Not gonna lie, seeing the pics of all the different classes of people doing this has givin me a lot more confidence and toned down my nerves some. My first run is saturday at the sawmill, like I said I'm a little nervous but very much looking forward to it! Nice production!!
I’m thinking about doing the one in Oct. in Alabama. I had a question regarding the rifle targets. How large is the steel and what were the average rifle distances? Deciding on if I should run a red dot mag combo or just go lpvo.
Target Size and Distance varies on each stage and for Alabama this year, I think we shot out to 250-300+ yards (reduced torsos I think, still need to process and post this years video for Alabama from Oct). Optic choice is really your preference based upon comfort level but I'd be prepared for knowing your zero and holds out to 300ish yds.
Nice run at the Sawmill! During the O-course, I noticed you used an anchor with a tubular nylon loop as a step, how did you make that, it looks pretty nice for these competitions.
Not sure if you are asking about “Did Not Finish” (DNF) for individual shooting stages or for the entire run course? For stages you normally get somewhere between 90-180 seconds to complete and for the run there isn’t really a set time for how long you are allowed to finish. Some run fast some walk and you pretty much need to complete the course within the timeframe of when you start (which varies from morning to afternoon) and sometime before dark. Your score is a 50/50 of run time (minus wait times for waiting at stages for other shooters or Range Officer needs, like stage reset or target repair) and the combination of points based upon your shoot times on stages (faster shoot times = more points). Hope this answers your questions(s).
Every time I try to find a video to show someone what these matches are like all I can get is this art-school BS and they quit after the first two minutes. What is the point?
@@RunNGunNation I wolud guess the first part of the video is to "set the scene" like a fishing or hunting show on a weekend sports show cable channel and have very little actual fishing or hunting but lots of talking - which you can do in a podcast. The fast clips, driving or drone stuff cut too fast to get a feel of the environment, various characters posing, etc. YT is short attention span theater. They want to see the running and gunning and a layout of a course maybe. The guys hauling big tripods with them is the first I have seen that. The matches I have been to must have a different name - pre-Covid and I can't recall that far back - there was not anything extra but a shooting bag. Yes, it is harder to do and you need to intend to make an action video to get enough worthwhile video. To be fair, I did not find any videos that gave a good overall view of the elements of a match. The ones I have been to are the kinds with stages like a car or car body, a piece of slanted roof, a facade with windows and doors, and other natural and man made objects. I had a new Seekins Bravo Havak all tuned up to join the fun when the Kung Flu shutdown nonsense started.
@@charlesspringer4709, my videos aren’t for the mainstream RU-vid community and they are not monetized. My videos are for the RNG community, which is a small part of the overall shooting community. We (the community) are a pretty close knit family and most that come to watch my content know what to expect. I do what I do for personal reasons and I’m not here advertising (especially for money or anything like that). A really good resource (which I’ve mentioned in my videos) is the RNG Discussion Group on Facebook. Lots of discussions and information about RNG events all over the country.
