URSA SoCal: Recap of 16 Oct 2016 Shoot (by Facilitator)
We welcomed back Craneman from his shooting hiatus and he responded by not only winning the shoot but also becoming the first shooter to qualify for “The URSA 3000 Yard Challenge (2017).” TJ was runner-up.
The weather was good, though cold at first and windy at times. We had a new, regrettably one-time, shooter out, Steven, Tu’s cousin - he’s moving to Houston for domestic reasons. He had 3 hits during practice and qualifications, and a hit at 2640 after the formal shoot had ended. Steven was shooting Hu’s second Desert Tech, an SRS in .300 Win Mag - shoots arriving at 2080 and beyond point first but almost vertically (based on stand pipe and wind flag pole evidence).
The shoot ended at 2080 yards when Craneman was the only shooter to get 4 or more hits in 10 consecutive shots. Craneman, shooting his AR-30 A1 (338 LM Imp and 300 gr Bergers), had 3 hits in 5 shots during qualification (stopped at 5 to conserve ammo) and then 4 hits in record round. Note to the competition, he has a .50 DTC (match chamber) Ferret build in work, looking forward to going much further than 2080. Tu was kind enough to capture several pics on his cell phone, see the Gallery for his and mine (non-cell-phone).
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The NorCal shoot scheduled for the same date was cancelled due to weather.
We welcomed back Craneman from his shooting hiatus and he responded by not only winning the shoot but also becoming the first shooter to qualify for “The URSA 3000 Yard Challenge (2017).” TJ was runner-up.
The weather was good, though cold at first and windy at times. We had a new, regrettably one-time, shooter out, Steven, Tu’s cousin - he’s moving to Houston for domestic reasons. He had 3 hits during practice and qualifications, and a hit at 2640 after the formal shoot had ended. Steven was shooting Hu’s second Desert Tech, an SRS in .300 Win Mag - shoots arriving at 2080 and beyond point first but almost vertically (based on stand pipe and wind flag pole evidence).
The shoot ended at 2080 yards when Craneman was the only shooter to get 4 or more hits in 10 consecutive shots. Craneman, shooting his AR-30 A1 (338 LM Imp and 300 gr Bergers), had 3 hits in 5 shots during qualification (stopped at 5 to conserve ammo) and then 4 hits in record round. Note to the competition, he has a .50 DTC (match chamber) Ferret build in work, looking forward to going much further than 2080. Tu was kind enough to capture several pics on his cell phone, see the Gallery for his and mine (non-cell-phone).
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The NorCal shoot scheduled for the same date was cancelled due to weather.
