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I am Iggy and I run the OBRAMS Discipline ( RIMFIRE ACTION SHOOTING ) Come down on Saturday at 8:00 A.M and stay as long as you can. If necessary , we will let you “Shoot –Thru” so you can make your daughter’s soccer game. The lecture will take about 1.5 Hours if I do not get too long winded. At minimum you will get one observation out of the way, Just a thought Iggyort PS- Alec and Nick from this forum will be assisting.

The Old Bridge Rimfire Action Match Shooters will conduct its 2nd annual clinic on March 16, 2013. This year we have room for 8 members from the NJGF. The cost for non-OBRPC is $20.00 Since pre-registration is mandatory please PM me with your name and firearms experience if you are interested in participating. Please see below for the equipment required and the course syllabus. Iggyort OBRAMS, Match Director Please arrive at the Old Bridge Outdoor Range promptly at 8:00 A.M and bring the following items: · Eye and Ear protection · A Semi-Auto Rimfire firearm · 4-5 magazines · 250 rounds of .22LR · Bring food, water and appropriate clothing Course material to be covered: · History of Practical Shooting · General Firearms Safety · Firearms Safety in Practical Shooting · Verbal Commands · Gun handling skills for Practical Shooting · Types of Targets · Scoring and General Rules · Shooting Exercise (4- Stages) Here are some of our videos:

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December Scores are up Enjoy your winter and see you in April Iggyort

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All stages are up. Last Match for 2012

Confirmed. It will be our last match for 2012 Iggy

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Thank you for coming The scores will be up shortly

The Scores for the 2012 OBRAMS Multi-Gun Rimfire Match have been posted Congratulations to all the winners!!!!!! Videos will follow next week and awards will be handed out at the next Match

Now that the 2012 Multi-Gum Match is over it is time to recognize individuals and sponsors who made this Match possible. In addition, OBRAMS will also take this opportunity to address comments and complaints concerning the 2012 OBRAMS Multi- Gun Match that we heard at the Match or were posted on the NJGun Forum. Firstly, OBRAMS would like to recognize the individuals that took a day off from work or came from work with no sleep on Friday to assist the SGM and myself in building the Stages. These individuals disregarded last Friday’s heavy rain and said: What do you need us to do? They should be thanked by all competitors for their work. Please see their names below. Alec Bcoops NickC Joe H. Tom A. Vincent F. Secondly, OBRAMS would like to recognize our sponsors .Three of our sponsors are local “Brick and Mortar” stores: East Brunswick Sportsmen Cheyenne Mountain Outfitters Caso’s Gun- A-Rama Please thank these businesses by patronizing them and be sure to mention the OBRAMS Multi-Gun Match. The other three sponsors are national corporations and should be thanked for their generous support to what is basically a local NY/NJ Rimfire Match MGM Targets Dick’s Sporting Goods ,Corporate Dawson Precision Now we will deal with complaints and comments: Complaints and comments at the Match Stage- 2 “Old McDonald is Back” aka “The Chicken From Hell” Folks, the dreaded chicken target is nothing more than a steel silhouette target used in the gun game of Metallic Rimfire Silhouette. In that game, the steel chicken is engaged at 40 Yards , offhand with a small-bore rifle with a scope. OBRAMS feels that your average shooter should be able to successfully engage that target at both 15 and 25yards with iron sights. To those that think that the target was unfair, please note that NONE of the junior shooters had difficulty with that stage since they practice with their Rifles. Weak-Hand / Strong-Hand Only Shooting : OBRAMS Matches consist of Rimfire Practical Shooting. We will ALWAYS have Weak-Hand / Strong-Hand stages .The purpose of Practical Shooting Competitions is to get the competitor to safely shoot out side of their comfort zone in a “practical shooting environment’. Remember, Rimfire ammo is relatively inexpensive so practice. Comments on NJ Gun Forum Inaccurate Shooters: Unfortunately, may practical shooting competitors have been introduced into the competitive shooting sports via the Action Shooting route without the benefit of formal firearms training or participating in accuracy type shooting sports like High Power Rifle or Pistol Bull’s Eye. Believe me, “Spray and Pray” is NOT the way to win a Practical Shooting Match. We witness several competitors on Stage 5 “MGM’s Nightmare” unable to hit a 5-1/4” `clay bird at 25 yard with a Rifle from a supported position. This situation has only two possible explanations, the competitors did not know his/her Zero at 25 yards or total lack of practice by the competitor. Rimfire ammo is relatively inexpensive and once again, the junior shooters quickly dealt with those Rifle Targets and rapidly moved on to the Pistol Targets. Do we see a pattern? Slow Shooters: Yes, we did a have our share of slow shooters but the situation was made worse by competitors not taping nor painting steel. ROs need to make sure everyone is participating in stage resets. Should the RO have a competitor that is unwilling to help out, call the SGM or myself. We will gladly give them their entry fee and ask them never to return. Par-Times for Stages The discussion of Par-Times for Saturday’s stages was had before and during the actual match. It is a topic that will be revisited during our winter hiatus .Enough said on this topic. The Late Start The OBRAMS cadre consists of basically three individuals. Two of those, the SGM and I never get to shoot our bigger matches because we are too busy dropping off equipment, building stages and solving problems during the lager matches. The registration did take longer than expected because the same two people that you saw driving the quad and the pickup truck, hanging targets and inspecting all the stages, also had to run the registration table. OBRAMS started in 2009 with 4 guys and two Stages. We now normally have 5 Stages and have approximately 36 participants at our regular matches. We have clearly outgrown our support staff at the current level of participation and are in desperate need of additional help if the quality of the matches are not going to suffer. OBRAMS is now at a fork in the road. Do we limit the number of participants at our matches and stop having large matches or do we somehow get additional support staff? Only time will tell which road OBRAMS will take. In closing, Richard (The SGM) and I would like to thank all those participants that stayed behind to put all the equipment away under the headlights of NickC’s car. We hope ,that your hard work was rewarded by all the goodies from the prize table. Shoot Quickly, Accurately and Safely, Iggy Ortega OBRAMS Match Director Co- Chairman of OBRAMS, OBRPC P.S. –Scores should be out soon

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The Stages have been posted!!!

The Stages will be posted tonight.

Squads have been posted!!!!!

5 Slots Left !!!!!!!

The Squads for the Multi-Gun Match will be on the OBRAMS Web Site next Monday http://obrams.org/

The Scores are up!!!!

We still have slots open . Send you application ASAP. Have you shot IDPA or USPSA before?

Thank you for coming to the Match and helping with set-up The scores will be up shortly Iggyort OBRAMS Match Director P.S. - Get ready for the Multi-Gun Match in October !!!!!

The regular Stages have been posted. We will post the Multi-Gun Stage tonight See you Saturday.

How about a GSG -1911 with 5 Mags ? Will that work for you ?

We try to make most of our stages USPSA "Long Stages" . In average 28 Rounds per stage.