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St Louis has a 300 yard range, and held some 300 yd matches in the late 90's, and early 2000's. Attendance was so poor, they stopped having them. Although in retro spec, they were getting as many or more shooters as are coming now for the 100-200 matches. A sign of the times. Jim

A really great guy, and a clever machinist, too bad he stop shooting BR several years ago.

After one to two inches of rain, it was a damp and very shootable start to the day. In the Heavy 100 it was 1. Jerry Wick .1504 2. Harry Rowold .1830 3. The Dean Guy Eckstrom .1970 In the Unlimited 100, it was 1. Jim Carstensen .1164 (range measured world record) 2. Jim Schmidt .1456 3...

Bag guns have smaller groups, but rail guns have smaller aggs. and that's what wins.

This weekend at Webster City, Iowa, The Dean Guy Eckstrom outlasted a field of 30 to take the 2 gun championship. Along the way, in the Heavy Varmint 200 yard contest, he managed to shoot a range measured .081. It was also inside the mothball with paper all around it. What a beautiful group...

What I would like to see happen is to change the Sporter class to make a rifle like that legal in that class. You still would be able to shoot an LV or HV and not have to build a new rifle to compete. I know the Sporter rules have been tweaked, but not a real change like this would be. Jim

When I started shooting, no ranges even considered shooting LV and HV yardages in the same day. Everyone carried cans of spray paint to mark their flags for easy setup. Shooters would help with the target frames. It was not considered a big deal. The Nationals (UL 100 Monday and 200 on Tuesday...

Butch, you're less rough than I would be. Less.

If I remember right, you'll have to meet Joe in the next life. Jim

If you're going to use tripods, the wind must not blow where you shoot like it does here. Jim

Oak Hills Sunday the 19th. 100 yard LV Jerry Wick .166 Glen Renfer .1866 Jim Schmidt .2606 As you can see, Jerry and Glen really put it to the metal, and to us. LV 200 Jim Carstensen .2301 Cecil "Doc" Peterson .2556 Keith Christainson .2703 Grand Agg Glen Renfer .2380 JIm Carstensen .2489...

I'm hoping that you don't come into your prime shooting benchrest until you're at least 65.

I agree with Rick. Every hobby costs a lot of money, if you really want to get into it. If you just want to dabble, competitive benchrest isn't for you. Jim

Jackie, I've tried the 80 grainers, and even if it shot better in the wind, I can't handle the recoil from an 80 grain bullet in an LV.

Actually, the original ppc's were a lot of .264 necks, but after reamers were resharpened, .262 seemed to become the standard.

I know some powders are much better than others at low ES, but that doesn't mean they shoot well. I've wondered if some of it may be ignition problems with the action-trigger. With some lots of N133, my thrown charges in different cases give better ES than the weighed ones using the same...

I would like to, but he's reluctant.

In a 6 PPC benchrest rifle, custom action, Krieger barrel, tight neck, etc. what kind of extreme velocity spread would you expect to see using the same case for each shot? Powder charges weighed to .00 resolution on a gemtech scale, 68 grain bullets, speed in the 3360 fps range. I'm using a Lab...

Another match at Oak Hills, 90 plus degrees, Iowa high humidity, switchy weak to moderate winds, typical summer in Iowa. LV 100 Jim Carstensen .2566 Jon Leu .2630 Ethan Carstensen .2668 Jim Schmidt .2682 Dave Brooks .2712 LV 200 The "Dean Guy" Eckstrom...

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