Self-Paced Rifle Training
at the Burbank Rifle and Revolver Club
 Training courses of fire designed to build skills
and challenge both shooters and equipment.

Targets

Meet the MGM Auto Popper, our newest challenge target. It's six inches in diameter. That's 2.8 minutes of arc at 200 yards, small enough to be a challenge to scoped rifles. But it offers good shooting from sitting, prone or bench for iron sights as well. The Auto Popper is a reactive target. Hit it just right and it rewards you by falling down. Then a spring raises it up so you can continue to practice. But be careful. If you sight your rifle in at 100-yards you'll hit low and the auto popper will not budge.


At 10 inches in diameter, just under 5 MOA, the three gongs at 200 yards offer an excellent challenge for offhand shooter using iron and scope alike. A resounding clink rewards the successful shooter to let you know your technique is spot on.



Courses of Fire

Practice Course A
Highpower Competition Replica

  • Start with all the sighter shots you need.
  • 20 rounds slow fire prone against the auto-popper, 20 minute limit.
  • 20 rounds slow fire offhand against the gongs, 20 minute limit.
  • 10 rounds rapid fire 2+8 or 5+5 sitting against the auto-popper in 60 sec.
  • 10 rounds rapid fire 2+8 or 5+5 prone against the auto-popper in 60 sec.
A hit on the gong is registered by hearing the impact on the metal. A hit against the auto-popper only counts if it goes down.


Practice Course B
Speed and Precision Drill

  • You will need a stop watch for this. Start with all the sighter shots you need.
  • Step 1: Engage the Auto-Popper from the prone position until you achieve 10 hits. Record your time and the number of rounds fired.
  • Step 2: Engage the Auto-Popper from the sitting position until you achieve 5 hits. Record your time and the number of rounds fired.
  • Step 3: Engage the Auto-Popper from the sitting position until you achieve 5 hits. Record your time and the number of rounds fired.


Practice Course C
Dial In the Range

  • This course uses metal targets placed a 200, 300, 400, 600 and 1000 yards. You will need a sighting system with repeatable adjustments for this. This course of fire may be shot from prone or from a benchrest. Start with all the sighter shots you need.
  • Step 1: Set up the zero settings for 200 yards and engage the Auto-Popper from the prone position with 5 rounds. Record your hits.
  • Step 2: Set your sights to 300 yards. Engage one of the metal targets with 5 rounds. Record your hits.
  • Step 3: Set your sights to 400 yards. Engage the metal gong at 400 yards with 5 rounds. Record your hits.
  • Step 4: Set your sights to 600 yards. Engage one of the metal targets with 5 rounds. Record your hits.
  • Step 5: Set your sights to 1,000 yards. Engage the metal target with 5 rounds. Record your hits.
  • Step 6: Set your sights back to 200 yards. Engage the auto-popper with 5 rounds. This last step checks that your sighing system is indeed repeatable. Record your hits.


Firearms you can use:

Any center rifle. Any sights. This course was designed to support users of both iron sighted and scoped rifles. No .50 BMG please. The gongs are mild steel and while the auto popper strike plate is made from AR500 armor, protecting the hinge and spring from excessive shock is a consideration.