20yd/25yd benchrest

[Powderfinger]

The lads were having a bash at our new targets, last night. Blimey it's difficult to take out that bull cleanly. When we have stickers do we post shot cards to you or self-score and send you the results? Many thanks for all your hard work.

[pennineway.fswo]

The lads were having a bash at our new targets, last night. Blimey it's difficult to take out that bull cleanly. When we have stickers do we post shot cards to you or self-score and send you the results? Many thanks for all your hard work.

Hi Charlie
The targets are scored by a club official usually the club Captain/Secretary/Comp. Secretary who fills in the score cards that I will e-mail to you and return them to me after each round
I will send out shooting dates with the stickers and scoring instruction
Because this is the first season, I will call in targets for 1 or more rounds from each club to ensure we are all scoring correctly
John

[pennineway.fswo]

I have e-mailed today all clubs taking part in the competition and included a fixture list showing last dates for shooting each round,a sketch and instructions regarding scoring the targets and a spare set of rules etc
Stickers are packaged up to send but I need to have some envelopes checked for weight/postage before sending so the stickers will be with you hopefully Thursday/Friday
John

[Dan Walters]

There is a good buzz at the Malvern club regarding the comp, some new equipment coming in too as a lot of us air shooters only had open sights so a few new scopes starting to show. Also the discussion of rests is interesting with a lot of us opting to build front rests with adjustments.

Its nice to have something new to get our teeth in to but also nice to see a lot of creativeness regarding equipment rather than just going out and spending a lot of dosh Maybe we could post some photos of our contraptions on here

We also have a good mix of rimfire and air shooters in the comp so again plenty of discussion about advantages and disadvantages of that.

Thanks John for putting this together and lets hope it is the start of a comp that will long continue.

Dan

[pennineway.fswo]

There is a good buzz at the Malvern club regarding the comp, some new equipment coming in too as a lot of us air shooters only had open sights so a few new scopes starting to show. Also the discussion of rests is interesting with a lot of us opting to build front rests with adjustments.

Its nice to have something new to get our teeth in to but also nice to see a lot of creativeness regarding equipment rather than just going out and spending a lot of dosh Maybe we could post some photos of our contraptions on here

We also have a good mix of rimfire and air shooters in the comp so again plenty of discussion about advantages and disadvantages of that.

Thanks John for putting this together and lets hope it is the start of a comp that will long continue.

Dan

Hi Dan
Quite a few of our members have made their own front rests and found the following:

1 It can be a fixed height and height adjustments can be achieved by sliding the rear rest forwards or backwards

2 It should be topped preferably with a small bag of sand. If a spongy foam or rubber are used on top of the front rest groups seem to open up.
ATB
John

[Dan Walters]

Ah thanks for the second tip John. I was trying my prototype front rest last night and did notice some very odd shots occasionally. Now I have still got a bit of work to do with pellets, as you well know, but I shall now get rid of the sponge (the back of a mouse mat) and replace with a small sand bag.

One of the guys shot a 100.1 on the benchrest targets last night using a bipod and sand bag (rimfire) he was still a little disgruntled not having more 10 extras...some people eh

Dan

[Powderfinger]

I have the stickers for my local team. The lads will start shooting this week.