And Another HBR Question:

[Pete Wass]

At the point I shot yours I was shooting the Indian Hammock "matches" with a Ruger 308 VT. I shot some really nice short range BR rifles. I wound up with an old Hall vintage BR rifle in 6PPC. Between Capt. Bob's, Jon's rifles and yours I kind of got hooked. Jon had a 30BR, and a 22 waldog that both would really shoot. He also had a hunter BR that got lost in the shuffle.

Do you know where Jon's rifle went? Is Capn Bob still around?

 

[ebb]

Jon's sons took control of his rifles. I asked to buy the 30BR and was told no. I know the son that's an attorney cannot load for it and was told the one that owns the marine construction business can load. I used Capt. Bob to do transfers, but it got to be a long drive and I went back to one of my fathers student that is local and has an FFL. Capt. Bob told me he was going to get a membership to the Lorida shooting club and he would call me to come try it out and see if I wanted to become a member. Never heard from him. I miss our trips to the Hammock.

 

[ebb]

Capt Bob made some ammo for the guy that owned the Hall I got from him. When Bob brokered the exchange, he told me the cartridges in the box are weighed and put in the box in order. I am like "What?" The first is the lightest and the last is the heaviest and they are in order. Why? He says Mikey only bought 100 and I didn't have enough to sort them in batches so when you shoot 5 shot groups the 5 will be the closest to each other. I have only ever taken one cartridge out of the box at a time, and they shoot well that way. One of these days they will get so bad I have to tumble them, and I will have to start all over again. never heard of it being done this way, but I have shot zeros with this gun when the temp is right.

 

[Coondogkid]

How many active HBR shooters would vote to increase the weight limit of HBR rifles to 10.5LBS?

Pete

Pete, that was brought up at the 2023 Nationals, and voted down 100%

 

[P1ZombieKiller]

Pete, that was brought up at the 2023 Nationals, and voted down 100%

Are you saying 100% of the people voted no? if so, that is not the case. I and several others voted to increase the weight. But there were two to three times as many no's than yes's, so the motion did not pass.

I too think the extra 8 ounces could be used on scopes. If you already have a 6x scope, then you can add the weight to the stock, or barrel, or even add a tuner.
It's easy to add weight, it hard to find a 6x scope.

 

[Ron IA]

Only allow the 8 oz added weight if you're not shooting a 6x scope ( that means no more than 10# 8oz.) there are 6x scopes out there to be had just watched 2 Burris 6x hbr scopes sell on eBay there are two Leupold 6x scopes on there right now not cheap but can be had I have picked up and sold 4- 6x scopes and sold to help guys out saying your scope is broke is a many times a poor excuse for bad shooting