Taking friends to the club for some 6MM PPC fun!

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rodauto

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Thought I would share a pretty cool story with you guys.
Shortly after I bought my new to me 6mm PPC in 2012 I invited a buddy and his wife to the club to do some shooting, when we shot the rifle Micheal and I were both under .5 inches for 3 groups each (5 shot groups), Jenny shot three groups .652, 1.207, and 3.026 (had a bad flier!) She did not bad for never having shot anything bigger than a .22 before! After that session I struggled for about a year to get consistently under 1/2 inch with this rifle.
I invited them to come shooting with me again today, and knew how much they enjoyed the 6mm PPC the last time so loaded up 50 rounds to play.
Holy crap what a great day it turned out to be! Rodney (me) .168, Jenny .317, and .251, Micheal .312 and .419!! ( average .294)
Three different shooters 5 groups and all under 1/2 inch on the same target!! Man you should have seen their faces when I explained to them just how unlikely it was for that to happen.
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Rodney
 
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Dusty Stevens said:
what do you mean unlikely- that should be the norm. great job on getting people involved!
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Thanks Dusty,
Yes should be the norm for the rifle but groups like that for folks that have never shot benchrest is pretty cool;)
 
alinwa said:
Thank you Rodney :)

Good Stuff

al
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Thanks Al,
I made the mistake of having them shoot the PPC first then had to explain to them that the groups they got with the other rifles were good too and that not all rifles are created equal!
Rodney
 
Good for you. Your story reminded me of a story from back when I started working with my first centerfire rifle over 30 years ago. It was a 788 Remington in .308, and I had refinished the stock, bedded and floated the barreled action, fitted a pad, found a good load, and figured out just how it liked to be shot. A friend who had not touched a rifle before or after his time in the service, went to the range with me, and I carefully instructed him as to how the rifle should be shot, which he did just as I told him to, with the expected result. His reaction was. "That wasn't very hard." I just shook my head. If he only knew what it had taken to get it to that point. Another time, one of the rangemasters at the local range, who was a retired military helicopter mechanic, took my advice and bought a like new 788 in .222. I had had one, and told him just how to bed it and work up a load. The problem was that it left him with nowhere to go. He didn't have the budget for a custom rifle, and that one was so good and consistent, he had nothing left to discover for himself. After that, I decided to let fellows have the fun of discovery, and mostly confine myself to helping with specific problems, so that when they finally got there, that they could better enjoy the outcome, because they figured it out.
 
Boyd Allen said:
Good for you. Your story reminded me of a story from back when I started working with my first centerfire rifle over 30 years ago. It was a 788 Remington in .308, and I had refinished the stock, bedded and floated the barreled action, fitted a pad, found a good load, and figured out just how it liked to be shot. A friend who had not touched a rifle before or after his time in the service, went to the range with me, and I carefully instructed him as to how the rifle should be shot, which he did just as I told him to, with the expected result. His reaction was. "That wasn't very hard." I just shook my head. If he only knew what it had taken to get it to that point. Another time, one of the rangemasters at the local range, who was a retired military helicopter mechanic, took my advice and bought a like new 788 in .222. I had had one, and told him just how to bed it and work up a load. The problem was that it left him with nowhere to go. He didn't have the budget for a custom rifle, and that one was so good and consistent, he had nothing left to discover for himself. After that, I decided to let fellows have the fun of discovery, and mostly confine myself to helping with specific problems, so that when they finally got there, that they could better enjoy the outcome, because they figured it out.
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