04-04-2012, 09:51 PM
Yeah, I was with my Irish partner in FS2010, as it's a team event. We "won" best foreign team in FS2010, outside of the 3 top teams, one of which was the real best foreign team (The Danish sniper team that had just come from Helmand Province in the Stan). We placed 2nd back in FS2008, which was a nice surprise for us both. You can see me several times throughout the above video, if you look for the guy carrying an AR10 wearing a veil (the mosquitos were out with a vengeance-worse than Panama easily).
This weekend was humbling, as we were shooting in 40mph winds out to 650yds. They didn't even bother going to the platform where we can shoot out to 950yds, the wind was so bad. My ranking was shameful this past weekend. There was a lot of talent on that firing line. I was one of 3 who cleared the Color race stage, which involved drawing 5 poker chips of different color from a bag at a table a ways off the firing line, memorizing the color order, running to your rifle, and shooting a plate rack with the corresponding colors in correct sequence at 200yds.
There are guys basically running bolt guns at the fastest possible speeds on the shot timer with target transitions from 300-400-500-580-650yds, then back down the other side of the hill at those ranges, dialing in-between shots, and clearing the stage with the final shot at 300yds on a hostage IPSC steel plate arrangement in under 105 seconds. The few gifted ones cleared that stage, and got maximum points. That match is no joke, and I look forward to going back and competing against those gentlemen.
This weekend was humbling, as we were shooting in 40mph winds out to 650yds. They didn't even bother going to the platform where we can shoot out to 950yds, the wind was so bad. My ranking was shameful this past weekend. There was a lot of talent on that firing line. I was one of 3 who cleared the Color race stage, which involved drawing 5 poker chips of different color from a bag at a table a ways off the firing line, memorizing the color order, running to your rifle, and shooting a plate rack with the corresponding colors in correct sequence at 200yds.
There are guys basically running bolt guns at the fastest possible speeds on the shot timer with target transitions from 300-400-500-580-650yds, then back down the other side of the hill at those ranges, dialing in-between shots, and clearing the stage with the final shot at 300yds on a hostage IPSC steel plate arrangement in under 105 seconds. The few gifted ones cleared that stage, and got maximum points. That match is no joke, and I look forward to going back and competing against those gentlemen.