The Houston Warehouse

[fecmech]

I don't remember this ever being posted here although I've heard fellows speak of it. The ultimate testing of accuracy. Great Read!
http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/max357/houston.html

[blikseme300]

Thanks for sharing. Great read.


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[WHITETAIL]

Thanks for the great read!:holysheep:Fire:

[L Erie Caster]

Thanks I enjoyed the read!

[smokey496]

I liked that a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[Echo]

Great read. Thanks

[luvtn]

Wow. Now that is some shooting!
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[captaint]

Well now, that was just facinating !! Really enjoyed it. Thank you. enjoy Mike

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

You should have been there in the late seventies. I was privileged to make the trip down from SW Idaho with a 6PPC/40X that Fred Sinclair built me in 1975.

The benchrest associations would not sanction a match, because everyone would have shot a group in the .15-.005" range.

If you can locate copies of Precision Shooting Magazine* from 1970-1990 there are a few stories.


Rich

*I was privileged to write for the magazine from 1988-99.

[TXGunNut]

Wow! Simply mind-boggling.

[nanuk]

The benchrest associations would not sanction a match, because everyone would have shot a group in the .15-.005" range.

*I was privileged to write for the magazine from 1988-99.


so, what do the Org's do when the wind is calm??? wait for it to start gusting to make their measuring easier??

[shooter93]

There was so much learned in the warehouse that was amazing. especially about brass prepping. Virgil was quite simply a shooting machine indoors and could tell if a rifle could be made to shoot in very few rounds. Sometimes I think all the late hours, shooting and dedication to researching and testing burned Virgil out so to speak, that he needed a break and wanted to shoot just for fun again. The 3 most accurate guns tested in the warehouse belonged to Virgil, a 22 caliber, 6mm and 308 with the 22 being the most accurate then the 6mm and finally the 308. I doubt there will ever be a place like it again and maybe not experimenters like them either.

[mainiac]

You should have been there in the late seventies. I was privileged to make the trip down from SW Idaho with a 6PPC/40X that Fred Sinclair built me in 1975.

The benchrest associations would not sanction a match, because everyone would have shot a group in the .15-.005" range.

If you can locate copies of Precision Shooting Magazine* from 1970-1990 there are a few stories.


Rich

*I was privileged to write for the magazine from 1988-99.

I remember them days,,i very much enjoyed your articles. You still into that extreme long range bullet flinging stuff??

I still have my old HV witchita 6ppc,,would love to find a warehouse to shoot it in.Its 1989 vintage,but still the most impressively accurate gun ive ever seen..

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

nanuk,

at an NBRSA or IBS match, the competitors will have from four to six wind flags set between their bench and the target frames at 100/200 and 300 if they shoot that far. The flags are set at a height that allows the shooters to view all of them in the bottom left quadrant of their scopes. The target frames have moving "backers", a continuous roll of paper that records all of the shots fired. The speed is set so that you would have to fire consecutive shots less than half a second apart to make an oval hole in the backing paper.
You get seven and a half minutes to fire five shots for record. 45X and higher scopes. The score does not matter, just the group size.

The author makes a couple equipment notes that are not seen outside the warehouse shoots.

It has been standard practice for more than thirty years to shoot barrels that are in the 18.5-19.5" length. Barrels have to meet a certain maximum muzzle diameter at a certain length.
Nearly every shooter will go with a shorter barrel on the LV/Sporter or HV. LV is Light Varmint, Sporter is the same diameter but must be a minimum 6mm bore. HV is Heavy Varmint, and can have a fatter barrel. LV/SP is a 10.5lb rifle, HV is 13.5lb rifle.

I shot the Super Shoot in Ohio at Kelbly's Range. Alan Hall lent me his rifle, and I shot one 5-shot group at 100 yds that measured .084(?)". I had a good day reading wind and mirage and finished 87th out of 360-some shooters at 100yds. On my relay Tony Boyer T-H-E Man) shot a group that measured .043" to win the jackpot.

You have to see a match to believe the accuracy levels achieved.

regards,

Rich
Sua Sponte

[Idaho Sharpshooter]

mainiac,

pretty much. I have a really nifty 7 STW that weighs about 17 lbs, 1.25" cylindrical 29" barrel that has shot several 10-shot groups at a 1000 yards under 6 inches at matches. The winter project is fitting it with a 338 Edge (full length 375 RUM) barrel about 32" long X 1.25" diameter.

Toys...


Rich
Sua Sponte

[deltaenterprizes]

Very interesting article

[725]

Outstanding. Even though a former sniper, I'm such a piker in the company of these guys. What a great read.

[felix]

Yeah,725, the expert BR shooters cannot hold a candle to your expertise either. Notice they appear at the target range in pick-ups, trailers, campers, etc. That alone should tell you something. ... felix

[Bill*]

Wow, did I ever enjoy reading that! THANKS

[shooter93]

Tony Boyer is certainly the man isn't he Rich. Absolutely amazing shooter and I think he gets better if there is a hail storm with 70 mph winds. That guy can shoot through anything. Long range shooting is pretty popular here being close to Williamsport range and there seems to be a whole new crowd of mile and farther shooters cropping up here. The fellow who builds my sporting rifles has been putting together quite a few long range guns.

[Master Chief]

Thanks for posting the link to the article.
Great read !!