F-Class, Long Range BR, What is the difference.

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Terry Balding

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What is the Difference between a F-Class gun and a Long Range BR gun?

Could I shoot my .284 Shehane or 6 Dasher in F class and be competative?

Both are IBS Light Guns.

Terry
 
Terry, Not a lot of difference really, then again they are complettly different. Hope that is clear. F-Class and Long Range Benchrest do have a lot in common as far as equipment is concerned, one difference being the front Rest in Open Class. Both your .284 Shehane and the Dasher would do well at either common distances 600 yd mid range or 1,000 yard long Range. Since you asked about the rifles I will stop there and not go into how different they are from each other as it pretains to the shooting........

Roland
 
The rifles are very similar to identical. I know of at least one Bench shooter who comes over to our F-Class matches from time to time; he uses his Bench rifles with no difficulty, and has one at least one match. The .284 Shehane and Dasher will hold their own with no questions, at least on the lines that I have competed on. The course of fire is the main difference.

Jeffvn
 
I don't know if 1,000 yds BR is like short range BR, but for our F-Class matches at MCB, Quantico, VA (Open (mechanical rest) and F/TR (bipod)), we sure don't have wind flags all along the route of bullet travel. I can tell you that without flags, neither BR nor F-Class shooters will set records at MCB, Quantico, VA after about 10:00am. The wind always comes up and often the flags at target #1 and target #50 are blowing at each other. You actually need mirage to help with the wind at distances between target and shooter. Wind shoots through the road cutting across the 600 yd line and you have to watch the mirage on the asphalt and tops of the trees at that distance. If you can put rounds down ranage between 0800 and 1000, you've got a chance.

I'm not even sure life would be any better if we did have wind meters every 100 yards or so. They would be so contradictory they may be hard to interpret.

Also, again I'm not sure about 1,000 yd BR, but NO MUZZLE BREAKS in F-Class.
 
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Really, the biggest difference is in F-Class you have to lay down on your belly and get a crick in your neck by the end of the relay. Then you have to get someone to help you get back up on your feet. :)
 
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Dick,
If you have had 3 neck fusions like me you would need a periscope to shoot FClass. Also I would need to dig out a little ditch for my belly.
 
Dick D said:
Really, the biggest difference is in F-Class you have to lay down on your belly and get a crick in your neck by the end of the relay. Then you have to get someone to help you get back up on your feet. :)
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Best definition so far! I've seen it happen. You also get to shoot and get wet in the rain. No covered benches.
Also known as "Belly Benchrest".

A typical IBS light gun from pics I've seen are essentially what looks like an Open F-Class rifle these days. A slight mod to the front rest feet for ground use and away you go.
 
Butch,
Well, I've only had one neck fusion, C3 and C4 are solid, but my prone days and big bore days are long gone. Small bore metallic silhouette is still fun, you get to stand up and .22 LR's don't kick to much. But I can still set at a bench, and I'm going to rebarrel my big .30 cal rifle to a medium 6.5.
 
there are weight restictions in "F" class open..... 21# and for "FTR" 17#
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Wrong...

10kg (~22lb) F/Open

8.25kg (~18lb 2oz) F/TR

You also get to shoot and get wet in the rain.
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Yes, and bake in the sun. It *IS* an outdoor sport...

Depending on the format (i.e. Fullbore) you have to wait on the other guy to shoot before you can shoot again, so no 'running' the conditions - you have to actually try to read the wind.
 
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