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Target Shooting Matches, Discussion & Events => Field Target Gates => Hunter Class Field Target => Topic started by: gokidd on October 05, 2016, 04:11:33 PM
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Hello, all:
What else do I need to bring to the range for my first Hunter Field Target shoot?
I searched but didn't find a lot of detail, other than:
Gun with scope (12x magnification max) and pellets
Trajectory card for use of MIL Dot ranging system
Safety glasses
Shooting sticks
Properly sized bucket (or such) upon which to sit
Clothing to suit weather
Is it likely that I need a soft gun case to rest my rifle on?
Shooting mat or such?
Pellet pouch?
Binoculars?
I've never seen a match in person and have been told I can only visit a certain event after the shooting concludes, so as not to disrupt the shooters.
OH. I will be purchasing a fake nose and glasses with which I can hide my rugged good looks in the future.
Wildly Handsome but Disruptive Bob
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You pretty much have the necessities. I like something to rest my gun on, so I made a box that had a yoke to rest my gun on and rope handles to carry it with. I also made a place to put my shooting sticks, so it had everything I needed. A pellet pouch is handy but not a necessity. The cheap crosman ones are fine (although they have recently changed them and not for the better, but they are still handy).
You shouldn't need binoculars. Other things I like to keep in my bucket: Bug repellent, sunscreen, a lens cleaning cloth, a bottle of gatorade to hydrate and keep your blood sugar up, a few allen wrenches or other specialty items for your gun (fill probe?)
Most important thing to bring is a friendly attitude and a willingness to learn. Hope you have fun!
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Yup ...
your rifle / pistol shooting Sub 20 ft lbs
Pellets and dope sheet for trajectory.
Bipod and a seat w/o a backrest.
Soft case or catty for toting & set gun upon at each lane.
Pending walking distance from Car, Air fills etc ... what else you way want to eat/drink while match is going on.
Really a pretty minimalist thing being easier less krap your carrying along lane to lane.
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Thanks, gentlemen!
Bob
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We are shooting this Saturday at the Rancho Cordova Shooting Center:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cordova+Shooting+Center,+11551+Douglas+Rd,+Rancho+Cordova,+CA+95742/@38.5523602,-121.2531855,13z/data= (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cordova+Shooting+Center,+11551+Douglas+Rd,+Rancho+Cordova,+CA+95742/@38.5523602,-121.2531855,13z/data=)!4m2!3m1!1s0x809ae83d778153e3:0xa670ac55b54b50d?hl=en
We start shooting at 9am.
You can bother us before, during and after the match.
Bring your rifle, sticks, bucket, dope, pellets and a hat.
You will not be watching.
You will be shooting!
Take Sunrise Blvd from I-80 all the way to Douglas Blvd.
Turn right and turn right again.
We are on the last skeet field to the north..
We will be looking for you!
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Sacramento's LARGEST monthly FIELD TARGET match is on 23rd of this month at the YOLO range in Davis.
So you have 2 opportunities this month get try out FT ... HOW EXCITING !!!
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Dang.
Y'all is nice.
Like cousins at a fambly reunion nice.
Thanks!
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I'm hooked now after the first time I went last November. My next shoot is the SC fun shoot in Promise Land SC which is our defacto state match. Definitely bring a snack to keep you going lane to lane. Also practice your offhand shooting every time you shoot.
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I'm hooked now after the first time I went last November. My next shoot is the SC fun shoot in Promise Land SC which is our defacto state match. Definitely bring a snack to keep you going lane to lane. Also practice your offhand shooting every time you shoot.
Got it, thank you!
Bob