It’s Shooting Season again!
This Saturday, May 1, will be the High Power Clinic for new shooters. Normally we would shoot a Garand Match as part of the Clinic, but after doing this a number of times I have figured out that trying to do both on the same day makes me hurry through the class and skip some things I want to cover – or run too long with the class and then I have to hurry through the match.
Saturday 8 May, our normal second Saturday Match, will be a CMP Games Match this year. It will be shot in the Garand Match format; 5-sighters and 30-shots for record at 200-yards. I am going to reserve the first two relays for the new shooters who attended the Clinic so we can work with them as they shoot their first match.
Experienced shooters will be squadded on Relays 3 and higher. This is a re-entry match, and as usual we will have entry categories for just about any high power rifle you want to shoot. Bring as many rifles as you want to!
Match fees are $20 for FWRR members or members of affiliated clubs, $25 for non-members. The first re-entry match is a flat $15 for everyone and if you want to shoot a third match, that will be $10.
I strongly suggest that you pre-register for the match so we can assign relays and firing positions in advance. We will be using the Silver Mountain Targets, so bring your tablets, smart phones, iPads or whatever for a scoring device.
There will be M1 Garands available for loan and M2 Ball ammunition is available for sale at $20 for a 35-round Match pack. Contact FWRRHPDirector@aol.com if you would like to use a loaner Garand for the match.