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Re: Competition 2024
« Reply #30 on: January 08, 2025, 08:54:15 AM »
My friends bought from https://shootingtargets7.com/

They’re zinc coated and don’t need to be painted for practice sessions.

Not cheap, but very high quality.  I got a 10” and a 12” so I can practice first shot, when I’m at the range by myself.  Mark and Tim each purchased a full practice set which allows them to set up any one Steel Challenge stage.  I think thats 4-10”, 5-12” & 4-rectangles. I might add 3-10s and 2-12s this year which will let me practice the harder stages.

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Re: Competition 2024
« Reply #31 on: January 08, 2025, 08:54:56 PM »
Oh yeah...that's a good place to go.  They have sets not just singles. 

I might start out with the "Five to Go" stage setup no bases.  I can get by with the torso's I have for 18x24 plates.  Bases would be nice but I have an auger I paid good money for with the tractor that I no longer use now that my fences are set up.....I can put a bunch of holes in the ground.
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Re: Competition 2024
« Reply #32 on: January 09, 2025, 10:51:31 AM »
They have the complete match set, including bases, which are expensive.  While our club has metal bases, Tim, Mark and I are happy with our home made wooden ones.  1x3 legs and cross pieces, with 2x4 blocks to hold the post.  We orient the post small side towards shooter, which is how the Shooting Targets 7 hangers are made.  We also tape a small rectangle of steel to the post below the plate.  Misses then don't tear of the post as badly.

I'm not willing to invest in an entire practice set, but I think have a set of rounds (4x10" and 4x12") would fulfill my practice needs without breaking the bank.
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Re: Competition 2024
« Reply #33 on: January 09, 2025, 11:57:46 AM »
Just checked on their web site, for those interested.

A complete Steel Challenge set, all 8 stages is  $3,500.  Just steel and hangers.  40 metal bases adds $2,000.
A practice set (4x10, 5x12, 4xrectangles)  is $1,000.  5  metal bases would add $650.

I've got 1x10 and 1x12 and have just ordered 1x10 and 3 hangers.  Comes out to $105, free shipping.
I think I'll do the $100/mo till I get all 9 rounds w/ 5 hangers.

Got to add you own 2x4 posts and for competition of course the 11 shooting boxes.
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Re: Competition 2024
« Reply #34 on: January 09, 2025, 09:53:29 PM »
Yeah...ouch.  Now that I am retired and poor and all.  I do however have the real estate to put up 8 stages...
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Re: Competition 2024
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Re: Competition 2024
« Reply #35 on: January 27, 2025, 02:04:42 PM »
ICORE just posted the results of their 2024 Postal Match.  I did okay, for me.  I think.   They've made it difficult to tell.

They decided not to utilize Practiscore, this year.  They did in 2023, but now they've posted their own PDFs of Google Sheets they created.  Unfortunately these "sheets" aren't searchable and are not copy-able.    They didn't number the results, so you have to actually count down the rows to see how you did.  I was confused why they had a "Master" results document, but not one for "A", "B", "C" and "D" classification.  Then I realized they redefined the term Master, as in Combined.  Combined all the scores together - master.   

The best I can count is I ended up 63 out of 184 Classic division shooters.   WELL EXCEPT.  Being a postal match, you can enter multiple times.  Well that's confusing, because if I took out the multiple entries only counting each person's best score then I'd move up some, though then there'd be less entries.

Sorry.  Just ranting because they misspelt my name.  But seriously folks the tool is there.  It's free.  Use it. 
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