Fantastic event, even though I had a front row seat for lightning striking a tree at 350yds away! Sad to see the season finishing up at Rosebud - next year will be even better!!

Great shooting Hugh, Dan and Dan! In playing back my video recordings of the matches the camera hardly picked up any swearing - not very true of the firing line that weekend :-)

Great event, good shooting and can't wait till next year!! Way to go Cal!!!!

Does flooding from the river affect access to the range? With all that snow around I hear the river is expected to have a news worthy flood in the making!!

That's pretty interesting/cool - what diameter are the necks (i.e. do they even change) since the water is in the case body at the start?

My order has gone in!

Last year I was shooting a factory rifle from savage. I've got a couple barrels on order from Ted and am planning to accurize a couple of Remington's to compete with. I'm looking forward to this year as well!

I go to about 1/3 of the fullbore shoots at the Homestead range west of Calgary and have yet to talk to someone who is using a Ron Smith barrel... I don't survey everyone, just the shooters I get paired with. I placed 4th in FTR at this year's provincial competition so I'm not on the utter fringe of things.

fyi - Canadian barrels cost more. On my last 3-4 barrels they are costing me ~$50 more per barrel.

for anyone that is interested - I will be placing a Lilja barrel order in the next few weeks. They currently have a 16 week delivery time and require a 50% payment up front (I will need cash,bank draft, or cheque payable to me). Prices are listed on their website and I expect most barrels will come in under $400 after all tax+shipping is paid for. fyi - they produce barrels with a diameter in the 1.3" -1.5" range if you are looking for a barrel for a rail gun... I am listed as a Canadian importer on their website for those who may not know me...
Let me know...
cheers,
Bob