A day of Helo's, Hummer, practical rifle, hand gunning

[Jim the Plumber]

I was invited to an invitation only practical/ tactical match Saturday on a private ranch. We had an assortment of challenges from 2 helicopters, a Humvee and a Truck. Also from static firing points, we had shots from 150 yards out to 975 yards including a mover at 450 and unknown from ~400-1000, shots into buildings and cars with obscure targets etc. The match director is a military sniper instructor and we reaped the benefits of his expertise. His course of fire was very challenging to say the least.
 I tied for first place over all but slipped into second place when the times had to be used for the tie breaker.( I was a bit slow on 2- timed events)
 Very pleased with my results considering I was shooting against former and current military snipers and easily the best shooters in the northwest. We also had shooters from as far away as Texas.
 I shot my RBros 6.5X47 Lapua with a NF NXS 5.5-22 and Gemtec HTV suppressor. For the handgun I used my Glock 34.
A shot of the helicopters we used

[CAMPMEAT]

Was the shoot for " Camp Patriot " ? Where was it ? I went to one about 3 months ago out of Kettle Falls. They had one helicopter to shoot out of. 74 teams with people from as far away as Panama. It was cool.

[Jim the Plumber]

Was the shoot for " Camp Patriot " ? Where was it ? I went to one about 3 months ago out of Kettle Falls. They had one helicopter to shoot out of. 74 teams with people from as far away as Panama. It was cool.

It was at an 'undisclosed' location :-) Did you shoot the Kettle Falls match? I shot that one this year as well. Lot of fun also.

[CAMPMEAT]

Was the shoot for " Camp Patriot " ? Where was it ? I went to one about 3 months ago out of Kettle Falls. They had one helicopter to shoot out of. 74 teams with people from as far away as Panama. It was cool.

It was at an 'undisclosed' location :-) Did you shoot the Kettle Falls match? I shot that one this year as well. Lot of fun also.

No, I didn't shoot. I was invited as a " helper " by one of the Range Masters I know. It was friggin' cool.

[Jim the Plumber]

Very cool pictures! Top picture is  the guys that build my rifles. Pearl and Hany in the boat,  also good friends and shooters.  The boat was a blast to shoot out of.  Any more pictures?

[CAMPMEAT]

Very cool pictures! Top picture is  the guys that build my rifles. Pearl and Hany in the boat,  also good friends and shooters.  The boat was a blast to shoot out of.  Any more pictures?

I saw Pearl walking down the road with her gun. That's how I met Hany and Pearl. I emailed her the pictures. Do you know the guy with the big ol' moustache ? He's the one that invited me. I met Rbros too and sent them pictures.

[rbros]

Nicely done Jim!  Wish I could have made, sounds like you guys had a great time.

[Jim the Plumber]

Nicely done Jim!  Wish I could have made, sounds like you guys had a great time.

Thank you Travis. I might not have finished so close to the top had you and Jesse been there!
 This match was one of if not the best I've been to. It was laid back and very challenging. I was shooter #1 and got the pre race jitters for the first time in a long while. Felt good to get competitive again.

[Jim the Plumber]

[CAMPMEAT]

Cool picture Jim !!!

[actionshooter]

Looked like fun! 

[Special T]

What kind of yardage and goups were shot on the moving/flying shooting station? I'm very curious what kind a accuracy is considerd great for that kind of shooting.

[pianoman9701]

Thanks for the very cool thread. I'd like to think I'm that talented, but I'm probably not even close. That young woman looks like someone I've seen in the movies.

[CAMPMEAT]

What kind of yardage and goups were shot on the moving/flying shooting station? I'm very curious what kind a accuracy is considerd great for that kind of shooting.

Mr. Special T. From what I saw you only have to hit the target. Some are moving and you have to hit it x amount of times, like 5. Some yardages are out to 1000 yards + -. As for the bird, you have to hit the stationary target just like the moving targets. X for a hit and 0 for a miss on all targets. They add the scores ups at the end on the shoot and post it on Camp Patriot for results for the shooters. When we shoot steel, this is how we do it with scoring. It's not as easy as it looks. It's addicting as hell. Oh, we only get 5 shots per target and have a time limit to do it in. We do it every 3rd Sunday of the month year 'round. Jim might enlighten you more since he posted a different shoot than I did.
CAMPMEAT

[h20hunter]

Wow.....very cool. I'd be a helper any time for an event like that.