Black Swamp Carbine Shoot

[rjrivero]

I thought I would invite anyone in the area to our monthly carbine shoots.

It's hosted at the Sandusy Sportsmans Club in Gibsonburg, OH. The club is private, but the monthly shoot is open to the public.

A link is HERE (http://www.scsclub.org/index%20black%20swamp%20carbine.htm) for your review and enjoyment.

We don't do any "racing" and no one keeps score. What it does allow you to do is get your "fighting carbine" out to stretch your legs.

The Carbine "class" is led by the folks at Adco Firearms. They are approved CCW instructors in Ohio. They will run you through techiques and drills one on one to familiarize yourself with your weapon, and force you to use the weapon in ways you may not have thought of in your usual range time shooting. It's self defense oriented and the drills are very well chosen.

Required:
Hearing Pro
Eye Pro
150 rounds of pistol ammo.
150 rounds of rifle ammo.
Firearm Carbine AR/AK/Mini 14 etc.
Pistol
extra mags
Sling for the rifle.

Optional:
Whatever else you want to bring. Water, snacks, Load Bearing gear, ETC.

It runs the first Sunday of every month, except December.

Next shoot is Jan 2.

New shooters meet at 11:30 to go over rules and expectations, shooting starts at 12:00.

Cost is $25 per shooter. If you stay to help clean the range at the end of the day, you get $10 back.

Link HERE (http://www.scsclub.org/index%20black%20swamp%20carbine.htm).

[snake charmer]

Hey RJ only one week to go.

[rjrivero]

Hey RJ only one week to go.

Woo HOOO!!! I'm really getting excited!

[HoldHard]

It was cold, very cold.... like GatorAide freezing cold.... low teens, single digit wind chill and a few snow flakes... but we had fun....

After announcing that I and three others had never been at this range, the safety briefing was given. It was a hot range and they played by "big boy rules". All weapons are to be considered loaded (because they are!!). Muzzle discipline and complete weapon control at all times were paramount and it was noted that safety was everyone's responsibility. If you saw something unsafe, speak up. Hurt feelings are far better than bullet wounds... If you were going to give up direct control of your weapon, it had to be verified that it was unloaded by at least three other individuals before you set it down.

Both RJ and I decided to take the 9mm carbines in addition to the 5.56 rifles and see what the guys from ADCO were going to throw at us. It's a good thing we did.... They had set a few steel targets out at 100-120+ yards and we were engaging them from a variety of positions, standing, kneeing, seated and prone.

The 9mm carbines were not going to do a really great job at 100+ yards so we swapped them out for the 5.56 rifles and endured the cajoling from the instructiors about not coming prepared and not being able to do that in a "real life" situation. Several different situations were put forth, including firing through a car window (just the door was there with a chair) at some close targets.

I was using the AR-15 that is setup for 3-gun competition and one of the instructors was looking it over and finally said "you sure got a lot of junk on that thing".... I agreed that it was not the most tactical weapon but it was setup the way I preferred. Leupold 1.5-6 glass for distance and a C-More STS red dot sight mounted at the 1:00 o'clock position for the close targets.

Sessions covered target acquisition, movement, shooting on the move and communication when shooting in a team.

During our last session on the range, there were 4 chairs spaced about five feet apart, setup so they went from the back of the range toward the front. The drill was that there would be a guy standing behind the last chair and one seated in each chair. The guy in the front chair took one and only one shot at the 100 yard steel target. After the shot, you peeled off and went to to the rear of the line. Each individual moved up one chair until they were at the front and it was your turn to fire. After going through this a few times, the group was separated by who had all their hits and who did not. RJ, myself and another individual all had our hits so we were grouped together. A "winners" bracket and a "losers" bracket.

Now we went through the same drill, but faster. It only took three rounds before the other two guys had a miss while I had all three hits.... (insert fist pump here... :D). The rifle setup did help but controlling your breathing, correct sight acquisition and breaking the shot at the correct moment were key.

It was a good to get trigger time while learning a few things from the professionals....

HH