On Sunday March 11th, POTACC and three other Antwerp Conservation Club members (Aaron Kohler, Keith Mueller and Alex Campbell) crossed the Indiana border to compete in the monthly High Power match held at Fort Wayne Rifle and Revolver.
This is a 100 yard off hand match using a center fire rifle. The targets used are called NRA SR1 reduced. The object of this is to stand real steady while aiming at your target and squeeze the trigger and hit a black circle that measures 6.35”diam. The inner “X” ring measures 1.35” diam, the 10 ring is 3.35” diam, the 9 ring is 6.35” diam, and the 8-5 rings grow by 3” in diameter each. That means the 5 ring is 18.35”. If you can do all things right for each of the 40 shots, the highest score possible is 400 with 40x’s. I won’t tell you our scores, but we had fun.
Some shooters use scopes and others use iron sights. The problem with iron sights is that the front post can cover the black circle of the target. It takes some patients, practice and discipline to control your body movement, breathing and trigger control to make a great shot. Some of the shooters there make this look easy. They have spent years practicing this form of shooting. For some of our members this was only our second time trying this style of event.
We will be holding a similar match at our facility on March 17th at 11:00 a.m.. Registration opens at 10. Come out and try it or just to observe. We are calling this our Any Rifle Any Sight match. It doesn’t take fancy or high dollar equipment to have a good time or to shot well. Some of us have luck on our side.
–Gary Mabis
POTACC
