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« on: January 07, 2015, 07:12:50 PM »
Welcome aboard Grant , Glad to see your coming to Rosebud , always great to see new competitors getting into the sport, you will be in good hands with Rick, he pushed me down the slippery slope of real Benchrest shooting ,not just shooting from a bench a few years ago and Its been a lot of fun ever since , lots of great mostly untapped info to be found on this forum you just need to ask the questions, unlike some of the mainstream forums most on here actually do compete so you will get current info from real competitors,Since your just getting started maybe some info would be good, what kind of br are you interested in ? What's your budjet ? And what are some of your short term and long term goals? That will go a long ways in helping the people on this forum to help you on what ever path you take, it will save you time and money in the end. As rick said all the sanctioned stuff out west is group shooting , which is the hardest type of precision shooting there is. Also the most rewarding when you do it right.
As for scopes I'm with the other guys here who recommended the leupold and March scopes in 40 and up power. If budjet is a concern I think the 36 weaver and such can be found for about half the price
Good luck have fun and make sure to ask lots of questions ,good reading would be Tony Boyer's book and Mike Ratigans book , they have tons of good info.