"Bench manners"?

[Clancy]

Yes sir just tested mine for the VA State match and it would be a good group if overlayed as well. Makes you feel good going into a match with a practice target like this.

If you lose with that one, probably not the gun’s fault.

 

[Owens85]

Owen, whose bullets are you shooting in your 30.

Barts 112 x outs . They have been good to me last year I shot a 250 25x with them. Getting towards the end of this lot and will be starting a new lot soon.

 

[Owens85]

If you lose with that one, probably not the gun’s fault.

Yeah the trigger puller is usually the weak link. Got to be one with the gun and read the flags. It's easy to pull the trigger the wrong time that's for sure.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Barts 112 x outs . They have been good to me last year I shot a 250 25x with them. Getting towards the end of this lot and will be starting a new lot soon.

Good bullet.
I shot those along with Randy’s 112’s before I started making my own.
Back when I shot them, the measured just a tad smaller than the BIB’s on the shank, .5 more on the load took care of that.

 

[JoeDuke]

Joe, that is probably why I shoot that “Green” Rifle in every serious Score Match. It seems very forgiving in all aspects of moving the Rifle around the target.

When people talk about the accuracy requirements in Score, it is always brought up that in theory, it does not have to have the same level of precision as Group. That is true.
But it’s good to know that it will. This is my first target at the Gulf Coast Region last Sunday.

Lay those 30 caliber holes atop each other. Pretty good group.View attachment 1669419

Yep. That old green gun just flat shoots. Pretty good driver as well.
But my question is, do you have some ideas about why? What features make the stock perform well?

 

[jackieschmidt]

Yep. That old green gun just flat shoots. Pretty good driver as well.
But my question is, do you have some ideas about why? What features make the stock perform well?

Joe, that is one of the original Robertson Stocks.
As you know, those were hollow in the butt stock. When I decided to build it in 30BR, I wanted to get the weight toward the rear.
I filled the back half of the butt stock with pourable rubber Devcon product called Flexane.. About 1 1/4 pounds of it. That product is a two part mix that is used to make rubber molds. This not only adds weight toward the rear, but also deadens the stock.
I also canted the barreled action up in the stock when I bedded it. Just enough to tend to drive the rifle straight and back on recoil. It is glued and screwed.
Finally, I use LV barrel profiles, leaving all of the straight and cutting it at 22 1/2 inches. This also avoids any front heavy tendencies.
The action is an old Farley right/left from the mid 1990’s. No eject. It has always been a great action. I had to do some of my own things to it way back when, mainly in the firing pin travel and firing pin pressure.
It might be the best shooting action I have.
I got home and took a picture of the rifle from the side. You can see how much the barreled action is canted up.
Also, the hole in the bottom of the pistol grip is how I poured the liquid Flexane in.

 

[CharlieNC]

Jackie has touched on something here that's very important.

In Score shooting, you move the gun a lot. Because of this, you need to have a rest/bag/stock combination that's both forgiving as the angle changes and tracks well. That's not as easy as it sounds. At any time, you need to be able to drop down to the sighter...crossing over from left to right for three targets...hit the sighter and then go back to your record target with complete confidence that the POI won't change and that you can trust what you saw on the sighter.

Some stock styles just don't play well with this type of target. Ditto some bags. As always, it's the combination that matters.

This is a Score target of mine from a couple weeks ago at Webster City, Iowa. I did the cipherin' on the target spreads...will leave the final total to those interested.

Good shootin' -Al

This sure has been an eye opener for me shooting 22LR!

 

[Happy Jack]

Tips from Bart

Man there is some info in here!!