FAST Idaho 2-gun match: 6-minute stages, spinner targets and wind

Key points: FAST Idaho 2-gun match

• FAST keeps the themed stages, positional shooting and high round counts of brutality matches but drops the physical events, and most stages run close to a 6-minute par time of nearly continuous shooting.
• Spinner targets dominated the first day: the first three stages held 12 of them, eight on a single stage, and every shooter in his squad timed out on that stage.
• Spinners reward technique and experience more than raw speed or accuracy, and reloading partway through lets the spinner lose its momentum, costing several seconds or a full restart.
• Running an 11.5-inch carbine with a 6x optic and no bipod, he held a full reticle dot for roughly 10 mph wind on targets from 200 to nearly 400 yards, where bipod-equipped SPR-style rifles have the edge.
• A pivot-mounted weapon light that may have been pressing on the suppressor shifted his point of impact mid-stage until he pushed it clear and improvised new holds.
• A 147-grain 9mm load near 900 fps needs a visible hold on 6-inch plates at 75 to 100 yards, which cost him time on the final stage before he adjusted.
• His verdict: a $300 entry fee and an 800-round minimum make stages designed to time most shooters out hard to justify, but the long courses of fire, themed stages and squad atmosphere make the format worth trying.

About this Tactics and Training video

FAST Idaho 2-gun match recap from Brass Facts: a brutality-style action match without the physical events, built on long continuous courses of fire with most stages near a 6-minute par time, positional rifle and handgun shooting, and targets out to 700 yards. He walks through each stage, why spinner targets decided the standings, wind holds from an 11.5-inch carbine with no bipod and handgun holdover at 100 yards, then weighs the $300 entry fee and high round count against a 2-gun format he found unlike any other.

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