rock river national match

[usmc 89]

Just shot a 200 yard course of fire in the service rifle class. was going to borrow a club rifle but a guy showing me the ropes loaned me his personal one. this one weighs around fifteen pounds and is extremely accurate. Will be shooting a regional match on the 29th with it should get a proper beat down I am assuming.

 

[SJB358]

Jeff... You gotta learn to post some pictures buddy! We are visual savages around here!

Sounds like it should be a blast.. Hope those old guys don't lay it into you too hard.

 

[usmc 89]

I don't have a computer scott :shock: I Will send you some pics today. I Will take a beating at first but I think I Will adapt quickly and hold my own. have a precision rifle match in Wyoming on the 19th so I Will at least be back in my element for that one. Will be using the 6.5-284 while the 6.5x47 is getting worked on should be about the last match for that barrel anyway.

 

[SJB358]

I don't have a computer scott :shock: I Will send you some pics today. I Will take a beating at first but I think I Will adapt quickly and hold my own. have a precision rifle match in Wyoming on the 19th so I Will at least be back in my element for that one. Will be using the 6.5-284 while the 6.5x47 is getting worked on should be about the last match for that barrel anyway.

Yeah, I know Jeff. I was just busting your hump.. We need to get you into an Ipad or something!

Either way, if you blast some pictures my way, I should be able to get them up for you, easy enough.

How many rounds through your 6.5-284 so far? Sounds like it had pretty good service for you.

 

[JD338]

Jeff,

Good luck at the matches buddy.

JD338

 

[usmc 89]

I have just over 1k rounds on the 6.5-284 and around 750 on the 6.5x47. Both are shooting well still but I think the 284 will be fading soon throat is showing its age. the 47 still looks real good. oh.
yeah I did send some some pics yesterday.

 

[usmc 89]

Jeff,

Good luck at the matches buddy.

JD338

Thanks jim I am expecting to get a proper beating but it will help me shoot better I hope.

 

[DrMike]

I am expecting to get a proper beating but it will help me shoot better I hope.

Now, that is a commendable attitude. Still, many of us are pulling for you to do well.

 

[Guy Miner]

I've put a lot of rounds through a few Rock River M4's the past few years, with excellent reliability and accuracy. RR builds a good rifle.

Enjoy the matches!

 

[usmc 89]

This one seems to go where it is pointed. Have been working on the offhand lately that is where my major weakness lies right now. not looking to win but I hate getting beat at anything and losing is probably the quickest way to correction.

 

[Guy Miner]

Aye.

 

[Guy Miner]

There's a saying that matches are won with offhand, and lost in prone.

 

[usmc 89]

That makes sense guy but right now I think I am capable of losing in all positions. :grin:

 

[SJB358]

That makes sense guy but right now I think I am capable of losing in all positions. :grin:

Ha! Gotta get back to basics! I know the last time I shot on the regular MC rifle range, I had to relearn alot of shooting technique that were lost from CQB style shooting. Two different techniques for each of them.

 

[usmc 89]

true it has been twenty years since I qualified scott. been shooting twenty rounds offhand and five rounds rapid fire each night before work getting there but still need a lot of work good thing is my prone is pretty solid.

 

[SJB358]

true it has been twenty years since I qualified scott. been shooting twenty rounds offhand and five rounds rapid fire each night before work getting there but still need a lot of work good thing is my prone is pretty solid.

I haven't had to qualify since I was promoted to GySgt. In the MC, you no longer have to do the MC range if your a GySgt or above 14 years. To tell you the truth, the MC takes the fun out of the rifle range anyhow, we have way more fun at the unit level training anyhow. We still gotta go bang away with the danged M9, but that is about 6 hours of shooting for a year.. Plus, anyone can shoot that course that knows how to tie their boots left over right!

 

[usmc 89]

Well your in luck Scott when you guys stop over here you can qualify on my range with it I think I still have a expert badge laying around here somewhere.

 

[SJB358]

Well your in luck Scott when you guys stop over here you can qualify on my range with it I think I still have a expert badge laying around here somewhere.

HA! Yeah, for sure Jeff. I would love to give it a shot. As a young guy, I loved going to the range, it was a week of doing what I loved to do. As I got older, well, the rifle range games weren't as much fun anymore.

 

[usmc 89]

Did that have anything to do with being on a two way range?

 

[Guy Miner]

Up at Zero Dark Thirty. Draw weapons from the armory. March from Camp Margarita to the Wilcox Range in the dark. Draw ammo at the 200 yard line. Sit and wait for the sun to rise and then wait for the fog to lift.

Then we could start shooting!

Almost lost my expert badge once at that Wilcox Range. Shot exactly the score required for expert and not one point more! Worst I ever did. After that I got my act together and generally shot in the 240's.

I remember being surprised that so many Marines could sling up and go prone at 500 and put most, if not all, of their shots in the bull at 500 yards. Iron sights, issue rifles and standard fmj military ammo. The Corps was doing something good with all that rifle training. I hope it never goes away.

Scotty - is the standard course still something like this? A little fuzzy as I haven't shot the USMC qual course in a long time now:

200 standing slow fire
200 sitting rapid fire

300 sitting slow fire
300 prone rapid fire

500 prone slow fire

That's what I seem to recall - and all that did a lot for my confidence afield with my scoped hunting rifles too.

Semper Fi, Guy