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hailey
Guest
what is the most important piece of advice you would tell a new shooter starting out in benchrest shooting..
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JohnVm
Guest
Keep it simple so you can learn more.
Boyd Allen
Active member
Find a mentor that has competition experience in the exact sport that you will be competing in. Pick a gunsmith that competes and has a great reputation, both for the quality of his work, and how he deals with customers, and until you have been at it for a while, don't try to reinvent the wheel, copy what the better shooters are doing.
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RayfromTX
Guest
Read this site and Mike Ratigan's book. Go to a benchrest competition and find a winning and open and friendly competitor there willing to answer your questions. Take the most accurate gun you have in your current collection and go shoot a club match even though you will probably come in last. Buy quality gear the first time so you don't end up with a collection of stuff you don't use later. Shoot for quarters against a good shooter at the club matches. It may be the best money you spend in this game. It will for sure be a drop in the bucket. Don't experiment until you win a club match or three.
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j mckinnie
Guest
All of the above
put a flag in your yard & watch it when you feel like it.When you shoot you will see what the little flutter is worth?It will show you how quickly things change then think there are 5 to watch.Get good flags first & don't even fire form without them.The flag is the most important gizmo to get,often the last thing acquired.The best shiny new stuff is useless if you have no idea what your bullet is traveling through.
I often think a good rail would be the best learning platform because its self aiming/sorta and frees the shooter up to put more into seeing/learning what the flags are telling him.But hinders the number of competitions one has to compete in.
for what its worth Jim
put a flag in your yard & watch it when you feel like it.When you shoot you will see what the little flutter is worth?It will show you how quickly things change then think there are 5 to watch.Get good flags first & don't even fire form without them.The flag is the most important gizmo to get,often the last thing acquired.The best shiny new stuff is useless if you have no idea what your bullet is traveling through.
I often think a good rail would be the best learning platform because its self aiming/sorta and frees the shooter up to put more into seeing/learning what the flags are telling him.But hinders the number of competitions one has to compete in.
for what its worth Jim
H."Snuffy"Smith
New member
Go to a match.....
two or three days before the match starts WITHOUT a RIFLE. You will learn more and the shooters will available to answer your questions. This might be difficult at a club match, but when you have a NBRSA/IBS sponsored match, there should be several very good shooters there. Then stand and watch, NOT the targets, watch the shooters techniques....free recoil, etc. THEN look at the crying wall and see what works.
Good luck, "Snuffy"
two or three days before the match starts WITHOUT a RIFLE. You will learn more and the shooters will available to answer your questions. This might be difficult at a club match, but when you have a NBRSA/IBS sponsored match, there should be several very good shooters there. Then stand and watch, NOT the targets, watch the shooters techniques....free recoil, etc. THEN look at the crying wall and see what works.
Good luck, "Snuffy"
Dick Wright
New member
Most important...
Get a good mentor and LISTEN to what he says.
Get good windflags, watch them and LEARN.
Dick
Get a good mentor and LISTEN to what he says.
Get good windflags, watch them and LEARN.
Dick