20yd/25yd benchrest

[pennineway.fswo]

It would be interesting when we start collating results is to record the rifles, pellets/ammo, scopes and rests used by the air rifle shooters and similarly for the rimfire shooters.
The results should point to the best rifle/ammo combinations for the discipline and help shooters decide what equipment give best results

At our club i have found that a standard Anschutz 1407 with a 20 power scope and Eley Match bullets is more than capable of hitting the ten almost every time
However going clean with an airgun is not so easy

Best results so far are from a reg'd AA400 with some very early JSB's, a Ripley with AA pellets and one member who has not had too much success with his AA MPR previously,yesterday tried a batch of 4.52mm AA pellets from the clubs stock and found that these were pure magic.

He hit 100+ ex 101 on 6 consecutive practise targets with these pellets.The pellets were checked for head sizes and any under 4.46mm were rejected.

2 other club shooters lucky enough to buy some of this batch have also had very good results with 98+'s and 99+'s shot with the pellets straight from the tin.
Unfortunately this batch has now been snapped up.

Another rifle that looks very promising is a Daystate Mk3 with 4.52mm AA pellets.
John

[pennineway.fswo]

Results for the bench rest competition are now being received and there is a very wide spread of scores.
Match rimfire rifles are getting the highest scores which is no surprise but a number of air rifles are hitting cards of 99+ and 100+
No shooter has opted to use a recoiling air rifle which is not too surprising, although we have a few club shooters in our club who can achieve scores of 94/95 ex 100 with their HW 98's and 77's

I have made out a summary (in word) of rifles being used which should be of interest but it will not copy into this thread, so I will e-mail it to clubs with round 1 results

Match rimfire rifles feature in 16 teams
Sporting rimfire rifles feature in 12 teams
Recoiless air rifles feature in 17 teams

keep the scores coming in and good luck to all
John