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24 Hour Sniper Adventure Challenge
JTH:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on January 30, 2012, 03:13:47 PM ---@jth
It does look like a lot of fun.
Do you not have time for training or time to go to the high desert for two days?
I guess if anyone was serious about doing it, we could post up our skillset strengths and weaknesses and see if we could get a match between two people.
Me, I'm really short on the long-range stuff. :D I have a rifle that would probably do the trick but I just got it put together and haven't spent any quality time with it yet. I also have no real lock-picking skills, beyond the basic credit card in the door latch kind of stuff.
@20nickels
I'm good with carbines and with a long-range, precision instrument but need some time behind the trigger. I guess it isn't until July.
I think I have most of the rest of the gear, but might want some lighter-weight boots.
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Man, I'd love to do this. But I also don't have the long-range capability/practice. I've got a gun that I trust to 500-600 yards, but I've NEVER shot it past that. Matter of fact, I've never shot at anything farther than 600 yards away. And I don't practice even mid-range stuff like that very often. I only got my precision rifle because I didn't want to use iron sights on bowling pins at 200 yards in the Weeping Water 3-Gun matches! :)
My carbine work (from close-range to mid-range) is pretty good, and my pistol skills are good enough. So I could hold up that end (well, enough to participate, though maybe not enough to keep from embarrassment :) ) but I'd need a long-range partner.
I'd have to get some more gear, though I just got everything I need to build a "Hellcat" ruck. (http://libertytreeblogs.blogspot.com/2011/04/building-hellcat-hybrid-ruck-from-us.html) My lockpicking is rusty (very!), my knot tying is adequate, my assault tactics are....something (haven't assaulted anything recently!) my land navigation is....[sigh] rusty.
Man, it has been awhile since I've done some of these things. I'd still love to do it, but I dunno....maybe those who are interested should get together this summer for some work/practice and then we should all go next year. :)
Mudinyeri:
Tom, I think we're in about the same boat, but I still think it'd be fun. Say we miss a few targets at 1200 yards. So what? There's time between now and then to practice a few things ... long-range precision shooting, lock picking, land nav, knots ... it's not 'til the end of July.
Mudinyeri:
Bringing this back up to the top. This year's event kicks off tomorrow. Who's interested in starting now to prepare for next year's event?
Ideally, I'm looking for a teammate who has the long-range, precision shooting skills. That's an area of shooting weakness for me.
wallace11bravo:
I could be interested in something like this. Looks fun!
My bolt gun is currently undergoing upgrades, but with a stock remmy BBL I've been known to hit well out to 750yrds, never got the chance to stretch it's legs further. It is getting a GA Precision barrelled action installed as soon as it arrives at my FFL. With some practice (with a spotter) I'm sure ~800 and under would be no problem for first round hits, 800-1100ish would probably be do-able, but would usually be second round. An LRF could probably make the effective ranges a bit better.
My handgun is decent, and my carbine is solid. Keep in mind that I do not train for competition, and am not willing to modify the way I do things for a little bit of time off the clock if it will compromise real-world techniques.
Equipment wise, I have pretty much everything you could want for such a venture. Except for the extremely detailed medical kit they want you to carry. Seriously, that thing would be half my load volume. And pen flares are ghey. Sorry, it had to be said.
My land nav is solid. Fitness would be no problem, and hopefully my current health issue will be a non-issue by then. My knot tying is ok. Lock picking is usually done with detcord, bolt cutters, or a cordless dremel, but I would be willing and interested in learning actual lock picking. My general problem solving abilities are usually above par. All small unit tactics are solid, that is what I did for a living for 6 years.
750yrds, 3 consecutive rounds, Factory FGMM 175 SMK: (I've got handloads now-adays)
By wallace11bravo at 2012-07-22
There she is, but she'll look alot different soon enough:
By wallace11bravo at 2012-07-22
Mudinyeri:
Wallace, it sounds like you'd be a good fit. My only gripe about your "qualifications" is that you're in Lincoln ... and I'm in Omaha. One of the reasons that I'm not doing the challenge this year is that the only guy I could find who was interested was in California. Not training together ... probably not a good thing.
Not sure if they allow the use of a LRF. I think part of the challenge is manually working the dope for both the known distance and unknown distance shots.
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