I started out at the "fat man" bay, where they were shooting the OBR 7.62 rifles. It took me around 20 minutes to make my way to the front. I met a guy who had a camera, so we traded cameras and took photos for each other. Here's me shooting at this station:
I will have to say that this was a sweet -shooting gun. They had a Trijicon ACOG mounted on it, with the caret-shaped reticle (^). I hit 5 for 5 with on my targets, and found the rifle to be very easy to be accurate with.
I looked around a bit and caught up with my co-workers, and we got in line for the offhand 5.56 shooting. I really like the self-resetting falling steel silhouettes they had there today. They were a blast to shoot. One of my co-workers took some video of me shooting this stage:
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We finished up at another station that had both 7.62 and 5.56 guns, and all opted to shoot the 7.62 as they'd not shot that caliber yet, the line was shorter, and we wanted to make it back to the clubhouse in time for the door prize drawing. Again, fun shooting, and good times.
I'll agree, I think LaRue did not expect the sheer volume of people that showed up for the event. I think they'll likely get more staff in there and set up more places for each station next time if they do it again. It did seem that they had free PMAGs to give out, but were in short supply for the number of people that showed up. I missed them when they were handing them out in line, but one of my co-workers got one.
All-in-all, it was a good time, though hampered by the long wait times.