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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    They were cool. It is a small club and we have already shot mini-Palma targets alongside them. We can't really compare targets apples to apples. We had 2 F-class shooters, so I hung with the other F-class guy, and then we have all of the sling shooters. Honestly, the sling shooters are actually...
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    I just spotted the classifications. It was left out of TP's post. They are as follows: TABLE 3 - INDIVIDUAL Outdoor F-Class classification – 200 shots minimum required for classification. Master 97.50 and above Expert 95.00 to 97.49 Sharpshooter 92.50 to 94.99 Marksman Below 92.50 So I am...
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    F T/R Competition 175 to 155

    I have a 24" barrel and have a difficult time getting to 1,000 accurately with 175 SMK's (this is around sea level). The velocity is such that it will be in the transonic region when it gets there (above the speed of sound, but iffy). It was noted above that the 155's have a lower BC than a 175...
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    Smack the SMILEY (SNOWFLAKE) - WINTER 2013 - RESULTS POSTED!

    Thanks to Jason and great shooting Hillbilly Sniper! Man, the competition just keeps getting tougher. I lost the rimfire once with a 279 and once with a 283. It is getting to the point that you have to break 280 to have a shot at winning! I still have never won a CF comp, but I am humbled to...
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    F T/R Competition NRA Smallbore Rimfire F Class coming...

    Nobody ever free-floated a handguard, put in a match stainless barrel, or stuck a two-stage trigger in their service rifle looking for an edge. I have never heard of anyone doing that. And certainly, nobody throats their barrels to take 77 and 80 grain bullets to try to get a ballistic advantage...
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    With the active word being "fairly." I have seen Eley Match go from $10.25 a box to $13.75 a box in a couple of years. But compared to the run up in prices of other ammo, it is considered reasonable.
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    I was shooting a Remington 40X action worked over by Gene Davis in a McMillan Prone stock with a Harris Bipod. The ammo was RWS R50... a great lot that I have been using for years, but my supply is dwindling. I am going to have to do some lot testing to find a new lot, or potentially switch to...
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    One of the guys was telling me that a gal shot a 198 (out of 200) on the A-51 indoors last week slung up with irons in the prone. My hat is off to her. Sure, it was the best stage out of a bunch of them, but that stage beat 2 of my stages with a 15X scope and bipod! Some of these iron sights...
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    Our sling shooters were shooting the Dewar course simultaneously, which is an A-23 at 50 yds and an A-25 at 100 yds. The A-23 has a .39" X-ring and a .89" 10-ring versus the A-51, which has a .161" X-ring and a .355" 10-ring. The A-25 has a 1" X-ring and a 2" 10-ring versus the A-33 that has no...
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    I did some quick calculations to figure out why the 50 yards is so much easier. Taking into account bullet diameter, here is the true aimpoint MOA for the X-ring and 10-ring for the A-51 and A-33 targets: A-51 (50 yards) X-ring: .735 MOA 10-ring: 1.106 MOA A-33 (100 yards) X-ring: 0.570 MOA...
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    Which targets have you all been using?
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    I shot it today with an 8 X 20 round = 1600 points COF. 5 of the stages were at 50 yds and three were at 100 yds. Going in, just looking at the targets, I thought that the 100 yard targets were going to be cake and the 50 yard target looked really daunting. As it turned out, I did much better at...
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    F T/R Competition Meplat Uniforming and Tipping - experience thus far

    Pointing increases BC. Meplat trimming makes the meplats more uniform, but lowers BC. Doing both is supposed to give you the best of both worlds, but I stopped doing it because I wasn't really seeing the results on paper. Who knows, I might try it out again. Sometimes, when you get the odd...
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    F T/R Competition NRA Smallbore Rimfire F Class coming...

    I have my sources. And I am sitting on 2-3 bricks of great stuff right now. Cheap 22LR is hard to find. The good stuff is actually more available than the cheap stuff. But yeah, it is going for $.30 a shot and up... a tiny bit cheaper than CF with no handloading time. Plus, negligible recoil and...
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    Wow! The A-51 sounds tough. At .161", I definitely won't have all X's. 1.045" at 100 is acheivable, but just barely. This definitely sounds like a tough match. I understand the A-33 works by not breaking the 10 ring to determine an X? Just what I heard at a meeting yesterday.
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    "Smallbore F-Class'" coming soon per NRA!!!

    I have my first F-Class 22 match this weekend! All of those years of dedication will help. I think we (Rimfire Forumers) will have a jump on the competition until it starts attracting the "real" shooters. LOL. This is really exciting. I'll let y'all know how it goes. The biggest competition in...
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    F T/R Competition NRA Smallbore Rimfire F Class coming...

    Late to the thread, but I just heard about this in my shooting club. I will be a guinea pig this weekend shooting the first F-class Match for my clubs. It will be a chance for me to be NRA rated because the stuff I like to shoot generally isn't sanctioned by the NRA. My understanding is that it...
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    Which Phone; I pod or Android?

    Apple tends to run a lot more smoothly and there are lots of third party aftermarket accessories for them, but with Android, you get a better variety of devices. I went with Android because I could get a ruggedized / waterproof phone. I will also add that one of the biggest pro's of an Android...
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    Movie Theater Lone Survivor The Movie

    Good movie. Marky Mark made a terrible Texan. He had a little less Boston accent than usual, but definitely not a Texas accent. Much like Jack Reacher, he was the wrong guy for the part, but it probably wouldn't have been made without him. As for him being anti-gun... he has some weird quotes...
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    Leica 1600b - Im impressed!

    I got a reading of 2004 on mine once. I used to think it would max out at 1999. This was a water tower at dusk bagged on the hood of my truck. Not very practical, but yes, it will go that far. Ranging a 6'X6' target at 1,000 yards takes a couple of tries to do offhand. Boars at 800 is possible...
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