 · (Edited)
Actually, that rack with a single turkey standing would rate a score of 1X0, not 1X1.

By the way, I couldn't quite muster the magic of the Monday practice session at yesterday's match. Shot a 5X3 in scoped class and a 9X6 in both open and peep sighted classes to finish third, second, and first respectively.

That's the way it goes. The class you consider the "throw away" effort (in this case, the one in which I used my aperture sighted Marlin 39A) ended up being my highest placement. :rolleyes:



 
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