Recent content by Hunter

Jim, my condolences; thanks for sharing.

With so many of our benchrest friends and acquaintances having "left the range," I thought it would be nice to have a somewhat comprehensive list of them. Feel free to post name(s), year(s) of death, and age at death of your benchrest friends and acquaintances who have "left the range"; I'll add...

May Report - We had six shooters today, including one factory-class shooter. The weather was nice; about 60° when we started and 73° when we finished. Partial results -- 100 yard aggs: 1. Jim Andress - .2006 2. Jack Perry - .2390 3. Roger Avery - .2744 Jim had the smallest group - .078...

My First Super Shoot — The year after the above-described Shamrock Shoot, I decided to go to the Super Shoot. I was excited about the trip, and my wife agreed to go also. My plan was to shoot the first two days and leave, unless I was in the upper part of the results list after those two days...

My First Shamrock Shoot — The year after the match described immediately above, I decided to go to the Shamrock Shoot. I was excited about the trip, and my wife agreed to go also. When we got to Dublin we went into town to a gun store to pick up some primers for my son. I told one the employees...

Lee, about how often do you practice, about how many shots per practice session, and about how long has that been your routine?

I should have included the following in post # 12 above, but ... Can you elaborate on the "if necessary" part of your comment? Please don't let the following question affect your response to the previous question — but, regardless of what prompted a "necessary" adjustment, I assume the group...

I used to always read Wilbur’s posts; I enjoyed his insightful comments — one of which is worth quoting here. He said, “There are often spectators drooling around quietly at matches. If you ain't winning (which is the case for 80% of the attendees), why not ask these spectators if they would...

Lee, do you feel that you oftentimes get caught with the wind changing between the time you look at the flags and the time you "let the next round fly"? If so, what do you do to try to mitigate that issue?

Lee, thanks for sharing the above. Query Lee, thanks for sharing. Query: 1. When you're watching the field, I assume that means ALL of your flags, correct? 2. How fast do you typically "run" five shots? 3. Are you coming off the scope to watch the flags while you reload? 4. Please...

My First Experience as a Shooter at a Registered Group Match — The year after the above-described match, my shooting buddy and I signed-up to shoot, along with 30 other shooters, including: (1) a HOF and World Team shooter; (2) a Super Shoot winner; (3) a well-known former gun writer; (4) a...

It's not uncommon for several of my benchrest shots (at 100 and 200 yds.) to look like flyers, and I don't know the cause. Oftentimes, I see that regardless of the load. One think I'm wondering about is my wind-flag watching technique — or lack thereof. I don't seem to be good at trying to...

Around the time of my son's one-and-done hunt (see post # 6 at https://benchrest.com/forum/threads/shooting-related-autobiographical-snippets.105976/), his interest in guns increased and eventually morphed into an interest in benchrest shooting. He shot several matches and eventually invited a...

My First Exposure to a Registered Group Match — My shooting buddy and I had been shooting (in factory class) the club matches at River Bend for over a year when we heard about an upcoming two-day, registered group match at that club; we decided to go watch the first day. There were 25 shooters...

Around the time of my son's one-and-done hunt (see post # 6 on page 1), his interest in guns increased and he bought a bunch of guns (including a 300 Wby.) and scopes. One day he and a buddy went to an indoor range and my son took the Wby. (on which he had mounted a scope). Later that day he...