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Post by Lee Martin on Aug 9, 2024 16:58:06 GMT -5
.30 Stingray Loading Block My good friend Chris Allen recently got his FFL and went into the precision rifle building business (RVA Precision Rifles). He does custom benchrest stocks, barrel chambering, custom bullet making, wing flags, and accessories using a 3-D printer. His website will be up soon, but if you’re interested in a custom rifle and are in the Mid-Atlantic region, PM me. I can give you his contact information. His work is first rate (as evidenced by all the benchrest victories his guns have obtained). Chris was kind enough to make me a loading block for my .30 Stingray (it also works with 6 PPC). I sent him a JPEG of my .30 Stingray logo, and he printed it on both ends. The neat thing about the logo is it contains no ink or paint. He glued different colors of plastic together and cut through them to create the contrasts (varying cutting depth of course). And for good measure, he added a digital timer, so I always know where I am on match time limits. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
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Post by Lee Martin on Aug 21, 2024 18:07:17 GMT -5
Match #203 Black Creek Gun Club, Mechanicsville, VA IBS VFS 100 Yards We had another nice turnout for what could only be described as perfect weather. Light wind and temperatures in the 80’s. Twenty-four competitors took a stab at Black Creek and the win went to Tori Allen. She’s the daughter of fellow competitor and good friend Chris Allen. Tori shot with us a few years back and won a lot of matches. She’s 18 now and hasn’t lost a step. This was her farewell match before heading off to college and she went out with another victory. My gun was on, but not enough to catch her. I finished in 2nd place and was glad to see her get the win. _____________________________________________________________ Match #204 Fairfax Rod & Gun Club, Manassas, VA IBS VFS 200 Yards If I haven’t mentioned it before, 200 yards is my favorite distance. While I have more victories at 100, I feel I learn more about holding off at 200. More flags to watch, more time for the wind to bend bullets, etc. Like Black Creek, we had a good turnout for a very humid, but manageable day on the wind front. It would pick up occasionally, but gave lot of repeatable windows to shoot in. I used three holds throughout after zeroing my scope on warm up. Mild, twitching of the flag tails was a center hold. Mild right-to-left was 4:00 on the ten-ring. Mild left-to-right was 10:00 on the ten-ring. I used orange (ie, right wind) the most but got green to work too. I never touched the trigger on anything hard except to test sighters. The strategy worked as I was able to win the match with a 250-13X. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
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jwp475
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Post by jwp475 on Aug 22, 2024 7:34:51 GMT -5
CONGRATULATIONS!👍
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Post by Lee Martin on Sept 10, 2024 16:15:40 GMT -5
Match #205 Black Creek Gun Club, Mechanicsville, VA IBS VFS 100/100 Yards Agg Match This was the second and last 100/100 Yard agg match for 2024 at Black Creek. I began holding these twice a year starting in 2021 and they’ve drawn well. This time around, 23 competitors came for what could’ve been a wet day. The forecast called for steady rain and gusting winds by noon. Fortunately, this never materialized. We had a few sprinkles at 1:00 and the winds increased mid-day, but that’s it. My gun was on….and I mean really-on. I took every X from the warm-up through target #4. Would the elusive 25X finally come my way? I went into the last frame and no one said a word about shooting a perfect 250-25X (something that has only been done a few dozen times since 1970). Prior to this match, I had shot 24 X’s, 9 times (called a "Screamer"). But there was never much pressure on any of those. For 8 of them I dropped the X on the first target. The 9th I dropped it on the second paper. All that said, I didn’t feel much anxiety. Just trust the gun. I fired three shots into the sighter to start and they went in one hold on the X. I came up and wiped out the X’s on the first two bulls. The flags looked like they were staying put, so I went to bull #3. A few seconds after I broke the trigger, I heard John Whorley, who was watching through his spotting scope, say – “Uhhhh……man”. And I knew why he did. As the gun recoiled, I peeked at the field with my right eye and saw the flag at 75 yards blowing hard red. In fact, the propeller was spinning fast enough, I worried I had shot a 9. Peering through the scope, I saw the bullet printed at 10:00 just off the dot. It didn’t miss by much, but it was just enough. Had I pulled the trigger a couple of seconds sooner, I likely would’ve got the X. Timing can be everything. I finished by nailing the last two X’s, for a Screamer 250-24X score. That was enough for the win. That’s ten times now coming within one shot of 25 X’s. Hopefully, one of these days it’ll happen. We rotated eight benches and went into the second match. With trickier wind at hand, my gun stayed course. I finished with a 250-22X, which again secured the win. Combined, I had a Grand Agg victory with a 500-46X. Chris Allen took 2nd and Scott Decker was third. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
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Post by jwp475 on Sept 10, 2024 20:30:53 GMT -5
Excellent shooting!
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