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Congratulations to Doug Bell for his 3 gun win at Gateway. Also Tim Longcore for his Unlimited aggregate win. Good shooting guys! John Austen

Ken, You are right about factoring in a box per target on very windy days. At my home range shooting USBR targets, my routine is 5 shots for warm up on the practice bulls, then I normally will shoot for score. I'll seldom shoot more than 35 rounds per target, as I did last Sunday at Manatee...

Bob, I most surely will comply with the rule. John

I was reading the rules for IR5050 Sporter class and it said they are required to have a working safety. Is this rules still vaiid and enforced? It would seem if everyone is required to keep their bolt out of the rifle until the match director instructs you to insert it (with rifle pointed...

Hello Doug, you and all who assisted, hosted a nice shoot. Yes, I was somewhat suprised by the winds on the range, which were maybe 15 -20 mph, when a prior weather check for Myakka City predicted an average of 8 mph. This was my first rimfire match anyway from my home range in Hollywood, FL...

Planning to be there before 8:00 AM, if the drive from Miami goes smoothly. Looking forward to meeting everyone. John

I've been giving thought to building a truly competitive 7 1/2 pound rifle for Sporter class IR 50/50. I've never even seen one of these up close and personal. I now have a 1416 Annie sporter that I mounted a new Leupold 6X scope on, but it's not capable of putting up anything close to the 250's...

Dick, yes I do use a slightly modified version. When changing the tuner I like to dump my first shot into a sighter bull. Thanks, John

Went to the range early today, but the winds picked up early too. I'm still attempting to find the right tuner setting for the Eley Match ammo I have on hand. Burned a couple of boxes of the 1011 (two and six machine) ammo trying to obtain a solid setting ... but conditions were not favorable...

jlhigdon, would you mind sharing the machine number? I purchased some bricks of the last 6 machine lot from Dan. Haven't had a chance to shoot any yet. Possibly Friday. Hello Doug, I do not own a competitive sporter at this time, but I'm looking forward to shooting with your group at Manatee...

woodburner, I seriously doubt that anyone who is highly experienced at lead lapping a rimfire barrel, will explain to us exactly how the work is performed. However, I have lapped a couple of cut rifled muzzleloading barrels in my younger days. Basically, I used the core of a brass bore...

Dennis, thanks for the valuable & informative experiences you shared with everyone in this thread. Few would reply with as much detail and honesty. Don Stith happens to be my go to guy when I need a stock. Another quality individual in our sport. I'm sure there are many more. John

That's good news! May I ask what action and trigger group you are using? John

Just might consider the Benchmark sporter profile, as most of the difficult work is performed by the factory. Do you recall groove count, twist rate and finished weight of the barrel you installed? How would you rate the accuracy of your Benchmark sporter barrel? Thanks, ... John

Dennis, I would not begin with a blank. Noticed a Shilen Ratchet Calfee Sporter contoured barrel on KSS website and was under the impression that the 2" long knob at the end was solid SS, except for the bore. Thought that all the counter boring would have to be performed by a smith. Now it...

106 views and not a single recommendation? Richard Gorham is one of the best and his charges are reasonable. He recently installed a Shilen Ratchet barrel on a friends action and it is a killer. John

Dennis, thanks for sharing the counter boring procedures you used. I am considering a Sporter build in the future. Being somewhat of a novice on my lathe, however I'm catching on quickly. Have threaded and fitted couple of new barrels on my rifles and bored a couple of tuners as well. My...

Dave: My testing so far has been very prelimary. My gut feeling is that I will find a tuner setting somewhere between 300 and 350 that will be best all around. However, one of our clubs top shooters (Bob M) who tuned his Anschutz 1913 from the start with Lapua Midas +, made a remark that his...

Finished up a new rifle build this week. Shilen Ratchet .900" diameter barrel 25 1/8" long. Action is an X-III , Jewel trigger. Stock is a Stith 250 with aluminum pillars Devcon bedding. Hoehn/Harrel tuner and a nice NightForce 12x42x56 scope. Chamber was hand cut with a PTG Lilja reamer and...

Awesome shooting sir. If you don't mind my asking, were you using a rifle with the "new Turbo action" from your joint venture with DiOrio Mfg? TIA, ... John