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Well, yesterday was the first DMR (Designated Marksman, Rifle) match at the Clinton House Plantation. @Matt.Cross and I teamed up to see if we could bag an easy win.
We didn't. =)
Actually we went into it knowing that our goal was to just see what it was all about, try something new and have some giggles.
So, the basic course of fire over 5 stages went like this:
- Spend 8 minutes of prep time per stage alternating between "where the #)$#%)#$#@@)#% are the targets?" and asking "Do what now?"
- When the timer went off we had to do something unnatural with the pistol - weak hand only, consecutive hits on an IDPA steel at 100 yards, etc.
- Then the secondary shooter (who shot first every time) had to clear 5 targets anywhere from 330 to 875 yards with as many shots as you cared to take.
- Primary shooter (who shot second) could then clear the same 5 targets - by taking only 1 shot at each. If you needed/wanted to go back for seconds, you had to complete shooting at all 5, then start back over at 1...
- The entire time the partners had to be within arm's reach. AND....ALL equipment that you used throughout the entire match, had to be carried on every stage and kept within arm's reach the entire time.
We shot out of the side door of a bus, through bus windows, out the back of a suburban, while perched on a log (no part of your body and none of your equipment could be touching the ground...), and a bunch of other unnatural positions.
The biggest challenge was literally FINDING the targets. At the stage brief we were given a couple lines on the ground that denoted the boundaries, then left to find the bare steel (no paint) targets tucked in tree lines, brush piles, shadows, fields, etc. We WERE given ranges, but not to specific targets. For example, "there are targets at 475, 575, 675, 775 and 875...find them".
We shot with a great squad that included a team from the Army Marksmanship Unit. Terrific guys that truly knew their stuff. I learned a bunch just watching them work together.
We were humbled, but I'll definitely be back. I had a terrific time.
In this stage, I had to clear some falling steel with my weak hand while Matt had to deal with a spinner (I don't recall if that was weak hand as well). Then, pick up our gear and go perch on a log to clear the rifle steel. This stage had targets at 330 out to 695 somewhere in that field. I swear we found them all during the prep time, but they moved when the clock started.
After recording this video, the match director's insisted we put up the camera so as not to give their match a bad reputation or advertise just how awful we were....
We didn't. =)
Actually we went into it knowing that our goal was to just see what it was all about, try something new and have some giggles.
So, the basic course of fire over 5 stages went like this:
- Spend 8 minutes of prep time per stage alternating between "where the #)$#%)#$#@@)#% are the targets?" and asking "Do what now?"
- When the timer went off we had to do something unnatural with the pistol - weak hand only, consecutive hits on an IDPA steel at 100 yards, etc.
- Then the secondary shooter (who shot first every time) had to clear 5 targets anywhere from 330 to 875 yards with as many shots as you cared to take.
- Primary shooter (who shot second) could then clear the same 5 targets - by taking only 1 shot at each. If you needed/wanted to go back for seconds, you had to complete shooting at all 5, then start back over at 1...
- The entire time the partners had to be within arm's reach. AND....ALL equipment that you used throughout the entire match, had to be carried on every stage and kept within arm's reach the entire time.
We shot out of the side door of a bus, through bus windows, out the back of a suburban, while perched on a log (no part of your body and none of your equipment could be touching the ground...), and a bunch of other unnatural positions.
The biggest challenge was literally FINDING the targets. At the stage brief we were given a couple lines on the ground that denoted the boundaries, then left to find the bare steel (no paint) targets tucked in tree lines, brush piles, shadows, fields, etc. We WERE given ranges, but not to specific targets. For example, "there are targets at 475, 575, 675, 775 and 875...find them".
We shot with a great squad that included a team from the Army Marksmanship Unit. Terrific guys that truly knew their stuff. I learned a bunch just watching them work together.
We were humbled, but I'll definitely be back. I had a terrific time.
In this stage, I had to clear some falling steel with my weak hand while Matt had to deal with a spinner (I don't recall if that was weak hand as well). Then, pick up our gear and go perch on a log to clear the rifle steel. This stage had targets at 330 out to 695 somewhere in that field. I swear we found them all during the prep time, but they moved when the clock started.
After recording this video, the match director's insisted we put up the camera so as not to give their match a bad reputation or advertise just how awful we were....
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