Winter range wild bunch rifle targets distance?

[mortman]

Just curious.  Looked at the stage diagrams, but no dimensions given. What was the range (shooter to target) of the farthest target?

Sighting in new rifle and looking for a baseline.

Thanks,

M.

[Boggus Deal]

Winter Range rifle targets were too few and too close. Sight in for 15 yards and you’ll be fine anywhere.

[mortman]

That's disappointing.  One of my criticisms of CAS: a rifle is a rifle and should be used as such.

[DUSTY BODDAMS]

Mortman,  travel to Texas or Oklahoma where the rifle targets are a minimum of 25 yards and could be out to 50. Dusty

 

[Elwood James]

They are also smaller!

[Elwood James]

It is my understanding that Serenity and Legendary Lawman have a request to use the frontiersman Rifle targets next year at WR.  This will get them further out than this past year. 

[J. Frank Norfleet]

I wasn't at Winter Range so I can't speak to those distances. It has been a frustration of mine that we shoot rifle targets at pistol distances. Move them out so it is no longer a game of how fast you can lever the rifle but can you hit the target!

JFN

[VICIOUS]

Hi Gang. I keep my rifle sighted to 75 yards so as to shoot silhouettes to 100 yards. Far out, could work for me.

[WildOkDee]

I can understand that, but who can see/hear hits or misses at farther than twenty five yards consistently? 

[Elwood James]

Your not shooting cowboy.  The power factor solves a lot of problems.  You will never see the requirement of rifle not last!!!!!!

 

 

[Garrison Joe]

With WB power loads, I can be essentially 100% sure of hits out to 50-60 yards, even edgers.  The rings and target movement are a lot stronger with the extra power.  MOST 100 yard hits I can see.  Most folks will not hear the ring at 100 yards, though.  I train sometimes shooting my .45 Colt rifle at 200 yard targets - man sized, and can hold it on those at least 75% of shots.  Teaches you to wait until the bullet arrives before you decide the outcome.  And that's with just 20-20 vision.  Of course, that's not so common among SASS crowd, either.

 

All this says, I would not be afraid of a match with 20" targets set at 50 yards.  They could be scored pretty accurately.

 

Good luck, GJ