Patriot Park – The Extreme Shooting Range of World Shoot Russia 2017
Russia is hosting the first ever Rifle World Championship in IPSC history.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation seems to do everything they can to offer an unforgettable week of rifle shooting.
The heart of IPSC rifle competition will be the “Patriot Park” shooting range, designed for practicing sports rifle, military training, demonstration and testing of small arms. It’s ideal for competitions and training in practical shooting.
The Center includes:
1 shooting bay 1400 meters in length
21 shooting bays 300 meters long
10 shooting bays 50 meters in length
32 shed before every shooting bay with stands for spectators and participants
Center of “Kalashnikov” Concern with weapons storage facilities, changing rooms and restaurant
Asphalt roads and sidewalks along the entire shooting range
Below: Concept photo.
Worth noting is that in IPSC Rifle, the distance to targets is normally 5-300 meters. Only occasionally are there targets beyond 300 meters, partly due to limits with shooting ranges.
To be able to offer over 21 shooting bays with 300 meter potential is extreme, never seen anything like it.
The width of the shooting range – more than 2,500 meters
The height of the protective shaft – from 6 to 15 meters
Capacity of grandstands – more than 2,000 people
Area shooting range – more than 160 hectares
Below: Concept photo 2.
Construction work is now being done and the expected completion date is the end of February 2017.
According to the webpage, there are hundreds of people working everyday to finish the range.
The confirmed dates for the RWC 2017:
May 28 IROA Level II Seminar
May 29 First Aid Seminar – Officials arrive
May 30 Officials at the range
May 31 Final inspection
June 1-3 Pre match
June 4 Opening ceremony
June 5-9 Main match
June 10 Shoot Off and Awards.
After the awards, I guess we can say which is better, the AK or the AR?
See for yourself at the official RWS 2017 webpage.
See you there!
Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
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Oh boy.
Now unless russian laws have been deliberately relaxed, going there WITH A GUN will be quite an adventure. Even the match site itself cites import permits.
This specifically because by russian law NOBODY can go straight to rifles. For even a shotgun (!!!) a whole array of approvals required - shrink, drug addiction report, training, storage conditions, local police approval etc.
Furthermore a 5 year - if I remember it correctly - long hunter's membership is required for a rifle and STILL after that max capacity for any firearms is 10 rounds per mag.
So how the hell one can jump trough so many hoops as a foreigner and just show up with a rifle with 30 rd clips... or more... is beyond me.
Now I know that amongst EU states there is a kind of "european" weapons permit thing going on and still it's a hassle, so how the hell going to Russia with a gun will be even worth the trouble is beyond me.
Russian gun laws have been relaxing steadily all the time , and IPSC has quite a following there.