Long range military match results

[Calfed]

My son and I shot a long-range military match last Saturday using our Swiss rifles and GP11. 300, 500, 600 and 800 yards with "as issued" military rifles. We both had a great time and did alright--he got a 307/400 with his K31 and I got a 333/400 with my 96/11. We were bested by another Swiss shooter using GP11 and a 1911 who scored a 364/400.

I attached the results less names..

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[alamo308]

Wow, that is an impressive array of military rifles, and your results are excellent, too. All from prone, right?
How many sighting shots did you get at each distance?
What rear sight elevations did you use at each distance?
Do you know what model "Swede Mauser" that is listed on there?

[Calfed]

All shooting was from the prone with a "soft" front rest (back pack, sand bag,etc). No "machine" rests or such.

Each position was 10 shots, with 2 sighters, except at 800 yards, where it was unlimited sighters. I used the "3" sight position @ 300, the "5" @ 500 and 600 and the "7" @ 800 yards. The conversion of yards to meters seemed to work out about right.

The "Swede Mauser" was an M96. There were also a couple of M41B Swedish sniper versions of the M96 in the "open" class

[alamo308]

The "Swede Mauser" was an M96. There were also a couple of M41B Swedish sniper versions of the M96 in the "open" class

Thanks for that info. Very helpful. One more question: Why were the M41B and M-N 91/30 PU included in the 'Open' class, since those were "as-issued" sniper rifles?

[Calfed]

The match rules for this match tracked the rules for a military silhouette match that is also shot at this range. That match involves chicken, pig, turkey and ram silhouettes shot at distances of 220, 330, 420 and 550 yards.



The silhouette match started out "as issued, iron sight" and eventually a class of scoped military rifles (As issued sniper, as well as vintage rifles with modern scopes) was created.

The long range military match tracks these rules. Besides, hardly seems fair to pit iron sights against scoped, even if the scoped rifles are "as issued".

[alamo308]

The silhouette match started out "as issued, iron sight" and eventually a class of scoped military rifles (As issued sniper, as well as vintage rifles with modern scopes) was created.
The long range military match tracks these rules. Besides, hardly seems fair to pit iron sights against scoped, even if the scoped rifles are "as issued".

Yes that absolutely makes total sense (to compete the scoped rifles in a different class from iron sights). Thanks for the explanation.

I guess what confused me was the implication that the sniper rifles are not "as issued" when in fact they are. I guess if they used the term 'sniper' for the as-issued (or after-market) sniper rifles, that might be less confusing for the anal-retentive types like me!