SILHOUETTE

[HillBilly98]

Any silhouette shooters on here? I understand there is probably sites dedicated to just that. I never seen anything on here so don’t know if it’s taboo lol

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I shoot smallbore

 

[Average joe]

Any silhouette shooters on here? I understand there is probably sites dedicated to just that. I never seen anything on here so don’t know if it’s taboo lol

I shoot high-power, smallbore, and some lever-action. You're right it's not discussed much here. Steelchickens.com is where most go.
Unfortunately it's a dying sport. Where do you shoot.

 

[polebilly]

Ridgway, PA.

 

[jbmarshtx]

I shoot smallbore and high power and am a relatively new shooter.

 

[Aero]

I shoot some HP and Smallbore. When you tell people that they have to stand on their hind legs and shoot you tend to get blank stares. Then you tell them that you do that at a target not much bigger than a medium sized dog at 500 meters and they know you're lyin'

 

[snert]

I recall a story of 2 PA chuck hunters who shot at McDonald. Farmer came out and was watching, asked, how far ya shooting? When they pointed out a mound some 300 plus out, he called them liars. When a chuck showed up, one said to the other "Ya gonna shoot him the easy way or the hard way?", motioning to a rest. Partner said "Easy way", stood up and shot the chuck offhand.

Farmer got up and walked away.

 

[B Mize]

I still shoot a few club "fun" matches every year.
No NRA matches around here anymore.
I shot a little smallbore locally, but was serious about Hunter Pistol and small bore and pistol cartridge Lever action.
Shot the nationals in Bradford PA 2 times and in Austin TX 4 times. All between 08 and 13.
Also shot all 3 lever action nationals at Raton in 10.
Still have 2 of 4 pistols and just my 39A. Rest went on to finance other stuff.

Now I get my pistol fix with Bullseye(the hardest think I have every shot).

 

[prwhite]

Any silhouette shooters on here? I understand there is probably sites dedicated to just that

www.steelchickens.com

 

[HillBilly98]

It’s a shame that it is on the decline. I have only shot a match or two in high power and not much more in small bore. It is fun..humbling...but fun. It is probably the cheapest way to break into competitive shooting. Not much in the way of equipment. We have a local range here about an hour and a half south of Dallas that is first class. They still shoot here. Been toying with the ideal of shooting another one.

 

[Damfino]

Shot smallbore silhouettes for years and years out of Signal Point, Guntersville, Al; Magic City and Steel City out of Birmingham. High Power Silhouettes at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Al where they would provide--yes, free of charge--Lake City Match .308. In those days it was show up with your rifle and shoot. Interest waned here and it just died on the vine. Nothing beats the simple elegance of the sport or the thrill of watching the metallic silhouette fall when you hit it. Now shooting F-Class everything I need just barely fits in the damn truck.

 

[jbmarshtx]

It’s a shame that it is on the decline. I have only shot a match or two in high power and not much more in small bore. It is fun..humbling...but fun. It is probably the cheapest way to break into competitive shooting. Not much in the way of equipment. We have a local range here about an hour and a half south of Dallas that is first class. They still shoot here. Been toying with the ideal of shooting another one.

It's not fast paced like 3-gun. It's not 'tactical' like PRS. It's really difficult, and there's not a real central place to find out good info on competitions or ranges. Both of those things make it tough to keep new shooters is what I keep hearing. The range in Coolidge (south of Dallas) is nice, and that's where the TX High Power match was last weekend. But, there were only 24 of us shooting both days.

I think that most of the ranges and match directors would be open to suggestions to get and keep new shooters. Steel Chicken's is difficult to get access to if anyone tries to sign up...fyi. I think that the webmaster might be a sometimes webmaster.

 

[HillBilly98]

Shot smallbore silhouettes for years and years out of Signal Point, Guntersville, Al; Magic City and Steel City out of Birmingham. High Power Silhouettes at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Al where they would provide--yes, free of charge--Lake City Match .308. In those days it was show up with your rifle and shoot. Interest waned here and it just died on the vine. Nothing beats the simple elegance of the sport or the thrill of watching the metallic silhouette fall when you hit it. Now shooting F-Class everything I need just barely fits in the damn truck.

Simple elegant form of shooting is a great way of putting it. I have wanted to shoot a fclass match for a long time but will probably never do it. I would be happy with a last place finish just to do it. I don’t have all of the equipment but maybe some day

 

[dcali]

We have some local matches here, and I've wanted to give it a try, but the closest thing to an appropriate rifle that I have is an M1A (with irons). Would that be a waste of time? A new rifle isn't in the budget at this point.

 

[HillBilly98]

It's not fast paced like 3-gun. It's not 'tactical' like PRS. It's really difficult, and there's not a real central place to find out good info on competitions or ranges. Both of those things make it tough to keep new shooters is what I keep hearing. The range in Coolidge (south of Dallas) is nice, and that's where the TX High Power match was last weekend. But, there were onlyt match I shot there 24 of us shooting both days.

I think that most of the ranges and match directors would be open to suggestions to get and keep new shooters. Steel Chicken's is difficult to get access to if anyone tries to sign up...fyi. I think that the webmaster might be a sometimes webmaster.

Yes sir that is the range I was speaking of. It is really nice. Good folks too. I have been a member off and on over the years. I remember the first march I shoot there years ago. It was my first silhouette match and I had been shooting a lot back then and for years. I saw a bunch of older guys show up and I thought to myself, heck I got this. Well I didn’t lol. There was some sure nuff shooters there. I don’t think I hit a turkey one. I of coarse finished last. I thought it was so cool how after it was over may of the shooters offered advice and let me shoot their rigs. I only shot a few more after that. Wool back then kept me more than busy and plenty of baseball and softball turnements. I just remember how fun it was.

Holler at me the next time you go man that is really close for me.

 

[jbmarshtx]

We have some local matches here, and I've wanted to give it a try, but the closest thing to an appropriate rifle that I have is an M1A (with irons). Would that be a waste of time? A new rifle isn't in the budget at this point.

You'd take a beating. A match is officially 40 shots. 10 each at 200m chickens, 300m pigs, 375m turkeys, and 500m rams. If you know your sight settings, you could try it. But, if you were going you could also contact the match director and see if anyone had a rifle.

 

[JeffG]

It's a fun game!
check out "SteelChickens"

 

[natdscott]

It's not fast paced like 3-gun. It's not 'tactical' like PRS. It's really difficult, and there's not a real central place to find out good info on competitions or ranges.

Yeah, I agree. There's ONE Range in my state that regularly shoots Rimfire Silo by the rules, and there's no CF Rifle.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Its a rather secret society. Hard to find info and sometimes hard to even get in a match. Ive pulled up to matches where guys told me they wasnt having one that day and shot complete matches without anybody saying a word to me. Wish it was a lot more welcoming because i love doing it and have a lot of money invested in it

 

[pirate ammo]

Its a rather secret society. Hard to find info and sometimes hard to even get in a match. Ive pulled up to matches where guys told me they wasnt having one that day and shot complete matches without anybody saying a word to me. Wish it was a lot more welcoming because i love doing it and have a lot of money invested in it

don't worry,,I win the lotto we'll build our own range,,on Mars,,longrange,,