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<blockquote data-quote="uncle money bags" data-source="post: 2388484" data-attributes="member: 8377"><p>Here is part one of my AAR covering the RO run on Friday. I will follow up later with a separate AAR for the Saturday event.</p><p></p><p>Pawnee Winter Run N Gun AAR 17-18 JAN 2014</p><p></p><p>The Pawnee Winter run and gun was a six station, 6.5 mile biathlon requiring the effective employment of the individuals primary weapon system and their back up side arm including transitions between the weapons while under mental and physical stresses designed to force the competitor to act under less than optimal conditions. While conceived as a winter version of the summer run n gun held previously at Thunderbird range the previous July, the conditions were typically Oklahoman. you never know if the middle of January will be bitter cold or relatively balmy. As it was, it was a beautiful mid 50's with plenty of sunshine and no precipitation on either day. The wind played some factor on both Friday and Saturday, but was gusting more on Saturday to around 20-25 mph. As a whole, I think the event was successful with regards to the conceptual intent.</p><p></p><p>I am going to write this AAR in two phases as I had the privilege to serve as an RO during Saturdays run, and actually attempted the course on Friday with the rest of the ROs. This is the aar for the RO run.</p><p>Friday 17 JAN </p><p></p><p>After spending the morning finishing the course setup and path flagging we were assigned to our stages and the faster RO's were sent out to complete the course and then relieve the waiting ROs so they could run. I was paired up at stage 3 with a guy named Butch from Arizona who was here visiting friends while on vacation and decided to volunteer to help. After the stages were manned, runners went out on a schedule, of sorts. </p><p></p><p>Stage 3 consisted of a man sized torso steel silhouette target set 500 yards from the shooting station across a valley and in line with an underground pipe right of way. The standard to pass the stage was 3 hits from any position within 4 minutes. After the RO explained the course of fire the competitor was informed that time would start after they indicated they were ready, magazine stowed, and the fire command was given. The target was equipped with a seismic sensor and strobe that would flash upon impact. This system worked well for impacts, however there were a few phantom flashes which occured about a half of a second after an impact. fortunately these flashes happened while no shot was being attempted or it would have been much more difficult to judge if there was indeed an impact. Had a shooter fired again immediately after a known impact and the strobe had malfunctioned with the a fore mentioned phantom I would have had to judge it a hit. Even if I had seen an impact away from the target there was no way I could tell if that impact was a ricochet after hitting the steel. We were given a spotting scope to help see impacts and judge where the rounds were splashing and that helped immensely in determining the trajectory of out going rounds. I was able to see the trail trail of rounds and offer impact information to the shooter in most cases. The only ones I could not determine were rounds far left of the target as the trees obscured the vortex. Even having this information, the stage was difficult as it was best served by a rig with magnification and a decent reticule. Of course this wasn't required, some of the best times were made with iron sighted rifles. In the end it was more a test of the shooters ability and their familiarity with the rifle at distance than his equipment. If I remember correctly only about 1/3 or less were able to successfully negotiate the stage.</p><p></p><p>As 1500 rolled around I became concerned that I would run out of daylight to complete the course. I was basing this on my abysmal time at the summer event and the fact that this course was over twice the length. Considering the last RO to run the stage had come through quite a while earlier and not hearing fire at the first two stages i decided to not wait any longer for a replacement to reach me and accepted a ride back to the start area from John, our magnificent host. I left Butch at the stage with another RO who had come by to check on things and kitted up for the run.</p><p>My equipment list was the same as I had written about previously in this thread with four differences. I decided to fore-go the suppressor on the CQBR this time as I just didn't want to lug around another pound and a half of steel, and having determined that the suppressor did not contribute much toward accuracy from my range tests. the second difference was I had switched to medium ESAPI plates from the large, a savings of about 2.5 pounds and better mobility. The third was a result of my own mistake. I left my 77 gr SMK hand loads at home. Total fail on my part. Fortunately I had my 75 gr defensive loads with me and after consulting photos of my zero targets for both rounds I was able to correct the dope on my Aimpoint m4. The only unknown would be the trajectory at distance, which ended up being close enough to the SMK load and was not a problem. The last difference was the ear pro. TCI Liberator II's replaced the surefire EP3s i had planned on using.</p><p></p><p><u>Final Equipment Inventory</u>.</p><p>Daniel Defense MK18/CQBR 10.3" barrel, Giessele SSA, Aimpoint M4, VCAS sling, 90 rounds (75 gr Privi hand loads with 23 gr of TAC and Wolf SRM primers at 2.25 OAL) 4 pmags</p><p>2nd gen Glock 17, DeFoor iron sights, 51 rds 124 gr FMJ. 3 magazines.</p><p>TCI LIberator II ear pro.</p><p>SKD PIG plate carrier, medium ESAPI plates, Source hydration bladder, three Eagle double mag pouches, HSGI TACO mag pouch, Eagle multipurpose pouch, HSGI bleeder kit, TQ</p><p>HSGI Suregrip belt, Safariland 6004, 2 modified Eagle pistol mag pouches, Full size IFAK, another TQ </p><p>ACS shirt, three color desert bdu pants, Lowa Zephyr boots with smartwool socks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uncle money bags, post: 2388484, member: 8377"] Here is part one of my AAR covering the RO run on Friday. I will follow up later with a separate AAR for the Saturday event. Pawnee Winter Run N Gun AAR 17-18 JAN 2014 The Pawnee Winter run and gun was a six station, 6.5 mile biathlon requiring the effective employment of the individuals primary weapon system and their back up side arm including transitions between the weapons while under mental and physical stresses designed to force the competitor to act under less than optimal conditions. While conceived as a winter version of the summer run n gun held previously at Thunderbird range the previous July, the conditions were typically Oklahoman. you never know if the middle of January will be bitter cold or relatively balmy. As it was, it was a beautiful mid 50's with plenty of sunshine and no precipitation on either day. The wind played some factor on both Friday and Saturday, but was gusting more on Saturday to around 20-25 mph. As a whole, I think the event was successful with regards to the conceptual intent. I am going to write this AAR in two phases as I had the privilege to serve as an RO during Saturdays run, and actually attempted the course on Friday with the rest of the ROs. This is the aar for the RO run. Friday 17 JAN After spending the morning finishing the course setup and path flagging we were assigned to our stages and the faster RO's were sent out to complete the course and then relieve the waiting ROs so they could run. I was paired up at stage 3 with a guy named Butch from Arizona who was here visiting friends while on vacation and decided to volunteer to help. After the stages were manned, runners went out on a schedule, of sorts. Stage 3 consisted of a man sized torso steel silhouette target set 500 yards from the shooting station across a valley and in line with an underground pipe right of way. The standard to pass the stage was 3 hits from any position within 4 minutes. After the RO explained the course of fire the competitor was informed that time would start after they indicated they were ready, magazine stowed, and the fire command was given. The target was equipped with a seismic sensor and strobe that would flash upon impact. This system worked well for impacts, however there were a few phantom flashes which occured about a half of a second after an impact. fortunately these flashes happened while no shot was being attempted or it would have been much more difficult to judge if there was indeed an impact. Had a shooter fired again immediately after a known impact and the strobe had malfunctioned with the a fore mentioned phantom I would have had to judge it a hit. Even if I had seen an impact away from the target there was no way I could tell if that impact was a ricochet after hitting the steel. We were given a spotting scope to help see impacts and judge where the rounds were splashing and that helped immensely in determining the trajectory of out going rounds. I was able to see the trail trail of rounds and offer impact information to the shooter in most cases. The only ones I could not determine were rounds far left of the target as the trees obscured the vortex. Even having this information, the stage was difficult as it was best served by a rig with magnification and a decent reticule. Of course this wasn't required, some of the best times were made with iron sighted rifles. In the end it was more a test of the shooters ability and their familiarity with the rifle at distance than his equipment. If I remember correctly only about 1/3 or less were able to successfully negotiate the stage. As 1500 rolled around I became concerned that I would run out of daylight to complete the course. I was basing this on my abysmal time at the summer event and the fact that this course was over twice the length. Considering the last RO to run the stage had come through quite a while earlier and not hearing fire at the first two stages i decided to not wait any longer for a replacement to reach me and accepted a ride back to the start area from John, our magnificent host. I left Butch at the stage with another RO who had come by to check on things and kitted up for the run. My equipment list was the same as I had written about previously in this thread with four differences. I decided to fore-go the suppressor on the CQBR this time as I just didn't want to lug around another pound and a half of steel, and having determined that the suppressor did not contribute much toward accuracy from my range tests. the second difference was I had switched to medium ESAPI plates from the large, a savings of about 2.5 pounds and better mobility. The third was a result of my own mistake. I left my 77 gr SMK hand loads at home. Total fail on my part. Fortunately I had my 75 gr defensive loads with me and after consulting photos of my zero targets for both rounds I was able to correct the dope on my Aimpoint m4. The only unknown would be the trajectory at distance, which ended up being close enough to the SMK load and was not a problem. The last difference was the ear pro. TCI Liberator II's replaced the surefire EP3s i had planned on using. [U]Final Equipment Inventory[/U]. Daniel Defense MK18/CQBR 10.3" barrel, Giessele SSA, Aimpoint M4, VCAS sling, 90 rounds (75 gr Privi hand loads with 23 gr of TAC and Wolf SRM primers at 2.25 OAL) 4 pmags 2nd gen Glock 17, DeFoor iron sights, 51 rds 124 gr FMJ. 3 magazines. TCI LIberator II ear pro. SKD PIG plate carrier, medium ESAPI plates, Source hydration bladder, three Eagle double mag pouches, HSGI TACO mag pouch, Eagle multipurpose pouch, HSGI bleeder kit, TQ HSGI Suregrip belt, Safariland 6004, 2 modified Eagle pistol mag pouches, Full size IFAK, another TQ ACS shirt, three color desert bdu pants, Lowa Zephyr boots with smartwool socks. [/QUOTE]
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