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Competitions
The big one for this month is the World Benchrest Championships in France which were held at the end of August but unfortunately the magazine was ‘put to bed’ before I got back so a full report will have to wait until next month. However, we did have a 100/1000 yard weekend at Diggle at the end of July. It was a last opportunity for the GB teams to shake down their equipment for the ‘Worlds’ and for once, the Diggle weather was on our side. That reflected in the scores, with Ian Dixon shooting a ‘screamer’ (a group measuring less than one- tenth of an inch) the first for several years. With only two Factory Sporter shooters, Darrel Evans didn’t have much competition but his score was very creditable, beating a few HV shooters in the process.
Results - Heavy Varmint: 1st
Martin Miles
2nd Ian Dixon 3rd
Small group:
Factory Sporter: 1st
Darrel Evans
2nd Jack Mills Small group:
Bruce Lenton 6PPC Stolle
6PPC Walker BAT 6PPC Stolle Ian Dixon
6.5x47
Accur.Int. 223 Browning Darrel Evans
0.2302 inches 0.2374 0.2514
0.0925 inches
0.381 inches 0.715
0.308 inches
For our 1000 yard shoot the following day, winds were again light and we had some great groups – four-inch groups from Steve Dunn and Russ Howard (shooting his 308 F/TR rifle!) but Jack Gibb took the small-group ward with his remarkable 3.201 incher in the final Match. But that wasn’t the end of the story – Alan Seagrave, a Factory Sporter regular, turned in a remarkable series of groups with his absolutely standard 6.5x55 Tikka, which was not only good enough for a Factory Sporter win but also second place in Light Gun Class!
Darrel Evans and his 6.5x47 Accuracy International turned in some remarkable groups
Results – Light Gun: 1st
Mal Roberts
2nd Alan Seagrave 3rd
Jack Gibb Small group:
Factory Sporter: 1st
Small group: Alan Seagrave
2nd Sean Broxham 3rd
Phil Gibbon
6.5-284 BAT 6.5x55 Tikka 6.5-284 Stolle Jack Gibb
6.5x55 Tikka
6.5-284 Savage 6.5-284 Savage Phil Gibbon
8.51 inches 8.966 9.516
3.201 inches
8.966 inches 13.128 14.467
6.49 inches
Foreground – Alan Seagrave on his way to another Factory Sporter win
Forthcoming events Our next Diggle weekend for 100/1000 yard benchrest will be 10/11th September. If you would like to try benchrest, there aren’t many shoots left this season - just turn up on the day around 9.15am with about 50 rounds of ammo. and we’ll show you the rest.
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