Rimfire F-Class/High Power practice match

[ryanjay11]

I have been using a 22 to practice reading the wind for F-Class. We get together after work and spend a couple of hours flinging lead. Its cheap and can be done anywhere that you can shoot 100 yards.

Here is a description of the match with photos.

 

[ryanjay11]

We have been shooting this match once a week for the past month. The heat has been a killer. Normally wind isn't a good thing, but it has given us some relief. We shot the match completely at 200 this week. It seems to be the magic distance where the wind has slightly more affect than the inconsistency in ammo. We throw some deer brats or burgers on the grill while we shoot and usually hang out for a bit after the match to check out each others rifles.

There are a variety of rifles at the match:
CZ 455/Manners, Custom 40X/McMillan, Anschutz 64MPR, 10/22/Shilen, Savage Mark II, Kimber 82, AR's with dedicated 22LR uppers, etc.

 

[sscoyote]

How well do the 10-22's compete against the custom bolt rigs?

 

[memilanuk]

We've talked about doing something like that here... maybe in the winter when the snow makes it difficult to get to the pits, etc.

 

[ryanjay11]

Monte, its good cheap fun. I like it because it attracts shooters that wouldn't normally compete.

Steve, so far the bolt guns have been winning, but it just a matter of time before a semi-custom 10/22 wins. Its all about who can read the wind the best. Technically a 10/22 should be winning, because they can get their shots off quicker before conditions change.

 

[Bowman26]

I thought in the F-Class game part of the challenge was that you shot at longer time intervals from shot to shot thus meaning you need to dope the wind again for each shot taken. Not just ram and jam them through the action as fast as you can. Maybe I am overlooking something, never shot F-Class before.