3G Manatee, 8-11-18

Open Division

• CO G34, Burris Fastfire 3, 124gr BB RN loads
• SW-JP15, Strike Eagle 1-6, Sightmark micro dot, Nordic extended PMAG, Perfecta and Freedom Munitions 55gr and 69gr ammo
• Saiga 12 – Venom red dot, R&R 20rnd mag, Remington Target (1200fps), Heavy Dove (1255fps) ammo and Managed Recoil (1200fps) slugs

Stage 1

• Pistol start: plate rack then paper to its right while leaving and running to the next position for a star and another paper.
• Run to staged SG with 12 rounder loaded up max (+1) for 10 steel. Shot mostly on the move, but probably faster if I’d run directly to the dump barrel and shot everything from there.
• With rifle set to 6x, I use the offset dot for the 30-40yd paper and finish off on the 3 off-hand 100yd rifle steel. Too many extras on the off-hand, need more practice (as mentioned millions of times already).
• My time prior to shooting the rifle was around 30 seconds. Time on the rifle was almost just as long. MORE. OFF-HAND. PRACTICE. (1 million +1)
• 14th out of 47

Stage 2

• 2 slugs to a large plate at 50 or so yards. 3 shot, good ’nuff.
• Run to barricade for rifle starting on a 100 yard plate rack, followed by steel at 150, 200, 300 and 340.
• Run to pistol for 3 paper and a whole slew of steel.
• 6th

Stage 3

• Rifle on paper from 2 positions with 1 on the move.
• Steel with the pistol.
• 12th

Stage 4

• Shotgun on the steel visible from the dump barrel.
• Draw pistol on the one behind the barricade then the 2 on the right on the move to the left.
• From the final position, the remaining steel and paper.
• Rough indexing and target sequence not optimal.
• 6th

Stage 5

• From the ramp, steel array on the right.
• Run into the corral for the middle steel array including the spinner.
• Run to the left for steel from 2 mandatory positions.
• Steel 1 for 1 and spinner in 2 shots.
• 4th

The Good

• First time running the Carry Optics (CO) G34 and it ran. Now the clock is ticking on reliability of the Fastfire 3 taking the punishment from being slide mounted. Hopefully anecdotal reference for it being a tough optic will hold true (which is why I chose it).
• CO G34 pistol work – Stage 5: 1 for 1 on the steel.
• Saiga work – gun ran and slugs 2 out of 3 is good given its past performance.
• Close rifle work

Needs Improvement

• OFF-HAND RIFLE

Finished 9th overall and 5th out of 15 in Open.