April Virtual match suggestions. You tell me what you want.

[El Rojo]

The April match will be a popular vote match. On March 15, I am going to take the most popular suggestions you make in this thread and I am going to make a poll thread in order to decide what the April match will be.

Any and all ideas are accepted. If you really liked a past match and want another crack at it, make that suggestion. If there is a match we haven’t done yet that you would like to see, let us know about it right here on this thread.

The poll will start March 15. It will end on Sunday March 28. I will tally up the votes and have the match ready to go by April 1st.

So lets here your suggestion from now until March 15. Voting starts March 15. Thank you all.

[Outlander]

How about "Dumb Luck Poker"
All 52 cards (VERY SMALL) on a 8 1/2 x 11.
7 shots at 25 yards
Best hand wins
.22 cal handgun or rifle (or any cal. if you dont have a .22)
No scopes
Offhand ... no rests.
The only skill needed is to hit the paper .... the rest is dumb luck.

[DeputyVaughn]

It shopuld have something to do with taxes and the IRS.

Scott

[Ankeny]

The only skill needed is to hit the paper .... the rest is dumb luck.

I would rather reward ability, but what the heck if that's what the folks want...

[ACP230]

I'd like to see a Father/Son and or Father/Daughter match.

Something relatively simple because not all sons shoot as well as mine do! ;)

Maximum distance no more than 25 yards and .22 rifles as the arm of choice.

[Navy joe]

Never shot a virtual match before, to much work to do when I hit the range. That said, how about 1 IDPA cardboard or paper practice target at 100yds. 10 shots freehand, no rest. Any IDPA legal handgun. No sighters. Low score wins. :D

[El Rojo]

What do us spawnless shooters do for the father son match? Oh, it just hit me get my father to go out.

The problem with the IDPA target is we are pretty much limited to a 8.5"x11" target. I have IDPA targets, but not everyone does. That is why this month's match is on a piece of paper rather than an IDPA target like it is supposed to be.

Try to keep in mind that the matches need to be as inclusive as possible. Good suggestions so far though. I like the IRS related thread. We just have to be super careful as not to give the feds the opportunity to extrapolate a threat from our shooting. Otherwise Photo Guy is going to jail. He started this whole thing. I was forced into it! ;)

[photo_guy]

Otherwise Photo Guy is going to jail. He started this whole thing. I was forced into it!

Hey! It wasn't me. This was ROTR's gig. I just stepped in for a short time and now it's El Rojo's turn. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :D

[MagKnightX]

How about military rifle offhand, ten shots each target, two standing, two kneeling, plus an additional seperate category for prone, and at a range of 25yd?

[DeputyVaughn]

How about if we shoot all the I's R's and S's off of a 1040 form.

Scott

[El Rojo]

Deputy, I was thinking the same thing. I really like your IRS idea. I might just go back on my word and make an IRS match and save the best of match for a later date. Afterall, if I try and have an IRS match in August, it won't be the same.

[Edward429451]

How about military rifle offhand, ten shots each target, two standing, two kneeling, plus an additional seperate category for prone, and at a range of 25yd?

I like this idea but maybe the distances could be increased to 50 or 100 yds as a different class or something??

I'd still like to see a first shot of the day from a cold clean barrel match No warm up. Scored as hitX10 pts per shot, 100 pts possible. This match would really even things out across the board! Even the consistently better shooters can pull ONE shot, and even mediocre shooters can bullseye one occasionally. Deer don't let you warm up and neither do BG's so this will kind of make people take prior note (as we're supposed to!) of what load prints where in their gun beforehand and not just "what's wallyworld got today?" on the way to the range.:rolleyes: :D

A possible twist could be two shots with a hit X 5 to score? Rifles, any field position, Handguns, offhand. Any distance the MD designates.

[strambo]

My vote is for the poker idea, only at a closer distance so skill comes into play...10 or 15 yards? You would have to memorize the positions of the hand your goin' for by row and # then try to hit them.

Don't need all the cards on the paper either, just a good selection (however many fit at a reasonable size.) If they were the size of a small post it note (about 1.75"X2.75") about 30 would fit on a 81/2 X 11.

[Andrew Wyatt]

cooper assault.

[El Rojo]

Mr. Wyatt, can you be more specific for us? I have no idea what that is.

[trooper]

I vote for something that can be done at 25 yds. and doesn't involve humanoid targets (ya know, range rules and stupid German gun laws :barf: )

BTW, can anyone provide metric measures for the targets? We have different sheet sizes over here, so the target might be slightly bigger/smaller if I print it out on German standard paper.


Regards,

Trooper

[T.Stahl]

I'm in the same calamity as Trooper, so I'd favour something that looks more innocent * and a range of 25/50/100 yards/meters.

*) human silhouettes could be abstracted as shapes looking like houses, a triangle on top of a rectangle. ;)

[MagKnightX]

I can only do up to 50yds, period, and no prone, so those be my limitations.

[igor]

I'm with the Germans about paper sheet sizing... but I do favor Metric IPSC targets to the Turtle thingies, though, as up here we are allowed to be less politically correct.

The mil. rifle thing sounded like a good start. I access regularily any distance up to 125 meters (that's a little more yards).

[Andrew Wyatt]

A cooper assault is a pistol stage involving a six foot wall that you have to jump over and some targets. SWPL eventually stopped doing it because too many people got hurt.

It was mainly intended as a joke, though i think a cooper assault postal match would be a hoot.

[Ankeny]

From the looks of this month's match, I would imagine we need to avoid anything that adds the element of speed. I suppose timers are in short supply. Maybe something with a rifle off of a bench??

[Eskimo Jim]

El Rojo,
I'd vote for the poker shoot.

My limitations right now are pistol to 50ft or closer or 22lr to 50ft due to the outdoor range being closed for the winter. I can't draw from a holster at the indoor range.

-Jim

[Kamicosmos]

Um....after my dismal performance on the past few matches (shot them all, just didn't post most of the results!) I suggest this:

No target in the holder.
Set holder at whatever distance you want, as long as it's between 1 and 3 feet from gun muzzle.
Pull trigger once at imaginary target.
Score 1,000,000 points.

Yeah, I like the sounds of that!

I have been way too humbled recently here. Since it's April an all, how about a less serious match? Maybe print out one of those 'Find the Easter Egg' sheets, score ten points for each egg or something.

Actually, here's an idea:

shoot an Easter Egg at 100 yards with a rifle, cold barrel. Or 25 yards with pistol, cold barrel. That will be pretty challenging!

[El Rojo]

Kamicosmos you need to make up your mind. First it is too hard, then you say shoot an Easter Egg at 25 yards with a pistol, cold. Wow from one extreme to another! I think we are probably going to have an IRS match of some sort. I think it will have something to do with a 1040 form and in no way will reflect any sort of hate or hostility to that wonderful organization.

[Kamicosmos]

Yeah, I meant to throw a sarcasm tag on the easter egg thing. Especially with a cold barrel, that'd be near impossible.... (unless one is on SEEL Team 6.5a(2), that is!) :)

[El Rojo]

Well I was kicking around the idea of a IRS match, but I don't know how "high road" that would be. Sure we are just shooting a 1040 tax form, but I don't know. Opinions? Plus what format would it be? That thing has so much text on it, it would be fun with scopped rifles anywhere from 25-100 yards, but anything not scoped would have to be relatively close. Or I could just overlay a bullseye on a 1040 form and go from there I suppose. Suggestions?

[Mark whiz]

Superimpose Kerry's face on the 1040!! :what:

The closest top the center between his eyes wins. :D

Is THAT politically correct enough??

[trooper]

Is THAT politically correct enough??

Nope. No humanoid targets for us lowly Europeasants...


Regards,

Trooper

[El Rojo]

Just in case you haven't noticed, I decided what to do. I hope this month will be easier and more people participate. I think it will be a fun one.

April 2004 Virtual Match for Fellow THR Members: TAXES DUE! (Post Scores Only) (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74183)