Test Shots Fired at Talladega’s Electronic Targets
CMP Board Members and a few CMP staff members enjoyed a visit to the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park yesterday. They fired a few shots downrange from the 200-yard line. Here’s an image from the Kongsberg electronic target system. Shot impacts are precisely triangulated with sonic target sensors, then shot locations (and scores) are displayed on monitors placed next to each shooter. For more information on the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park, visit http://thecmp.org/competitions/talladega-marksmanship-park/.
The 13,000-square-foot CMP Park Club House overlooks the 600-yard range. Panoramic windows look out towards the firing line and the Alabama woodlands beyond.
Register Now for Inaugural D-Day Match at Talladega
The first official matches at the new CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park will be fired on the weekend of June 6-7, 2015. The celebration is a two-day event which includes tours of the facility. A special John C. Garand “D-Day Anniversary” Rifle Match On Saturday, June 6th will officially open the facility. On Sunday there will be an EIC Service Rifle Match, EIC Service Pistol Match, and a CMP .22 Rimfire EIC Pistol Match. The inagural event is limited to the first 350 Competitors, so register soon via the CMP’s Competition Tracker website.
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what were they shooting ?a pistol
I’m all for bringing new technology into the sport. However, in the middle of a match when least expected, that electronic system will go down. They better have someone with knowledge of that system on hand or they’re going to have some unhappy shooters. I hope i’m wrong.
In international events, when a target goes down or malfunctions, the shooter is moved to an open target. The range is never full to capacity in order to leave a few points available in case of malfunctions. I suspect that they will do the same in this situation.
Barry, this is hardly new technology. It’s been used in Europe in numerous indoor and outdoor rifle and pistol application for decades now. This technology is also the Olympic and World Cup standard.
Sure, anything can fail, but I’ll take the miniscule chance that one of these targets will go down hard over the current status quo of inconsistent pit service and unnecessary delays due to relay changes. And who can forget the 9/Yes – 9/No confusing mess in rapid fire?