CANCELED!!!!! CCGCI 2 Gun Tactical Match, June 8, 2019

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Hi everyone!

It's that time again! We're getting close to the next match, next Saturday, June 8th! It's been frustrating with the weather calls for the previous 2 months, but we're ready to try again!!!

Summer times are here!!!!!

Registration begins at 8:00AM
Mandatory Safety Briefing at 8:45AM
Shooting Begins at 9:00AM

Stages for June are as follows:
Stage 1: 28 Rifle, 8 Pistol
Stage 2: 24 Rifle, 12 Pistol
Stage 3: 18 Rifle, 16 Pistol
Stage 4: 24 Pistol, 1 mandatory reload

Hope to see you all then!

More information here: http://centralcarolinagunclub.wildapricot.org/page-1788404
 
Sorry everyone....we seem to get some terrible weather calls. Storms tonight for setup and off and on rain tomorrow, so the match is sadly canceled again and we will try again in July. This rain has gotten old. I'm burning my 2 stages I've kept for these 3 months too...just in case one of them is hexed :)
 
I hate this happened again. Seems to be a lot of bad luck for matches lately. Keep up the good fight Baroness!
 
Thanks! It's just one of those things...first time in 5 years (in September--hard to believe!). Even had one year we shot every single match! So the chances have to come up sometime or other.
 
Sorry everyone....we seem to get some terrible weather calls. Storms tonight for setup and off and on rain tomorrow, so the match is sadly canceled again and we will try again in July. This rain has gotten old. I'm burning my 2 stages I've kept for these 3 months too...just in case one of them is hexed :)
I hope things improve for you, I want to watch one of these matches. lol on the possible hexes, I know the feeling!
 
I hope things improve for you, I want to watch one of these matches. lol on the possible hexes, I know the feeling!

You should just come out and shoot with us! We're very good to new shooters. Everyone is a tremendous help in learning the sport. Most everyone who just "comes to watch" ends up wishing they had brought their guns with them....lol

And thank you! I'm sure they will, but there are always things that happen, chances for weather and so on and you get no control over it. We'll get back out there.
 
You should just come out and shoot with us! We're very good to new shooters. Everyone is a tremendous help in learning the sport. Most everyone who just "comes to watch" ends up wishing they had brought their guns with them....lol

And thank you! I'm sure they will, but there are always things that happen, chances for weather and so on and you get no control over it. We'll get back out there.
I'll eventually do one of these. I've only recently done my first handgun match and that was spur of the moment. You never know what I might do. But at least on that one I had actually shot handguns for a few months, so I'm thinking I need a bit of time with rifles/shotguns first! You'll thank me later.....lol.
 
I'll eventually do one of these. I've only recently done my first handgun match and that was spur of the moment. You never know what I might do. But at least on that one I had actually shot handguns for a few months, so I'm thinking I need a bit of time with rifles/shotguns first! You'll thank me later.....lol.

I've had someone show up with an AR-15 that didn't know how to drop the bolt to load it. I've had a person who should have known much better show up with a new sight and had never sighted it in (and only members can go to other ranges to sight in....or if you know a member they could take you over to a non-match range for sighting in--but showing up without it sighted in...sigh...). We don't do shotguns, so you don't have to worry about that, but I'll give you a few hints with the shooting we do right now:

1. Practice shooting a ranges from a couple of yards (yes it feels really close, but real life...well...things happen!) out to about 80 yards or so and get a feel for where the rifle you're using puts rounds. In close they end up low because of the height over the sights over the bore of the gun. It gets a lot of new people who've never shot that close in. I tell people to aim at the top of the A zone (really in that area you need to in real life anyway) and at close ranges that drops it right into place. This is pretty well gone outside of 10-15 yards depending on where your scope is zeroed.
2. Sit at home and practice going from rifle down and safe to up and the fire position and back. I LOVE my ambi safety for that on an AR (and I'm left handed). If for some reason you had your finger in place, tripped or anything else while moving and not shooting, an accidental discharge is a DQ for the day. We hate that sort of thing....I don't like having to DQ people.
3. Practice your reloads at home (even with your pistol). I like the beer can hold for grip. Find out if your rifle likes the mag full...some ARs don't like to take full mags on a closed bolt and end up only loading to 28 or 29 instead of 30. All of mine work great with 30. But empty mags on an open bolt practice is something you'll encounter and if you're comfortable and have started building muscle memory you're on your way and dummy rounds work great for it.
4. Same as pistol...practice your malfunctions.
5. When you do come out...the goal is simple..even for our first timers....time isn't the goal, being safe and not getting DQ'd is the goal. The timer going off makes everything seem like it's happening in triple time and relaxing and taking your time pays dividends later. Smooth is fast as you learn and speed comes with practice.

Rifles in general are easier to shoot than pistols and pistols are generally where people have more misses and drop more points. The longer sight radius of irons on rifles or the red dots many of us use or the low power scopes make shooting the rifle a bit easier.
 
I've had someone show up with an AR-15 that didn't know how to drop the bolt to load it. I've had a person who should have known much better show up with a new sight and had never sighted it in (and only members can go to other ranges to sight in....or if you know a member they could take you over to a non-match range for sighting in--but showing up without it sighted in...sigh...). We don't do shotguns, so you don't have to worry about that, but I'll give you a few hints with the shooting we do right now:

1. Practice shooting a ranges from a couple of yards (yes it feels really close, but real life...well...things happen!) out to about 80 yards or so and get a feel for where the rifle you're using puts rounds. In close they end up low because of the height over the sights over the bore of the gun. It gets a lot of new people who've never shot that close in. I tell people to aim at the top of the A zone (really in that area you need to in real life anyway) and at close ranges that drops it right into place. This is pretty well gone outside of 10-15 yards depending on where your scope is zeroed.
2. Sit at home and practice going from rifle down and safe to up and the fire position and back. I LOVE my ambi safety for that on an AR (and I'm left handed). If for some reason you had your finger in place, tripped or anything else while moving and not shooting, an accidental discharge is a DQ for the day. We hate that sort of thing....I don't like having to DQ people.
3. Practice your reloads at home (even with your pistol). I like the beer can hold for grip. Find out if your rifle likes the mag full...some ARs don't like to take full mags on a closed bolt and end up only loading to 28 or 29 instead of 30. All of mine work great with 30. But empty mags on an open bolt practice is something you'll encounter and if you're comfortable and have started building muscle memory you're on your way and dummy rounds work great for it.
4. Same as pistol...practice your malfunctions.
5. When you do come out...the goal is simple..even for our first timers....time isn't the goal, being safe and not getting DQ'd is the goal. The timer going off makes everything seem like it's happening in triple time and relaxing and taking your time pays dividends later. Smooth is fast as you learn and speed comes with practice.

Rifles in general are easier to shoot than pistols and pistols are generally where people have more misses and drop more points. The longer sight radius of irons on rifles or the red dots many of us use or the low power scopes make shooting the rifle a bit easier.
Thanks for all the info, I'm going to print it out. This will be a huge help when I mull over the time to decide whether I may be ready to consider pondering doing a match....one day! Lol.

I don't even have a rifle...well, Dad had a .22 and it's in a closet somewhere. I've shot a rifle exactly twice in my life. But I'll get to it.
 

I like those, they aren't a bad start, but I've found I end up not wanting the FSB on mine and you can't use it with a longer guard, so having one is just extra work to remove it for a longer handguard and an extra purchase on top. Not sure how tall she is, but I've really grown to love (at 5'9") the long outstretched arm with the thumb on top with a wrap around grip. Aim your thumb and the rounds will go where you need them. I'd probably start here....chrome lined, 1:8 twist and an MLok handguard which she should be able to get a good grip on and good quality for this level. Of course either starts on the long road to customizing if you start....sights, back up sights if primary is an optic, triggers, upgraded components, muzzle devices....lol

https://grabagun.com/ruger-8529-ar-556-semi-auto-rifle.html

But the biggest thing first is to get someone who knows rifles and what you're interested in, go to a big store with lots of similar (or perhaps identical) ones and try some out for feel. See what kind of reach you have, how much length you need, etc. An AR has very little recoil, so it makes them even easier to learn and work with.
 
I like those, they aren't a bad start, but I've found I end up not wanting the FSB on mine and you can't use it with a longer guard, so having one is just extra work to remove it for a longer handguard and an extra purchase on top. Not sure how tall she is, but I've really grown to love (at 5'9") the long outstretched arm with the thumb on top with a wrap around grip. Aim your thumb and the rounds will go where you need them. I'd probably start here....chrome lined, 1:8 twist and an MLok handguard which she should be able to get a good grip on and good quality for this level. Of course either starts on the long road to customizing if you start....sights, back up sights if primary is an optic, triggers, upgraded components, muzzle devices....lol

https://grabagun.com/ruger-8529-ar-556-semi-auto-rifle.html

But the biggest thing first is to get someone who knows rifles and what you're interested in, go to a big store with lots of similar (or perhaps identical) ones and try some out for feel. See what kind of reach you have, how much length you need, etc. An AR has very little recoil, so it makes them even easier to learn and work with.

5 minutes with a grinder and the fsb is transformed into a low profile gas block.


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5 minutes with a grinder and the fsb is transformed into a low profile gas block.

Been there and done that, but unless Millie has friends ready to help her grind it off, if she wanted a different hand guard it will cost something to have someone do it for her. It's also hard for some people to be ready to cut up parts of a gun they just purchased to make a different piece fit. The cost of the hand guard alone would be close to the price difference and requires zero work. Those type guards are much more to my preference and YMMV for those who prefer the older stock look or other variants thereof. But she might want an AK-47 and then we'd both have to figure something else out for her :p
 
I like those, they aren't a bad start, but I've found I end up not wanting the FSB on mine and you can't use it with a longer guard, so having one is just extra work to remove it for a longer handguard and an extra purchase on top. Not sure how tall she is, but I've really grown to love (at 5'9") the long outstretched arm with the thumb on top with a wrap around grip. Aim your thumb and the rounds will go where you need them. I'd probably start here....chrome lined, 1:8 twist and an MLok handguard which she should be able to get a good grip on and good quality for this level. Of course either starts on the long road to customizing if you start....sights, back up sights if primary is an optic, triggers, upgraded components, muzzle devices....lol

https://grabagun.com/ruger-8529-ar-556-semi-auto-rifle.html

But the biggest thing first is to get someone who knows rifles and what you're interested in, go to a big store with lots of similar (or perhaps identical) ones and try some out for feel. See what kind of reach you have, how much length you need, etc. An AR has very little recoil, so it makes them even easier to learn and work with.
I'm 5'8", and have shot 2 kinds of AR, and liked them. I'll eventually get the guys at my range/gun store to show me some stuff. Don't really want to start a new and more expensive hobby, though. Lol.
 
Been there and done that, but unless Millie has friends ready to help her grind it off, if she wanted a different hand guard it will cost something to have someone do it for her. It's also hard for some people to be ready to cut up parts of a gun they just purchased to make a different piece fit. The cost of the hand guard alone would be close to the price difference and requires zero work. Those type guards are much more to my preference and YMMV for those who prefer the older stock look or other variants thereof. But she might want an AK-47 and then we'd both have to figure something else out for her :p
I looked at the links, and Millie is NOT going to spend that kind of money any time soon!

We can revisit this whole thing once my bank account recovers from the crazy amount of shooting I did over the last 6 months. I can learn on the range rifles and find out what works and then hope I can borrow something to do a match. Right now that amount of money can get me a lot of pistol ammo....lol.
 
I looked at the links, and Millie is NOT going to spend that kind of money any time soon!

We can revisit this whole thing once my bank account recovers from the crazy amount of shooting I did over the last 6 months. I can learn on the range rifles and find out what works and then hope I can borrow something to do a match. Right now that amount of money can get me a lot of pistol ammo....lol.


This may suit your needs better once you get some cash saved up. It's 9mm, will use glock mags so it'd be the same ammo and mags as your glock plus you can put a red dot on it.
 
I know the feeling...it's actually been a few months since I've bought a new gun...had some other things going on with the fun money, but have my eyes on some things to get soon :) It can't be that crazy of an amount of shooting...Jerry Miculek says he's up to several million rounds over his career (mostly given to him as part of his pro shooter compensation...but still...wow).
 
This may suit your needs better once you get some cash saved up. It's 9mm, will use glock mags so it'd be the same ammo and mags as your glock plus you can put a red dot on it.
I shot an AR9 (?) at Battery Oaks and loved it and the red dot. I hit pretty much what I aimed at. Nice! And no recoil!
 
I know the feeling...it's actually been a few months since I've bought a new gun...had some other things going on with the fun money, but have my eyes on some things to get soon :) It can't be that crazy of an amount of shooting...Jerry Miculek says he's up to several million rounds over his career (mostly given to him as part of his pro shooter compensation...but still...wow).
Well, I'm not in the millions of rounds yet, but I did blast thru 1,000 rounds of 9mm in about 10 days in April....that hurt! (But I loved every second of it.)
And I bought 3 guns between Feb. and May, so.....other than the .22 conversion for my Glock, that's IT for the year....I hope! lol.
 
Millie if you decide to try it you can borrow one of our rifles.
 
1,000 rounds....I've done classes where they tell you to show up with that many for 2 days of shooting :) Didn't end up using that much, but they want you to have extra to make yourself learn and get the rounds where you need. I still went through over 600 and closer to 700 in 2 days. But the practice is fantastic! I have a MantisX now for dry and live fire to help me really keep my focus and it works great for both.

Nice! Never too many guns! How does the .22 conversion work? My .22 rifle works great but I've seen lots of rifle conversions and even .22 rifles have lots of issues with the wrong types of ammo. Mine eats anything.

And yes, same offer from me if you get some practice with an AR or AR style rifle and come up...be happy to let you borrow one. I know you probably want some practice first though so you feel comfortable.
 
Millie if you decide to try it you can borrow one of our rifles.
Thanks, I appreciate that! I fully intend to try a match, just not this year, probably.

I might be ready to try one next year, I have a lot to do over the next few months getting ready for handgun matches with 5 diff. guns once the weather gets cooler. I have to learn to be fast(ish) with some speed loaders for a revolver match, for one thing! I can barely work them at this point.

I hope to be able to try out some rifles this year and see what works for me, and get a bit familiar with them. That way I can at least have somewhat of a clue when I go do a match!
 
1,000 rounds....I've done classes where they tell you to show up with that many for 2 days of shooting :) Didn't end up using that much, but they want you to have extra to make yourself learn and get the rounds where you need. I still went through over 600 and closer to 700 in 2 days. But the practice is fantastic! I have a MantisX now for dry and live fire to help me really keep my focus and it works great for both.

Nice! Never too many guns! How does the .22 conversion work? My .22 rifle works great but I've seen lots of rifle conversions and even .22 rifles have lots of issues with the wrong types of ammo. Mine eats anything.

And yes, same offer from me if you get some practice with an AR or AR style rifle and come up...be happy to let you borrow one. I know you probably want some practice first though so you feel comfortable.
I do want to get a little familiar/practice first, and thanks for the offer.

The .22 conversion is for my G19, and is apparently just a slide you put on like when you reassemble it after cleaning. Slide the 9mm one off, slide the .22 one on....even I can manage that! Lol. That way I don't have to buy yet another gun this year...whew! And I can shoot more/cheaper with the G19! What's not to love about that? lol.

(I was told by the seller when I bought it that there's a .22 conversion kit for my RIA 1911 9mm, but I'm pretending not to remember this! Ssshhhh!)
 
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That's one of the great things....there are soooo many things to do in this sport and knowing how to do a slow fire accuracy pistol match vs a cowboy action vs an XYZ, ABC, etc.....can keep you busy and finding interesting way to enjoy the shooting sports!

Interesting....but at this point I've got a rig to reload 9mm if I want, so I can do it quite cheaply and keep my same level of recoil or do slightly lighter loads for matches. So there's always additional ways you can go there as well. :) I've got Overwatch Precision flat triggers in my Glocks and love them and I fell in love with the Speed Sights for my Glocks as well since I carry and none came originally with any kind of night sights. So many ways to accessorize! :)

Enjoy and do come out to watch sometime anyway if you want to see what's going on...even before you're ready to shoot!
 
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