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Post by Johnbear on Dec 21, 2006 8:56:13 GMT -5
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I was at the club yesterday with my brother in law and shot my 1st AR-15. What a blast. went thru alot of rounds. I plan on buying one sometime in the future. Cant afford it for now but im going to put away every penny i find to get one lol. Ammo seems to be rather cheap for the amout of fun it provides.
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Post by leadsquirter on Dec 21, 2006 16:02:19 GMT -5
You sound like you are hooked Johnbear. Think about giving highpower rifle a try, programs are in a box on the gate bulletin board and posted on the club website. You can borrow a club AR to use in any of the club matches or the ones at SMGC. Between the two clubs we have 16 NRA and CMP highpower matches scheduled for 2007.
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Post by Johnbear on Dec 21, 2006 16:13:08 GMT -5
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That sounds like it would be fun but i am new at shooting. I have only been hunting for about 8 years. thats all been shotgun for most of it. some muzzelloading in the last 3. i am not skilled enought to take part in any matches but will give it a try in the future, when im a little more accurate lol.
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Post by celt on Dec 27, 2006 9:46:36 GMT -5
You have it precisely backwards, Johnbear......you don't get skilled so you can participate in matches; you participate in matches so you can become skilled.
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Post by Johnbear on Dec 28, 2006 11:12:41 GMT -5
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about when do the high power matches start for the year. maybe ill give it a shot.
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Post by leadsquirter on Dec 28, 2006 22:10:16 GMT -5
Highpower programs are available on the gate bulletin board. One is also posted on the club's web site under the groups link.
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Post by alkazoo on Dec 30, 2006 7:11:07 GMT -5
hey johnbear, dont let being a newbie scare you away from competing in the highpower matches. Those of us that do shoot on a regular basis in the matches were all new at one time. We always ask if there are any new shooters the day of the match. If so, one of us old timers will walk you thru the whole process and keep an eye on ya during the match. Not only for safety reasons but to make sure you follow all the match procedures. After the first match, your a seasoned vet all ready!!! Come on out and give it a try, its fun!!
PS. although the club has guns to use , your probably going to be reasponsible for your own ammo ...hope to see ya on the firing line this spring!
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Post by rshaneck2002 on Mar 11, 2007 7:20:04 GMT -5
military rifles are a blast, ARs,AKs,M1A!s,and M-1 are all a blast to shoot, got the bug about 6 yrs ago and cant get off,own several ars and aks along with a dpms ap-4 308 wait till you shoot one of those or armilite or M-14 in 308 its a gas.the only thing i like more at my age is a big buck under my bow in the fall,have fun and alot of guys at the range will offer to let you shoot their military rifles thats how the bug hit me,never considered befor.
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Post by offroad47 on May 3, 2009 11:30:48 GMT -5
How much ammo is needed in a day to compete?
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Post by alkazoo on May 4, 2009 15:47:17 GMT -5
55 rounds are needed for our highpower matches.
The match itself is a 50 round match and you are allowed 5 sighting in shots . Come on out and check out a match !
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Post by offroad47 on May 17, 2009 17:11:02 GMT -5
Thanks alkazoo,
Is the match iron sights only? I just picked up my first AR and was thinking it may be fun to give it a try. I just need to get a few trips out to the range to get dialed in.
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Post by kevinjbritvec on Aug 6, 2009 14:49:49 GMT -5
offroad47,
Iron sights is the norm, however, the NRA has added a new classification that does allow scoped rifles. You will only be in competition with other people who are shooting scoped rifles and shots fired will not be sent to the NRA for record keeping purposes if you are scoped. This will allow people with less than best eyesight to have fun too and not disadvantage those who still shoot with irons. Good Luck.
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Post by Johnbear on Aug 17, 2009 20:22:08 GMT -5
~S~ Thanks to a friend My daughter has had a chance to fire a AR now. This was her 1st time. 25 rounds and she wanted more. There has been a couple more times she has got to fire others. Shes addicted. She is 11 at this time. I have a gaol of getting one. Just been hard times. but our day will come Attachments:
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