We had a wonderful weekend at Sacramento Valley Shooting Center.
200 yd Rimfire Known Distance
6 students
Weather: pretty darn good
Wind: not too bad...just enough to let the students learn to adjust or hold over or just wait a couple seconds.
We spent some time Saturday morning doing some quick reviews on positions.
Spent time on IMC.
Zeroed in. Made sight adjustments.
Lunch. History stories are always amazing. I enjoy hearing stories about other battles. It gives the students a glimpse of other parts of the Revolution.
Got in one AQT before we had to leave the range.
One of the things I enjoy most about RKD events is the camaraderie among the students and the instructors. Everyone helps each other with calculations, suggestions, and maybe even help with gear. It's amazing.
The students were a combination of repeat RKD students and new to RKD. All learned something and had a great time.
Riflemen scores:
Karl 42
Jason 43 (Instructor CalLefty)
Sunday was a repeat weather wise of Saturday, maybe a bit warmer.
Some IMC and the 3 Challenges of a Rifleman.
Then the Morgan's Shingle Challenge.
Karl stepped up and was awarded his patch for prone...next time it's Standing!
AQT's till lunch. More wonderful stories at lunch.
At some point we had a wind gust hit the 200 yd line and knock down the target line. AQT to 200, fix the line, shoot stage 4. It worked because the students and instructors worked like a team.
Karl 48/50 Distinguished Optics
Jason 41(instructor)
Dillon 41
Ryan 43 Rifleman & RKD Rifleman
Bob 40 (Instructor Pinbreaker)
Several folks learned why it's a really good idea that you WRITE IT DOWN!!! There were a few who forgot to make their adjustment from one distance to the next. OOPS!
Everyone had a great weekend, including the instructors.
Thank you to everyone for coming out, helping to set up and tear down.
Thank you to my instructors for your amazing help.
Some pictures I hope:
That was a great event! It was so nice meeting the entire NorCal crew, and seeing some familiar instructors from Concord too. And I really enjoyed the other students as well. It was a great group of people to spend the weekend with.
I have attended many 25m events, but this was my first RKD, and it really did feel like graduating to a whole new level of marksmanship. Because it was a group of experienced shooters, and everyone was already familiar with safety, the positions, steps to making a shot, IMC, etc., we got through the review very quickly and straight to the new material of zeroing at different ranges and recording DOPE. It was interesting to me how far the bullet drops over distance and how much wind can affect the shot.
Shooting the AQTs was a whole new experience for me, with the increased number of steps for each new stage — consulting the DOPE book; adjusting the scope elevation clicks, focus distance, and magnification; writing it all down; taking the shots; checking the target; using the witness target; making more notes; taping the holes; moving the target for the next stage; and then doing it all again. It was a lot of detail to keep track of! I felt like I was always a bit behind and hurrying to catch up. I did get discombobulated a few times and lost count of clicks or missed a step, but on the very last AQT of the weekend, I finally got through all stages without any major mental errors or missed steps and made my best score of the weekend, 37. It was short of qualifying, but close enough I'm sure I can do it, eventually.
I loved every minute of this RKD, I learned a lot, and I will be coming back in October! Thanks for a great event!
As always I had a blast. Dillon learned a ton this weekend. We're gonna try and get his girlfriend and her brother out to an event sometime. I wish I could do a KD every weekend.