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V-S Suomen Talvi SRA 2017

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We shot the years first reservist 3gun (SRA) match in Huovinrinne shooting range.

The stages were good with enough challenge and variance.
My biggest failure was not to check the barrel line in small hole, which cost 2 misses and I also shot 1 N/S on my side, but still managed to get second in overall!
( overall  and stage results)

Also I should learn how to shoot pistol, as in stage 1, I shot one unnecessary extra shot to the “close range” target:

You saw right, the target in previous picture is huge!
Due to range restrictions, the targets could be set only to the back berm. This effectively prevents building a stage with close range and long range targets, but luckily the organizer had circumvented this, by applying greatly enlarged targets next to normal size targets 😀

long and close range targets @150m on stage3
another “close range” target

There was also a very nice swinger

 

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SRA SM 2016

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SRA SM (Finnish reservist shooting championships) was shot 6.-7.8.2016 in Nurmes. The stages were pretty good and sauna was provided on both evenings (I arrived in friday 5.8.).

Stages and stages drawings are presented below, but the drawings of the stages can also be found  from RESUL and a playlist of all the stage videos is available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT6QbUxcGnXuY4vpAbVsfLsRHMsaq3aeK

More information about the compition in finnish: http://resul.fi/uutinen/sra-sm-2016-rastit-lisatietoja/

Stage1: rifle, from near to far (10-250m)

Stage2: rifle, 10-200m

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Vares Cup II / 2016 gallery

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Few pictures from Vares Cup II / 2016 SRA competition.


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Speed Cycling and reliability mod for Baikal MP-153

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There is always that one particular brand, type or batch of shotgun ammunition that does not work with semiauto shotguns. Some shotguns are more picky than others and even same shotgun models some individual guns cycle same ammunition that other guns struggle with.

For DIY person it’s tempting to fix this uncertainty. Naturally lapping the bolt carrier rails, polishing all metal-to-metal contacts will help the gun to cycle. With gas operated shotguns drilling gas ports slightly larger might also help.

After doing all above I still found that there exists ammunition that does not cycle reliably with my Baikal MP-153.  Mostly really old 24g skeet and trap ammunition. Some may ask that why bother? Those asking that question don’t get the tickling sensation when fixing something makes things better.

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Talvi SRA 2016 gallery

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Some pictures from V-S Suomen Talvi SRA, a local reservist 3gun match.


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DIY Shell Prepper

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Shotgun Slug and Buckshots have nasty tendency to cost much more than most smaller shotsize ammunition. This has driven many shooters to seek cheaper ways to achieve Slugshots by modifying birdshots or using the birdshot cartridge as a base and just changing the shots to slug.

I came up this brilliant idea of a shotgun shell prepper from Youtube user Mountain Storm . All credits to him for the idea.

Shell Prepper will cut the star crimp away leaving a small rim which will act as the crimp to hold the wad and slugshot in place.

Without further ado – DIY Shell Prepper v.1.0

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Laitila Pimeä SRA 2015 gallery

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Some pictures from Laitila Pimeä SRA 2015


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Uudenmaan SRA Piirikarsinta II / 2016 (pictures)

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Two Special Squadders and one prospect took part in Uudenmaa court SRA qualifications competition.

The weather was great for the date ( October 25th) and the stages were mostly pretty nice to shoot, with only few complaints: the plates on the plate-rack on stage1 were very heavy and it was not easy to tell a hit from 300m and 150m metal targets (stage4 and 5).

First we had to wait pretty long for the stage officials to finish their pre-match, but after that, the timetable held and we could quickly move to next stage after the previous one was shot.

After last stage we had some car problems but managed to get to awards ceremony  in time to collect the medals for 1st and 2nd in Open Division.
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Vares Cup SRA III / 2015

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Third component match of Vares Cup 2015.

Everything did not go so well, but fortunately the long rifle stages were successful and gave enough points to compensate for the malfunctioning shotgun and the lack of pistol skills.

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