remingtonman_25_06
Handloader
- Nov 17, 2005
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Just got home from my first NRL hunter match in La Grande, OR. Quite a bit different then PRS that I'm use to. Some similarities, but also just different. Main difference is acquiring targets, ranging them, and packing all your gear in a backpack and hiking between stages. The similarities are building a good solid shooting foundation and that's about it haha. I'll go back for more. It was fun. We had a good squad of guys, my cousin went, and also a few other guys we shoot PRS with.
For starters we all just did the skills division since it was all of ours first NRL match. I don't have a rifle that really meets the power factor and weight limit, even for heavy division. My 6 BRA comes in right at 17# and the cutoff for heavy is 16# Wouldn't matter again anyway because it doesn't meet the power factor of 380K, which can easily be had by multiplying your velocity by bullet weight.
I ended up coming in 2nd in the skills division, behind my cousin who took 1st in skills division. He shoots a 6 Creed. I took 5th overall out of 25 shooters, and my cousin took 3rd overall.
I bombed 2 stages out of 8 pretty good. The first stage was 725 yards and I had a heck of a time locating the targets tucked back in the shade, along with the smoke. I also didn't have any rear support shooting from the log kneeling, so my "wobble zone" was pretty good lol. I only got 3 points out of 8 on that one. 1 first round impact and 1 second round impact. I proceeded to either clean, which is 8 points (4 first round impacts), or get 7 points which is 3 first round impacts, and a 2nd round impact for the next 6 stages. I ended up bombing the last stage also, which was 625 yards and only got 2 first round impacts for 4 points and no impacts the next 4 shots. I again was not using a rear support. I have never used a tripod rear for support, just can't wrap my brain around it for some reason. However I definitely need to start practicing it because it is absolutely a game changer for sure. That is how my cousin beat me, he was using a tripod rear for support.
All in all, great day of shooting and making new friends. Highly recommended!
For starters we all just did the skills division since it was all of ours first NRL match. I don't have a rifle that really meets the power factor and weight limit, even for heavy division. My 6 BRA comes in right at 17# and the cutoff for heavy is 16# Wouldn't matter again anyway because it doesn't meet the power factor of 380K, which can easily be had by multiplying your velocity by bullet weight.
I ended up coming in 2nd in the skills division, behind my cousin who took 1st in skills division. He shoots a 6 Creed. I took 5th overall out of 25 shooters, and my cousin took 3rd overall.
I bombed 2 stages out of 8 pretty good. The first stage was 725 yards and I had a heck of a time locating the targets tucked back in the shade, along with the smoke. I also didn't have any rear support shooting from the log kneeling, so my "wobble zone" was pretty good lol. I only got 3 points out of 8 on that one. 1 first round impact and 1 second round impact. I proceeded to either clean, which is 8 points (4 first round impacts), or get 7 points which is 3 first round impacts, and a 2nd round impact for the next 6 stages. I ended up bombing the last stage also, which was 625 yards and only got 2 first round impacts for 4 points and no impacts the next 4 shots. I again was not using a rear support. I have never used a tripod rear for support, just can't wrap my brain around it for some reason. However I definitely need to start practicing it because it is absolutely a game changer for sure. That is how my cousin beat me, he was using a tripod rear for support.
All in all, great day of shooting and making new friends. Highly recommended!
