dvnv
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Post by dvnv on Apr 10, 2019 12:13:05 GMT -5
Isn't 250/23X a world record tie?
Amazing shooting, and equipment.
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Post by Lee Martin on Apr 12, 2019 10:51:18 GMT -5
Isn't 250/23X a world record tie? I wish. The current 100 yard IBS VFS record is 250-25X-22 WO (wipeouts). Someday I hope to get all the X's at 100. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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dvnv
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Post by dvnv on Apr 15, 2019 10:39:31 GMT -5
My bad, poor googlefoo.
Still awesome.
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Post by Lee Martin on Apr 18, 2019 20:09:03 GMT -5
Match #58 Fairfax Rod & Gun Club, Manassas, Virginia IBS VFS 100 yard _______________________________________________ The new Krieger continues to impress, netting me my fifth IBS win. Conditions were tame, with winds between 3 and 5 mph. You’d think that meant it was a trigger pulling contest, but not so. Common to Fairfax in mild air, shots often landed counter to the tale of the flags. I lost a couple of X’s on what I felt were perfect holds. Others lost full points. After shooting Fairfax for three seasons, I’ve learned this about the place - a little air current is better than streamers hung at 6:00. Saturday I shot when the tails were flickering and held-up when they were dead calm. It worked.   -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by bradshaw on Apr 19, 2019 9:17:19 GMT -5
Especially considering this wind at Fairfax, Virginia, where a dead flag portends getting had, the ability to read conditions requires experience----time on the mountain----tempered always by intuition----the knowledge to act, immediately and with patience. Lee is so humble as to be self-facing, a quality I submit amplifies perception. If the bullet were traveling 8,000 fps wind might hardly matter. But what would that do to a brass cartridge case, barrel life, recoil?
Everything mechanical is a compromise: proportional weight of components----barrel, action, stock, scope; bullet weight and recoil, barrel life.
There is one component on the FIRING LINE which is not a compromise----the shooter. He or she must be ready to make music under adversity.
In nearly every discussion with Lee Martin of what makes accuracy, I leave out the shooter. Despite describing accuracy as a 3-leg stool: firearm, load, target. Lee always interjects the shooter. Now it’s my turn to include Lee Martin, SHARPSHOOTER.
David Bradshaw
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Post by Lee Martin on May 1, 2019 19:28:53 GMT -5
Match #59 Piedmont Gun Club, Rutherfordton, North Carolina IBS VFS 100 & 200 Yard _____________________________________________________ Some friends and I traveled 450 miles southwest to Rutherfordton, NC for a single-day, two yardage match. I had never shot Piedmont before and was impressed with the facility and turnout...40 guns in all. We started at 200 yards under very switchy conditions. Many top shooters were in attendance but only one managed to stay clean at 250. I finished 13th out of 40 with a 248-5X. That afternoon, we rotated eight benches, moved flags, and shot the 100 yard leg. I went into the last target tied for first but only managed 2 X’s on that frame. I narrowly missed 2 and shot and ‘proud’ 10-ring on the fifth. I finished 4th out of 40 at 100 with a 250-19X and 7th overall for the event. Early morning flag set-up:  The firing line:  Our bench for 100 yards:   The award winners after 8 hours of shooting:  Video of my friend Chris Allen at 200 yards. We shared a bench throughout: These out-of-town matches are quite a haul. We left Chris’ place in Richmond at 4PM Friday, got to bed at 1:00 AM, was up at 5:00 AM, at the range at 7:00 AM, finished at 5:00 PM, was on the road at 7:00 PM, and back in Richmond at 1:00 AM. A decent finish made it all worthwhile. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by Lee Martin on May 8, 2019 19:31:46 GMT -5
Match #60 Black Creek Gun Club, Mechanicsville, VA IBS VFS 100 Yard _________________________________________ Saturday was warm with mild but ever shifting air. It never stayed consistent long enough to shoot more than a bull or two in rapid succession. The upside is the wind rarely blew hard enough to necessitate holding off the 10-ring. You had to be patient and finesse your holds to nail X’s. I finished third, only 1 X off first place. There were two shots in particular I’d like to have back. Then again, every competitor has a couple they’d like to redo.  Wayne Wadlington shooting target #5 on second relay:  -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by kings6 on May 8, 2019 19:40:12 GMT -5
What distinguished between second and third place Lee? Scores and Xs are the same totals so what is the deciding factor on one like that, measurement of groups?
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Post by Lee Martin on May 8, 2019 20:00:41 GMT -5
Robb - the tiebreaker was done on the first target. Denoff shot 5 X's, I only had 3. Had we shot the same number on match 1, the tie would've been broken on match 2 and so forth. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by kings6 on May 8, 2019 20:03:38 GMT -5
Thank you Lee. I have no frame of reference on how benchrest is shot or scored.
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Post by Lee Martin on May 16, 2019 19:38:21 GMT -5
Match #61 Fairfax Rod & Gun Club, Manassas, VA IBS VFS 200 Yard ________________________________________________ I learned a valuable lesson Saturday. Normally, I get through a yardage with one box of cartridges (50 rounds). The gun is pretty consistent, and to a degree predictable. In turn, I don’t shoot a lot of sighters. 30 cases are earmarked for the warm-up and five record targets. 20 cases are reserved for sighters. Saturday was a tough day on wind. It wasn’t blowing hard, but eventually went bi-directional. The first 100 yards blew one way, the last 100 yards blew the opposite. On top of that, there was a fair amount of in and out. Targets #1 and #2 were green dominant, or left to right. I found a nice hold at 9:00 on the mothball and scored 10’s and a decent number of X’s. By target #3, that went away and the bi-directional air hit. Accordingly, I shot more sighters than usual. By target #5, I was down to two. When the match started, I fired both and they landed as expected. I took the 10’s and an X on the first two bulls. Then the air got stupid and I again dropped to the sighter. In doing so, I cracked open another box of ammo. Here’s where I messed-up. The first box had 13 firings on the brass, the second only had 2. Immediately, I noticed box 2’s POI was 3/4” different than box #1. I found my hold, went back to the top, but stayed with the rounds I allotted for records from box #1. That 3/4” POI difference caused me to 9 ring. I hadn’t made the connection yet, tried more sighters with box #2, and again shot the record from box #1. Another 9 ring. Then the light bulb went off...I needed to use sighters and records from box #2. I did so on the last bull and center punched the X. The difference in neck tension may not have been noticeable at 100 yards, but it was evident at 200. Bummer because I was in 2nd place headed into the 5th target. Lesson learned.  -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by Lee Martin on May 30, 2019 18:20:05 GMT -5
Match #62 Ashe County Wildlife Club, Laurel Springs, NC IBS VFS 100 & 200 Yard ____________________________________________________ We made another 900 mile round trip last weekend to shoot a 100/200 yard IBS match. This was my 3rd time at ACWC and I had to rectify my last performance there (accidentally touching the trigger and blowing a 4th place finish @ 100). I also remember what morning sun is like at Ashe County...it’s right on the front of the gun and your face until 11:00. My friend Chris and I were prepared:  I shot well at 100 under switchy conditions, taking 7th place. We moved to 200 in the afternoon. The wind picked up and the mirage was dominant. Fortunately, I found two holds over two repeating conditions that worked throughout. The wind alternated across the 200 yard span. Some flags were green, some were red. But when they were mild in both directions, I center held. Green never played out much, but there was a fair amount of hard right. On that flag read, I held 3:00 just outside the 10 ring. It worked beautifully until I was caught on a switch. I pulled the trigger and narrowly miss the 10-ring. Coming off the gun I saw the first two flags had gone full 9:00 on the streamers. When the target came back, I had missed the edge by a few hundredths. That was the only dropped point on the day. Overall, I finished 4th in the agg.     This weekend we go even farther south to Georgia for a 100/200/300 yard event. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by bradshaw on May 31, 2019 8:31:28 GMT -5
Lee.... congratulations, you ain’t playing with spring chickens. A measure of the marksmanship may be taken at the X-count. Winner & 2nd aggregate 100n& 200 yards with 500x500 with 28X and 17X respectively. 3rd and 4th each drop a point for 499x500 with 33X and your 31X----the only two to break 30X. This illustrates how close the chin gets shaved at the target.
Through 8th place, no one leaked more than one point.This is some sharp shooting.
David Bradshaw
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Post by Lee Martin on Jun 6, 2019 21:36:40 GMT -5
Match #63 Georgia Mountain Shooting Association, Eastanolle, GA IBS VFS 100, 200, & 300 Yard _______________________________________________ For the second weekend in a row, we headed way south. This time it was 1,100 miles round trip to Eastanolle, GA. That made 2,000 miles in 10 days to shoot benchrest. Georgia Mountain Shooting Association’s range is a place where many records have been set. The layout tends to give good conditions to read off of. But such was not the case last weekend. There was a lot of swirling wind that made it difficult to accurately hold-off on. Compounding this was a bunch of head and tail wind....those are the hardest to detect far out because the flag views are limited. The match director said it was the toughest they’ve seen at GMSA to date. The range is also set on a left-to-right slope with many berms. I quickly found that when head and tail winds hit them, bullets go high and low without warning. We shot 300 first across 5 relays and I struggled. I’d 10 ring, then have one leak out the top or drop out the bottom. Others fought the same problem throughout. I finished 38th out of 50, which I guess is respectable. It was only my 6th time at 300. That afternoon we switched to 200, under even stiffer wind. I dropped a point on my first target, then found a decent hold. We got 3 records in the books before the sun set. We finished the last two targets early Sunday. I took 22nd place out of 50 at 200. The competition concluded with the 100 yard leg and I did well. The gun was cleanly in the 10 ring, routinely taking X’s. I ended-up up 6th out of 50, and 13th in the 1-2 agg. The 200/300 yard IBS Nationals will be at GMSA in September. 105 guns are supposed to be there, so it’ll be a marathon match. Flag setting for 300:    Video of a 300 yard relay. This was as calm as the flags got, but notice how hard the trees are moving to the right.     1,100 miles, 90 degree weather, and 5 relays made for a long weekend. But we had a great time. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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Post by Rimfire69 on Jun 7, 2019 8:53:24 GMT -5
Always impressed with your pictures and what appears to be a good crowd all the time. Nice to see you put in such a great effort to travel and keep the shooting sports alive, keep up the great work Lee, thanks for your contribution.
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