had fun catching up on the drama.... OP's question was about high mag variable target scope for Bench shooting. Got some great answers from some very experienced F class shooters... pity not everyone is listening.
Then it kind of hung a left ... as things typically go and way off topic.... and of course, some mud slinging whenever possible
Since it was brought it up.
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72 registered shooters... some practiscore glitches. The 783 continues to run without fuss and I am running a unique chamber/bullet combo.... more testing mid Oct at the next BCPRL match.
I get a chuckle to those few that can't post a response without trying to insult something or someone to try and add credibility to their position. It would be more credible if they just demonstrated their opinions through their results.
Ummmm, real world results and experience. What an interesting concept????
Jerry
And Jerry,
You are always quick to tout your BC PRL accomplishments to gain some sort of credibility with the PRS crowd and with those who are trying to get into it.
I know people that have shot in and have helped to organize the BC PRL matches, and they have a long way to go. Your only national PRS match was the Canadian Sharpshooter Classic, in which you shot in the bottom half and shot only 32% of the points that the winner (Jon Pynch) did. I've shot one Canadian national level two day PRS match, the first Meaford match, so I know what the level of competition is like in Canada. Jon Pynch strategically chose to shoot the Canadian Sharpshooter Classic as he knew that it was going to be an easy win - his usual top competitors he faces in the US weren't going to be at that match, and he essentially said as much in one of his podcasts. This isn't a slight against the Canadian PRS shooters, it's so grass roots up in Canada that shooters just haven't had the time in the sport and experience to be competitive at the US level yet and the scores at Canadian PRS matches reflect that. It's a huge eye opener for a lot of Canadians that are used to the local grass roots club matches (such as BC PRL) and attend their first two day national level PRS match - I saw it at Meaford and Jon Pynch mentioned it in his podcast how discouraged he saw a lot of Canadian shooters were, it's an eye opener. I bet it was for you as well, going from podium finishes in the BC PRL matches to barely shooting 32% of the points that the winner did in an actual sanctioned PRS match.
That's great that your rifle is working for you in your small bubble of a PRS world, but keep in mind that your experience is pretty small in scope in the hemisphere of the PRS world. Your rifle has only competed in "PRS" matches in BC and AB, it's hardly been subjected to adverse conditions, nor have you had the opportunity to test your rifle and PRS skillset against shooters that have been in the game for a long time (well, except Jon Pynch, and we see how that stacked up).
If you want a good test of the 783's reliability, it would behoove you to shoot in matches in really dusty and adverse conditions such as Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, etc. There's a reason why high reliability in adverse conditions is at the fore front of PRS rifle design. There's been many, many rifles that have gone down throughout the years in matches, and shooters and manufacturers have learned a lot along the way and products have improved drastically as a result. People don't use benchrest equipment in PRS anymore, as that equipment has a tendency to fail in PRS conditions (I'm looking at you, Jewel triggers). Benchrest shooters like to poke fun at the gear PRS shooters are using, but they don't understand the evolution of the sport, nor the conditions that some of these matches are shot in. There's a lot of great budget gear specifically built with PRS in mind, that are much more suited to the sport than the 783. I can appreciate if you want to play around with a new platform and make it work for you (in this case the 783), but to suggest to those that want to get into the sport it is the best and/or only budget option available for PRS (both of which you have done) is very disingenuous and does a disservice to newer shooters trying to get into PRS. There's a lot of budget options available today that are designed for PRS and have a lot of aftermarket support. The 783 just doesn't have the support and accessories available to optimize it for PRS shooting.
Your time in the sport is still very young, and you are going to learn a lot if you keep at it and expose your horizons to more actual PRS events in different locations. Like everyone else that has participated in the sport for any duration of time, your equipment is going to evolve as you put it to the test in tougher matches and more adverse conditions, and find out what works and what doesn't. Your gear and tactics will also evolve as you shoot different stages/COF designed by different match directors. Your "PRS" rig looks a lot different than those who have been shooting the sport for a long time, and I suspect that it will evolve if you take up the sport seriously and expose yourself to more matches and shoot in different regions.
This post isn't meant to be a slight against you, you are the one that posted the picture of your trophy in an attempt to get credibility. I do admire your willingness to pick up a new shooting discipline. I personally need to round out my shooting skillset more by trying my hand at some local benchrest matches. I've never met you, and I don't hold anything against you as an individual. But I do think that a lot of your advice to the PRS crowd is misguided, mostly due to your lack of experience in the sport.
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