Monthly Archives: October 2016

Sunday’s CMP match started off well. The slow fire prone stage went smooth with me earning a decent 92-0X. However; in the rapid fire standing to prone stage, everything fell apart.The first two shots felt good, but when I reloaded my … Continue reading →

First up as always is the Swiss qualification test, the Obligatorisches Programm. The first target is the A5 bullseye. For this stage, the red scoring rings are used “1” through “5”. The second half of the stage uses the infamous … Continue reading →

The first half of Saturday’s double header was the Stangskyting match. It was rainy so the lighting was completely different than it was during practice. One hundred yards and twenty-five seconds for sixteen rounds. Since I was firing my M1 … Continue reading →

With the Norwegian Stangskyting match just ten days away, I was lucky to get off work with time for practice. Sixteen rounds with a twenty-five second time limit on each target. My best run on the “A” target. I let … Continue reading →

The following article is from Small Arms Review. It is too good not to pass on! C-RAT REFLECTIONS By Kevin Dockery & Dan Shea Kevin starts out: The old adage “an Army travels on its stomach,” has held true for … Continue reading →

Okay, the last hurrah. I fired three relays today with the first two being respectable but not helping my average. It all came down to one last relay. I fired Stage “A” and almost cleaned it! Two rounds strayed out … Continue reading →

More practice for the Stangskyting match later this month. I have gotten my time down to the allowed maximum of twenty-five seconds in which to fire all sixteen rounds. However, my accuracy suffered in the process! Not great. A bit … Continue reading →