09-30-2021, 02:35 AM
It's an interesting insight into Bench Rest shooting.
The idea you have to up your load as the day wears on and water displaces out of the powder shows what is required to win when all the guns are so precise. Plus you have the luxury of loading at the firing line. I like his technique of loading long and holding the gun upright and picking the case out to feel the resistance of the lands. As the throat wears I imagine he would be doing this regularly.
We used to get visitors to F Class matches who never came back because they thought there was no challenge. They'd turn up, fire a few shots of someones carefully loaded ammunition, hit a bullseye with the gun all rested and wonder where the challenge was. The ability to load and read wind completely lost on them. But in the video the sorts of things this guy worries about would be almost wasted on an AR Grendel. No disrespect to his Bench Rest status but it would interesting to see him shoot a practical gun unsupported.
The idea you have to up your load as the day wears on and water displaces out of the powder shows what is required to win when all the guns are so precise. Plus you have the luxury of loading at the firing line. I like his technique of loading long and holding the gun upright and picking the case out to feel the resistance of the lands. As the throat wears I imagine he would be doing this regularly.
We used to get visitors to F Class matches who never came back because they thought there was no challenge. They'd turn up, fire a few shots of someones carefully loaded ammunition, hit a bullseye with the gun all rested and wonder where the challenge was. The ability to load and read wind completely lost on them. But in the video the sorts of things this guy worries about would be almost wasted on an AR Grendel. No disrespect to his Bench Rest status but it would interesting to see him shoot a practical gun unsupported.