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Naked, the new MPR weighs: 7.72 lbs. I am sure I can mount a scope and rings within a total weight under 10.5 Lbs. I assume light sporter has a 6X rule. Is there a scope restriction for the 10.5 lb. class?

Thanks for the information. The "new and improved" MPR is called an Anschutz 1761 MPR. I just bought one from Freeland. Mine is still at the local gun shop, waiting for the Washington State Patrol to release it to me. It has been there since a week ago Monday. The gun shop guys say 3-10...

How do I get a schedule of matches?. I have a sporter (CZ 452 with Don Stith Sporter stock) and a 10.5. (Anschutz MPR). I no longer have a 13.5 class rifle. I guess I could shoot the MPR as a heavy.

I do not know where to post this but Al Lind's wife has asked me to let everyone in the shooting community know that Al has dementia and can no longer work on rifles. Someone sent me to Al for a finishing of a custom stock for my Ruger No. 1 V. It did not go well. That is all I am willing to say...

I do not know where to post this but Al Lind's wife has asked me to let everyone in the shooting community know that Al has dementia and can no longer work on rifles.

Well then, I will continue practicing with the RBA targets in my gun cabinet, until I run out of them.

17 years ago, I attended an RBA (Rimfire Benchrest Association) competition in Olympia Washington. My friend and shooting mentor Kimberly was shooting that day, so I went along to see what it was all about. The result was I became very interested in the cool targets and the scoring system. It...

Old Guy Humor:

It has been years since I sold anything here. Now when I connected to Benchrest Classifieds, I was asked to login again, though I was already logged into Benchrest Central. Then when I tried to log in to Classifieds, my e-mail address was rejected. This is my only e-mail address, so I...

I could be remembering it wrong. I know I got that base from Russ. As I wrote, the top is a Shadetree top.

The gunstock was made by the late Don Stith. I did the final sanding and finishing. The base you see on the front rest was made by Russ Haydon who is both the former (now retire) owner of Russ Haydon Shooter Supply and a friend of mine.

I had one. It was a fine rest. While it is true that I eventually moved up to a SEB Neo, I am actually sorry I did that, mainly because the SEB is heavy enough for me (at age 76) to be able to injure myself just carrying it too and from the bench. That was never an issue with the Shadetree...

I expected it to be the CZ 527 in .223 that I recently sold. I was surprised to find my Ruger M77 Hawkeye in 204 Ruger is far more accurate than was the CZ. Out to 300 yards, the Hawkeye has proven to be 1 MOA right out of the box, shooting Fiocchi Extrema 32 gr V-Max. If the rain ever lets...

Thanks for the information. By luck, a guy on Rimfire Central is selling me an unused adapter he bought but never mounted to a rifle. The pictures and instructions suggest it is exactly what I want. He is practically giving it to me ($25) so it is worth a try.

Years ago, I had a flat bottomed adapter that attached to the bipod stud on the forearm of my Remington model 37. This made the forearm sit on my front rest with great stability. It has been long enough and I have gotten old enough that I have forgotten where I got that item. I do not even...

My most consistently accurate .222 Remington load in my BAT rifle has been 22.2 grains of H-322, not what you would call a hot load. I was back out to the range with 50 rounds of that load on Wednesday, testing seating depths. I started with the bullets up against the lands. I got a bit of a...

I am not sure what you mean by a "regular press". I have a fine, Russ Haydon designed and built, arbor press that works with my Wilson dies. I also have a big heavy clunky RCBS Rock chucker that I would not want to take to the range. I use the RCBS only for body sizing. I keep my brass in...

If using the die you recommend, I assume the brass must be lubed, adding a lubing, cleaning, and drying sequence to brass prep. as used to be normal when I loaded with a Rock Chucker. With neck sizing, I can skip those steps two out of three times that I load. What I do now is shoot 100 pieces...

I already have a fine set of dies. The problem was caused by my ignorance, not an equipment failure. At the monthly varmint dinner that I occasionally attend, one of the regulars, upon hearing my story said, "some of your brass was coming out of the seater die with some difficulty wasn't...

All Better Now. The new extractor kit completely cured the failure to extract problem. I even know when and how I damaged it. A few months ago, I forced a cartridge that needed full length sizing into the chamber. It would not go in all the way and did not easily come back out. The bolt...