Thread: Long range shooting course

Originally Posted by Gillie

This style of course is surprisingly difficult. I ran a medium to long range course under this format in Rotorua a couple or three months ago. Learnt some lessons on how to run them. Out of the ten invited competitors i had there only really four were serious and of them only one got over halfway on points. Planning making the next one a bit easier. One competitor (who ended up 2nd overall) made 7 from 14 first shots on targets ranging from 350m to 960m. I made 5 first round hits from 14 and the first place getter only made 4!

what distances are you shooting Ghille and prone//standing/leaning?

Originally Posted by el borracho

what distances are you shooting Ghille and prone//standing/leaning?

All prone, distance were as i mentioned - 350m to 960m. Long shots were accross two seperate gullies with almost no wind indicators (old man pines and short grass...) and a mean cross wind. Couldn't even spot misses in the grass. Afterwards some guys mentioned some positional shooting would be good as well - sitting, standing and the like. I have a few ideas on how to integrate this shooting into the event as well.

Originally Posted by Gillie

This style of course is surprisingly difficult. I ran a medium to long range course under this format in Rotorua a couple or three months ago. Learnt some lessons on how to run them. Out of the ten invited competitors i had there only really four were serious and of them only one got over halfway on points. Planning making the next one a bit easier. One competitor (who ended up 2nd overall) made 7 from 14 first shots on targets ranging from 350m to 960m. I made 5 first round hits from 14 and the first place getter only made 4!

Please post on here next time you run something, I'd be interested to attend...


How did you run the scoring, if the winner only made 4 first round hits? More than 1 shot per target allowed I guess? Or greater weighting for longer targets?