Join Us at MBMI: Stage 4—400 Yard Prone
The 9th Annual Marty Brown Memorial Invitational™ is set for the weekend of Nov. 1-2, 2025 at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, IN. This is an informal 3-position rifle match shot at distances of 100 to 400 yards on targets measuring approximately 18×24 inches.
For those who haven’t yet joined us at the Marty Brown Memorial Invitational™, this post is the first of a 4-part series showing each of the 4 stages of the Revere’s Riders Rifle Qualification Test (R3QT) that comprise the course of fire. This week we are highlighting Stage 4. This stage is a “slow fire” stage shot prone at 400 yards.
Stage 4—400 Yard Prone
Initially, shooters are put into their “preparation period” where they can establish their position, adjust sights, adjust their sling, dry-fire, etc. (anything except load their rifle). On the “FIRE!” command, shooters have 10:00 minutes to fire 10 rounds at the target (existentially an eternity during which all but the most analytical shooter can field strip their rifle, reassemble it, and still get off all 10 rounds).
Those that have attended our Basic Rifle course will have practiced this stage but at a reduced distance of 25 yards. To simulate 400 yards, our 25-yard qualification targets have reduced target sizes so the precision required of the rifleman to hit the target is the same as being at 400 yards actual distance. The added difficulty at 400 yards are the need to adjust the rifle’s sights to compensate for bullet drop due to gravity and to “hold off” for wind (note that the wind is fairly strong in the video, but is coming nearly directly at the shooter which minimizes its effect on the bullet).
Note also that Hernando doesn’t immediately start firing on the target. He settles into position and finds his NPOA (“natural point of aim”) by moving his hips/legs and finding the body position where the rifle naturally points at the target. This is critical for accuracy at distance and is taught in all of our traditional rifle courses (Basic Rifle, Intermediate Rifle, and Advanced Rifle).
Marty Brown Memorial Invitational
If this looks interesting to you and you would like to join us at the 9th Annual Marty Brown Memorial Invitational™ you can find more information at the event listing below:
This event is “by invitation” and to join us you should generally be able to hold a 4 MOA group using only a sling for support and be safe with your rifle without direct supervision.
If you can’t make the Invitational, then join us for another of our upcoming events:
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