brown dog Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Any British representation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandy Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 There is a Union Jack flying in one section, although not sure if this is a representation thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted November 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 There is a Union Jack flying in one section, although not sure if this is a representation thing. It's a Union flag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Inspiring, we could possibly put a series together in the UK but it would be expensive and limited to KDR and possibly the WMS set up in Wales. Whose going to volunteer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 How about yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter79 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Tiff This could be your setup in a few years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exeter lad Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Looks very good! Can't see it happening over here though! :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Excellent vid. I se a lot of parallels between their competitiveness and friendly, welcoming approach to what we do. Shooters are shooters and I like the advice given towards the end about first timers taking part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucror Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Great vid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJR Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Looks superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNorris517 Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Looks awesome. Sadly it's another yank "World Series" no non-US citizen is going to be able to realistically compete. I wonder if there are any European equivalents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeld Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 Topshot without the w##kers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Looks awesome. Sadly it's another yank "World Series" no non-US citizen is going to be able to realistically compete. I wonder if there are any European equivalents? No, it's another shooting competition organised by people who happen to live in America, no mention of any "World Series" As for a European equivalent, I don't think so. But if you feel inclined to start organising one then go right ahead I'm sure plenty would be interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Gents, The US shoots are very friendly and quite in the capbilities of anyone with basic shooting skills and a rifle that they know the drops for (handguns if required can be arranged ). You would not need to enter the PRS series per se, there are other comps e.g. Bushnell Brawl, that stand alone as a comp, couple of days shooting with a 3-4 day train up preceeding the comp shot at the same location. From memory they are designed that a 308 can complete to allow LEO's etc. to turn up with thier issue kit. The comps are friendly and contain all sorts of shooters - who have one thing in common, just wanting to shoot and have a good (safe!) time. Doing one in the UK?? Possible on a smaller scale, Tiff's place comes to mind as the likes of WMS do not have a commercial model that works for me. Organising is always the problem, if you organise you do not get to shoot unless there are a couple of organisers and you have some non shooting helpers RO's etc. I'm happy to help anyone to a degree but my company's sphere of work makes me 'unrealiable' for full time commitment. If anyone wants more thoughts or information on the logisitcs of shooting a US comp please pm. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Tiff This could be your setup in a few years! I'd be up for it Tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I haven't had a chance to watch the video yet (will do later tonight). It would be possible in late spring (April) to host a similar style (be it much smaller scale) event to the Brawl, Grind, PRS series etc. I'm working towards having a steel safria set-up for simulated stalking and varminting, so this could be tweaked to work.The main issue I can foresee, would be a high enough number of shooters and helpers. It would be possible to have a great event, but all the numbers would have to make sense to warrant hosting it and all the work that entails.I'll comment further later tonight/tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCal Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Great Vid. The RRC Location would provide a good venue for this kind of shooting, the problem is getting enough shooters to actually shoot the challenge. Still, plenty of inspiration for next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Great Vid. The RRC Location would provide a good venue for this kind of shooting, the problem is getting enough shooters to actually shoot the challenge. Still, plenty of inspiration for next year! I weep when people don't actually want a challenge. We could certainly dig out enough shooters on here who would be prepared to get muddy knees, a little bit out of breath and wholly outside their comfort zone; after all - what's the point of a 'challenge' if it isn't 'challenging' ?! Very happy to help with ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 More than happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCal Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I would be willing to help set up an event like this, I dare say that Tiff would be happy to run one, providing that we can get enough people to enter. It would likely be an expensive competition because of the amount of time and materials required to put a competition like this on, but definitely worth investigating it's potential further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkabout Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 I would be willing to RO or something as well Shooting and helping out would be no bother as it would be like a normal range day Just needs a bit of planing with shoot details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Having just watched the video, it certainly did look great fun and Rifles Only have a brilliant facility. I especially noticed the dry conditions (+lack of sheep sh*t) & flat terrain...Plus the large number of entrants & people running the shoot! I would really like to do a similar style shoot in the late spring, along the lines of: Friday - Book in & 100 yard zero + familiarisation with layout / obstacles. Saturday - Shoot 8.30-18.00, targets 25 - 1,000 yds Sunday - Shoot 8.30 - 16.00. targets 25 - 650 yds In reality it is possible, but would cost a fair bit to set-up and host properly to similar standards (abseiling, moving targets etc etc,) - then again @ $300 + accommodation (& plane ticket...) the Gap Grind & others of this standard are not 'cheap' to enter! Having done some quick calculations (by no means definitive), realistically the entry 'donation' would have to be around £200-£225 per shooter. This would cover a zeroing afternoon, 2 full days of very dynamic shooting + Fri & Sat night bunkhouse accommodation. I would need a minimum of 16 people (max 20) for it to work. Does that sound any good? Cheers, Tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jungle_re Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I better not be offshore! Sounds excellent and if you need a hand setting up for a few days not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushdog Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Tiff - would also be interested (both in shooting and in helping out however I can). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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