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Steve Gilley’s comment in the other thread saying that the good shooters at Reese Bottom really seem to be upping their game got me to thinking. The scores would prove that to be true. As I have stated before, I want to see everyone that shoots the matches at Reese Bottom come to compete by shooting well, not just come to shoot. While running the matches, I get to stand behind the shooters and get to watch the reactions of the good shooters as they squeeze off every shot. Many a time I see good shooters look off or shake their head in disbelief at where the bullet hit. In other words the point of impact and the point of aim do not match up. I know that conditions come into play, but I also know that most if not all of the shooters at Reese Bottom do a great job of factoring that in and know when that bullet does not go where expected. A few things to think about. A friend of mine from Pennsylvania that helps many shooters tells me that he sees many gun barrels that the shooter thinks are clean, but are not. They have found out that a properly cleaned barrel shoots much better than one not so clean. Last month, remember my story about the different lots of Berger jugs that measured .040 difference base to ojive. Rifle shot like yuk. Brass prep, see Richard Allen. He left the match Saturday with four pieces of brass in his pocket. Said they were all 9’s and he wanted to find out why. Albert Pitchford shot two 200’s and a 196. His comment was that he brought two groups of fifty bullets and one out shot the other.[consistency] A couple of months ago we had a good shooter that is a member of, I think, the National Rifle team, and he stated that he spent twenty plus hours a week working with his brass. Not everyone has that much time nor is that dedicated but it is a good example of what it takes to really shoot well. Case sizing, neck tension, powder measuring, bullet uniformity, all are necessary for good shooting. Another thing that Michael said was that good shooting requires a lot of practice, or time spent behind the rifle. Just some things to think about. You are welcome to add to these thoughts. WWE
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Very timely post mr Wynne I just got through loading some ammo, some for load development in a 223 “ thing I shoot” and some for 6 BrX Which I plan to shoot this weekend at a 300 yard match in Shorter Al. I will be the 1st. To admit I don’t always cross my T’s and dot my i’s
Things I always do:
I alway clean my barrel after each match and do a deep clean about every third match with a form cleaner or bore paste, I body size and deprime , clean primer pocket dry tumble then with a different die I shoulder bump and bushing size the neck before I load I expand the neck with Mandrel. I trim brass every 4th firing and anneal twice a year. When I load I weigh my powder thrower thrown charge and set on a 30 year old RCBS scale and use a Trickler to get to desired weight. When seating my bullets I use a Wilson micro seater and a table top drill press as my arbor press. Not crossing my t’s is I don’t sort brass, I don’t sort bullets and I use the powder “ lot” that I have at the time. What I just typed fits my personality
To me shooting is made up of three components. The shooter, the gun and the cartridge. I’m the shooter and I consider me as the weak link.
The gun: my gun is not a custom built target gun It’s something I put together at my house using an aftermarket prefit barrel, I did the trigger work most would hate it it’s set up as a two stage trigger that breaks at 2 pounds not ounces I like to “feel” the trigger. I built this gun to fit me not someone else it fits my personality.
The cartridge 6 BrX which to me is perfect for my needs. It’s capable at 1k and the recoil is low enough that I don’t have to wipe blood of my head every time I pull the trigger, why the Brx and not a Dasher the BrX fits my personality. The load is not a load that I read on the internet someone used it to win a world championship, it’s the load that I developed that shoots the best in MY gun with ME pulling the trigger from testing different bullets, powder and primers along with seating depths. Years ago John Sanders nickname me uncle gadgets and if you look at my rest you kinda get the reason for that name lol. And my set up not only fit me but also my personality. When we had the last team match I was paired with mr. Allen who has one of if not the best looking rifle and set that shoot at Reece Bottom and knows way more about reloading and shooting than I ever will, and setting beside it was my ugly duckling
And at the end of the day best I remember there was 1 point different in our scores. So no I don’t dot my i’s and cross all my t’s if I did might be in the winner circle more but that’s not my personality. Every month I come prepared to meet mr. Wynne’s what’s expected by squeezing the most accuracy out of what I’ve got and if I as the shooter do my part I’m rewarded by a good relay score. To me my most uncrossed T’s is my mental focus, my 1st relay is normally my best mainly because I work on my mental focus on the drive to the match and as the match wears on I lose that. Mr Wynne I know this not what you were really asking for but remember I’m just an avg. shooter using below avg. equipment. Hopefully some of the normal winner will share their winning secrets one of my motto’s in life is todo more with less because to me it’s more rewarding
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Sic ‘um Richard. Here are a few more rambling thoughts. I just opened the Shotmarker archives from this past month and looked at my three targets. The scores 199, 197, 196 got progressively worse which tells me that as the conditions get worse, so does my ability to read the condition. But the thing that I was interested in was, how bad were my misses. I did not record an 8. All of the misses were 9’s and only the 8th shot on the third target missed maybe a third of the way into the 9 ring. The other seven were more or less within an inch of the 10 ring. Not real sure what to read from this other than I was missing score by an inch or so or I was missing the X ring by 4 inches or so. Only three of the misses were high/low and the other five were condition calls. Anyway, I see room for improvement. WWE
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