All the 1000 yard IBS Heavy gun Benchrest agg. records fall!

[EEP]

Hard work don’t go unrecognized! Great work by a hell of a Team! Roy, Alex and Tom way to make it work! Innovation is the ability to think out of the box and put it to action!

Sounds like a good one to shoot 300meters this fall in South Carolina to buck that crazy wind at TD… hahahaha

Well deserved guys!

 

[HandgunHTR]

Congrats @tom ! @Alex Wheeler , hats off to you as well. I realize that the shooter has a lot to do with the actual scores, but it cannot be understated that the gun must be capable too and it seems that the ones you build are.

In looking over the records that are posted up, it seems that a lot of them are fairly recent. That says a ton about the advancements that are being made in all aspects of these games that we play with guns. Fun times!

 

[seb]

Super outstanding, Congratulations Tom & Alex!

Just curious, the stock alone weighs about 65-70 lbs?

 

[hpshooter]

Phenomenal performance by all involved!

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Super outstanding, Congratulations Tom & Alex!

Just curious, the stock alone weighs about 65-70 lbs?

I never put it on the scale. Tom would need to for an exact number.

 

[Roy H]

I met Tom in 2018, he's an insanely dedicated man, we've done several projects together I'm so happy for and proud of him for what he's accomplished.
He broke all long standing records and l think that gun has much more in the tank, very proud to call him friend !!!

 

[furrybean]

That’s incredible!!
Do you have the spec of the chamber including the neck diameter if it is no turn
Also did you use Norma or Lapua brass?

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Congrads to all involved great looking, cool setup and a great write up I really liked were you said he chases the lands. I’m not a BR shooter but when you said broke records that tells me the builder and the shooter knows what there doing

 

[tom]

You guys shouldn't pick on Roy like that! I getting behind, been out trying to get a light gun working for The Nationals.

EEP this girl is too fat for Tackdriver lol.

Seb, the stock as it sits is about 45, and then the metal is 20ish. Roy made a belly that I didn't get before setting up the rest spacing, and that can hold another 16.5 pounds. I will reconfigure this winter.

HandgunHTR, you would think the shooter is involved, but besides tuning it that is not the case I promise lol.

Furry bean, 343 neck and Lapua unturned brass. I would say Lapua finally doing wsm is partially responsible too. It was weight sorted to about 1/2 grain increments, and not messed with in any way beyond that.

Bottom fodder, yes, I have chased this barrel roughly 25 thousands so far. Not blindly at first, until tests revealed the answers.

Thanks, Tom

 

[CharlieNC]

Tom do you have a ladder test for this rifle you can show?

 

[tom]

Tom do you have a ladder test for this rifle you can show?

First one i found already sized for posting here.


Tom

 

[Florida Wally]

Congratulations men! Tom is the only guy that can say, “my rifle is half a minute at 1k all day long” and back it up . Oh and apparently he did his part!!

 

[Hal]

Tom
Congratulations. Some of your hard work payed off.

How do you measure your powder ?

Do you have any more pictures of your rifle stock you would care to share?

Thank you
Hal

 

[tom]

Tom
Congratulations. Some of your hard work payed off.

How do you measure your powder ?

Do you have any more pictures of your rifle stock you would care to share?

Thank you
Hal

Hal, I have come full circle to throwing light and topping off manually. I weight on the sartorius 503, which I think is obsolete now. You can't get exactly perfect with 4350 anyway, although I try. I will dig around for more pictures, but our lighting is crap at deep creek and mostly it looks black in those. Here's one that shows the mount, and one of how it's life started!


Tom

 

[tom]

Charlie,

Here's a seating ladder I did in April after washing out nearly 5 thousanths in March!



Tom

 

[tom]

Hal,

Here's a few, some from Roy right before it went to Alex.



And then my first day testing loads!



Lol, I learned it tracked that day!

Tom

 

[Hal]

Tom
That color of that wood is fantastic. That stock is flat BEAUTIFUL.
Thanks for sharing your powder measuring system.
You sure know how to make that rifle preform.

You’re not just a fair weather shooter.

You’re a HARD CORE accuracy hound.
You put in your time and work hard for everything you get.

PS.
I got to ask, what’s the fan for ? To blow the snow flakes away from your scope.

Hal

 

[tom]

Here's a couple more

 

[Hal]

Tom
That must be your belly weight.
That wood is some kind of heavy. It must be about like iron wood.

Hal

 

[tom]

Hal,

There's 2 layers of 3/8" lead inside of the belly. The wood is something like 50lbs a cubic foot, but lead is more. @Roy has a lot of lead involved throughout the stock.

Tom