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It is with sadness that I report we have lost another Benchrest Competitor. Dr. Stephen W. Young passed away on April 12. Known as Steve to all his friends, he was a regular competitor at the Austin Rifle Club for many years. He was an excellent shooter and had earned the best score of the...

ARC - 100 yd Score Match 24 Shooters - 16 VFS, 3 Hunter, 5 Factory Typical spring day warmed up to the 80's with some gusty Southwest winds. Our resident 3 Hunter Rifles duked it out with Curt Gallaher taking first place with a 248-13X and a beautiful 50-5X last target. His brother...

ARC - 100 yd Match for Score 15 Shooters = 9 VFS - 2 Hunter rifles - 4 Factory Temps in the Low 50's, 12-20 mph North wind and bright sun was today's TOUGH conditions. The gusts of wind came with a back and forth , left/right switch. Only one 250 was turned in and only one 249 was...

ARC - 100 yd Score Match 19 Shooters - 12 VFS , 7 Factory Rifles Beautiful day to shoot with temps in the upper 60's, sunny and a south breeze 5-10mph. No Hunter rifles today but 7 factory guns competed. 1st place was Hal Bogatz shooting his 223 and got a 248-5X. In 2nd place is...

Recognition of 50-5X It was an error on my part not to mention the only 50-5X shot in our match today. Long time shooter Bob Maedgen shot it in Match#2. Since I score the targets, I see a lot of them. These were all covering the red and a few just absolute center. I know lots of 50-5X's get...

ARC - 100 yd Match for Score 17 Shooters - 13 VFS , 4 Factory Christmas 2021 Match Another North wind in your face match, this time in the 15-20 mph range after the front moved through yesterday. Temp was barely in the 50's at the start with bright sunshine. Match was almost...

Reading Conditions This is a great thread. Lots of good information that people can use. I think someone hit it right when mentioning the SKILL needed to compete to win. All else equal, you gotta know how to handle the rifle, setup properly and adapt to the conditions. That brings me to what...

ARC - 100 yd Match for Score 21 Shooters - 17 VFS 4 Factory Rifles Lots of rain yesterday presented a mud pit at the range today. The front decided to move in just about starting time this morning and we had that stiff north wind in yo face plus a little switching from side to side. Tough...

ARC 100yd Score Match - Halloween Match 22 shooters - 17 VFS, 2 Hunters, 3 Factory Beautiful sunny day, low 80's with a slight SE @ 2-5mph. More new shooters and we welcome William Theobald and Harry Schilling shooting in their first competition. All 3 of our 'Factory' guns had some slight...

ARC -100 yd Score Match 20 Shooters - 5 Factory Guns - 15 VFS Rifles Sunny with pleasant conditions in the high 70's and our prevailing breeze out of the S @ 5-8mph. Added 2 more Factory rifle shooters, welcome Paul Shanklin and John Price. Paul places 3rd in his first match at 232-3X and...

ARC - 100yd Match for Score 19 Shooters - 3 FactoryRifles 16 VFS Rifles Fairly nice conditions today yet not just a 'trigger pull'. Had a good Factory rifle class with some 'first time at a match' shooters. Norman Luther walks away with first place with...

ARC 100 yd Benchrest Match for Score 24 Shooters - 3 Hunter Rifle , 21 VFS Rifles Yep, 24 shooters showed up today to compete - biggest crowd since May 2017 when I began as Match Director. Thanks and welcome to the new shooters joining us. After last month's 2 relay nightmare with 20...

June 27, 2021 Watermelon Match Austin Rifle Club - 100yd Benchrest Match for Score 20 Shooters - 16 VFS , 4 Hunter Rifles Big crowd today with new shooters, good shooting conditions and a range record tied. Cloudy most of the match and lots of humidity in the mid-90's. Sweltering really...

ARC 100 yd Match for Score 16 Shooters - 13 VFS - 3 Hunter Rifles Nice conditions except for the Humidity and mud from Friday night's thunderstorm. Started out in the high 70's, with our prevailing SE 8-12 mph. Hunter guns had another shootout between the Gallaher brothers with Curt...

ARC's monthly 100 yd Benchrest for Score Match will begin summer start times at our next match, May 30. Start time will be 10 am for May, June, July, August and Sept. Gate will be open by 8am. We invite all to come and shoot in our competition. Don't have to be a member to shoot...

ARC - 100 yd VFS Match 12 Shooters - 3 Hunter , 9 VFS Beautiful weather, sunny, low 70's to start and warming later on to mid 80's. Modest breeze throughout the match. Our 3 Hunter guns ALL shot some 50's and each collected some Best Target Money. Winning 1st place was John Gallaher...

ARC - 100 yd Benchrest for Score 12 Shooters 9 VFS , 3 Hunter Rifles Strong North wind - NO 250's shot in this wind. A front pushed through earlier before the match but the North wind stayed with us at around 15-20 mph. Some letups in the velocity got everyone at least once. There...

ARC 100yd Benchrest Score Match 15 Shooters 2 Hunter Rifle , 13 VFS Pleasant day to shoot, dodged the rain, 73* with overcast skies. Southerly breeze 5-12 mph. Mike Wall wins the Hunter rifle class with a 250-13X. Tommy M placed last, Oh, I mean 2nd place at 247-7X. VFS class was a...

Similar to my Redhawk Project Did a very similar project on a Ruger Redhawk in mid 80's. We were looking for accurate hunting handguns with reduced recoil. On a match grade blank, we counterbored an integral muzzle brake chamber and welded plug into end to seal it up. Directional slots cut on...

ARC - 100 yd Benchrest Score Match 15 Shooters 3 Hunter Rifle , 12 VFS A steady 12-15 northerly wind was with us all day with stronger gusts pushing through about twice each match. Temps did get to the 60's but the wind kept it on the chilly side. The only 250 shot today was...