my memorial day weekend

saturday was the charlotte rifle and pistol club's battle rifle shoot that they have quarterly every year. if you guys ever venture over to the fal files, moses, runs the shoot and pretty much wins every event.

me and my brother the pitbulloflove made the shoot, and braved the heat and humidity and did pretty well for ourselves.

the shoot breaks down as the first event is dropping eight steel plates 8"x13" at 200 yards from the prone position, using any non optic battle rifle under a minute, fastest time wins. second event is drop three plates standing from 200 yards. third is bolt action drop 4 from the prone at 200 yards. fourth is a garand drop eight at 200 yards from prone. fifth event is three man team drop 24 at 200 yards. the final event is 300 yard sniper event, one shot, miss you're out, hit and move on until there's one man standing.

here's what the plates look like at 200 yards.


your's truly at the drop 8


weapon of choice, polytech m14s


the pitbulloflove and his vector


moses getting ready to drop 3 standing


here's a link for more photos
charlotte rifle and pistol shoot

btw my scrapyard tye-ins for this 1. used my wiener dog to open my battle pack of .308, 2. was wearing my scrapyard patch on my shooting jacket.

here's a video of moses's record run at the drop eight: 9.09 seconds
moses drop eight

i managed a time of 16.05 which got me 7th out of 30, my brother got 24.86 which got him 18th.

now in the drop 3 standing i got 7th again with a time of 30.53, my brother got an incredible 9.30 which got him a 1st place trophy.

here's a link for more videos
more vidoes

Looks like fun alright,but I need optics. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Looks like fun. BBQ and beers afterwards?

That DOES look like fun. Flashbacks of annual Marine Corps rifle range qualification. We didn't compete against eachother, only the wind. Anybody that has qualified at MCBH Kaneohe Bay Hawaii knows what I'm talking about. The rifle range is in a half sunken volcano crater. The range flags at the 200, 300, and 500 yard distances would be blowing in all different directions. The most difficult rifle range in the Marine Corps for sure.

Great pics, I gotta get out there and knock off some rust...

I sure don't miss laying in a muddy puddle of water in the pouring rain on qual day at the Camp Lejeune range.

Nope, been there too. Wearing "gumby suits".

Looks like a good time! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Stinking gumby suits.I swear they never washed those things. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" />
The Pitsbro had fun,& got to pick his weapon,I never did at a M.C. RR.

Looks like a lot of fun. That Polytech M14 is a sweet looking rifle...love the camo paint job on it.

the next schedule shoot is sept. 11, and is open to anyone if intrested. cost is $20, details and directions can be found on fal files general firearms discussions, under military style rifle match nc/sc posts.

Looks like you guys had a great time.

I've heard some pretty bad things about Chinese M14s, though mostly about Norincos. That polytech a pretty solid rifle?

Wow that was some nice shooting. I loved the videos.

Thanks for sharing

Dan

the only knock with chinese m14s is they have a soft bolt, which could cause an out of battery experience most would like to forget.

otherwise they are as good as you can get u.s. wise on a standard m1a. the receiver is forged and the barrel is as good as anything save match grade. i had my bolt replaced and lapped, and it has been trouble free since.

of course once you change one chinese part you have to add another six u.s. made parts to make it legal. a long with the winchester bolt, i added a national matched reamed front site, a trw trigger group(which counts as three pieces), stock, and op rod.

dan you're welcome to come down and join us in september.

922r compliance sucks doesn't it? It just adds to the overall cost of an already expensive rifle. Good to hear it's all squared away though. I had a friend who had an overpressure incident in a garand, almost lost an eye, and trashed a great looking rifle. I believe the culprit was a slam fire on a soft primer.

There are some great M14 smiths out there. I had a Poly that I regret trading off. It was worked over by Warbird in TX and I loved it. I do love the M14 platform but want to get a Para Fal again, and well a regular FAL for the heck of it.

i paid $200 cash for the rifle, and traded a egyptian fn49 i had $300 in for it. $50 for the national match front site, $100 the trigger group, $25 for the stock, $100 for the bolt, and $100 for the op-rod. plus i paid $50 for the bolt to be lapped to fit. all total i have $925 invested in the rifle. still cheaper than you can find most m1a's.

Yes sir and it is not a cast receiver. If I ever run across a Poly again for the right price I am snagging it for a project M14 rifle. I would love a LRB but can't justify the price for something quite like that--my pre-Clinton M1A does a great job as is.

That's not bad, I picked up my SA M1A for 1200, but I ended up with a Redfield Tracker scope and mount as well, used. I picked up the stock I have on it now for 15$ Stripped, and swapped the hardware from my walnut stock. The Smith Enterprises stuff ran me about 400$ total, but I'm going to purchase a Troy Industries Battlerail for it and sell of the SE scope mount. Hooray for spending money!

I picked up my Springfield for $875.

It's a preban (left SA Inc. in 5/80 as a bare receiver), has a SAK USGI NM barrel dated 1976 (gauges about "0" at the muzzle and throat, has TRW internals, NM sights, unitized, NM Flashider, all the bells & whistles came with a Springfield Gen III scope mount, a "Tasco" 3x9 (woo-hoo), a spare stock, 5 USGI mags, and a hardshell case.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Here she was on the day I brought her home-


After I got that scope off and found a stripper clip guide...



But back to the match...it's always a load of fun.

You should come if you get the chance. We've had participants from as far away a Texas!

Oh, have you seen my significant prize yet? No?
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Got a deal there Pitbull! awesome!

Nice Placard too!

Nice prize, do I see a Garand rear sight on that M1A?

Yup. Lockbar goodness. Keeps the sight from being accidentally bumped.

I picked up a SA socom 16 awhile back. Don't know about it's range though. I like it so much I want a M1A now. My problem is saving for it. I keep spending it on blades.

I was thinking about a SOCOM for a bush rifle, but I couldn't validate it with any "real" use, lol. If I hunted in Dense brush, maybe.

They are $$$$ but fun. I have some cop buddies that use them for swat. Great for CQ and w/ a scope I have heard it's spot on at 300+. I would not enter a match with it like Pitbull but that range sure looks like fun.

I had a SOCOM but let it go since I had my full size. Now I am trying to do a trade with a buddy of mine to get his since he has gone all 5.56mm weapons and I am no longer a 5.56mm guy---7.62 baby.

The SOCOM I had only shot out to about 200 yds but it was pretty accurate but not a barn burner due to the wide front sight and generous rear sight.

Anyway, PBL this question is for you....how many people shoot the competition?

we had 30 shooters, usually we have about 40+

Yup. Typically, about 40+ shooters.

This time I think turn out was affected by:

1. Bad weather proceeding the match and a forecast for rain/thunder the day of the shoot (though it didn't rain a drop)

2. Memorial Day holiday festivities interfering with shooter's plans to attend.


It's a really fun time with a great bunch of shooters.

Next match is Sept. 11th. Let me know if you want details/directions/etc.