BullfrogKen
Moderator Emeritus
Many, many moons ago I participated in a base-wide rifle competition when I was stationed in Cuba. I’m just now getting back into the sport. Lately I’ve seen a few discussions about High Power here and thought I’d share some resources I’m using to get myself “back into the game.” Some are going to be extremely basic, but just like all-stars who go to spring training and focus on the basics, we can all benefit from a review of the basics from time to time.
I ordered a DVD set from the CMP’s website featuring the Army Marksmanship Unit. The set covers every aspect of High Power shooting, from marking your sights even before you go out to the range to zero the rifle, to how to score a target in the pits at a match. They cover two methods for using the sling, and spend time at each stage of a match, on the range, discussing how to shoot it. A member of the AMU will shoot and walk the viewer through what he’s doing. I find them quite well done.
https://estore.odcmp.com/store/cata...pmax=¬e1=¬e2=¬e3=¬e4=¬e5=&max=
I also ordered the Service Rifle guide, done by the same AMU. There are items in here that aren’t in the videos, such as nice wind charts for the popular 69gr and 80 gr .223 rounds.
https://estore.odcmp.com/store/cata...pmax=¬e1=¬e2=¬e3=¬e4=¬e5=&max=
Again, much of the subject matter is basics. Much of it I’ve heard before at Parris Island, or been exposed to though organized competition afterwards. But there was still a good bit that I hadn’t seen yet, or was explained better, more thoroughly, or from a different approach in the DVDs. I highly recommend them.
Often it’s tough for me to appreciate how difficult it is for someone who hasn’t been formally instructed in the principles of rifle marksmanship to come into the sport and learn how to perform well, especially without inadvertently learning some bad habits along the way. Or someone new has 20 questions on how the sport works and all its nuances, and we wish we had a succinct resource to hand them and answer those questions. I’d say these materials do that job nicely.
I’ve not been very happy with some of the record books on the market. Either they were too busy, or they weren’t complete enough. I found a nice set of PDFs that are compatible for either NRA High Power or CMP matches.
I took these files on a thumb drive to Staples, had a quantity printed on card-stock, a different color for each PDF, and made into a spiral-bound book of my own. I also added some things I wanted inside my book for reference, such as Section 4 out of the NRA rulebook discussing target sizes. Makes referencing a target size for an adjustment easy, especially if I’m on a range using one of the reduced targets that I haven’t seen before.
http://www.cobs.com/lprgc/gif/cmpl.pdf
http://www.cobs.com/lprgc/gif/cmpl2.pdf
http://www.cobs.com/lprgc/gif/cmpl3.pdf
If you think this is a nice approach I’d suggest making this one of your pages –
Highpower Rifle Rapid Fire Scoring Guide, by SGM Joseph Considine, U.S. Army (Ret.).
http://www.nyhighpower.com/pdf/slow_rapidscore.pdf
If you’ve got something that works for you and want to share it, post it here.
I ordered a DVD set from the CMP’s website featuring the Army Marksmanship Unit. The set covers every aspect of High Power shooting, from marking your sights even before you go out to the range to zero the rifle, to how to score a target in the pits at a match. They cover two methods for using the sling, and spend time at each stage of a match, on the range, discussing how to shoot it. A member of the AMU will shoot and walk the viewer through what he’s doing. I find them quite well done.
https://estore.odcmp.com/store/cata...pmax=¬e1=¬e2=¬e3=¬e4=¬e5=&max=
I also ordered the Service Rifle guide, done by the same AMU. There are items in here that aren’t in the videos, such as nice wind charts for the popular 69gr and 80 gr .223 rounds.
https://estore.odcmp.com/store/cata...pmax=¬e1=¬e2=¬e3=¬e4=¬e5=&max=
Again, much of the subject matter is basics. Much of it I’ve heard before at Parris Island, or been exposed to though organized competition afterwards. But there was still a good bit that I hadn’t seen yet, or was explained better, more thoroughly, or from a different approach in the DVDs. I highly recommend them.
Often it’s tough for me to appreciate how difficult it is for someone who hasn’t been formally instructed in the principles of rifle marksmanship to come into the sport and learn how to perform well, especially without inadvertently learning some bad habits along the way. Or someone new has 20 questions on how the sport works and all its nuances, and we wish we had a succinct resource to hand them and answer those questions. I’d say these materials do that job nicely.
I’ve not been very happy with some of the record books on the market. Either they were too busy, or they weren’t complete enough. I found a nice set of PDFs that are compatible for either NRA High Power or CMP matches.
I took these files on a thumb drive to Staples, had a quantity printed on card-stock, a different color for each PDF, and made into a spiral-bound book of my own. I also added some things I wanted inside my book for reference, such as Section 4 out of the NRA rulebook discussing target sizes. Makes referencing a target size for an adjustment easy, especially if I’m on a range using one of the reduced targets that I haven’t seen before.
http://www.cobs.com/lprgc/gif/cmpl.pdf
http://www.cobs.com/lprgc/gif/cmpl2.pdf
http://www.cobs.com/lprgc/gif/cmpl3.pdf
If you think this is a nice approach I’d suggest making this one of your pages –
Highpower Rifle Rapid Fire Scoring Guide, by SGM Joseph Considine, U.S. Army (Ret.).
http://www.nyhighpower.com/pdf/slow_rapidscore.pdf
If you’ve got something that works for you and want to share it, post it here.