1. Any Cal less than .50Cal.
2. Any stock configuration.
3. Any scope power including spotting scopes. Competitors may spot for each other.
4. No weight restrictions for Heavy Gun class. Light Gun class weight is 17lbs including bipods.
5. No rails ie: Guns shot from separate sand bag rest systems where the rear sand bag shall contact both the bench and the rifle. The front sandbag rest can be attached to a pedestal which can have adjustments for windage and elevation. The rear sandbag may have a stabiliser plate surrounding it if desired. Light gun class are allowed bipods.
6. 7 minute details. 1 target per shooter per detail.
7. Only 5 shots on the target. 3 sighters at other medium (paper or steel) for each relay. Payment of nominations shall be deemed total acceptance of these rules.
8. No ‘muzzle brakes’.
9. Compliance with range safety rules at all times.
10. Any competitor found not enjoying themselves will be disqualified.
Mate it is shot from the bench, you can use a bipod, benchrest, sandbag whatever you like as long as it meets rule 5 above.
Scopes covered in rule 3.
Basically you have 7 minutes to fire 5 scoring shots on your target and up to 3 sighters on another medium usually under the target. You can fire sighters at any time in any order as long as you dont fire more than three. A common approach is sighter, sighter, target, target, target, target, target with the third sighter held in reserve against a condition change.(this is not how you have to do it just how a lot of people do)
The main thing to remember is Rule 10. Bring some ammo, burn some powder and have fun.
G'day All
I looked on the map and even though I would love to go, its 1200klms for me, so thats a non-event.
Hope you all have fun.!!!!
Regards
Damien Webb.
Light gun only for bi pods, but inreality I would not want to shoot a heavy gun off a bi pod.
Light gun is 17 lbs it does not make much sense to go into heavy gun (unlimited) with a gun that is 17.5lbs as you will be severely disadvantaged against the real HG's.
The real benefit of HG is to shoot big calibres, so doing a 300 in a LG is self defeating. About the biggest LG I think I could use would be 30.06 AI.
I won't be able to come down to the Leeton shoot but have been thinking about having a go at the Fly shoot. One of my .22/250AI's is set up for F Open and was wondering if that would be OK. Probably need to sort out a plate to go under the Anschutz rail in the forend instead of using a bipod. Not sure how much the thing weighs but it is over 17lbs. She shoots 80gr Matchkings really well and would be good at 500 I reckon.
Would one of those Caldwell LR Benchrest thingos do the job?
The other option would be to front up with my Rem Sendero .25/06 and a Harris bipod. I think that would be OK as well, although I would have to change the scope, it has a 4.5-14x40 on it at the moment.
native hunter wrote:G'day
Hiwall- what sort of stock is on the gun in the picture, it looks like an anschutz stock.
Regards
Damien Webb.
That is a McMillan 'Prone' stock mate. Action is a sleeved Remingon 700, glued in. Barrel 26" Maddco bull barrel 1:8 twist. Three lever trigger, Picatinny 20 moa tapered base. Converted to single shot with glued in floorplate. No safety, no ejector - she is a fingers only job.
Thanks for the heads up Rinso.
I'm positive that I can fill all 10 criteia, that you have listed.
Now I just have to find out what day the folks will be up and which day I can get away?
Two weeks ago I managed 3 shoots into 1.5" at 200 yards with open sights from my Brno, no Bull Shit (RO can varify) and the next two shots took the group out to 5" (bummer).
If I got to the RF shoot, I don't know whether to take the Brno or the Annie?
ogre6br wrote:Hi-wall
why couldn't you use it as is in the pic?? thats a bi-pod its not a conventional harris but it's still a bi-pod.
That bi-pod doesn't look that heavy, it shouldn't push it over the 17 lbs limit.
later
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Will have to weigh the whole rig mate, it is a pretty heavy rifle, that barrel is 0.9" thick at the muzzle and I think the stock alone is close to 6lb.
Trev, mate the only place you would be able to have any rimfire practice would be in our prone area as all the benches will be in use for comp. But if you grab Ogres finnfire with the 6-18 on it you would be right for sure.
Since you may not get time to test the rifle at 200m to see what it will shoot best with grab some Fiocchi super match as it shoots 200m well in a lot of the rifles i have seen tested with it lately.
As for the 6/250, if you dont have time to test other loads stick with the 65gn's, other wise pick a proj in the 70-80gn mark and test them.
Hi Wall,
I would stick with the 22-250 for fly, the 80gn's will do well. Better than a standard rem sendero for sure.
Looking at your rifle i would say with the bipod off it would just come under 17 lb with the spec you gave. So grab or borrow a front rest and try it out at a shoot.
Knackers,
Same again mate, which one shoots the best cosistant groups, the Brno or Annie? The trigger on the annie is easy to adjust so i could spueeze it in if you wanted.
g'day Hi-Wall; go with the AI; my very limited experience put 5 into sub 4" with 69 grain fireforming loads. PS. what's your load for the 80's? mine's around 34.2 of 2208, but I reckon that powder is too fast
the WOOB
