Japle, I compete NRA Silhouette rifle hunter class which I took up last year. I never shot any firearms up until 2007. I bought a Marlin 39a and joined a local indoor club 2007, which you had to be an NRA member and shot my rifle a couple times. Then I learned about the Beloit Rifle Club, Beloit, WI, just 10 minute drive from my house. I had read about chickens, pigs, turkeys, rams and decided to visit the Beloit Club one evening late 2008. One of the fellows I met shooting trap that evening, was also encharge of the Silhouette league, small bore rifle. I shot with them, indoor, over the winter and joined the club in February. I was a class B all of 2009, May-Sept participating every Thursday eve. I came in second state class B with 2 score total of 23/80 in 2009. 2010, I picked up my rifle twice a month over the summer as we did a lot of traveling for 3 months. Mid July, when we were home for 2 weeks, I decided to try the state match again, won class B, with 32/80 and moved into low class A at the same time. That is where I am now with my Marlin 39a which gets a lot of looks and people want to try it. It is not the most accurate, but get dime size 40m, nickle size 60m, qtr @77, and 1.5in at 100m, with CCI Blazer off sand bags. I found cheap ammo that shoots the best. Two weeks ago, I bought a new Vortex Viper 6.5-20X44 to replace my second hand Simmons 6.5-20 that got me started for $50.00. The Vortex is of small Target Dot which I thoroughly like! For indoor, I have to use the Simmons as parallax goes down to 50ft. Vortex is 50 yds. We start to shoot indoor for fun, mid January through mid April, once a week. I plan to practice more often with 2 indoor ranges within 10 minutes. Get a little more serious, you might say. We have a great group of fellows. When we move indoor in January, we have 4 fellows from the Cowboy Action Group, that join us using their pistols. We shoot rifle and pistol silhouette paper. Wife and I are thinking about spending a couple months in FL., February & March. I have not looked up any rifle ranges if in and around Fort Lauderdale. Done.
But needless to say, I am hooked. I can't wait till the next match. One of the first things I did was to go to "the toy store" and buy a silhouette scope for my rifle, a Marlin Model 60.
