“Man v Man” at the AAW

Taking advantage of appropriate range opportunity and time allocated to the AAW it has been decided to run an afternoon Man v Man competition on the Saturday afternoon of the competition.

An informal affair and in some ways experimental and just a bit of fun to round the season off. However it will be run ‘proper’ and in line with what would be expected with a man v man event of old.

Open to any 22 rifle or 22 pistol. For the time being the different gun types will shoot against each other however if we get enough interest I would aim to separate them so please express any interest and gun type as soon as possible. Price is expected to be circa £4.00

So….. the procedure as below. This to be shot on the wide bay of Butt Zero.

Five targets, the three furthest, width wise, to be engaged first, compulsory reload engage the fourth target (next to the stop plate) then the stop plate.

Best of three runs

The reload before engaging the fourth and then the stop target is compulsory regardless of any other reload.

Start position, gun on side  laid flat on the table slide forward on an empty chamber magazine inserted.  No part of the grip or trigger  may be off of the back of the table.

Hands on either side of gun raising the flags. No part of the person to be touching the gun. The flags must be flat on the table.

All ammo / magazines must be on the person or on the table, any kit dropped onto the floor is no longer available in that run.  A dropped gun whether on to the table or the floor is a disqualification.

The reload must be with a different magazine taken from either the person or the table. Conjoined mags can be used but for the purpose of the compulsory reload will count as the  same mag.
Procedurals:

• Shooting plates in wrong order
• Shooting opponents plate / plates

There will be no change in sides between runs. Given that there is no order of engagement of the first three plates there is no difference between the sides.

Target are 8″ by 5″  between 10 and 18 metres dstant. Unlimited number of magazines loaded with unlimited amounts of ammo. All targets must fall to count.

All of the targets are remotely reset  so we expect to able to run a full16 shooter J ladder in about one hour.

Targets are “soft” , made of corridex and second hand rubber matting, the round passes straight through and impacts the butts without deviation so should be OK for any range.

Bianchi at the Nationals

All four stages of the Bianchi match at the Nationals will take place on Butt Zero on Stickledown.  Access to a 50m facility has not been possible for this meeting and following on from the from the change of format at the Phoenix it has decided this will be repeated for the Nationals.

The four stages will be

• The Barricades Match
• The Mover
• The Plates Match
• The Unsupported Standard Match (The USM)

Just to remind you

The Unsupported Standard Match course of fire is 48 rounds (same as the practical match) and consists of four stages of 12 shots onto 3 D1 targets at distances of 10m, 15m, 20m and 25m. Each stage consists of both weak hand/shoulder shooting with timings identical to the barricade match.

Targets are places standard target width apart. All other match conditions are as defined in the GR&P rule book. Some comments as to what weak hand freestyle means. It means operated (trigger pulled by weak hand trigger finger) and held by the weak hand but can be supported by the strong hand.

Stage 1 – 10 metres

• 6 seconds 2 shots on each target, strong hand
• 6 seconds 2 shots on each target, weak hand freestyle/weak shoulder

Stage 2 – 15 metres

• 7 seconds 2 shots on each target, strong hand
• 7 seconds 2 shots on each target, weak hand freestyle/weak shoulder

Stage 3 – 20 metres

• 8 seconds 2 shots on each target, strong hand
• 8 seconds 2 shots on each target, weak hand freestyle/weak shoulder

Stage 4 – 25 metres

• 9 seconds 2 shots on each target, strong hand
• 9 seconds 2 shots on each target, weak hand freestyle/weak shoulder

Some Reminders

The NRA Imperial Meeting is now over for 2015. The next couple of months provide a number of opportunities for shooters and collectors who prefer a more historic type of shooting.

Some events here over the next few months for collectors, historic shooting enthusiasts, muzzle loading rifle and pistol shooters.

PDF of the events here – please print and distribute around your clubs.