Suggestions to Military Riflemen by Townsend Whelen.

This is a very good book that was written in 1909.

http://books.google.com/books?id=TphJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

A lot of it is still relevant today

2012 Highpower Rifle Matches

Dave Ostlund is taking over the Highpower Rifle Matches this summer.  He held a class in it yesterday and I heard that he got a pretty good turnout.

It may be a really good HP season.

I am looking forward to shooting without having to worry about running the matches.

Action Pistol/Rifle Match

I went and shot in another one of KISA's steel challenge matches today.  I didn't do that good.  My High Standard pistol kept jamming.  On the last round I thought that I would try the other magazine.  It worked perfectly.  Duh!

My Remington 597 jammed a couple of times but it is starting to settle down pretty good.  I just need to learn how to shoot faster.

While I was there I heard that the club had cleared the snow from the road to the Salonie Creek Range.  He said that the club paid $4,500 to clear the snow.   That is a lot of money for snow removal.

I guess that it is necessary to keep the road to the Salonie Creek Range open since the Monashka Bay outdoor range is still closed.  I haven't heard of any effort by the club to get it reopened.  I guess that they are waiting for summer.

3 Position Rifle

I haven’t shot 3 position rifle lately so I thought that I would break out my Anschtz and give it a try.  Boy, did I shoot terrible!  The rifle was heavy and it was hard to hold it on the targets.  When I finished shooting 60 shots (20 standing, 20 prone and 20 sitting I was tired.

I must be getting old. 

I did try my Remington 597 today.  For the first couple of magazines it jammed on the second round but then it started working flawlessly.  I hope that it shoots good next Sunday.

KISA action pistol and rimfire rifle match

I went and shot in the KISA rifle and pistol steel plate match today.  Boy, did I do a nose dive straight into the ground.

First off my rifle wouldn't shoot.  I cleaned it today and when I put it back together I used the Remington instructions.  They said to use 11 ft in of torque.  When I used that much the bolt would hardly move.  I backed it off some and went to the match.

I could never get it to shoot 5 rounds without missing.  I went to the rimfire shooting web page http://rimfireshooting.com and asked for advice.  The people said to use no pressure on the guide rails.  I have changed the pressure on my guide rails and I will go see if it works better this week.  It does seem to cycle a lot better than it used to.

Next stop was rimfire pistol.  I pulled out my trusty High Standard Victor and went to the line.  I have been having a lot of trouble with misfires in it.  I sent it back to be cleaned but it was still misfiring.  It looked like the fire pin was hitting the cases hard enough, they just weren't going off. 

I switched to CCI standard velocity.  Not one misfire.  I can live with that.

Nest stop - centerfire pistol.  My .45 acp would always go off, I just couldn't hit anything.  I changed my load and haven't checked it on paper yet.  I am going to make it a point to do so.

3 position rifle

I practiced 3 position rifle last Tuesday at the indoor range.  I forgot how hard smallbore rifle standing is.  I have been shooting a pellet rifle in my garage a lot but I still had a hard time with my .22.

The winter season is starting

It is snowing hard today and my mind is drifting away from hunting and back towards shooting.

I want to spend some time shooting 3 position rifle in preperation for next years HP Rifle season.  I think that shooting 3 position rifle is great pratice for HP Rifle.  You must have a better hold in 3 position than you do in HP.

I went to the Inland Empire Rifle and Pistol Associaiton web site and noticed that KISA didn't have any teams entered in last years postal match.  That is really too bad.  It is nice to see how you do competing against people from other areas.

But back to the point - next week I am going to try and shoot 3 or 4 position rifle at the indoor range at least once a week.