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Yep. Although Benchrest silhouette is getting more popular with the older crowd. Same targets @ double the distances.

However, from the standpoint of sanctioned and registrable matches, it's all offhand.

Never played the bench rest silhouette game , kind of interesting. However I have shot many high power and small bore silhouette matches. It's actually my favorite discipline of the shooting sports but It's always amazing to me when you get new shooters that can really blow and go and talk about how good they can do till the match starts and then after the match it seems like so many of them are never seen or heard from again LOL

Don't know about there but around here some clubs have what they consider Hunter factory bench rest .Which means it's has to be a factory gun totally factory and no scope no more powerful than 6x that gun would fit right in.

All true but it's also a game you can get better, to a point, with reasonable practice. I'm just an A shooter with an occasional AA match. But other than occasional air rifle practice session I shoot one match a month. Even at that I'm generally shooting much better by the end of the season

Most definitely a skill you can hone. Definitely a skill you can lose when you don't practice. In a very humbling game. For me personally it's more about making myself happy and doing good and getting better on my own level. A decent AA silhouette shooter is usually the best shot in any hunting camp.

Is there a harder shooting sport than silo shooting? I don't think so.

T, never heard of silo shooting. What is it?

In my opinion no , though there are some people who are have earned their way into master class in both smallbore & high power fewer in high power, there are very few who actually shoot masterclass scores on a regular basis.

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I saw lots of high power across the course shooters that could shoot HM scores very regular if they didn't have to include off hand scores.

Never got the chance to try silhouette but I can see it would be a very demanding sport.

To be clear the entire course of silhouette is shot off hand..

Depends on the discipline centerfire handgun metallic is laying on your back with apiece of leather on your leg for a rest. Challenging to say the least.

Scullton Rod and Gun has a benchrest centerfire competition as well as some .22 matches almost in our backyard. Maybe not what you're looking for. They have a website.

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Understood. That's why I think it would be very demanding.

I shot a few fun matches where the whole national match course was shot offhand. Not many showed up.

Had a pretty good match at Atglen Pennsylvania yesterday.

Nice shooting Roof!

Just to clarify. That was my hunter handgun card and I was match winner with that. I was only class winner with my hunter rifle. But it was my best day so far.

Ever shot smallbore silo, Roof?

Yes, I should have specified I shoot small bore standard rifle, small bore hunter rifle and small bore hunter handgun. I have not gotten into high power yet.