TargetTalk

I would like to know is this match is really open to anyone? What I mean, is I haven't been active for a few years, so I don't have any current scores, however I have had multiple Master classifications and national records in the past, so I am not a beginner or a danger on the range. I will probabl...

Sorry for being blunt, but if you are shooting 1560-1570 NRA prone, there is a serious fundamenmtal flaw here. The most likely problems are: 1) The rifle itself is messed up. Solution: return it back to stock condition. Get a competant gunsmith to help if necessary. There are no factory top of the l...

I have seen numerous assembled guns damaged by the airlines. But my favorite was Cory Brunetti (I think that was his name) at the 1991 USISC at Prado had his gun case obviously run over by a vehicle. The aluminum case was bent beyond belief, but the gun was OK. From what I recall, removing an action...

You are probably going to get a wide range of responses on this. Some will say every time they shoot. Seems kind of tough on the gun to me. Personally, I would leave the gun torqued as long as I was shooting local, not travelling, and not shooting in drastically different weather/humidity conditions...

I don't think group size is measured by the outside of the bullet. It is usually measured CTC, bullet center to center. (or extreme spread) As for the number of shots per group, honestly I think most people do it incorrectly - usually 5-10 shots pwer group, and shoot a number of those 5-10 shot grou...

Here is the advice you probably don't want to hear: Leave the gun alone, and shoot it totally stock. Forget the tuners and bloop tubes and whatever gizmos are currently in vogue. Buy whatever parts/bolts you need to restore it perfectly stock. Probably 90% of these and most other top of the line Ans...

I am going to comment on your question, probably without ever seeing the MEC handstop, but from years of experience. The handstop is not a magical new device. It is designed to allow some movement of where the sling rests on the back side of your hand. Also, to perhaps allow your palm to take a slig...

I kind of have to disagree with some of what was written here: If you are going to test ammo, and shoot "5, 5 shot groups", then why not shoot all 25 into one group? I think you will get a better test of the ammo, as anyone that has done "5, 5 shot group" testing, has noticed tha...

I have a Leupold 6.5-20x AO Vari-x 3 scope that was modified by Dick Thomas of Premier Reticle to a 18-40x scope in 1986. !/8 minute dot with fine crosshair. Scope works perfect to this day. He was a popular modifier of scopes (deceased) for the rifle silhouette boys. My gun/scope combo doesn't need...

Dan Lilja will make a drop in 2013 barrel at least 27" long.

He can drill and tap for sight bases.

This is what he did for me about a year ago.

I do not know about cutting dovetails.


Jeff

Wearing out a smallbore barrel in 5-10k rounds is nonsense. Most of the top shooters I recall in the 1980's had at least 50k rounds through their guns. Many had over 100k rounds. I seem to remember George Stidworthy had a 37 Remington with over 200k rounds, My original 1985 1813 has about 140k round...

I think the original post here refers to a four, 10 shot group average. Why? Why do people always break their testing down to strings of 3, or 5, or 10 shot groups, just to shoot more of the same groups, and then average the group size, and then think they have a magic number? When I tested ammo, I ...

Sure would be nice if these matches could coincide with someone travelling to Perry for the prone championship to also shoot these matches?????

Jeff

Shoot prone, with sandbag under your forward hand. Use a 30x - 40x scope, at 100 yards. Forget all the nonsense about shooting 3 or 5 or 10 or whatever how many 5 SHOT groups. Again, forget 5 shot group stuff. Shoot 25-50 rounds into the SAME bull. It also doesn't hurt to also shoot through a cronog...

I have been out of prone shooting for a while. I thought I just read somewhere that the Camp Perry prone phase was 4800 points last year. What gives? When I shot there in the 1980's, it was a 6400 match - rain, wind, or shine?

Thanks,

Jeff

By the way, forget all this adding a rear sight riser stuff - you will be spending your time messing with getting your cheekpiece height adjusted correctly during a match - which will constantly be messing with your position. If you need a riser to set up the gun, once and for all, then OK. But chan...

Go get a Redfield 2 step front sight base. It makes the transition from 50 to 100 yards without clicking the rear sight. Then use your existing rear sight to click from 100 to 150 yards. Save a new rear sight purchase. Champions Choice had copies last time I looked. But the original Redfield are ver...

I gotta ask...? What do you need to be listening to on your Ipod when you should be concentrating on shooting???

Are you going to be asking if you can make cell phone calls and texting while shooting, too?


Jeff

Don't change a thing. Shoot your 1411 from 28 years ago. It is as good as anything today. It is too easy to get caught up in all the do-dads and bells and whistles and adjustments of the new guns. Spend your time and money testing different different lots of ammo, just like you did years ago. When y...

I think there can be many reasons for why you could drop 13 points on one bull and go clean the next. (and I am assuming you are a mid to high level master class shooter). Yes, it could be ammo. But I think it is more likely to be just you, and also a mental issue. You were looking to find the magic...