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I love shooting prone...which is why a bipod works for me..coyotes won't like it either.

Where's my billfold!! By Gawd, I got something in there to show you!
Butch

waiting!!!, lol

pardon?

How much do you gentleman/(ladies?) shoot?

Let's just say I've been shooting competitively longer than you've been on God's green earth....

Between Benchrest and F-Class matches only, easily 1500 rounds in four months...

We told ya you need to get started reloading.

Benchrest is for fat old farts who can't bend down and touch their toes.

I'm out of competition at the moment, but wife and I used to shoot, my count of components meant we loaded between 10 and 20,000 rounds a year. Not counting dry firing, pellet gun, and 22 practice and not counting the cross training like silhouette, bullseye etc....

that's alotta lead!

My ship needs to come in at work- and ill be set..however, right now- I shot barely 40 rounds a week.

FMP

Belly benchrest sniper wiggers,sniff to many cow patty fumes.
Anything anybody else in accuracy shooting is doing was already done 25 years ago in BR.

dave

Seems to me the sturdy bench uses terra firma as foundation. Prone shooters simply by-pass the sturdy bench and go right to the foundation. d7mms just jealous. har har

wiggers? Ouch..

Benches are like training wheels...

Once you have confidence in your shooting ya can throw em away.

That is excellent and I congratulate you; this is no mean feat. I suspect most people simply do not understand how difficult that is but trust me, it is. Well done.

Hey guys,

So today I shot- hundred yard best was 3/16".

I have a question why would my point of impact chance buy about an inch after maybe 20 rounds shot? I dry swabbed in between every 10 shots.

Also, after how many shots do you clean? And in cold weather(after you shoot, go down range, and your rifle is cooled), and with a freshly cleaned barrel, do you get flyers on the first shot often?

Thanks,

FMP

I've gone exactly 180 rounds before cleaning my 308. Two day tournament. Shot to same poi before and after.

NEVER shoot the first shot on a dry bore. A very, VERY, lite film of oil is necessary. Powder residue provides lube from then on. Trust me on this. A bit of a "flyer" happens.

FMP, as one of the first posters told you, you can't buy your way into the winner's circle. Precision shooting is a black money that will take every dime that you wish to spend and then there will be yet another thingie that is just what you need.
If you do not reload, that should be your first step. Get a good middle of the road kit. Without all the esotheric stuff such as special neck sizers and such. You're just wanting to learn how to make good basic ammo. While you're doing that, learn how to use the equipment you've got. Trigger Time. Live firing at the range AND dry firing at home on the kitchen table. Shooting at a spot on the wall. If you're shooting .25" groups(which means you would win about 75% of the factory matches you'd enter), the question is why didn't you shoot .25" the rest of the time? When you're dry firing at the kitchen table (or at the range), you can concentrate on your technique. When the hammer falls, the cross hairs shouldn't move. At all. If they do, why?
There is a lot you can do before you start buying top of the line front rest and specialty dies.