Not this Sunday, but next Sunday...Steel Challenge match!
C'mon out. We had a great turnout for the January match, and this one SHOULD be warmer. (Well, that would be nice, at least.)
$15 at registration, show up at 7:30 to help set up!
Remember, we have centerfire pistol, rimfire pistol, and rimfire rifle divisions---so surely you've got SOMETHING you can shoot! Details in the Intro to SC post at the top of the forum.
A note regarding rimfire rifles:
At the last match, there were some issues with rimfire rifles being picked up by the timers. (Remember, the timers are SOUND-activated. Without sufficient sound, they won't activate. The timers need to be sensitive enough to pick up your shots, but not so sensitive that they pick up shots from different bays.) To fix this problem, we are doing a few things, and you'll need to do a few things.
Your job:
1) Don't use suppressors, please. That's just not going to work, no matter how cool it looks, or how nice it sounds.
2) Please use standard or high velocity rounds. Subsonic just isn't going to work. (And seriously, it isn't like you need to reduce the recoil at all.)
Our job:
1) We went out to the range and tried a number of timers set on different sensitivity levels. We found a set that works consistently with rimfire rifles---so that's what we'll use specifically for the rimfire rifles.
2) We'll be putting the rifle folks all together in a squad to make sure that they get the timer that is set up for them.
Here's the part you won't like:
We've done what we can to make sure the timer picks up your shots. However, if it doesn't, it'll be a 30-second run. In the match, you'll get three strikes, but on the third, we'll be giving the max time.
What that means is that if for a particular string, the timer doesn't pick up your shots, we'll let you re-shoot the string. In the match, we'll let you do this twice. On the third time, though, (and every subsequent time) the time will be recorded as 30 seconds (the max time for a stage). That's two passes per match, not per stage.
We've done what we can, and the timer we have set up picks up standard velocity ammo out of a rifle every time we shoot it. Hopefully, we won't have any problems.
Please make sure you are shooting standard or high-velocity ammo! The quiet stuff will probably get you into trouble.
I've added this to the Introduction to Steel Challenge post at the top of the forum, too. Pass the word around, please.
