Comments on: Optics-Equipped Service Rifles Dominate President’s 100 Match

By: Chester Beedle

Chester Beedle — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 21:49:36 +0000

If it’s going to be a “service rifle” match, it should be a “service” issued optic. Most likley a 4x ACOG. Maybe the 1.25-4 Schmidt and Bender Short Dot.

By: Flip flippen

Flip flippen — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:48:44 +0000

Keith and I have worked together for years and his patience, gentleness and commitment reflect immense value on the shooting sports. I know how hard he has trained for this and every match. He shot with the best our country has and all can be proud of standing in this esteemed line of champions. Congrats KEITH…among the best and this years Presidential winner. You earned it brother.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:33:38 +0000

I think the Big Story so far from Perry is the 3 perfect scores fired in the Hearst Doubles (300) and the 1 perfect score fired in the National Trophy Team (500).
That is unreal and I don’t recall there ever being so many cleans during CMP week.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:13:03 +0000

Chris, check out the Leupold scopes that WOA is offering. $450-650 with good reticles and special 300-HD fixed parallax just for SR.

Max parallax error for a 4×20 scope with 300yd fixed parallax is 0.39 inches at 600yd. If you have good head position it will be substantially less!

Adjustable paralax is NOT needed for SR. The problem was that many 1-4 scopes had fixed 100yd parallax, which gives up to 2″ error at 600yd. Not a huge deal (again, solid head position will mitigate most of that), but maybe enough to turn a couple X’s into 10s.

Big objectives are also a hindrance, and small objective lenses minimize parallax error. A 20mm objective gives a 4.4mm exit pupil at 4.5x, which is more than adequate for daylight shooting, even on an extremely dark overcast day. Most F Class shooters end up with exit pupils around 2mm (50mm scope at 25x), which is 1/5th the light! (2^2/4.5^2)

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 05:56:27 +0000

Although the usage of a scope probably DOES increase overall scores, particularly X’s, this is not a “clear” indication of that.

Of course the top shooters were all using scopes. Why wouldn’t they?

What I’m more interested in seeing how those shooters performed compared to how they did prior to mounting a scope to their rifles. Was there actually an improvement?

Regardless, congratulations to the shooters! I can’t wait to join you. I’ll be using a budget Athlon scope and rifle, but am excited to get ranked soon.

By: Bamban

Bamban — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 05:49:27 +0000

To the top finisher the equipment cost is not an issue. At the end of the day, your investment, a March scope for example, distributed over 5 years of shooting, all of a sudden in the big scheme of things it is not the most expensive item in the shooting system. Travel, lodging, food, ammo, and barrels, combined would be more over the cost of the scope. Anadarko after 5 years the scope is still there.

Lastly, to win a big match is priceless. Or even at a lower level, winning a LEG match, a state championship or a regional, all the expenses in the shooting system makes it all worth it.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:09:05 +0000

Congratulations to all of the top finishers! service rifle was the one discipline that was somewhat affordable. If it’s going to take a $2000 or more scope in addition to a rifle that’s $1000 or more rifle to be a top finisher, then service rifle is no longer affordable. Kind of a shame. Maybe some scope manufacturer will come out with a more affordable SR scope.

By: bill

bill — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 01:09:11 +0000

Most of the service rifle GI i.e.(free equipment) shooters I seen had Night Force 4.5fixed. FWI. Also be aware of not shooters/coaches “adjusting sights” of target pullers.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:58:28 +0000

This is a very interesting result and really the first test of both the new rules and the new equipment.

Well done to March of course for anticipating the shooting public’s needs and meeting it. Over the next three years, I bet there will be a scramble to meet this new market from a range of similar manufacturers.

Looking forward to reading a more detailed equipment breakdown soon.

By: Shiraz

Shiraz — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:39:15 +0000

Lots of military shooters in that line-up. Congratulations to all the shooters and great job to the top three.