Bears

The other night we were shooting the 200 yard standing portion of the match and a bear walked behind us about 25 to 50 yards away.  The bear didn't seem to care about us which was just fine with me.

Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)

I see that KISA has decided to drop our membership to the CMP.  I know that there are members of the club who would still like to pick up a M1 Garand, an old bayonet, etc.

I guess that times are changing.

Alaska State Highpower Rifle Championship

I went to Fairbanks again to shoot in the State High-Power Rifle Championship. It was a lot of fun but I didn’t do a fantastic job of shooting.  The week before the match I changed my sling, my offhand hand position, and added 8 pounds of weight to my rifle.

That is not what you are supposed to do during a match.

I guess that I continue to learn even though I am becoming an old man.

CMP - LEG match

I was hoping that KISA would put on a LEG match. Looks like it isn't going to happen. First Dave Ostlund said that the board didn't want to tie up the Salonie Creek range for another day.

Then I went to the CMP website to see what CMP clubs there are in Alaska. I see that KISA has dropped their affiliation.  It would have been nice to have kept our membership in case any of the club members wanted to order a M1 Garand or some other rifle from the CMP but I guess that is their problem.

USA Shooting

USA Shooting has some great information on competive shooting on their web page.  Check it out.

http://www.usashooting.org/11-resources/shootinginstruction

AR15 gas leak

For some time my AR15 has been blowing gas and stuff back into my face.  It wasn't too dangerous but it was a real pain in the face.  Anyway I found an easy fix for it.  If you are having this problem here is the solution.  And it really does work.

http://www.03designgroup.com/technotes/do-it-yourself-gas-buster-charging-handle

1st Kodiak HP Match in 2012

Last night was the first HP rifle match in Kodiak.  Dave Ostlund is running them this year and I think that he will do a very good job.

The match started on time at 7:00 but because of the new format it went past 11:00.

This year Dave is going to use the pits and shooting at 200 yards instead of the old walk and paste 100 yard matches.  It is nice using targets that are pulled into the pits to be scored but it takes a lot more time.

Dave says that he may change it so that we shoot the 200 yard events one Wensday and then the 300/600 yard events the next Wensday.  The 300/600 yard events would still be shot on reduced targets at 200 yards.

On the way home we did see a bear on the banks of the river between the bridge and the ocean.  It wasn't to big but I wouldn't want to wrestle with it.  The funny part is that bear season closed the day before.