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Don't outspend them, but out work em!

The guys that have the hunger to win, and the consistent discipline all the way thru everything they do, in whatever part of the process they are doing, from research to execution, are the ones that win the most. Do each and every detail and technique/strategy you can actually control, properly, and the only variable left is the wind, weather and your mental state that day. And we are all our own worst enemy in dealing with the mental state, and that is what usually beats us, one doubt, one chance, one mistake.
 
Find and buy yourself this for Christmas. It is a quick read and you will read it more than once. It will help you focus your head. It really IS a good book...........

Regards

Rick
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Back on the first or second page, the conversation detoured into optics for a couple posts. I find in the 1,000 yard game it matters if you're goal is doing well on score as well as group, at least for me. The good news, for my eyes, one of my favorites is a less expensive option. This past season was a perfect example, as I knew in February I had a barrel that didn't spit shots, but was certainly not going to shoot small enough to nock out any group aggs. So I set the rifle up to make weight with one of my old 12-42s, and committed to more sighters, more attention to score. I hate the stress of not seeing why a 6mm moved a few inches at 1,000, but that's all I figured I'd have for the boys, and I can't afford, or won't, the dozen barrel at a time thing.

Tom
 
I have 200 cases turned and loaded ready to fire form. Just need a little break in the weather.
How bout ya’ll ?
You pay a price but you live in beautiful country SPJ. I am in good shape with case production for the coming season. Just keeping my bench manners sharp with springer pellet rifle at 25 yards daily. Shooting .250 and under groups at 25yds will keep you focused. First 200 yd winter bench match up on Rockton Mt is coming up. Some winter shoots there make me think I am where your at, snowing and blowing so hard you can't see the backstop much less the target. But we get great turnouts for these matches, actually better then the 3 different summer matches we run. Stay warm and dry.
 
I have 200 cases turned and loaded ready to fire form. Just need a little break in the weather.
How bout ya’ll ?
Pick the coldest day for your barrel to cool faster if you don't have
a dedicated fire forming barrel. I just finished 300 ELF cases for the
coming season on a worn out barrel I care little about. Going to make
an o-ringed water cooling jacket one of these days.
 
Forgive the interruption but while y’all SR guys are arguing about your tuners some of us LR guys will be tuning brass and getting ready to do some fire forming in 2 ft of snow and sub zero temps.
By some mystery of the Universe, these ended up with cores seated this week. :confused: Just another bottom dweller SR Score shooter sitting around doing nuthin'.

Maybe moved a little snow...

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Wednesday looks decent, but my poor old barrel will probably frost over in sub zero temps and maybe me tooooo…
By some mystery of the Universe, these ended up with cores seated this week. :confused: Just another bottom dweller SR Score shooter sitting around doing nuthin'.

Maybe moved a little snow...

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About time you got something done.;)
 
It seems to me that out-working will also mean out-spending here in 2022 moving into 2023.
Prices of everything are just crazy, if you even find what you need. But I think that's the case for all of us, unfortunately. Kinda gets back to my post a few pages back that said it was too expensive to get into this game...while driving a $80,000 truck, pulling a $50,000 boat. Ya gotta want it. If someone doesn't want it bad enough to make the financial commitment, I doubt seriously that they'll be willing to do the work either. I'm far, far from wealthy but the cost of this game is still the easiest part of it. With the exception of those few shooters that do all it takes to chase points. That's just another level of cost due to travel to as many big points matches as possible. Not to mention the work to be competitive at the very top of the game. Some will remember Jim Wooten, a very good IBS score shooter from I think one of the Carolinas, maybe Georgia. The year he won the IBS SOY, he told me how many miles he traveled to matches that year and I want to say he told me 50,000 miles. Don't hold me to that number but it was a crazy number, regardless. Now that's buying success to a point but it wasn't without the work either...not by a long way. It was very much both! Haven't seen or heard from Jim in a long time. Hope he's still around and doing well. Super nice guy and he definitely earned that SOY plaque. I think it was about 2009 or so. Only a few chase it to that point and we can compete and have a great time without being a point champion. But he wanted it and clearly was committed to it.
 
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