I’ve never seen this craziness before. alcoholism addiction treatment malibu . I was too modest to ask what one of these rifles cost. I have done a little research and found a nice, used rifle for about .300. dentistry for kids . atlanta seo firm . They all seem to be extremely custom and customized. They seem to just barely touch the triggers- very light pulls. These guys came from all over the western US to shoot at this match. – - – - Music by Audionautix (Jason Shaw) “Marathon Man”
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My god…the stability of the recoil on your ending slow motion clip.
I’ve never seen such a controlled recoil…ever.
madness!
lol imagine if someone went in there with and airhorn
that’s cool. Benchrest shooting is sort of an “academy of shooting”. Lots of academic thought and measurements, handloading made with anal attention at detail, it’s much more thought than action. Most of those people made their tools themselves – I wouldn’t be shocked to know most of those stocks were home-made.
It’s plenty of seniors because it takes patience, lots of patience. Sure a teenager ain’t gonna bother it.
@TheHiddenPart I was surprised they did all their hand loading right there on the spot. — I think you nailed it. It’s a super-precise sport. It’s expensive, it’s slow, and it requires a lot of travel, so it’s well-suited for retired folks. It’s gotta beat golfing!
@MegaGewehr come on man…that’s tactical…for like..when your in a spaceship or something.
These rifles are the definition of the title “Target rifle” and are purely bench guns.
Here’s a price breakdown for an entry level benchgun.
Action: Stole, Nesika bay, Bat, or others are all custom made and generally cost about $1,000
Stock: fiberglass rules this arena and prices start at $400
Barrel: Shilen, Douglas, Hart, McMillian, Schneider and others can be had for around $400
Scope: 36X (power of magnification) used to be the standard, that’s gone up to 45X now. $400
This is amazing, Nothing like that around here sadly. This is some nice rifles.
Nice footage to!
@Spudfarm1 I’ve never seen any rifles like these before. I heard they did benchrest comps at that range, but figured they used “normal” rifles.
Really takes a lot of skill to shoot a rifle off a bench rest.
“They seem to just barely touch the triggers- very light pulls.”
such as 2 ounces…!..expected to see a mechanical trigger actuator, but no.
Glenn Newick’s 1989 book ‘the ultimate in rifle accuracy’ mentions dr. palmisano’s then new 6PPC…in most of his references to famed shooters/pioneers/developers, he prefaces with “the late”…not much has really changed.
There is a lot more to this game than just pulling the trigger. Record targets are 5 shot groups, 5 averaged together for an aggregate. Most times the winning agg is under .250″ for 25 shots at 100 yards. Rifles weigh 10.5 pounds for LV class. Used rifles can be had for about $1500. Then ad in another $1000 for rest, bags, loading tools, bullets, powder, not to mention windflags. 1 mph wind is a big difference on target.
@vmthtr Forgot, triggers are set to about 1 ounce pull, factory set Jewel triggers are 1.5 ounce.
NOTICE: Everyone here is over the age of 65, dont disrespect these guys, theyll put a 6mm hole through your eye at more than a mile and a half, FROM THEIR WHEELCHAIRS!
is this where people from florida go when they die?
I used to shoot 6mm PPC in a BR rifle. I spent so much time at the reloading bench that I just gave up on it all and switched to 22 rf gallery matches. Saved a lot of my sanity doing that…
Dont thay have a mag?
@ChunkyMilkProduction LOLOLOLOL!
Each to their own but I would think that after you had your load figured and the gun dialed in it would be rather boring.
what rests are they using?
I always get a kick out of how stuffy & conservative your typical bench rest shooter is. & then the rifle is all razzle dazzle polish & paint! They’re all like “don’t let the dockers & top siders fool you, we know how to party!”
i was surprised at first when i saw that most benchrest shooters just aim it up through the scope then take there head away and the only point of contact they make is on the very tip of their finger to their rediculously light trigger, but it makes sense, minimalise the factors for innacuracy
you practically need a phd to understand how the hell they figure out their handloads at that level everything comes in to play, humidity, temperature the especially anal people even have different powder charges in each case for as they go along the comp as the chamber and barrel heats up
@fishblade2 expensive ones…
I am a benchrest shooter and I am 32. My riffle is a 6ppc and has a .9 ounce trigger. My full set-up costs around $6000. The shooters are mostly old due to the extreme paitence and time it takes to determine the perfect load, however I am an engineer so the extreme attention to detail and anal attributes of precision reloading is kinda is my forte. Any one that thinks its easy ought to try to pull a 0.2 inch group at 100 meters consistantly.