.22 Tactical Precision Rifle Class

Saturday, April  24^th, 2010

Sign up at noon

Location: Parma Rod and Gun Club- Parma, Idaho.   http://www.parmarng.org/

Directions: http://www.parmarng.org/MapToRange/MapToRange.html

This class is for shooters who are interested in getting started in .22 Tactical Precision Rifle Matches and shooters who want to increase their knowledge of Tactical Precision Rifle.  Both experienced and beginning shooters will take away useful info from this class. The class will consist of a several hours of classroom and several hours of field practice and application on the firing line. The class will last until somewhere between 2 and 5pm, depending.

Topics covered will be the following as how they relate to .22 Tactical Precision shooting

1.    Safety

2.    Rifles

3.    Optics

4.    Ammo

5.    Misc. Equipment

6.    Angles used in shooting, MOA, MIL

7.    External ballistics and sight adjustments

8.    Marksmanship, including position shooting

9.    Spotting

Class Requirements

A.    Eye and ear protection

B.    .22 rimfire rifle(if shooter does not have a rifle yet, they will still learn a ton in the classroom.  NO .17 rimfire or .22WMR)

C.   Bipod or rest

D.   100 rounds(min) of ammo

E.    Suitable range wear

F.    Good attitude

G.   Shooters mat or ground gear or knee/elbow pads, tarp

H.   Pad and pen/pencil

I.      Drinks/lunch/snacks

RSVP so I can have enough classroom materials.

steve fransen: parma22lr-at-yahoo.com

Sign up at 8:30am, Walk-thru at 8:45am, Shooting starts at 9am.

Location: Parma Rod and Gun Club- Parma, Idaho.   http://www.parmarng.org/

Directions here:  http://www.parmarng.org/MapToRange/MapToRange.html

.22LRTR [Long Range Tactical Rifle] is the sport of engaging targets with precision fire with .22 caliber rim-fire rifles. Courses of fire can test the limits of you and your equipment by inducing time limits and complicated field positions. (Think of a Sniper type match using .22 rim-fire rifles at proportionally shorter distances)

It is a direct spin off of LRTR held at Parma. See here… http://www.parmarng.org/ShootingEvents/LRTR/LRTR.htm

.22LRTR is heavily influenced by the US Army’s International Sniper Competition that has been broadcast on The Military Channel the last few years.

.22LRTR started as a way to train more cheaply while still experiencing similar challenges of LRTR. What everyone found out is that shooting .22’s like this is fun all by itself.

If you are a LRTR shooter and want to train/practice cheaper or you are a small bore/rim-fire shooter who wants to try something new or you just like to shoot fun matches then .22LRTR is something to try and a whole lot of fun.

.22LRTR vs. LRTR cost comparison

Rifles, scopes and ammunition costs are significantly less with .22LRTR.

One-hundred rounds of quality .22 rim-fire ammo is $5-$16. One-hundred rounds of quality .308 ammo is well over $120.

A stock Ruger 10/22, Savage Mark II, Marlin M60, etc. are all completive rifles. This is all about cheap, fun shooting.

Ballistics comparisons

The standard round for LRTR is the .308 with a 175 grain SMK, .490BC bullet at 2600 FPSMV.

Using CCI Green Tag .22 ammo for comparison, with a 40 grain, .125BC bullet at 1070FPSMV.

A 250y .22 shot closely replicates a 1,000y, shot from a .308.(approx 40MOA up from zero[100y zero for .308, 25y zero for .22],

Windage corrections in MOA are also very similar. For example, a 10 mph wind at 250yards with a rim-fire needs about the same MOA correction as a 1,000 yard .308 also with a 10 mph wind, 10MOA).

Equipment

Gear needed:

Basically same as LRTR but use a rim-fire rifle rather than a centerfire.308

.22 rim-fire rifle- Bolt action, semi auto, pump, etc., does not matter. Bring whatever you have. Each action type has a particular advantage.

Optics – are highly, highly recommended and really preferred,( but if one wants to shoot with Irons go for it, just realize the game is built around scoped rifles). A Mil-Dot scope is recommended but not necessary.

A bipod can be useful, but one can shoot off a ruck if preferred.

Spotting optics- binoculars or a spotting scope are helpful, but one can use their rifle scope for spotting.( a $20 pair of binoculars will work super also)

Range finding equipment – current emphasis for matches does not include range finding, but in the future range finding skills will be required just like LRTR.

Transport gear-Ruck, duffle or shooters box to transport misc. items.

Ground gear- shooting mat, blue tarp, knee and elbow pads, whatever

Dope sheet-you should have come-up data out to 300 yards.

Misc. gear- as needed.

Rules

Safety first, the 4 rules apply and engage your brain. Unsafe actions by you will mean disqualification.

A hit is defined as making the steel move, from non ricochet, dirt splash or chain strike. Paper is scored as defined by COF description.

Only .22 Short, Long or Long Rifle Rim-fire ammo is allowed. No .17 rim-fire or .22WMR

Divisions are: Semi-Auto rifle, all other action types and Juniors.

Match details

12- stages, approx 120 scored rounds

Bring 200 rounds

Entry fee, $10

Match should last till noon-ish

The Sept match will be shot at the Small Bore range which has several gravel firing positions so bring a shooting mat or tarp if you don’t want to roll around in the gravel.

Contact questions: Steve Fransen, Email,  itisanhourdrivetoparma@yahoo.com