I use 6" plates... Aim small, shoot small. Cheapest targets there is.

 

Well, you don't have to repaint after 5 strings.

I bought 5ea 10" ar500 1/4" plates off ebay and made shepherds hooks out of rebar to practice with.

 

How's the fence holding up

 

I was wonder that myself...lol

 

nice job---Our range is going to start hosting RC matches soon...so what are you using to shoot RC?

 

Which stage are you shooting for practice?

 

I am new to RFC - shot 2 matches Oct '22. I shoot practice on local ranges that are "paper targets only" per range rules. Tried a bunch of ideas to get better idea of hits on target. This is my current setup: paper plates painted a dark color to contrast w/ background and show the impacts. I setup my own "stages" to practice getting on the first target and the transitions - along with speed and accuracy. Usually run 5 shot strings to get enough of a feel without putting loads of rounds down range quickly.

The far two are 20 yards and the near 3 are ~12 yards from the line. Before the snow came, I could set more stands and get better spreads.

Too hard to see impacts w/o walking out to the targets so eventually I started painting them. That's 7, 10 and maybe 15 yards. Tight space in that bay.

Here's a sample string time from the targets in the snow. I shot the 2 far plates then the 3 closer plates:

Shot Time Split Time
0.9 0.9
1.32 0.42
2.15 0.83
2.56 0.41
3.14 0.58

This is one of my best string times today. Also, a nice first shot time but might have been a miss. And this with my Browning Buckmark w/ Browning Reflex optic, CCI Mini-mags.

I am very interested in any comments, thoughts, tips, tricks on training and practice. Only 106 Days 9 Hours 2 Minutes 49 Seconds until May 1 but who's counting?

 

snakattk...I'm more familiar with the standardized courses of fire for Steel Challenge, but do shoot an outlaw rimfire challenge (small letters) once a month.... it took me a time to transition from all black front sights (35yr USPSA and 3 gun) to a fiber optic, as I wasn't really sure how to view the red fiber optic "dot" within the U notch of the rear sight... use the whole dot itself above the notch... the top of the dot like the top of a front post, or use the dot to find the top of the sight and use the very top of the post... so my question is do you use a fiber optic or black post?

I try to break a shot swinging through a target without stopping the pistol, except on the first target..as smoothly and as quickly as I can for the different target arrays. I started with a MKIV 22/45 Lite, and actually switched to a heavier 5 1/2" bull barrel, for the optics gun, and added a muzzle weight to the Lite barrel that is set up for "irons" division of Steel Challenge"

one thing that has helped me tremendously here in Fla is the use of amber shooting glasses... in bright sun, the white plates "pop" against the sand background...I use a ballistic rated Wiley X pair

gimmicks... I'm not typically a fan of rubber grips but the Tandem Kross grips and Striplin forward thumb rest and safety thumb rest allow me to get a consistent grip on the pistol,,,after the make ready command, I take some time to seat the pistol in my grip,... I unbag, lock the slide back to remove the chamber flag, apply the safety, open the flap for the magazines, take a good grip on the pistol, insert magazine, drop slide, and remove the safety after taking the low ready position.. pic of the grips and mud flaps

 

how to view the red fiber optic "dot" within the U notch of the rear sight... use the whole dot itself above the notch... the top of the dot like the top of a front post, or use the dot to find the top of the sight and use the very top of the post... so my question is do you use a fiber optic or black post?

lasnyder. thanks for the post - great info! I shoot a Browning Buckmark Hunter w/ Browning Reflex optic (red dot) and Ruger Mk 4 22/45 Lite factory irons (black post.) I don't think that I want a fiber optic dot - to me, the less to look at, the better. It seems to me that my 22/45 wants me to do what I have heard called a "6 o'clock" hold - especially for the distant targets. When they are closer in the picture seems to change to more like the "center" hold shown here. I doctored up a pic I found on a site.

Personally, I prefer to "cover" my intended POI but I should double check the 0 to see how it really is. The Buckmark w/ red dot has a "circle-dot" reticle selection. I use that one and just cover the plate with the circle no matter what the distance is. I think it might hit a bit high on the distant targets. I ran some numbers through Shooterscalculator dot com and my Strelok. Looks like a 20yd 0 with CCI Mini-mags has a -0.62 inch drop at 10 yds and +0.36 climb at 30 yds. So, that way I can aim at the center at any distance.

I try to break a shot swinging through a target without stopping the pistol, except on the first target..as smoothly and as quickly as I can for the different target arrays. I started with a MKIV 22/45 Lite, and actually switched to a heavier 5 1/2" bull barrel, for the optics gun, and added a muzzle weight to the Lite barrel that is set up for "irons" division of Steel Challenge"

I am working on getting to that first target faster. i seem to be stuck just under 1.0 sec. Some .9x, some .8x, got lucky with 2 in high .7's. I heard that world times are like .35, .45 or better. If I hold on the target and shoot at the beep, I get .25, .23, etc. I should try to see if I can improve that. Next time out, I am going to put up some craft paper 36 inches high by 6 or 8 feet long. Paint some spots and see how bad my misses are. With the plates alone, all I see are hits and I am curious where the misses are going.

Amber glasses and tips on grips and rests duly noted. Looking forward to seeing more sun up here in the frozen north! Thanks for taking the time to post. It is a great help to compare notes with others working on the same stuff!

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Until I blew the seals out, quite a bit of my practice was done with a BB gun and Shoot N See targets in the yard. Cheap, and it works. I also shoot a Bucknark, but have a red fiber optic. I got cheap plates from WalMart, they are great for rimfire. Never let anyone shoot at them with centerfire

 

I have the older ones of these, they arent knock down and they are orange. I left them in Florida sun for 2 years and they are faded but 'live and still work..'. The non-knockdown ones are NOT good for rimfire IMHO, but if the kockdown ones fall they would be ok since we dont want to wait for what the targets are doing of course.... The non knockdown ones you arent going to see the first wobbling after you shot the 5th or even in 1,3,5 drills.

KNOCKDOWN™ Targets

if these fall over it would solve needing to use steel and target inspection for practice, it's stil not 'the same' but its close, also note they are 8" not 10" and again expensive sine a 10" plate is 28 bucks

 

Ingenious

 

Kudos great idea

 

I do the same thing but it's not for Steel Challenge practice per se,,,
At first I staged the targets like Challenge stages,,,
But now I just place them randomly.

It's fun to time myself just to see if I can improve.

Aarond

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