Welding Rod
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I shot in my first carbine match this afternoon. I was shooting a RRA 16" Mid-length light-weight A4 with Magpul CTR and Aimpoint T1.
I have shot plenty of matches with 20" ARs with iron sights, as well as M1As and M1s, but this was my first carbine match with a red dot sight.
This was the course of fire (all shooters shooting simultaneously):
*Come to the line with 2 magazines loaded with 10 rounds each
*At the command to fire, shoot 5 rounds offhand at 50 yards
*Then go to kneeling and fire 5 more rounds at 50 yards
*Then go to prone, do a magazine change, and fire 10 rounds prone at 100 yards
*Time limit for all this was 2 minutes.
*We repeated this course of fire twice, for a total of 40 rounds expended
So no "running", but the 5 ring on the targets was about the size of a grapefruit, and the "V" ring was maybe 2", so it was reasonably fast and fun.
The AR with Aimpoint was so fast on this course of fire. I think I shot and then poured and drank a cup of coffee by the time a few of the guys shooting other carbines with iron sights were finishing up.
Anyway the AR / optic really impressed me. Having not shot this type of event before I didn't fully appreciate the advantage this combo has. Just for fun afterwards I used up the remaining 20 rounds of ammo I loaded on a ~6" gong and 100 yards, kneeling. 20 for 20 was child's play.
Great day.
Now I think I may switch out one or two of my magnified optics for Aimpoint T1s as well.
I have shot plenty of matches with 20" ARs with iron sights, as well as M1As and M1s, but this was my first carbine match with a red dot sight.
This was the course of fire (all shooters shooting simultaneously):
*Come to the line with 2 magazines loaded with 10 rounds each
*At the command to fire, shoot 5 rounds offhand at 50 yards
*Then go to kneeling and fire 5 more rounds at 50 yards
*Then go to prone, do a magazine change, and fire 10 rounds prone at 100 yards
*Time limit for all this was 2 minutes.
*We repeated this course of fire twice, for a total of 40 rounds expended
So no "running", but the 5 ring on the targets was about the size of a grapefruit, and the "V" ring was maybe 2", so it was reasonably fast and fun.
The AR with Aimpoint was so fast on this course of fire. I think I shot and then poured and drank a cup of coffee by the time a few of the guys shooting other carbines with iron sights were finishing up.
Anyway the AR / optic really impressed me. Having not shot this type of event before I didn't fully appreciate the advantage this combo has. Just for fun afterwards I used up the remaining 20 rounds of ammo I loaded on a ~6" gong and 100 yards, kneeling. 20 for 20 was child's play.
Great day.
Now I think I may switch out one or two of my magnified optics for Aimpoint T1s as well.
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