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I am on the slippery slope of either upgrading my Cooper TRP3 or buying a custom made rimfire benchrest rifle to compete in BR50.
Let me know what you have for sale in a complete rimfire benchrest rifle or components such as action, stock, trigger or barrel. PM me a description, history and a price and we can go from there.

Thanks Keith

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Rimfire Discussions / rimfire benchrest 50 yard "club" rules links
« on: May 18, 2015, 05:00:31 PM »
After looking a little harder I found the following club rules.

 Mission 50 yard rules....
http://www.missionrodandgun.com/rifle/22benchrest

 Minto 50 yard rules....
and thanks to Bertde's link to "New Brunswick Benchrest Shooting", I found their rules.....
Sporter Class
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UOGDEsz1dlr7duytCpUzMwvyFU81fOxOUl4YF3EG810/edit
Open Class
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bys2REhN--pwLVJtenNqNl9sVkR6TmxudHN1TE95aG9wT1FB/view

I'm getting a little confused between "club" and "formal" rules.....are there any "official/formal" rimfire benchrest competitions in Canada?

Keith


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Rimfire Discussions / First BR50 card
« on: May 17, 2015, 06:50:37 PM »
Shot my first target for score today (non comp). I normally shoot for grouping so this was the first time I've shot a quasi ARA 50 yd rimfire target. Before I started I figured it would be pretty easy, how hard can it be to keep inside a 1/2". Boy was I wrong, this is not as easy as it looks!! I was using 3/8" rods with surveyors tape attached to the top as wind flags and setup 3 of them. Getting the wind strength was not bad but it was really hard to get the wind direction specially when the flags were not all showing the same direction. Next purchase will be proper wind flags! Anyone try the wind flags from  RPS International near Edmonton? They range from $32 to $64 Canadian, stands extra. http://www.rpsinternational.com/twindflags.html

Questions
-I started top left then switched back and forth horizontally till my last shot was the lowest right target. Is this an efficient way to shoot the card?
-I noticed what I've been reading about in "waiting for your conditions". When you see "your conditions" do you get as many shots as you can in and do you still check before each shot to make sure your conditions are still there? Or take a couple shots then check conditions to shorten time between shots? I found myself leaning towards the latter.
-Is it common to cheat the hold off a little against the direction of the wind to cover for a unnoticed let up of the wind?
-Do most people keep both eyes open? I find this really hard to do.
-I found myself setting up the hold off then moving my eyes to where I expected the bullet to hit. Is this a good idea or is it better to keep your eye on the hold off to make sure it does not move?

Here is the card



The target looks very close to an official ARA BR50 target. The photo copy is on 11x17 paper and then I used spray glue to stick it to  poster paper I had so I could get crisp holes. I can't find anywhere to buy the official ARA targets in the Calgary area. If anyone knows where I can buy them could you please let me know.

Can someone with an official ARA target see if the inside diameter of the inner circle is very close to 1/2" please.



I had a hard time deciding if this was a 100 or a 50. There is a small tear that cuts the 100/50 line but the outside diameter of the bullet seems to be inside the edge.
Thoughts?



Appreciate any feedback or comments

Thanks
Keith

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Rimfire Discussions / BR50 info needed
« on: May 12, 2015, 04:01:17 PM »
Just getting into rimfire benchrest and looking for a new scope when I realized that having a copy of the rules would be a very good idea for max weight etc. I've done some searching on the internet but it all gets very confusing as to what rules to use. A gentle nudge as to where I would find them would be much appreciated.
My setup so far is a Cooper TRP3 with a jard 2 oz trigger, Mueller 8-32×44 and tuner.
 My ultimate goal is to compete in BR50.

Keith

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