Tactical Rifle Match Results
This past Saturday I competed in a Tactical Rifle Match at Brocks Gap. The match went great and the weather was good. Needless to say I didn’t shoot all that well. In fact due to a a couple bad mistakes and weapon failures I came in next to last.
This is how my performance went
| Raw Time | Penalties | Bonus | Net Time | |
| Stage 1 | 98.00 | 10.00 | 108.00 | |
| Stage 2 | 33.98 | 40.00 | 73.98 | |
| Stage 3 | 42.02 | 40.00 | 82.02 | |
| Stage 4 | 999.00 | 999.00 | ||
| Stage 5 | 37.45 | 40.00 | 77.45 | |
| Stage 6 | 40.00 | 5.00 | 35.00 | |
| Stage 7 | 67.81 | 10.00 | 20.00 | 57.81 |
| Total | 1318.26 | 140.00 | 25.00 | 1433.26 |
My first stage of the day was Stage 7 which was the very location of my first round in shooting sports competition was fired and my first equipment failure. I don’t remeber really doing anything wrong except being really slow and walking past a target.
My second stage, Stage 1, has proven to be nemisses in the past. Saturday was no different. When installing my JP Trigger I managed to damage the oversized anti-walk pin… So the orginial trigger pins I used walked out and caused failures.
Stage 2, I dispute my score and penalties. In the morning safety meeting it was stated that there was not going to be a penalty for failure to engage because of the stage setup. So my stratgey to beat the time was to engage the targets as they became visible. Since some the the targets I apparently walked past or didn’t see. The score keeper was off on that stage. I kept score on that stage and did not give out penalties for un-engaged targets. Somebody’s score is wrong, might be others!!!
Stage 3, weapon failures plaged me again.
Stage 4, double feed rounds into chamber after slamming my magizine into the ground dropping to prone position. Weapon failure is the shooters fault, as it should be, and I didn’t finish after only taking about 3 shots. This stage did my weapon the final failure for the day.
Stage 5, used a weapon I had never shot with. The optics on the weapon where lower on the weapon than mine which I was no prepared for and my ear muffs where in the way.
Stage 6, another weapon but this one was my buddies which I had fired several times. The only problem was a squib load I had made. But all in all this was the stage I felt best about.
So from my narration of each of these stages it wasn’t my best outting. Enough excuses and complaining. Next competition my weapon will be ready and I will have learned from my mistakes. Reguardless I had lots of fun, met new people, and got to see some old friends.
If you haven’t ever been to a match, you are missing out. Find a local club or match and go out. You wont regret it.
