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shooter93
03-14-2012, 06:38 PM
For those of you interested a couple of pretty amazing things happened at the International Single Shot Association Schuetzenfest at Raton recently. In the bench rest match...a 50 shot match....5 targets....10 shots at each target....distance 200 yards...bullseye measures 1-1/2 inches.....with a possible 250 points per target
While most shooters are breech seating bullets they are shooting at 1200-1500 fps so wind is a real factor and a Schuetzen rifle has to be the most ungainly thing to shoot from a bench the results were pretty neat.

The winner of that match fired a 249 on his first target then backed it up with FOUR 250's. Simply unheard of. He used a gain twist barrel form a Canadian maker.

What's even more amazing though is the third place winner, also shooting a barrel from the same maker...BUT...it was made from a piece of stress relieved structural re-bar....read that again...re-bar. The maker didn't even turn the outside of the re-bar so the devised a glue and wire arrangentment to hold the scope on....that folks is way cool....smiles.

Jack Stanley
03-14-2012, 09:12 PM
Now that would have been a hoot to watch !! :shock:

Jack

Dale53
03-14-2012, 09:13 PM
shooter93;
Who was the shooter who fired a 249, then four straight 250's?

Dale53

shooter93
03-14-2012, 09:29 PM
Jack Odor is his name Dale

stubshaft
03-14-2012, 09:33 PM
I would have loved to have seen that.

OregonCaster
03-14-2012, 11:04 PM
And who says cast bullets can't be shot accurately, certainly not ME !

Dale53
03-14-2012, 11:49 PM
shooter93;
Thanks for the information.

Some fine shooting, indeed!

Dale53

Marlin Junky
03-15-2012, 03:09 PM
Gain twist, eh? How long are those 'Shoot-zen' barrels, anyway?

MJ

RU shooter
03-15-2012, 04:09 PM
If the X ring is 1.5" what is the 10 ring ? 3" ? or are only X's counted as 10 points?

shooter93
03-15-2012, 07:00 PM
Only the x's are 10.

shooter93
03-15-2012, 08:41 PM
Not necessarily all that long MJ. I have a 26 inch gain twist on my Swift Ackley.

Dale53
03-15-2012, 08:41 PM
Here is the target (it happens to be one shot by Jim Borton at the ASSRA Matches in Etna Green, IN):

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj80/Dale53/JimBortonsTarget.jpg

The "Center" is 25. There is no "X" ring, per se.

Dale53

303Guy
03-16-2012, 01:37 AM
It's even more impressive to see the picture than to just hear about it!

nanuk
03-16-2012, 04:24 AM
Ron Smith barrel?

shooter93
03-16-2012, 06:59 PM
Yes...Ron Smith

nanuk
03-16-2012, 08:46 PM
Smith has a great reputation here in Canada. He comes Highly recommended, as does Gaillard.