San Diego airgun benchrest match..

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deliterman

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This is the 1st match for 2010 ! jusy want to thank everyone that showed up and pitched in.it was clear skys and warm out -no wind to to talk about..we were shooting on the dreaded BR-50 targets , so this is the results-
Match 1 Match 2

1. John Harris---4650 1.Charline Pray----4600
2. Charline Pray-4350 2.John Harris------4450
3. Roger Lovett-3725 3.Howard Pray----4225
4. Rod Jennings-3320 4. Roger Lovett---3750
5.Howard Pray--3125 5. Rod Jennings--- 3345
6.Al Waterford--1840 6. Tim Donaldson--2255
7. Robert Rez---1720 7.Robert Rez------2155
8. Fred Nace----1420 8. Al Waterford----1880
9. Tim Donaldson560 9. Fred Nace ------1175

Again thanks to all that showed and shot and showed everyone that shooting the BR-50 target not so hard after all. next week we are going to shoot the AGBR target, this is the one that everyone has fun with. so get out there and grease up those pellets ! same place same time next Sunday.
 
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We should have had some clean cards. The wind was the most consistent I have seen at this range, and the weather was just beautiful - blue skys, 73 degrees, low humidity. The kind of day that reminds us why we live here and put up with all the liberal lunacy.

At the advise of a top shooter, I have been doing a little experimenting with pellet lubes. My testing facilities are rudimentary at best, so I just used the competition of the match to try and get some results.

The first match I used a lube recommended by the above mentioned shooter. In the second match I used my usual KryTech wax lubricant.

The new lube was the winner by 200 points. Not very scientific I know, but as the conditions were very consistent the whole time it does offer a fairly reliable initial indicator that backs up much more controlled testing by others.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is don't dismiss pellet lubricant in your quest for the holy one hole group. It appears that it is a factor that requires inclusion in the overall puzzle.

John Harris

p.s. thanks Frank
 
Sorry I missed it...but something came up just as I was leaving Sunday morning...see ya all on the 10th...:)
 
san diego airgun benchrest

you missed a good and tight match ,see you next Sunday.H.B.:)
 
Back in the day

When Larry Brown was officiating the game, I shot some BR50 matches at Prado.

It is my vague recollection that the rules dictated wadcutter type pellets, just like the 10M game. I used the little-known RWS SuperMag pellets, which were heavier than what most folks used, an did fairly well.

Later similar games I shot there at Prado ALSO dictated Wadcutters, until an "open" class was created that allowed less restrictions, but required firing from around 28yds (I think) while the match type guns fired from closer.

I was told the wadcutters, which WERE known to be a it less accurate, helped (but didnt quite) compensate in the unfair comparison of .17 airgun vs .22 rimfire scores from longer ranges on the same targets.

Anybody else recall this?
 
As I have heard, Mr. Brown had a habit of changing the rules quite often. Seems that a lot of the changes favored the way he was shooting at the time.

This info comes from folks who were actually there pretty much all of the time and ran the matches.

Wether it helped or hindered one or the other shooters probably went to the grave with Mr. Brown.

But the moral of the story is, make the rules for everyone to abide by and don't mess with them unless there is a damn good reason to do so.

John Harris
 
Br-50

From what I here from talking to some of the older BR-50 22 shooters is that Mr. brown's changing of the rules so often is what caused everyone to quit shooting his 22 game and thus the birth of the ARA.
Larry
 
san diego airgun benchrest match

at the start -airgun was set @25 yds. .22 rf @50 yds and cf @100 yds. any pellets or any ammo. Larry started out as a CF benchrest shooter. he had a falling out with the CF shooter's after the 1st year,the first target was a tad smaller and on cheap brownish paper,he had a big .22 fallowing at the start.very big!one person just wanted to shoot airgun br-50 at the same time against the .22 he told her to go for it. she showed that the airgun was very competitive against the .22 rf. this was when we shot airrifle silhouettes , that was a big thing at that time at this range.so air was much cheaper to get into more and more got into shooting airgun benchrest and thats when Larry got into shooting airrifle benchrest. it started out at the san diego fish & game range just befor 1989.alot of CF shooter switched over to .22 guns.1990 the game went around the world. just befor he died I can't think off his name at this time but he started a game just like BR-50 I think the game was IR50-50 or something like that,that was back east some place, someone back in that area might know about this more than me.so now you know . ;) H.B.
 
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