Forum: General Discussion
04-17-2011, 06:25 PM
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Re: Joe Haller's Birthday!
Hello there Smokin Guns - Kippler - SouthernMoss.
Just ran across this post today: A little late tuning in, but thank you for the birthday thoughts.
We were scheduled to have our first rimfire...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
01-08-2006, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 26,800
Re: Most accurate .22lr?
I would agree with Dave, (Master Dave) about the Suhl 150. Many of us that are into Rimfire Benchrest competition consider the East German Suhl to be the King of the Accuracy Hill when it comes...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
04-16-2005, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 907
Thank You:
I have been out of circulation this past month, trying to deal with the lose of my dear wife, Mavis.
I am now trying to get back into the world and the activities I use to enjoy. Just ran across...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-26-2005, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 20,996
Remington 40X rifles and the CMP
Last winter the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) sold about 3500 used Remington 40X rifles. We affiliated the International Rimfire E-Mail Matches (IREM) with CMP so some of our E-Mail Match...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-26-2005, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 22,259
Re: Frosty got a Marlin Model 60
Hey Frosty !!!
Ya live down here in the Rio Grande Valley? Sure ya do! How about coming over to Mission and shooting with us. We got 25 members in our Winter Texan .22 Benchrest Club. We shoot...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
02-26-2005, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 2
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Re: CMP 52D
Teddy Roosevelt gave us the DCM. The Dammacrates took it away and gave us the CMP. Bad trade.
Maybe we should write our Congressmen and tell them to give us back our DCM.
I think it could be...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
09-01-2004, 12:46 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 769
Re: Any truth in this?
Excess heat can affect the accuracy of match grade rimfire ammunition. Eley and Lapua will not ship their MATCH GRADE ammo across the Atlantic in shipboard containers during the summer months. If you...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
08-06-2004, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,291
The .22 Magnum?
I have nothing to do with setting the rules for this match, but I do run the Rimfire E-Mail Matches over on Rim Fire Central. If it would be any help here: We have invited the .22 Mag and the ,17 HMR...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
08-03-2004, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,291
We'll do it a 100 yards . . .
115 yards would be 105.2 meters
110 yards is 100.6 meters.
100 yards is 91.4 meters
Can you move your frame in to 100 yards?
I have a bunch of the Standard NRA 100 yard targets left over from...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-16-2004, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,141
For August ???
0ne 10 shot target at 100 yards or two 10 shot targets?
Are these matches for score or group?
Joe
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-14-2004, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,141
Re: Monthly Contest ??
That sounds like a good course of fire: No rests. No sandbags.
Ten shot groups? 10 shots for score?
Might be hard to score 10 shots on one target, as there may be a lot of overlapping shots...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-07-2004, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 840
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
07-06-2004, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 840
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-09-2004, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,884
Colonel Townsend Whelan once said . . .
"Only accurate rifles are interesting."
Once you shoot a centerfire 6mm PPC Bench Rifle, or a Rimfire Rifle like the Suhl, , Anschutz, , Remington 40X, Winchester M52, or a cusotm action like the...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-08-2004, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 433
Smokin Guns - - - Where are you?
I want to send you an updated copy of our rimfire benchrest match program scheduled for next weekend.
USBR has given us last minute approval for a SANCTIONED match. This means a high score could...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 997
SK & Wolf
Mark Jones is using SK Match 50 here in our matches. He told me it is the same as Wolf Match Gold:
Here are three of his recient scores:
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25 yards on the...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,083
Hello Keppler:
Our rules on scoring only require you to have another person check your scores for accuracy. We don’t require a witness to watch you shoot. We just expect you to measure the distance from the front...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,083
Groups & Scores
That group was shot by my son, Tim when he was14 years old. Yea: He won the match. Best I ever did with that rifle at 200 was a .285”. I sold it to Paul Verhey last year. The stock was orange when I...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,083
The Scoring Gauge and the Reticule Rule
To measure GROUPS accurately we need an expensive reticule rule.
To SCORE a target accurately all we need a scoring gauge.
The reticule rule we use in NBRSA and IBS tournaments, cost about...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,083
USBR targets - Not at every Gun Shop - Yet.
597:
Up until a couple of months ago there was only one place we could order USBR targets: Tom Guerin: Vice-President of USBR sold them. These are high quality tournament type targets that are...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,083
100 YARDS
Over on Rimfire Central, Paul Johnson (knitepoet) has decided for the month of June, to run a FUN match on the USBR target at 100 yards.
Three or four of of the guys have tried it at 100 so far...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,083
What does a 250 look like . . .
. . . on the USBR target?
This one was shot at 25 yards by Paul Verhey from Central Lake, Michigan.
It has 16 X's. To get an X, ya gota completely shoot out the 1/10th inch 10 ring
No one...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-07-2004, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,083
Ya from one a these States?
Would ya consider joining yer State Team?
Ya live in a Region that doesn't have a State Team?
NEW SHOOTERS NEEDED!...
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Forum: Competition Shooting Forum
06-05-2004, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,255
Good Rests - Bad Rests
Some shooters consider the Caldwell Rock rest a good buy at less than $100.00. May not be the best for high recoil rifles, but with a bag of shot draped over the rear leg of the tripod it should be...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-05-2004, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,884
Taylor and Robbins . . .
BOY: That Don Buckbee is OLD. Sad to say it, but he ain't as old as me.
I’m back online. Just made the internet connection this afternoon, after a trip from Sault Ste. Marie to Iron Mountain...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-05-2004, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,872
Da Russian Connection . . .
I bought a Biathlon Basic when I was down in South Texas a year and a half ago. Got it new for $285.00. Right out of the box it shot better scores on the USBR than my CZ 452 American ever did. I...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-02-2004, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 575
Hey Rem . . .
That club of yours looks like a nice place to shoot.
Punch some holes in them USBR targets and post the scores. Put up some pictures if the targets like Smokin has done. if ya can. And: How about...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-02-2004, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 575
Rem . . .
How would you score a target like that?
The black layer is shot way around the shot hole, and if the shot is close to a scoring ring, the ring is also shot way. We can't determine if a shot...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-02-2004, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 575
Ordering the Official USBR targets
Up until last month the only way we could get USBR targets was through Tom Guerin, who is the vice-president of USBR. Tom had some serious medical problems, so now the USBR President is distributing...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-02-2004, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 575
Last Night’s League Match in Sault Ste. Marie
We had seven shooters last night, in our 5th Tuesday Evening rimfire benchrest match up here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Here is the rundown:
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25...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
06-01-2004, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 675
Nice target, Bullseye . . .
That looks like the NRA pistol target used outdoors at 25 yards for Timed and Rapid fire, and at 50 yard for Slow Fire.
If that is so, and you shot it at 25 yards: Timed and Rapid fire: You are...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-31-2004, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 802
Smashem . . .
If that Kimber of yours shot well when it came back from the factory, and then the accuracy fell off after 150 shots, you may be having a rapid build up of lead and fouling deposits in your chamber....
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-30-2004, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 552
Oh NO !!!
You waited too long!
That 9 o'clock wind pushed your bullet WAY out to the right.
Well: That was a good lesson in reading the wind anyway.
But: You were reading MY flags. Did you say you...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-30-2004, 08:42 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 552
A Seven o'clock wind . . .
. . . will drift your bullet only half as much as a 9 o'clock wind.
SHOOT NOW, before it switches to 9 o'clock.
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-30-2004, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 552
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-30-2004, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 552
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-30-2004, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 552
Which Flag . . .
Yea! Which flag do you believe?
Better wait until these flags agree with each other.
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-29-2004, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 802
One a my flags . . .
Here is a flag that Mike Hanson out in Utah made for me.
There are a lot of different ways to make a wind flag. This is a good design.
Some flags lie to you, if they are not balanced right.
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-29-2004, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 802
Speedo ???
I been shoot’in centerfire and rimfire benchrest since 1956. Have seen lots a wind flags on the range and built a few of my own. Never saw a “Speedo” on the range.
What the he## is a Speedo?
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-29-2004, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,065
The CD hole . . .
The hole in those CDs looks like about 9/16” in diameter.
No clank when hit, but they would sure move if you didn’t center the bullet in the hole!
MIght move anyway with the bullet’s...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-27-2004, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 813
Got a coupe UP here - :-)
Hi Don:
Scott and Lorrie Hauswith each have M-12s, and will be shooting them at our June match.
It SHOULD be warming UP up here by then.
Joe
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-27-2004, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,065
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-27-2004, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,065
Another Idea
Yesterday my grandson, Chris dragged a piece of steel up from the river. I said. “leave it here. Maybe Fred can use for a gong, in our Cowboy Matches. (Fred is our Club Treasurer)
After reading...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-26-2004, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 682
Last Night’s League Match
We had 7 shooters last night, in our 4th Tuesday Evening rimfire benchrest match up here in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. KInda hope a few a you guys will get some a those USBR targets and join us in...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-25-2004, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,130
Ya got room for some more shooters here?
Seems that Rimfire Central is down and we do not know if or when if will be back up and running.
I will have a lot of E-Mail Match scores that need to be posted for the May Match.
Got room for...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-20-2004, 08:00 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 571
597 . . .
How far are you from Lakeland, Florida?
One of my friends here in Michigan spends the winters in Lakeland and he organized a Florida State Team that shoots with us in the Rimfire E-Mail Matches....
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-20-2004, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 571
This week in our Summer League
Rimfire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula:
I did OK at 25 yards on Tuesday night. But becaue the sun was shinning in our faces, we had to improvise with some carboard sunshades.
I waited until the...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-16-2004, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 512
Touching the line:
If a shot is REAL close to the line and the scorer cannot decide if it is in or not, we have two other shooters look at it BEFORE the scoring gauge is removed. It is in or out: Based on the majority...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-16-2004, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 512
How to Score
I have had some difficulty trying to teach our shooters here in Sault Ste. Marie and in Mission Texas how to score a target.
In fact a lot of the club members WOULD NOT learn to score. That put...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
05-15-2004, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 651
The 25 Yard Class Brake Points
Smoken:
Here they are:
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25 Yard Classes
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250-0x to 250-25x - - MASTER
248-249 - - - - - - - - - EXPERT...
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