RATON's "Sporting Rifle Match"

[smchop]

Awesome job Mike! Hope to hit it with you next year, looks like fun!

[islandermyk]

Awesome job Mike! Hope to hit it with you next year, looks like fun!

Brother.. if you haven't tried this yet... it is a must!
As this was one of the hardest kind of shooting I've ever done... and when I mean hard.. I don't mean physically challenging. What was hard for me was adjusting for a lot of things in that 3 minute time limit like, shooting positions, how to deal with winds blowing not just on flat ground but up or down a hill or ridge, trees, beside that fricken house... and then trying to adjust that hit or miss as you go out to further targets. I've never shot like that before... and I'm not certain I learned anything out there to improve my shooting as far as where the rounds will end up, but i learned a hell of a lot with unconventional shooting positions (that I need to practice), and how to watch out for changing environment. The guys on the squad I was in are all a bunch of AWESOME guys!!!! I'm pretty sure all the shooters are the same way one way or the other.. all in all... Yes! You need to do this match!

[smchop]

Well, lets work out a range time and get this goin!

[Alpine]

Mike, sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you at the match, a lot more people showed then I expected. I was expecting a small group because of the weather forcast. Any how, glad you enjoyed your first match, and hope to meet you next year.

[islandermyk]

Well, lets work out a range time and get this goin!

MMmm.. I'll let you guys know for sure

Mike, sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you at the match, a lot more people showed then I expected. I was expecting a small group because of the weather forcast. Any how, glad you enjoyed your first match, and hope to meet you next year.

yea... if you were in the squad I was in... you'd get in some good laughs from my performance out there
Looking forward meeting you to Brother

[roberth]

Great writeup Mike.

Thank you.

[coyote3]

Nice pic's Mike.It was great shooting with you and Tim,the guys from Lubbock TX and all the rest.Your right,just about all the guys that do this are great to shoot with.You shot great for your first time there.It can be a little intimidating your first time.Congrats to Kevin.Don't forget to reload,Byers is Saturday the 28th,48 rounds.

[islandermyk]

Nice pic's Mike.It was great shooting with you and Tim,the guys from Lubbock TX and all the rest.Your right,just about all the guys that do this are great to shoot with.You shot great for your first time there.It can be a little intimidating your first time.Congrats to Kevin.Don't forget to reload,Byers is Saturday the 28th,48 rounds.

Very very cool Brother... and Thank you!
I'm gonna pass on this one... next month's match at CRC is more promising for me. Hope to see you around, and thank you for everything!

[brutal]

Interesting.

I ran into some of these guys at the TSA firearms inspection at DIA. Fortunately for me, I beat them all to the screening by just a few minutes or I would have been screwed making my flight. First time I checked my carry. I'm sure they would have let me bump the line considering the pile of rifle cases they had stacked up. Didn't have time to strike up a conversation, but know they were in Raton by all the schwag they were sporting.

Thanks for the pics Mike!

[Delfuego]

Don't forget to reload,Byers is Saturday the 28th,48 rounds.

I'm gonna pass on this one... next month's match at CRC is more promising for me.

That is the same match! CRC (aka Byers)

Congrats to Kevin.

Did Kevin win???