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Competitions
Although the 100/1000 yard benchrest season is over until next April, our first round of the 600 yard BR winter series started in November.
Yes, it’s a lot colder for outdoor shooting – even under cover but, we change the format slightly so that no one is outside for longer than they need to be. The 600 yard covered firing-point is close to Diggle’s central- heated Range House so, shoot your groups and go for a cuppa!
The rules for 600 yard benchrest are identical to 1000 yard BR and many use the same rifle, though the smaller cartridges like the 6BR and 6.5x47 really come into their own at 600 yards.
A good crowd braved the elements and there were some impressive groups for our opening shoot – particularly Toni Young’s 2.66 incher with her out-of-the-box 308 Remington, which not only took the Factory Sporter small group award but helped Toni secure second place in Light Gun Class.
Results: Light Gun 1st
2nd 3rd
Small group:
Factory Sporter 1st
2nd 3rd
Small group: UKBRA AGM
Toni Young Phil Gibon
Darrel Evans
Steve Dunn Tony Young Steve Barrett
3.463 in. (av. of four, 5-shot groups) 3.860 4.063
Steve Dunn
3.860 inches 4.075 4.386
Toni Young 2.663 inches
As usual, the AGM in October was a quiet affair with all current Officials re-elected and very little controversy. However, we did make one rule change.
At 100 yards, we currently run two classes – Heavy Varmint and Factory Sporter. Heavy Varmint rifles are the true custom benchrest rifles, chambered for the 6PPC cartridge and capable of great accuracy. No other rifle will match the accuracy of a 6PPC benchgun.
The Factory Sporter Class, by contrast is for non-custom, un-modified, out-of-the-box rifles. A decade ago, the Factory Class had a healthy following but of recently, it has dwindled to a handful of shooters.
We have noticed, via the internet forums, that there appear to be a large number of rifles out there which, whilst not full-house 6PPC bench guns, are much more accurate than the average factory rifle. The trend now is for shooters to ‘up-grade’ their factory rifles in the never ending search for accuracy.
Next season therefore, we will abandon the absolutely standard Factory Class and replace it with an ‘Any Rifle’ Class. In other words, ‘any rifle’ that is not a 6PPC Heavy Varmint bench gun.
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