Benchrest Competition Videos
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alright so im trying to get excited about br shooting, its hard. but i found this video here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXfvJ1lBr8g
couple things, why is he only loading one bullet at a time? is that all this rifle is designed to take? ive seen some other br videos and it seems common.
also it almost looks like that bench rest holds the rifle in place and only lets it slide back but doesnt let the barrel lift, is that the case here or is the barrel just so damn heavy it doesnt lift?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXfvJ1lBr8g
couple things, why is he only loading one bullet at a time? is that all this rifle is designed to take? ive seen some other br videos and it seems common.
also it almost looks like that bench rest holds the rifle in place and only lets it slide back but doesnt let the barrel lift, is that the case here or is the barrel just so damn heavy it doesnt lift?
Uchi, it is just group size. If you look at a BR target you see 2 black outside borders. One on the top half and one on the bottom half. The bottom half is the sighter portion of the target where you can shoot unlimited sighters. The top half of the target is the record half of the target.
On the sighter portion a bullet can hit anywhere on the lower half of the target. There is an imaginary line horizontally across the center of the target. If your FIRST sighter shot goes above this imaginary line you must inform the range officer. He will make a note of it and you can proceed to shoot your group inside the black outer border of the record portion of the target with no penalty. If a shot goes outside the black border on the record half of the target you are penalized for that shot. 1" per shot at 100, 2" at 200.
You shoot your group wherever you want inside the record target. Most like to form there group below the center mothball as to NOT shoot out your aiming point. It is just group size that is measured.
You want to shoot closest to the center then you can shoot score. There you want to hit the little dot in the center of the mothball because the further out you are from the center the less points you get. Just like F Class.
Loading 1 bullet at the time is because all actions are single shot actions. They cannot be a repeater. If a repeater it could be like a Rem 700 but with a single shot follower glued in. Rules of the game. No bolts in the rifle until the Commence fire command and removed when cease fire called. Break the rule you are DQ'd
On the sighter portion a bullet can hit anywhere on the lower half of the target. There is an imaginary line horizontally across the center of the target. If your FIRST sighter shot goes above this imaginary line you must inform the range officer. He will make a note of it and you can proceed to shoot your group inside the black outer border of the record portion of the target with no penalty. If a shot goes outside the black border on the record half of the target you are penalized for that shot. 1" per shot at 100, 2" at 200.
You shoot your group wherever you want inside the record target. Most like to form there group below the center mothball as to NOT shoot out your aiming point. It is just group size that is measured.
You want to shoot closest to the center then you can shoot score. There you want to hit the little dot in the center of the mothball because the further out you are from the center the less points you get. Just like F Class.
Loading 1 bullet at the time is because all actions are single shot actions. They cannot be a repeater. If a repeater it could be like a Rem 700 but with a single shot follower glued in. Rules of the game. No bolts in the rifle until the Commence fire command and removed when cease fire called. Break the rule you are DQ'd
interesting but some really good info, thanks for taking the time to write that out, cleared up some confusions i had about it. any limitations on bullet weight or caliber?
so these guys will purposefully set their scopes to miss center for example, inch away, and just use the center as a reference and aim off that? interesting but makes sense. thats why i was asking because the picture the fella above me posted the shots were off center a good bit. makes good sense, thanks again for clearing it up
so these guys will purposefully set their scopes to miss center for example, inch away, and just use the center as a reference and aim off that? interesting but makes sense. thats why i was asking because the picture the fella above me posted the shots were off center a good bit. makes good sense, thanks again for clearing it up
No restrictions on bullet weight.
This is the thing, shooting short range Bench Rest, 99.9% shoot a 6PPC. A 220 Russian case necked up and fireformed. Bullet weight runs from 64-68grains. It is the KING OF HILL when it comes to accuracy. A lot are CLOSE but that is it, close.
So when I read on this forum off the MANY guns that shoot under a 1/4" all day long my eyes roll back in my head. You put the challenge out for someone to come to a match and prove it, the excuses start rolling out. That is for another discussion.
Yes the scopes are purposely set to hit just off of the mothball in this game. Have an undisturbed aim point is helpful.
Hope this helps.
cycbb
This is the thing, shooting short range Bench Rest, 99.9% shoot a 6PPC. A 220 Russian case necked up and fireformed. Bullet weight runs from 64-68grains. It is the KING OF HILL when it comes to accuracy. A lot are CLOSE but that is it, close.
So when I read on this forum off the MANY guns that shoot under a 1/4" all day long my eyes roll back in my head. You put the challenge out for someone to come to a match and prove it, the excuses start rolling out. That is for another discussion.
Yes the scopes are purposely set to hit just off of the mothball in this game. Have an undisturbed aim point is helpful.
Hope this helps.
cycbb
uchi, tell you what go chat with a BR shooter and you'll see what it takes. I had a very basic understanding of it until I was at the range one cold day and a BR guy started to chat with me. In the 2hrs. I was there I learned quite a bit about BR and shot a few rounds. Not only that but he gave some little pointers that helped my general shooting a lot. It's not as simply as pulling the trigger, these guys take equipment, reloading, wind reading ect. to the Nth degree. You talk about 1" groups, for them that means something is broken.
did you not see the videos i posted? clearly the marine sniper shooting the 50 cal out to 1500 yards must have landed a few accurate shots. he was hitting body shots at over 1000 yards, thats good enough for me right there. youtube some videos and youll find a ton of guys being accurate out that far. i havent personally had a chance to reach out anywhere near that far as i dont have a range with anything like that near me, otherwise id be out there trying for it
if i ever come across one at the range thats willing to teach ill gladly listen. as i said before, lr and br shooting both share the same degrees of difficulty and require the same amount of skill. im just more impressed by a guy who can do it while holding the gun then i am by a guy who has his gun rested in a bench rest holding it perfectly still for him.
