Questions on F-Class competitions

[JeffT]

Thanks for all the great advice. I am sure that you guys are representative of the match community and I will get lots of help. I am not too far from the CMP range in Talledega but I have to be honest, looking at pics of that place is pretty intimidating. My first IDPA match was at a small local club with about 20 people and that made the experience less overwhelming.

Yes, I know I need a chrono. Just haven't added it to the equipment list. Thanks for the offer on a firing solution, LGKLAS.

I am in Hartselle, AL, which is roughly halfway between Huntsville and Birmingham.

If you want to go to AEDC for a match PM me and I'll pair up with u. They have 600 and 1000 yard matches. Located between Manchester and Tullahoma Tn. I live in Indiana but attend matches there

 

[DennisH]

As a match director, I have told many new shooters, if you have a good 100 yard zero, dial in 13 MOA and you will be close enough to fine tune with sighters and have never been proven wrong. We do allow unlimited sighters on the first match, and that should be asked about before you arrive. I also assume most ranges are like mine, in that, if you let those around you know you are new and want to learn, you're gonna come away with more guidance then you'll know what to do with. Don't go watch, take a rifle and join in, you will learn a lot more, and have a lot more fun. We were all new once and had to learn the same things, but most are more willing to stop what they are doing to help a fellow shooter then to talk to a spectator that comes up during the middle of a match.

I wanted to know what my hunting 308 would do @ 600 yards. As stated, I had plenty of help. The people there practicing were suggesting that I shoot in the match the coming up Saturday.

I was intimidated. When the "Range Officer" told me my first ever attempt @ shooting 600 yards, 60 shots for record, my score of around 570 sometimes wins matches around here! I shot my 1st match 4 days later with great success, and placed in the top 3. I was hooked.

The info I have read in this thread is pretty accurate. You get a good zero @ 100, we look at your rifle, caliber, barrel length, your load, and the scope rail. Most if not all of the time we will put you on paper with your first attempt. Steady hands and fingers, good/great scope, reading the wind will be your best assets.

 

[Nature Boy]

If you want to go to AEDC for a match PM me and I'll pair up with u. They have 600 and 1000 yard matches. Located between Manchester and Tullahoma Tn. I live in Indiana but attend matches there

Jeff,

My daughter is in her freshman year up at Sewanee University, which looks like it’s near that range. She shot her first F/TR match over the summer and really enjoyed it (shot a 596 x22 with her old man’s .308 at 600)

Looks like I need to plan a trip up there that coincides with a match weekend, if I can get the stars and planets to align.

 

[dsculley]

Munsonbw, check out the thread Shooting in west central Alabama. That sounds like a good place to get started. I am in Foley AL and have been going to the Pascagoula Shooting Club in Moss Point. That is a group of guys that made my first time very enjoyable.