POTACC, club members and guest return home for the first rifle match of 2018. On Saturday, March 17th, the Antwerp Conservation Club held it’s first rifle match of 2018 with 14 participants. The match was a 40 shot NRA High Power offhand we called the Any Rifle Any Sight match.
An NRA High Power match is a centerfire rifle March that is shot at 100 yards or 200 yards. At 100 yards you use SR1 target. The X- 9 scoring rings on a SR1 target is 6.38” in diameter. The group of shooters are called to the firing line and have 3 minutes for prep time. This time is used to set up your gear and make ready. When the line goes hot, you have 20 minutes for 20 shots. This seems like a long time for 20 shots, but you are hand loading each round between shots. You get yourself in position and acquire the target. You need to control your breathing and muscle movement. You then squeeze the trigger while not moving. Then repeat. Between shots you take the time to get your mind focused and preparing for the next shot.
Once the first group complets that first round, the second group is called to the line. They are given the same amount of time for prep and to shot their 20 rounds. This continues till all participants have completed their course of fire. Scores are talleyed up and recorded after each round. The best possible score is 400 with 40 X’s. The results of this match are posted on Practiscore under the name ACC Any Rifle Any Sight.
Hope to see you soon at one of our upcoming events. Check our website or Facebook for the most current listing of events. Don’t forget our annual Easter Egg hunt is March 31st at 1:00 p.m.
–Gary Mabis
POTACC
