Recent content by Randy Jarvais

concerning custom actions in hunter class Orland and I had this debate on the way home from one of our matches. I only shot Hunter (VH) rifle 2 and half years so I am not usually one to get into such debates but I couldn't fathom why a custom action spoiled the Htr class. Both NBRSA and IBS...

The federal government can only act on what the constitution and bill of rights provide. All else is states' domain. At least that is what I remember from my school law professor. Hopefully I remembered it correctly. As previously mentioned, even though those documents may not provide an in...

Is the system fair?? Is any scoring system based on a fixed diameter fair to use in score shooting? Isn't a fixed diameter penalizing a bullet hole that is out of round (either by wind or just unstable)? Why not just go with the bullet hole and magnification?? We already accept the fact the...

Your assumption is incorrect and there lies the error. Assuming that a safe load with a particular bullet can be transferred to another bullet is a wrong assumption. If you read the beginning sections of any handloading manual, each with clearly state that a change in ANY component that is...

There is no IBS Score hall of fame It is simply a Score Hall of Fame and people from NBRSA or IBS can make the list. Whether it is up to date or not is a question I can't answer. Gary Long had a lot to do with the institution of it and the members are in charge of it (independent of either...

Shooting for perfection should be difficult. I'd be all over it now. Pete, time for your meds?

All of the replies state forces necessary to move the bullet in a static situation. Does the case neck expand with the case upon powder ignition? If it does, doesn't that change all the pressure parameters for moving the bullet when compared with a static state? I do not have the answer. I...

Jim, you have helped me in the past as well as many others. I am fortunate in that respect. I am the person responsible for running my matches and others are welcome to provide perspective as to how to make them better or improve attendance. I will listen but in the end they are my...

Jim It doesn't matter how many Mainers travel as long as the 3 match directors do. Hard to run a match while out on the road. SSOY USED to be what drove my shooting schedule and thus my schedule for holding the matches for which I direct. You are right in that we have a lot of whiners in...

How big is big? Based on the following: 1st 16 feet are clear of knots and the small end of the 16' section is still diameter 36" (not counting the bark layers), there are 945 board feet of lumber by International Log Rule. The last I knew, Select pine was going for $500/1000 board feet. That...

Greg It was been over a day since alinwa posted and I am still grinning. I couldn't even read it to my wife without lol. It took me three times before I could get it out. Sorry, Greg

Mike, you had me lost in all of this until today, because I couldn't figure out what rankled your feathers. I think I have figured out why. I believe you read some intent that was not meant to be there. I am not and was not trying to be antagonistic. Originally I was speaking globally and...

Mike, I read the posts and interpret what I read. I may have misinterpreted why Danny changed some things about the score "game" and developed his own version of a score game called UBR. A lot of what I have read spends a great deal of time touting the caliber neutral scoring rings and not so...

There isn't any right or wrong with UBR or the present registered Score matches. I came into this sport knowing what the rules of the game is at the time. So be it. Doesn't matter if my personal opinion thinks the system is unfair! The rules were in place before I started and if I don't like...

I noticed the change when I went from 2009 Hodgdon 4198 to 2012 Hodgdon 4198 back in 2012 or 2013. The 2012 lot was denser by about 0.4 grains with the same measure setting and by weight I had to drop the charge back 0.5 grains to get back to the speed of the 2009 lot. Since then the variation...