Airgun Benchrest

[derekm]

Don't forget the lowly AA S400 (don't laugh). The ONLY person to date to score a 230 and received a Chinese Dentist Award for this achievement in our Inter Club (Rochdale v Rivi R.) and Internal 50M Bench Rest (type) competitions ( rules: 12" max-width front bipod and NO rearrest) was using a S400 beating several Daystates, Styers, LG400s etc. and that's after months of competitions.
Yes, I know it's down to the shooter but he's not repeated this feat using his 'lecy' Daystate.

7 or 8 years back an old boy in Scarborough Rifle club used an AA400 in a home made stock for benchrest and regularly scored 100 +4 or +5. He may have even had a PB higher than that. We used to joke that he had no pulse! He wasn't in brilliant health and has now passed on I believe.

[derekm]

7 or 8 years back an old boy in Scarborough Rifle club used an AA400 in a home made stock for benchrest and regularly scored 100 +4 or +5. He may have even had a PB higher than that. We used to joke that he had no pulse! He wasn't in brilliant health and has now passed on I believe.

Was down at the club last night and discussing the guy above, with our competitions organiser. The gun in question was an AA 410, not 400, on the homemade stock and he apparently regularly scored 100 + 10 and this was on the older targets, which I'm told are more difficult. He won a Yorkshire league with many cards at 100 + 10.

The answer to the OP then, years late (!), is "no, you don't need an all singing all dancing, electronic, this year's model with expensive optional stock etc." to be very successful at air rifle benchrest.

[Mark Palmer]

The top 10 regular scorers in my local BR25 , 8 use HFT500s, 1 an XTI50 and one a very tweaked HW100. These are off bipods and a rear bag on the whole, standard stocks, a couple use adjustable front rests of various designs and rear lab Jacks. I use diopters only, and use an Annie 9015, as do 3 others in the 15yd open sight competition.
Bang for buck, a HFT500 with the right pellets will take a lot of beating in my opinion

[joffy]

The old gun club I was a member of (bedford) used to run competitions through the year .....bench rest was open for airguns and rimfires on the 25m indoor range