msdamato
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Got a great offer to give high power a shot this weekend. Wondering if anyone has a shooting jacket I can borrow? I'm a XL to XXL tall. I work in Seabrook NH and live in Salem MA. I'll travel to pick up.
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Need to borrow a shooting jacket.
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Sorry I don't have one for you to borrow. They are a big help. A friend of mine used to lend me his at Ames for the 200 yard offhand Tuesday night shoots. (Thank you Bill L. if you are reading this.) Good luck with the shoot. Champions Choice has all manner of cool shooting stuff including coats if you decide to buy one later.
White Feather
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Short notice but try the used equipment section on usrifleteams.com You should not have much of a problem finding a loanee at the match if one fits. One thing about high power shooters is their willingness to help a new shooter get into it.
These are decent jackets for casual use they are by no means as good as a CC or creedmore but well made and do a good job for short money. Good like. I started with a old canvas 10x jacket.
These are decent jackets for casual use they are by no means as good as a CC or creedmore but well made and do a good job for short money. Good like. I started with a old canvas 10x jacket.
msdamato
NES Member
Thanks to all. I found a 44 that is available to me so I think I'll go with that.
I'll be shooting at Nashua. I'm not exactly new to it as I have shot 3 cmp matches in the past but all were reduced at 100 and 200 yards.
I'll be shooting at Nashua. I'm not exactly new to it as I have shot 3 cmp matches in the past but all were reduced at 100 and 200 yards.
What ammo / weight bullet do you have for 600 yards?
Nashua Fish and Game Association - High Power
Rifle? AR15 or Other?
msdamato
NES Member
I'll be using my brother in law's rifle and ammo. I think 78gr? Whatever he used and bought a ton of at Camp Perry.
I've never heard of a 78 gr projectile but as long as it's heavier than 55's or 62's you can shoot it at 600 yards at NFGA.
Many of us keep extra ammo on hand for people that may need it.
As long as you can stay on paper and have the proper ammo we'll allow you to shoot.
We also have a strict muzzle down policy you should know about.
Anytime a bolt is being closed on a live round the muzzle MUST be pointed horizontal or lower.
The area behind the impact berm at NFGA is populated. If there were ever a slamfire with an elevated muzzle and the round
left the range over the berm the potential is very high to get the entire club shit down for good.
Other than those simple and common rules we try to have a good time and run a decent match.
Let's hope the weather holds up and we get to shoot.
George
He did great!
Some of the best shooting I have seen from a 1st time 200/300/600 cross the course shooter.
His Brother in Law lightly coached him with positions, sling use and sight come ups.
His safe rifle handling habits were perfect and we never had to repeat the muzzle down rule to him once.
He had to use his brother in laws zero's so it took him a bit to get dialed in.
What I was most impressed with was that in the rapids he took the time to aim and squeeze all shots off properly as opposed to dumping the mags as fast as possible spraying shots all over the place. As a result he saved rounds in the rapids but the shots he had on paper were in very good groups for his stage in the game.
He got to try on a few Creedmoor coats so now he knows what size he needs and he even got a lead on a fair deal on a used one from another shooter that was there.
I was very impressed with how he did and i hope he sticks with it!
The weather was rainy. We had over 20 people when we started the match but then all but 6 people dropped out when the rain got heavy. There was an odd number remaining that were willing to shoot in the rain so I just ran the line as opposed to the usual run the line / pits and shoot the match too.
I got the match results posted online last night.
http://www.nfga.org/highpower/pdfs/2013/20131006_NRA80.pdf
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cool, strangely Im actually looking forward to shooting in the rain someday. I picked up my rifle in nov 2011 only was able to go to Reading 2 times in 2012 and once 2013. Ny scores go up every time....I have only been to a handfull of local cmp matches this year. If I didnt use my pelletguns I would have 0 practice...
Might want to look around a bit before doing anything. I have read over on cmp forums that Augusta Arsenal was known to blue some rebuilds at the end of WWII could someone have just huffed it to a shine?
msdamato
NES Member
I wish my wife was Mila Jovavich ;-)
msdamato
NES Member
G Smith,
Thanks for the encouragement, I had a great time as expected.
Also as expected I'm now trying to figure out how to con my wife out of the money to buy some equipment. My son is only 2 so I'm having a hard time convincing her that any of it is for him. ;-)
Thanks for the encouragement, I had a great time as expected.
Also as expected I'm now trying to figure out how to con my wife out of the money to buy some equipment. My son is only 2 so I'm having a hard time convincing her that any of it is for him. ;-)
