Understanding your competition benchrest rifle

[Dan H]

Chris,
I agree with you more than not, but just for the sake of wintertime discussion let me defend the "rest of the pack." Paraphrasing Jackie Schmidt, the majority of rifles on the line are incapable of winning on a particular day. The shooters of those rifles are, and should be, focussed on finding the key issue or combination of issues that is limiting accuracy. (Well, maybe a few are there just to socialize and don't care how they do.) It takes luck to identify the problem quickly, and lots of hard work otherwise. Some times so much work that it is prudent to give up and trade rifles. I agree that we try lots of stuff that doesn't end up making any difference, but that is symptomatic of identifying the problem with no clues other than how the target looks. We are guessing and trying things, most of which are not the real answe'r, because that is the logical course of action given the lack of specificity of our diagnostic information. Kinda like a crying baby - you don't know if it's sick, injured, hungry or just constipated.

Cheers,
Keith

Damn Keith you just hit the nail on the head.lol. I'm 66 years old and still trying to figure out why the little ankle biter of a gun is still crying, oops I mean not shooting. lol

Dan

 

[Wilbur]

I'll qualify my post before I write it. I'm talking about a competitive rifle that travels and shoots Benchrest matches.

The crux of the issue is time and money. It often costs more to fix a rifle than it does to pay for one that is already fixed. Cipher up what it costs to shoot a match and don't leave anything out. Would you rather spend that money and win or would you rather spend that money trying to get a rifle to shoot. The only difference is the rifle....your choice.

There are those that truly believe their rifle is as good as any but they just don't know how to shoot it. This is an incorrect thought. You can't win or even learn how to win with a poor rifle.