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Elm Fork Tuesday Night Classes
3 Gun/Competition Tune-Up
Tune up your competition skills at our next Tuesday night class at Elm Fork on
on July 7th. Learn how to reduce your reloading times with a
variety of weapons, techniques in "gaming" stages, and opportunities to
improve where you place in 3 gun or other competitive events.
Bring rifle with 75 rounds, pistol with 75 rounds, and shotgun
with 30 rounds of birdshot along with safety gear.
The
cost is $65 and pre-registration is not required. The course is at Elm Fork and runs from 6:30 PM to 9 PM.
Advanced Carbine Skills
Go
beyond the basics with Tiger Valley's Advanced Carbine Skills class on
July 21st. The Advanced Carbine Skills class will move beyond the
basics into transition work, speed reloads, optical offset, retention
and the use of your carbine as an impact weapon.
Previous training experience with the carbine is highly suggested for this class. Cost is $65,
pre-registration is not required, and the class will run on June 23rd
at 6:30 PM. Bring your carbine with 150 rounds, pistol with 50 rounds, and
safety
gear. The course will be friendly to .22 LR uppers and conversion
kits. Loaner .22 kits are available for free on first reserved
basis, please call to make arrangements.
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A comprehensive two day AR-15 armorer course is being offered by Tiger Valley and Advanced Gunworks on August 22 and 23. The instructor is David Gregor,
whose 25 years of gunsmithing includes service with the FBI's Hostage
Rescue Team and U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six as Master Gunsmith.
Students
will bring their own weapons and learn weapons operation,
assembly/disassembly, troubleshooting, upgrades, and the technical
knowledge required to make the most out of the weapon system. Students will
have the opportunity to purchase an armorer toolkit as well
as a spare parts package.
This
course is a unique training opportunity and space is limited. It
is open to twenty students
and five spots have already been filled. Make payment by sending
a check to our Garland office address listed at the bottom of this
newsletter. Those interested in
additional details on the class can find them here.
|  | Tactical Team Match Wrap-Up
--by TJ Pilling
Nineteen
four-man teams competed in Tiger Valley's first 4-man tactical team
match this past weekend. It followed on the heals of the US
National SWAT Championships in Tulsa, which Tiger Valley also
ran. The concept for the 4-man event was an experiment, not
knowing if the idea would float especially with no prize table.
Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised at the number of teams that
took the challenge to compete.
We had a 114 degree heat
index with no wind and no one complained. I had several very
knowledgeable people telling me that some of my obstacles were a little
over the top, but I didn't want to shortchange those who came for the
challenge. Everyone made believers out of me and everyone else
who watched. I saw competitors doing challenges I never would
have dreamed that they would have attempted much less complete.
My hats go off to everyone, we had some true warriors at this
event. Thanks for the had work and commitment.
Congratulations
to Team JP Rifles of Caughman, Huber, Wong, and Wong for their first
place finish. Full match results can be found here.
|  | Long Range Equipment - Getting Started
--by TJ Pilling
We
get calls all the time from people looking to get into the long- range
game by starting with a Precision Rifle class.
Unfortunately, many see the weapon system as randomly chosen individual
components instead of a complete system appropriate for precision rifle
use.
Students all too often grab a scope because it was
a great deal, and find hunting rifle in some off caliber that was also
a bargain. They take it to the local gun shop, which all too
willingly screws the whole thing together. Someone told you that
you had to have a 50mm scope to gather light, and that you also need at
least 25 power for long range. Because the scope is so big, you
now need oversize rings or it won’t clear the barrel. No problem, the
gun shop in question will bolt the thing together and won’t say a word,
mainly because they don’t know the difference. If you go this
route you will find the following.
When you get to the
range and prone out you will look like a Christmas turkey trying to get
a spot weld behind the scope. The instructor will know
immediately that you have issues and what they are. The only
remedy at this time would be layers of mouse pad because the stock you
need to compensate for the huge scope would cost more then your whole
system.
That 25-power scope that you were told that you needed
won’t allow you to shoot targets at close range unless you have thirty
minutes to find them and lots of help from a spotter. You won’t
be able to shoot out of position without feeling nauseous, much less
engage moving targets.
If you bought the off caliber hunting
rifle you will most likely find it beats the tar out of you.
Hunting rifles are just that, designed to go into the field. They
are lightweight, pretty, and have a thin barrel. Halfway through
your first day you are going to wish you never showed up as every shot
is pounding into your shoulder. When you go and try and find
ammunition you may be out of luck. The exotic calibers are for
those who hunts or reload, not for a guy who walks into the gun shop
and needs 500 rounds for a class.
Whatever
systems you get
make sure it works before you show up for the class. If you
signed up for a class that shoots 1000 yards you will the appropriate
adjustments in your turret. It will make for a long and
frustrating class if
you have to hold on the pine tree behind the target to get a hit.
Hold over and Kentucky windage were great for Daniel
Boone, but will frustrate the daylights out of you when everyone else
is getting hits. You also need to make sure that your windage is
close to being centered. You should have the same amount, left
and right in your wind age in your turret after zeroing. Next thing,
check your weapon for function. Make sure the receiver screws are
snug and the scope rings are like wise.
In my opinion you can’t
beat the Remington 700P, with a Leupold 4 to 14 illuminated reticle in
.308. Shoot it, see if you like the game before you spend the
price of a small car on a weapon system. Those interested in
trying out precision rifle without making any equipment investment are
encouraged to give us a call for a loaner rifle use during the class.
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