River Bend Georgia Club Match

ScottD

ScottD

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Saturday Aug 9th 9:00 AM (Be there by 8)

We are having our monthly club match Saturday Aug 9th. 100/200 yard score match.

Info about River Bend is here :

http://www.rbgc.org/

If you are "new" and need any info, email me (click on my name at the top).

We do have a factory class and modified class. Spectators are also welcome, but if you are going to drive here to watch - bring $20 and a rifle and go ahead and shoot instead. We don't bite.

Bring lunch and a handful of quarters.

Scott
 
Scott, we got to get a dublin/riverbend rotating club match championship going, frank & myself want to come shot with ya'll but we can't be at two places at the same time, lets work something out so riverbend,pintucky,elberton,summerville sc & dublin can all get better turnouts. elberton has a really good bunch of factory shooters like we do in dublin

the wind is my friend,,,,,,,,,

DD
 
Missing the Riverbend matches is the absolutely worst thing about moving down to Florida.

There is, however, compensation.

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pinetucky

When does Pinetucky have matches? I never see them listed on their web site calendar. When are the regular benchrest matches in Dublin--on their web site it says 3rd Saturday in one place, but 2nd Saturday in another place.

I've got family in Dublin and Augusta, so it's a good excuse to see them...
 
Riverbend

David, thats sounds good - we are pretty much locked into the second Saturday of each month. Riverbend has a lot of different match venues (shotgun, pistol, highpower, cowboy, blackpowder, small bore etc) and getting the scheduled changed is near impossible.

I have been to Dublin some in the past as well as Elberton, and like both ranges. I don't shoot factory class, but we have a few that do (usually 2-or 3). Maybe you guys should organize a "Georgia State Factory Rifle Championship"....I might drag out the old Savage for that one.

I hope you guys can make it up for a match - we shoot every month except Jan/Feb.

Tom - put your butt in the car - leave now and you can be here by the time the match starts. I might even let you win.;)

Scott
 
scott we have 9-16 factory shooters ever month in dublin, aways second saturday too, elberton has 5-10 factory shooters, donnie nash, wayne lewis and myself have started shooting 2 guns @ pinetucky one in IBS VFS and one in factory,, elberton is having the ga state match the last weekend of this month,, we need to check with miles to see if they are going to shoot club factory match then too, I know in may @ the IBS match they also shot factory, I shot both then too,,,,,,

the wind is my friend,,,,,,,,,,,,,

DD
 
Question

Scott

I was the newbie 'spectator' you spoke with after the match @ RB today. We discussed scopes & I have been looking at the Weaver T-36 that several of the competitors were using. Just curious if the fine crosshair or the 1/8" dot is considered the best for benchrest?

All others please feel free to comment. I'm totally green when it comes to formal target shooting. I was about to buy a 12 or 24 power and am now glad I waited.

Also, any comments about what to start out with in the way of rests would be appreciated. My 'training' rifle will be a Savage 12BVSS but I would like a rest that would lend itself to a full blown target rifle should I 'get the bug' for benchrest. The Savage does have a fairly wide target style fore-end but it is not as wide as some of the custom stocks I saw today. I would also like to start modestly (if there is such a thing anymore) so recommendations on decent rests that won't hurt my feelings too bad should I find BR is not for me would be appreciated.

Thanks all.
 
I'm one of the folks you spoke to at the match about scopes. As far as the type of reticle goes, I suspect that most if not practically all people using the Weaver (myself included) have the fine crosshair with the dot. In fact, I would bet that the vast majority of scopes used in benchrest have a dot, because it makes it easier to aim precisely. I highly recommend you get the dot.

As far as rests go, there are two ways to do it -- buy an inexpensive one now and then buy a more expensive one when you realize the inexpensive one doesn't work as well as you would like, or buy the expensive one now. I have used, and can recommend, two rests -- the Sinclair "lightweight" rest and the Sinclair standard rest, the latter being heavier and more expensive. These are traditional "pedestal" rests, not coaxial rests that operate with a joystick. Coaxials are even more expensive. One good thing about getting a pedestal rest to start with is that if you ever decide you want to move to a coaxial, you can buy a coaxial top for it, such as the ones sold by Farley and Shadetree. I use the Sinclair pedestal with a Shadetree top. There are many other good pedestal rests on the market, but these are the ones I have and can recommend. I think you're better off with a heavier rest than a lighter one and that the extra money is worth it, but that's your choice to make. Whatever rest you get, get a windage adjustable top for it. It will make it much easier to aim precisely.

Also, you may want to look at the classifieds here at BR Central ("Equipment" and then "Rests") as people occasionally put them up for sale.

Rear bag -- Protektor and Edgewood make good ones, Edgewood being more expensive. There's nothing wrong with Protektors -- plenty of people use them and they work fine.

You will probably have lots more questions. Please don't hesitate to ask them! We always welcome new shooters and the folks at River Bend are as good as it gets. I hope you'll join us.

Dave Rabin
 
Like Dave says

Dave is right - start with good basic equipment. A weaver T36 with fine crosshair is good.

As far as a front rest, Caldwell is a cheap way to start - of course if you buy a sinclair with a windage top- you can use it for all your shooting for the rest of your life. It is a great rest. If you get into Benchrest seriously - you will probably buy something else later - if your like the rest of us, you will buy lots of "something else"s later. get a good rear bag - Protector is fine - any one with the thick base is good.

I think you said you had bought a savage .223 target rifle. Its a great start. Buy a good set of dies - maybe redding competition dies. I assume you know how to reload.....if you don't, it is time to learn, we can help you. Buy a good cleaning rod - a Dewey. and please, please buy a good boreguide. PLease, please clean the rifle when you get it... BEFORE you shoot it.

Be ready to shoot in the next match - don't wait till you have everything perfected - shoot in a match ASAP - it will save you tons of time and money.

Before you buy anything - ask someone - we have all bought LOTS of junk that we didn't need, or don't use, or isn't any good. We have all been there / done that.

Buy lapua brass, Fed 205M primers, H322 primers, and CUSTOM bullets from maybe Bart, Knight, or one of the other guys. Don't spend a ton of money on all this equipment and feed it junk. Will sierras shoot as well?- yeah maybe - but why have another thing to worry about?

And some other powder may work as well or better - H322 just seems to be the standard for .223 in BR - It is a good place to start. Lots of people who can help you are familiar with it.

You should probably post this in a new thread - as this one is a little obscure now- I almost didn't see it.

Welcome!

Scott
 
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