What to try next?

[JDBraddy]

Sold a couple rifles, got a little cash, can't decide what to get next. I been trying to shoot ARA with my Anschutz, thought about having a rimfire bench gun built. Thought about getting a HP match rifle upper from White Oak Armory, but I do most of my shooting from the bench, and our range is limited to 300yds, so thought about getting a used centerfire benchrest rifle. I already load .223 and .308 on my Dillon. Hell, I want them all, but can only get one of them "next", just can't decide which one!

 

[Minesweeper3433]

Put the money in the gas tank to get out and practice more?

 

[jonbearman]

Put alittle in the gas tank and go to benchrest central and see all the bargains over there.

 

[CJ6]

Save $150 for a TUNER............

 

[itchyTF]

Save the money. Obammy's going to render them either useless or illegal by whatever means he can (if he gets in again).

 

[Erud]

My vote is for the WOA HP upper. No better way to learn solid fundamentals than with a sling & irons. I shot tiny groups from a bench for years, but I don't think I really learned how to shoot until I started shooting Highpower. You can spend as much money as you want to on HP(believe me, I've spent plenty), but at the end of the day, you can't shoot a good score unless you can hold the rifle steady...

Good luck,
Erik

 

[Outrider27]

My vote is for the WOA HP upper. No better way to learn solid fundamentals than with a sling & irons. I shot tiny groups from a bench for years, but I don't think I really learned how to shoot until I started shooting Highpower. You can spend as much money as you want to on HP(believe me, I've spent plenty), but at the end of the day, you can't shoot a good score unless you can hold the rifle steady...

Good luck,
Erik

+1. A couple guys I hang out with are really good off the bench, and they were talking about accuracy standards and what was the maximum that should be tolerated. I laughed and asked if they had ever heard of an very oldtime African PH named named "Karamojo" Bell (I think his actual first name was Walter). Both of them had. I told them that in his writings, he said that 4" at 100 yards was fine accuracy - of course that was shooting off hand.....

 

[snowedin]

And now for something completely different. Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays. Cowboy Action.

 

[Leaddog]

And now for something completely different. Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays. Cowboy Action.

I really like sporting clays and moved up to master class in less than two years. With all the airline travel, hotels, rental cars and such to attend major tournaments, I gave it up. Now I only shoot with a few friends from time to time and enjoy it a lot more. Plus, I am saving about $20k a year.

 

[JDBraddy]

I shot Highpower back in the 90's, but after 9-11 our club lost access to camp Bullis, now they have to beg for access to other ranges, participation has dwindled to almost nothing, maybe 6-10 people show up to the matches, on a good week. Didn't shoot much of anything for a couple years. I got into skeet and sporting clays back around 2004, bought a Browning 525, MEC 9000 Hydrolic and several club memberships, was buying 100 round cards and shooting a lot, was working on getting a set of tubes, but most of the folks who play that game are much better off finantially than I am, when lead prices and gas prices went up a few years ago, had to give it up and go to something cheaper. Did USPSA and IDPA for a couple years, and was doing well with that, but then my job changed and I started working weekends, every weekend which makes attending matches impossible. Since then, the only matches I get to attend are a local ARA club that has matches on Wensday nights once a month. I'm at the range probably three days a week, on weekdays, I can shoot whatever I want, but it's by myself.

 

[dtucker]

If you do most of your shooting from the bench get something different to learn some new and different skills. The White Oak upper sounds like a winner to me. If you decide to go that route also look into purchasing an upper from Frank White ( Compass Lake Engineering ) out of Florida i believe. He is a super guy and has been building AR,s for years. He built me a space gun some years back and it was an awesome rifle indeed.

Dan

 

[tome]

I've tried .22 benchrest..madding...i don't care how much you spend on a custom rifle..you're still at the mercy of the ammunition..even paying top dollar( 10x ) does net preclude fliers..and in that company , a flier puts you in the loose column. i'm selling my ......22's and now shoot 6mmbr...much happier

 

[jhord]

Another vote for High Power style shooting. I've become addicted to fiddling around with Service Rifles. I've recently built a fairly nice AR-15 and also have a Garand. With the AR's you can pretty much eliminate gunsmiths from the equation if you want, (maybe not with a Match rifle) and tinker to your heart's content. It's like the rifle version of a Chevy V8. I'm not saying being a competitive benchrest shooter isn't a challenge and fun, but High Power seems to be much more about shooting and less about equipment. I'm just a newbie in Service Rifle shooting but it seems to me, $2k or less in total equipment and you have what you need to win. The rest is up to you. Plus the dang AR shoots really well off the bench too!!

 

[JDBraddy]

I hear you guys, I learned a long time ago that it's the indian not the arrow, but there's nothing wrong with having a nice bow! I don't make enough money to win the equipment race. If I did, I'd have a safe full of BAT's, AI's, GAP's, Barrett's, T2K's and maybe a K-80 or Perazzi. Unfortunately, the ARA guys are the only local club that holds matches during the week, that I can attend.