Declaration of intent for Z.A.C. T.A.C.T.
OK guys, time to make your intentions known! Time is growing slim, and we need to know who all is going to attend Z.A.C. T.A.C.T. If you don’t know what that is, then reference http://www.zombiesarecoming.com/2010/01/28/zombies-are-coming-training-camp/ for a list of REQUIRED and suggested items.
Since only a few people have contacted us by email, we’re putting up this article so people can delcare their intent. We’re just a little over a month away from the event so its time to get your ducks in a row.
The event will be held at:
2738 co rd 1082
Vinemont, AL 35179
So google or mapquest it if you need directions. If you get lost, then my cell phone number is: 615-556-7347
DO NOT CALL ME BEFORE THE WEEK OF THE EVENT. If you do I will report you to the authorities. If you need any info prior to the established time frame, then feel free to email me at angryvikingman@yahoo.com
If you want to buy a shirt from/for the event, then you can do so at http://www.cafepress.com/zac_tact
Please do not use the comments section to discuss anything other than your attendance. I will be monitoring the original post about Z.A.C. T.A.C.T., so if you need to, ask questions there.
Thank you,
–Angryvikingman–
Comments (7)
Angryvikingman on 26 Apr 2010 at 4:46 am #
The list of people compiled from this declaration of intent will not be an all inclusive list. There are people from outside the site that will be attending.
Here is the pending itenerary:
Pre Noon:
Hopefully everyone gets there by noon for registration and setting up their tents and stuff.
12:00pm-12:30pm Orientation and Introductions:
We cover what we want to accomplish at the event, basic safety, range commands, and how unacceptable behavior will not be tolerated. (Muzzle discipline, and basically being a dick)
12:30pm-1:30pm Know your weapon:
We make sure everyone knows how their guns work, and how the safety features of each gun works, then off to the range. One instructor will take half pistol, and the other half will go with another instructor for rifle.
1:30pm-2:30pm Switch and repeat classes if necessary
2:30pm-3pm Water breaks and rest.
3pm-3:30pm Basic shotgun (sighting and patterning)
Shotgun is damn near self explanatory, and should only take 30 minutes for noobs to figure out. Also, We’ll let people shoot each kind of shotgun ammo: Game load, buckshot, and slugs. Just put one of each in the gun and let them cycle through to feel the difference in the recoil.
3:30pm-4:30pm Stress shooting (applies towards advanced marksmanship)
This is going to be kind of a run and gun so that people realize that when your heart is pounding and your adrenaline is up, then you’re not as good a shot as when you’re standing still and relaxing at the range. Instructors will demonstrate running 50 yards, loading, cycling, and firing the weapons on the move, then let some of the others do it. I’m going to bring a mess of targets for people, but also a huge ass roll of masking tape to conserve them as much as possible. If people want to keep their targets, then they can, but if not, we tape and reshoot. We’ll line up 5 targets, and have them do a course of fire on each with all 3 types of weapons. (pistol, rifle, shotgun) and I was thinking of getting a mess of those 4oz. walmart brand cokes for the shotgun targets. Its more fun when you see them explode. speaking of explosions, I was thinking of getting some tannerite. Mua ha aha haha!
4:30pm-5pm Rest and water.
5pm-5:30pm Hand to hand combat demo and technique demo.
Kain and I will do some pre-arranged hand to hand, showing locks, grips, throws, ect for unarmed defense. Maybe work in some knife play and show vital areas for quick takedown and disabling. Emphasis on footwork and evasion. Good footwork is the best foundation for a good hand to hand fighter.
5:30pm-6:30pm Practice makes perfect
Have everyone practice with a partner, trying not to hurt them, using 1/2 or 1/4 speed. Then we show them some more advanced stuff, like combos, vital area attack combos, ect.
6:30pm-7:30pm Free time on range while staff cooks dinner.
I’m going to make and freeze some hamburgers before everyone arrives. I have a secret recipe for fantastic burgers, and I’ll score some chips too. I’m fat, of course I’m a good cook.
7:30pm-8am Food, beer, fun, sleep
I’m sure everyone will be tired from being out in the sun, but I’m gonna bring like 2 cases of beer and if you guys wanna bring some too that’d be great. I may drink a little, but not too much. Hangovers and heat suck.
8am-9am Breakfast
Bacon, eggs, biscuits, and gravy. If people don’t like that, then theres something wrong with them. I may go steal some cantelope or watermelon out of the garden there for a treat.
9am-10am Advanced rifle and pistol drills
Since everyone will be full from breakfast, we’ll start them off slow with stoppage drills, random ammo amount reload drills, double tap multi target drills
10am-11am Free time on the range
11am-12pm Lunch. This one is on them. They can eat what they brought. We are teaching them survival afterall.
12pm-1pm Rifle marksmanship competition
This will be a 3 position shoot (prone, kneeling, standing) with one target, 15 rounds of ammo, 50 yards, no time limit, and the person with the tightest group will win. I’ll bring a tape measure. Think we should do prizes?
1pm-2pm Pistol Marksmanship competition
1 target, 15 yards, 20 rounds, no time limit. Tightest group wins.
2pm-3pm 3 weapon competition.
Ok, this is the main event. I have a course drawn out to use all 3 weapons learned at the event to do a timed course of fire consisting of: 15 pistol targets, 5 shotgun targets, and 5 rifle targets. Ammo alloted: 30 pistol rounds, 5 shotgun rounds, and 50 rifle rounds.
That way you get 2 shots per target of pistol, no room for error on the shotgun, and put 10 rounds per target on the 5 rifle targets.
Ranges of fire:
10 yards for pistol, 15 yards for shotgun, and 25 yards for rifle.
Time will be taken off for every unused pistol round, time will be added for every target left standing for pistol and shotgun. Rifle will be judged by group sizing. Overall time will be judged with accuracy for the competition winner.
We’ll use the rifle range for the course, we’ll just have to move some of the target stands from the other ranges.
3pm-4pm Clean up, strike camp, say goodbye and head out. Hopefully that will give everyone time to get home before they have to do whatever on monday.
3ID on 27 Apr 2010 at 3:45 pm #
I am a def already stockpiling ammo and looking at buy a new vest for this hole event and putting a lure free float rail system on my ar
Sharpshooter on 02 May 2010 at 7:44 pm #
Ok. Since I wont be able to make it this year, might I inquire about plans next year? Since I never got my “relaxation year” after highschool (should’ve been this year…) I am taking next year off and near the end of it I’ll be enlisting hopfully. So I will most deffinatly be free to attend. In case it wont be arranged by AngryViking, I believe I could set it up myself. I’m in Colorado currently, so a lack of oxygen might be an issue for some of you. But anyone interested, please email me!
sk8wise12@hotmail.com
There’s a local mountain called Pikes Peak and would more then likely plan a hiking trip up that.
Over abundance of outdoors stores and most sell ammunitions for most rifles and shotguns.
Could easily find a place for shooting, tons of camping sites and most are out in the middle of nowhere and allow firing if you talk to the managers first.
Angryvikingman on 02 May 2010 at 9:30 pm #
Answer to this is on original ZAC campout page.
Speren on 03 May 2010 at 5:39 am #
Angry, sorry to be out of touch. My motherboard was having issues. If you are still interested in that photoshop work for the t-shirts, just look my up on Facebook under Speren Silverblade. Post in the friend invite that it’s you and I’ll accept so we can set up the file transfer and I’ll get those back to you ASAP. Again, sorry for the long delay. -Speren
“Train like you fight.” – US Army saying