I went to the world Championship in Raton NM.I would like to say I meet some awesome people from all over and much thanks to Australian team captain for all her help.It seems that the winds there were very switchy with tail winds and gusting to 20 mph and knocking over some equipment.Needless to say a very challenging range,probably the toughest range I ever shot at.Just couldn't wrap my head around the conditions there and plus my breathing wasn't very controlled due to the altitude.My first issue was trying to come up with a load that would work well at altitude with a good speed,loading at below sea level seems to be a factor for obtaining the correct node for shooting at altitude for the rifle.I had just purchased this rig had 40 rounds down the tube and ran out of time for getting a great node for this rifle.I used the savage target action a broughton 5c barrel reamed to take Molly smk180 's with 61.5 grains of 4831sc.The stock was a sharp shooter supply dog tracker which I had issues with controlling the cant .I think it was because of the width of the front end.I had no issues with ammo till Raton practice day.Numerous misfires with a good primer hit just no bang.Didn't have any reloading equipment I went to find some but no luck finding a press.I asked around but no primers or powder to be had.Berger and laupua were there and bullets were available just no equipment to load.So we decided we had enough ammo hopefully to make it thru misfires and was quite difficult dealing with that during the match.Then we ran out of elevation for the night force 12x42 br scope and mount combo.I had to switch mounts and because a lot of it was due to ground,bags and rest that had us run out so we changed it out and during that operation I dropped the scope hard.I think it was bad from then on we just got back on paper at 1000 and time was up.We contemplated switching scopes but my partner thought it was good after he zeroed it at 1000 so we were using it.The next day the shooters on our relay had scores low for relays 5,6,.We had world class shooters dropping 10 points and I was still wondering if the scope went south because it seemed to move impacts but with high winds it was hard to tell if it was tracking .I shared equipment with my shooting partner and the run was long between points and the effort to make it on to the line in time was stressful.The next day the range officials moved us closer together and that significantly reduced the stress of moving equipment 40 points down the line.My partner was concerned the scope was off ,he rolled 8 minutes with no movement at 900 he stopped and held off for the rest of the match as well as my self.I don't like holding off the bull with a dot scope breaks my mental focus for some reason.My best score was at 800 with 74 6vs and just missed the 5 ring at 6 with a tail wind even though I held at 12 in the 5 ring.I know relays 1,2 had dead calm both mornings which lead to complaints because of the rotation of relays.I could understand the frustration but we shot the 5th relay just before the rain at 1000 which was just awful for scores.It lead to protest but it is an outdoor sport with weather conditions constantly changing, it is what it is.There is talk of moving the nationals to Camp Perry because of the numbers of shooters competing.I hope not because we need to move it around to support other ranges in their growth and financial support of the ranges around the country and communities.
F T/R Competition Fclass world championship Raton NM
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You weren't the only 9ne, I had quite the experience at the 2013 F/tr Individual World championships.* This was an event I was truly unqualified to shoot and way out of my league; however, it was an experience I will cherish for the rest of my life.* I met not only some great shooters but would class individuals from around the world.
I had some problems at the event that need addressing but due to my inexperience I am not sure how to proceed.* Day one practice on Friday was uneventful; I picked up my credentials at the check in table and shot about 25 rounds at each distance of 800,900 and 1000 yards.* I was extremely pleased with my ammo, rifle and my ability to shoot in light Raton wind.Day two, first day of event shooting was a different story all together.* As I was laying on my belly after my 3 minute prep period the announcer stated one minute burn off will commence when the target appears, I flipped open my ammo box and what I saw sent shock waves of horror though my heart.* The white paper towels I used to keep my ammo from shifting during transport were dark blue; I removed the paper towels to find all my projectiles soaked and sporting blue droplets of liquid.* I knew I could not chamber these with liquid on them, so in a frantic I started wiping rounds with my tee shirt; I had to get rounds down range because my rifle needed fouling!* I managed to wipe the liquid off the 22 rounds I needed for this first string and get the rifle fouled.* I dropped plenty of points the first round and was dumbfounded
.* As I pulled my equipment off the line my buddy wiped down the rest of the 55 plus rounds that I required for the rest of the day.* After securing my equipment, my buddy said I needed to look at the rounds because there were a lot that were pitted!* It was at that point I knew what happened.* In a huge plastic box I packed my ammo and my cleaning supplies, the heat and altitude must have caused the copper cleaner to pressurize and leak, the paper towels absorbed the copper cleaner and caused the problem.*So do I need to worry about the brass that was soaked in the copper clearner?* Should I just clean it and reuse it?* The copper cleaner dissolved a lot of the cooper jacket on the projectiles; the cooper that was left was extremely soft because I removed tons of if from the rifling after the string of firing.*Secondly, on my last string of the first day, I was again lying on my belly getting ready to shoot the last of the pitted ammo, I had to use it because I only brought a sufficient amount of ammo to shoot the event.* I now realize I should have brought many extra rounds to an event such as this.* Anyhow as I was getting ready to shoot when* the Gods of New Mexico opened up the skies of Raton, and for 13 minutes of my 17 minute string I was soaked with nickel sized drops of rain.* Between the 20 degree temperature drops, the fact that I could not see out of my scope and not to mention the bad ammo, I had 6 misses in a row, I mean the entre target!* I finally managed to get on paper and salvage the last nine shots, barely!* So again all of my equipment was soaked with rain.* I wiped off the outside of the rifle as well as I could.* Do I need to do anything to the trigger group or bolt to prevent corrosion?**Just for info, the last day of shooting went pretty normal considering the high winds of Raton.* I learned a bunch on this trip that will benefit me the rest of my shooting days.
I had some problems at the event that need addressing but due to my inexperience I am not sure how to proceed.* Day one practice on Friday was uneventful; I picked up my credentials at the check in table and shot about 25 rounds at each distance of 800,900 and 1000 yards.* I was extremely pleased with my ammo, rifle and my ability to shoot in light Raton wind.Day two, first day of event shooting was a different story all together.* As I was laying on my belly after my 3 minute prep period the announcer stated one minute burn off will commence when the target appears, I flipped open my ammo box and what I saw sent shock waves of horror though my heart.* The white paper towels I used to keep my ammo from shifting during transport were dark blue; I removed the paper towels to find all my projectiles soaked and sporting blue droplets of liquid.* I knew I could not chamber these with liquid on them, so in a frantic I started wiping rounds with my tee shirt; I had to get rounds down range because my rifle needed fouling!* I managed to wipe the liquid off the 22 rounds I needed for this first string and get the rifle fouled.* I dropped plenty of points the first round and was dumbfounded
.* As I pulled my equipment off the line my buddy wiped down the rest of the 55 plus rounds that I required for the rest of the day.* After securing my equipment, my buddy said I needed to look at the rounds because there were a lot that were pitted!* It was at that point I knew what happened.* In a huge plastic box I packed my ammo and my cleaning supplies, the heat and altitude must have caused the copper cleaner to pressurize and leak, the paper towels absorbed the copper cleaner and caused the problem.*So do I need to worry about the brass that was soaked in the copper clearner?* Should I just clean it and reuse it?* The copper cleaner dissolved a lot of the cooper jacket on the projectiles; the cooper that was left was extremely soft because I removed tons of if from the rifling after the string of firing.*Secondly, on my last string of the first day, I was again lying on my belly getting ready to shoot the last of the pitted ammo, I had to use it because I only brought a sufficient amount of ammo to shoot the event.* I now realize I should have brought many extra rounds to an event such as this.* Anyhow as I was getting ready to shoot when* the Gods of New Mexico opened up the skies of Raton, and for 13 minutes of my 17 minute string I was soaked with nickel sized drops of rain.* Between the 20 degree temperature drops, the fact that I could not see out of my scope and not to mention the bad ammo, I had 6 misses in a row, I mean the entre target!* I finally managed to get on paper and salvage the last nine shots, barely!* So again all of my equipment was soaked with rain.* I wiped off the outside of the rifle as well as I could.* Do I need to do anything to the trigger group or bolt to prevent corrosion?**Just for info, the last day of shooting went pretty normal considering the high winds of Raton.* I learned a bunch on this trip that will benefit me the rest of my shooting days.
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lol Denys I see you like my humour.To Diego-ted I feel ya ,was tough going.I use a sun shade ,a long one for rain.A towel over my head for the rear.With my boonie hat if possible to block rain.One thing about a towel is to keep those rounds dry.Reason is because of pressure ,you were lucky not to have pressure issues with wet ammo.The ammonia probably hurt your brass ,if in doubt throw it out.If you think missing at that yard line was bad don't.It was tough going in those conditions.I prayed for rain ,as the wind before the rain was just swirling fast I didn't know which way to go.To top it off I kept moving my rifle so much to see the conditions I loosened the rest up front and it was canted to the left never realised till the end.If you never shot there before don't think to much on it because it was very difficult and depending which end of that range and time of the day made things much more difficult.
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