Recent content by RStewart

2014 Champions de la Louisianne “Louisiana Championship” Palo Alto Rifle and Pistol Club Donaldsonville, Louisiana October 4 and 5, 2014 I would first like to thank our sponsors for again supporting us with this year’s Prize Table- Berger Bullets Decot Hy-WYD Defiance Machine Dewey...

I know you weren't. I've read too many of your posts over the last couple of years to know you weren't disparaging us. I was just pointing out that even those of us that shoot here regularly never know what to expect. Last year for the State match we had a hurricane which dropped to a Tropical...

The clearer the glass the longer you have before mirage begins to be an issue. The booster lens, while adding magnification adds more pieces of glass to create distortion. I shoot Schmidt Bender PMII 12-50 scopes. They do a good job of seeing through the mirage, but come with a price. And I...

Agreed, but Palo Alto winds have never been what you would call "generally mild." Anyone shooting High Master here has earned it. Being surrounded by sugar cane fields, winds can change greatly depending on whether it's growing or whether it has been cut. Put a berm 100 yards long down the left...

I believe he did it with his .308 but has recently won a couple of different matches shooting the .223. I have only shot .223 and should be going HM in the next couple of months. I have also won with it. At 600 yards the .223 will hold its own. When you get out beyond that it gets tougher but...

We have at least 9 FTR High Masters at Palo Alto and one shoots a .223. Here's a fun little video one of our guys put together. We have our Louisiana Championship this weekend. Four .223's on the line for it. 600 yards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrxR5eDuA54

Not knowingly, if they have a personal timer. Some folks do not check on how much time is left with the MD. It happens.

Good to see another group coming on board. Good luck with your matches.

http://compete.nra.org/documents/pdf/compete/RuleBooks/HPSR/hpsr-book.pdf There is already a sporting class recognized by the NRA (at least I haven't seen anything where it was done away with). 3.4 Sporting Rifle—A center fire rifle of any caliber, not equipped with palm rest or Schuetzen...

You can't go wrong listening to Frank. Which reminds me I need to get another .223 barrel on order from Bartlein. lol

The Palo Alto F-Class/FPR and Club Championship will be held on Saturday July 12, 2014. It will consist of 3 strings fired from the 600 yard firing line. Prone shooters are welcome to shoot, but will be required to shoot from a front rest/bipod and will shoot on the F-Class target (MR1-FC)...

Maybe on a perfect day you could see .308 or bigger bullet holes. With no mirage and a backlit target. But those days are really, really rare. And it's still a maybe. I use my spotting scope for watching mirage only. If I'm shooting 600 yards I set my spotting scope to focus at around 400 yards...

And once again you miss the point. Every rule we use has a rationale behind it. Our shooters have no issues with them and we have been shooting matches since 2011. Also, we are open to suggestions from them for changes. You, on the other hand, would rather ridicule and criticize. Instead of...

Agreed.

21 shooters yesterday. 10 shot under FPR Rules as per their equipment and the others shot F-Class Rules as per their equipment. The writeup- Field Precision Rifle Match 4/12/14 at Palo Alto We had 4 shooters in the no bag class this month. Rick Stewart finished ahead of the pack shooting a...