Benchrest for Newbies

[Patrick R]

Wow, I drive by there everday and i've never really seen too much going on there. From the looks of it they have a lot of events and I will have to check it out. Are they open to the public? I've looked into joining but at the moment the high fee's just won't allow me to do it.

Lowelleville Rod & Gun is a private club.

The matches are open to the public.

July 8 is 22 LR ARA style bench Rest. 25 rounds + sighters. Starts12 noon.

July 14 is Score/modifide bench rest. 200 yard. 30 rounds + sighters. Starts 9am.

July 21 is Group bench rest. 100 & 200 yard. 20 rounds + sighters.Starts 9am.

We have 8 covered benches.

Come on out. Bring your gun. It is more fun to shoot then watch.

 

[SmittySquared]

Great Explanation! However, I do have a question. You said "No getting screwed by referees". Is that really true? This has been one of my concerns that whoever is measuring your group can easily make a mistake because of how the normal process of measuring is done. I can measure a group and then someone else can measure the same group and say it's bigger or larger. From what I understand, you don't actually measure the hole, you measure a little bit outside of it.

I'm sure I just opened up a can of worms and that this has been discussed at great length before.

I see a lot of people from Ohio here!

 

[SmittySquared]

I'm not sure I will be able to make it on the 8th but for sure the following weeks.

 

[HFV]

In a competition or even a club (unregistered group match) you will have one person doing all group measuring. This person has his/her way of looking @ the group he is measuring. He may measure a group, he says is .209. You may measure the same group .203" What I'm getting at , is if the same person is measuring for all shooters, the scores shooters receive are pretty close. Some scorers measure (what I call ON THE BIG SIDE) b but another scorer, at a different club, may have the tendancy to measure (on THE SMALL SIDE) There are mistakes made, but I've never had a reason to believe mistakes were intentional. In a registered match, you the shooter has the option to protest a score/group size. A shooter must put up $5.00, for a re-measure. If the scorer has made an error of (over .009") your score will be ajusted (made right). The new score will be entered and the average (agg) of the targets will be re-posted. Your protest fee will be returned. If the score is not in error of .009" or more, the shooter's protest fee is kept by the range. At non-registered matches or club matches, the above will probably not be the case. In a nutshell, "getting screwed by the referees" is somethin I have not seen in benchrest, since 1986 when I started (or before).

Great Explanation! However, I do have a question. You said "No getting screwed by referees". Is that really true? This has been one of my concerns that whoever is measuring your group can easily make a mistake because of how the normal process of measuring is done. I can measure a group and then someone else can measure the same group and say it's bigger or larger. From what I understand, you don't actually measure the hole, you measure a little bit outside of it.

I'm sure I just opened up a can of worms and that this has been discussed at great length before.

I see a lot of people from Ohio here!

 

[SmittySquared]

Thank you for explaining that to me

In a competition or even a club (unregistered group match) you will have one person doing all group measuring. This person has his/her way of looking @ the group he is measuring. He may measure a group, he says is .209. You may measure the same group .203" What I'm getting at , is if the same person is measuring for all shooters, the scores shooters receive are pretty close. Some scorers measure (what I call ON THE BIG SIDE) b but another scorer, at a different club, may have the tendancy to measure (on THE SMALL SIDE) There are mistakes made, but I've never had a reason to believe mistakes were intentional. In a registered match, you the shooter has the option to protest a score/group size. A shooter must put up $5.00, for a re-measure. If the scorer has made an error of (over .009") your score will be ajusted (made right). The new score will be entered and the average (agg) of the targets will be re-posted. Your protest fee will be returned. If the score is not in error of .009" or more, the shooter's protest fee is kept by the range. At non-registered matches or club matches, the above will probably not be the case. In a nutshell, "getting screwed by the referees" is somethin I have not seen in benchrest, since 1986 when I started (or before).