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N1YDP
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is a maurader a good rifle to start shooting benchrest? and where do you go to shoot in maine
Pete Wass
Well-known member
Holebrook, Mass
We tried some Benchrest matches @ Augusta two summers ago and only two of us showed up. Since then there has been one other lad show up for an informal match. I would dearly love to see a few more people get committed and show up for some matches. I think there may be a "Production Class" that a Marauder would be competative in but am not sure about that.
I think one must do a lot of work on a Maruder to get it in competative form, although I have a CZ 200 that is somewhat competative now after the Purdy RX.
We tried some Benchrest matches @ Augusta two summers ago and only two of us showed up. Since then there has been one other lad show up for an informal match. I would dearly love to see a few more people get committed and show up for some matches. I think there may be a "Production Class" that a Marauder would be competative in but am not sure about that.
I think one must do a lot of work on a Maruder to get it in competative form, although I have a CZ 200 that is somewhat competative now after the Purdy RX.
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mark6869
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Marauder
I think stock the .177 is probably the best choice.I have a .22 which wasn`t competitive till I installed a better barrel(.630"lw) and later Dan B put in one
Of his regs.Shoots pretty well but it and I are still a work in progress.You could start stock shooting production class,but to shoot other classes plan on
putting some work and $ into it.Hope this helps,Mark
I think stock the .177 is probably the best choice.I have a .22 which wasn`t competitive till I installed a better barrel(.630"lw) and later Dan B put in one
Of his regs.Shoots pretty well but it and I are still a work in progress.You could start stock shooting production class,but to shoot other classes plan on
putting some work and $ into it.Hope this helps,Mark
Here is my thread, Adventures in Production, that will give you some insights into the Marauder.
http://benchrest.com/showthread.php?81745-Adventures-in-Production-Class
Steve W.
http://benchrest.com/showthread.php?81745-Adventures-in-Production-Class
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Dave Shattuck
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N1YPD,
Just keep in mind that once you do anything, and I mean anything, to alter a factory gun, you no longer qualify for the Production Class.
The Marauder is a great gun and can carry you a long way into these competitions. I even know of one which had been highly modified that not only won the National FT Championships back in 2011, but also continually kicked our butts as well as setting a very impressive 3-Gun Agg. Outdoor record score for the HV Class in 2012. But, as I said, that gun was so highly modified that the internals had nothing in common with the Marauder had started out as.
Pete,
When this was all getting started it was very common for us at Pinnacle to only have 2, or at most 3 come to the matches. Paul has always been the exception as he's situated in the middle of a very active airgun area. I think his first Indoor match he had 13 or 14 show up, and then at his first Outdoor match there were something like 7 where, as I said, I'd by happy with 3, even when running the matches right after a rimfire BR match finished hoping that I might get some hold-over interest.
It tough to shoot Outdoors when my choices are to either drive the 177 miles up to Augusta, or 140 miles to Salem. Hence the reason I keep running the occasional shoots at Pinnacle even though physically it's a next to impossible thing for me to do. By the way, I'm figuring on trying to schedule 5 matches during 2014, that is if the Club doesn't give me any static about tying up the range.
Keep up the good work.
Dave
Just keep in mind that once you do anything, and I mean anything, to alter a factory gun, you no longer qualify for the Production Class.
The Marauder is a great gun and can carry you a long way into these competitions. I even know of one which had been highly modified that not only won the National FT Championships back in 2011, but also continually kicked our butts as well as setting a very impressive 3-Gun Agg. Outdoor record score for the HV Class in 2012. But, as I said, that gun was so highly modified that the internals had nothing in common with the Marauder had started out as.
Pete,
When this was all getting started it was very common for us at Pinnacle to only have 2, or at most 3 come to the matches. Paul has always been the exception as he's situated in the middle of a very active airgun area. I think his first Indoor match he had 13 or 14 show up, and then at his first Outdoor match there were something like 7 where, as I said, I'd by happy with 3, even when running the matches right after a rimfire BR match finished hoping that I might get some hold-over interest.
It tough to shoot Outdoors when my choices are to either drive the 177 miles up to Augusta, or 140 miles to Salem. Hence the reason I keep running the occasional shoots at Pinnacle even though physically it's a next to impossible thing for me to do. By the way, I'm figuring on trying to schedule 5 matches during 2014, that is if the Club doesn't give me any static about tying up the range.
Keep up the good work.
Dave