I looked at the data. The V-22's best group average measured 17.3 mm (.6811") with a Harrell's Tuner (which they don't come with) shot inside (with no wind) while clamped into a vise not touched by human hands. The IR50/50 target has a 10 ring that measures .25" in diameter and an X dot that measures .03" in diameter. To shoot a 250 score (which is done fairly routinely) a benchrest rifle has to group no more than .474" (12mm) and to consistently hit the X dot it will need to group .255" (6.4mm) over 25 record shots, with human error included and doping the wind (when shot outdoors). Fairly typical winning scores will be in the order of 250 with 15 to 22x outdoors and 250 with 18 to 24X indoors.
Also, the IR50/50 sporter class is a repeater that has to weigh = or <7.5lb with a 6.5X scope max and a winning sporter will have to shoot a 250 with 15 to 20X to win a match (with no tuners allowed). The biggest problem being the 6.5X scope where the shooter is not able to see the ten ring. A benchrest rifle averaging .681" indoors would have no chance of winning and would be a very poor performer.
The most recent indoor club match (not a big National match) at Piney Hill Benchrest in VA on 1/6/18 has the following winning scores:
Sporter Class (7.5 lb, wood stock, 6.5X scope) = 250-19X
10.5 lb Class (unlimited scope) = 250-21X
13 lb Class (unlimited scope) = 250-23X
Last year 78 shooters (indoor and outdoor) shot a scores of 750, which requires a 75 shot group not exceeding .474" while moving a across a target in a rest and not just set-up on one target in a clamped vise.
You tell me how a rifle in a clamped vise that averages .6811" (no wind, no human error) shoots consistently with a BR rifle? .6811" average is not bad by any stretch, but no one should delude oneself that it is a custom benchrest rifle quality. If they can shoot with a BR rifle, they will eventually end up in BR matches. We will see.
Last edited by cooper57m; 01/20/18.
