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Member Section => RAC => Topic started by: Marshal Halloway on July 31, 2009, 12:02:01 PM
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Ruger Rimfire Shooting Competitions
DRTV has decided to promote this new sport and is now in the middle of establishing the logistics to increase the interest.
Read this blog post and follow the links to get an idea of what this is about.
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/?p=629
Next week, we will have an invitation ready to invite potential shooters and clubs to subscribe to a DRTV news service with the latest updates on this new sport. This will be a helpful tool to share contact info.
This board is also the meeting ground for those who are seeking info and want to meet people in their own area to get started.
Ruger is naturally on board as the initiator (Main Sponsor) and we have other companies lined up who will support this new effort which in my opinion will trigger an increased interest in shooting sports and attract new shooters (young and old) to the shooting range.
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Great. Time for a shoot in Tulsa.
Will supressors be allowed?
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Fantastic! I'm hoping that there will be a club near Charlotte county, Florida so I can join.
I've read the rules and have a few questions.
In the Cowboy/Cowgirl group it states that the second gun must be on the shooting table. does that mean it doesn't mater if you use one hand or two to shoot your SAA .22? Can you draw your guns from a holster or set it in one instead of the table when switching?
The rules give a minimum distance for shooting, but what should the average be?
What size should the average target be?
Since the stage examples given show a non-movement shooting area (No running then shooting) Will different stages have different shooting postitions? (off hand, prone, kneeling, ect...)
Don't worry Marshall. I can easily wait till next week for some of the answers. ;)
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Will supressors be allowed?
The rules are in PDF form at Ruger's website and IIRC suppressors are prohibited.
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I just checked on one of the outside links and it seems like the average distance will be between 8 and 15 yards. Not bad.
And I saw that you can use either hand (but not both) for the cowboy shoot shen using two guns.
This looks like fun! ;D
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I saw this the other evening, but couldn't get the links to work on the hotel 'puter :'(
Now that I'm home, and already wishing I was shooting again, I've checked it out ;D And, it looks like a fun course of fire.
I've already got the guns ... can't believe that I don't need to buy to get into for a change, and affordable.
Now you guy's just need to get some matches up here for us upper midwesterners ...Sorry Rastus, but it is your turn to travel!
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I saw this the other evening, but couldn't get the links to work on the hotel 'puter :'(
Now that I'm home, and already wishing I was shooting again, I've checked it out ;D And, it looks like a fun course of fire.
I've already got the guns ... can't believe that I don't need to buy to get into for a change, and affordable.
Now you guy's just need to get some matches up here for us upper midwesterners ...Sorry Rastus, but it is your turn to travel!
That's just a poor attitude.
Do you have back-up guns? Do you have back-up guns for your back-up guns? Do you have enough guns to take several friends along?
Geesh, you give a guy an excuse to buy more guns and he just blows it. ;)
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This sounds like a chance for me to get outthe 10/22 and the ole highstandard sentinel 7".
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Hmmmm...... maybe we should do a DRTV Rimfire Competition :)
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Hmmmm...... maybe we should do a DRTV Rimfire Competition :)
You must have listen in on my conversation with Michael yesterday.... :D
We are working on some plans to have a DRTV Rimfire postal match. We will have something solid to work on later this month, when we meet with the companies involved in all this.
This week, we will start rounding up people who are interested in joining this sport and establish contact points in each state. If we succeed in our goals, we will also have matches running in several states including many regional championships.
The Ruger Rimfire Competition will focus on highlighting shooters of all levels - we want to give the average shooters and families a place in the spotlight, not just the top shooters.
Rimfire Action Shooting (not an official term) will be established under the same principles as cowboy action shooting, opening up for a whole lot of fun at the shooting ranges around the country.
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ruger Rimfire Shooting Competition aka Rimfire Action Shooting is now also on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116745522132
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You were talking about a postal match.
Here's an idea I had on it.
http://www.gunslingerforums.com/kicking-around-a-new-idea-for-shooting-fun-t218.html (http://www.gunslingerforums.com/kicking-around-a-new-idea-for-shooting-fun-t218.html)
If anything seems of use to you, use it! I've been a bit busy here to get it off and running.
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Great idea! Looks like something I'd really want to get my daughter into to. Need something in the SE region though.
May the rimfire modifying / accurizing threads begin!
Armed and ready, lets go shoot!
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Oh yeah, thats one FAST pig you've got in those video's! ;D
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I'm very excited that these competitions are getting some traction. I competed in the first Ruger Rimfire Challenge and had an absolute blast. Bringing new shooters to these matches is a the best way I can imagine hook them on the shooting sports. Between the low barrier to entry, the fun easygoing atmosphere, and the sheer fun of shooting these guns, I bet BHO himself would find this addicting. I really look forward to watching this sport grow and hope it gains the momentum and popularity of IDPA and IPSC. This is the type of shooting sport that could really bring gun games mainstream and help change the public's perception of gun owners.
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OK, I've spent enough time reading, thinking and talking to others about this. I dropped Ruger an E-mail this evening with some questions.
Depending on how things go, I'd love to have all of you come to the great white north next summer for a shoot.
I think this is just what we need to get some activity going in our middle of no where land here. I have a few options that I participate at, but they are all at a 100 mile radius. We have had many say they would come here, but we need more here to make it happen. Hopefully this will get us rolling.
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I looked over the rimfire rule book and the only reference to rifle type is: Rifle must be manually operated
bolt action, lever action, slide or pump action and iron sights.
Did I miss something in the rule book about semi-auto rifles?
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I posted on FaceBook, but I'll post it over here as well.
What's Up with this?
What's the coming schedule of events?
How did the championships go? Who won?
Postal matches?
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Interesting.....and a lot of fun....count me in... ;D
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I can't wait for these matches to start in the SE. I'll be tricking out my 22/45 with a 6" Pac-Lite for it, as soon as I get the money for it.
Can't wait!!
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I can't wait for these matches to start in the SE. I'll be tricking out my 22/45 with a 6" Pac-Lite for it, as soon as I get the money for it.
Can't wait!!
SE where ?
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I'm in South Carolina.
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I'm in South Carolina.
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