CZ 452 American against the clock

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Danny Creasy

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At 25 yards, the turkeys and pigs are at a about the same level of difficulty. But, the top row's little chickens are tougher.

Turkeys - Center rack - Next to bottom row
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128992557@N06/15638689551/

Pigs - Center rack - Next to top row - Cleaned 'em - six for six - earns the shooter a three second time deduction
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Chickens - Center rack - Top row
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My friend missed a video of the bottom row's rams. You can "flash sight" the big rams and really book.

Randy King was shooting next to me, and he cleaned the chickens - no small feat. By the time I could grab my phone and start videoing his chicken run, he was halfway through. I didn't realize I had it on slow motion. But, it looks neat. The chicken that lands on the rail is still counted as down. As long as the silhouette is off its base, it is a "kill." He was shooting a customized 455 American.
http://vid47.photobucket.com/albums/f169/sheffieldshootr/IMG_0466_zpsshxuspj4.mp4
 
Very cool. I'd love to give rimfire silhouette a try sometime.

Give me an idea of the size target we're talking about at 25 yards. And number of targets - I counted 7 shots on the turkeys - are there 7 turkeys? If he cleaned the pigs, I counted 6. How many chickens? I counted 10 shots on the 3rd vid, but there doesn't seem to be enough room for 10 chickens on the last vid.

Danny Creasy said:
earns the shooter a three second time deduction
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I have to admit not knowing the scoring rules for silhouette - it's based on total time to knock all the targets off the rack?
 
Keep in mind this is a local match with ......

our own rules. The regular NRA silhouette small bore match is a slow fire affair with each type of animal silhouette located at a different distance (Rams at 100 meters and Chickens at about 40 meters).

We use the same 1/5th scale official size NRA silhouettes and came up with this game for rapidfire practice at 25 yards. It's four rows of six, with rams on the bottom, then turkeys, next pigs, and finally, chickens on top. Here is the drill:

This match requires the shooter to engage 24 silhouettes from 25 yards in four strings of 6 targets each. An RO starts a watch when the shooter fires the first shot of a string, and he stops it when the last critter of that particular string goes down. A scribe records the time for the string and subtracts 3 seconds if the shooter had no misses in the string. The shooter's score is his aggregate time for all four strings. Please note, a bolt action shooter get's to subtract 36 seconds from his total time thus equalizing the speed advantage of the semi-automatics. The lever action handicap is 24 seconds and a pump action get's 18 seconds.

I hope these next two pics help with the scale:
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We add the Pdog in the top row for a different match, but other than that this is the same setup.
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I must point out, we had our silhouettes custom cut out of 3/8ths inch steel plate - they last longer and they can easily handle the bulk high velocity ammo that many of our rank and file prefer. NRA specs require 1/4 inch plate.
 
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That chicken looks to be about 2" wide at its widest. Even if not on the clock, they'd be tough shots to make while standing. Y'all are some good shooters!

Do all your shooters use optics? Are the targets visible with irons? I started shooting High Power matches, which is irons-only. I've been putting the majority of my effort in the standing position, so I think rimfire silhouette would be excellent and fun practice. I just bought a good rimfire upper to use as an understudy to my .223 upper, so if silhouette's do-able with irons, my rimfire upper might be the better choice than my CZ.
 
We have two classes - one for optics (includes dots) - and one for irons (includes both peeps and opens). This match is actually more fun with a semi-automatic. But, the bolt gun gives it a new twist occasionally. I love to shoot the open sight class with my old Remington Nylon 66.
 
Fantastic.

With the popularity of rimfire shooting, I'm surprised there isn't more interest in competition with sporter rifles.
 
That looks like a lot of fun. I'd prefer shooting at 50 yards with a bit larger silhouettes because it brings wind and mirage into play.

My Rem 504 would be my bolt rifle of choice, but it's hard to beat an accurate 10-22 bull-barreled rifle.
 
This is a speed match. There is no time for wind and mirage adjustments. A good semi-auto armed shooter takes out a row of six critters in three to five seconds. Our prone 100 yard take on this that we shoot with bi-podded rifles may be more to your liking, Picher. It consists of just five of the little chickens set up on one of these racks in a pyramid pattern. One comes to the line, and from a standing start (with rifle in hand), one has one minute and 10 rounds to engage the five chickens. If the wind is taking your projectiles off target, you have to adjust with Kentucky windage and holdover (or under) and just make the best of the situation - just like field shooting. No wind flags are allowed. Usually, semi-autos run out of ammo and bolt guns run out of time. Each shooter gets three runs and the aggregate number you leave standing is your score and the low score wins. It's a hoot. We call it The Raptor Match for no logical reason.

Old file pic - assembled by a friend:
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