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I had a new aftermarket bolt come in that over rotated when you opened the bolt such that the lugs went out of alignment with the race ways and would not pull back unless you wiggled the bolt around...

Calvin,

The oldest BR trophy here in the NW was started in 1944. I was 2 years old at the time! It is still contested, the famous "Sniper King" It is awarded for the smallest 10 shot group fired...

Calvin,

I've have been BR shooting for 53 years. Started in 1969. As a newbie I didn't pay any attention to what was going on with NBRSA/IBS, but I think it involved money and who and how it was...

WAY back when I started BR shooting I saw a lot of Unertl scopes on UNL rifles.

Several of the fellows had a "clamping" devise on the scope tube that locked the scope body to the front mount yoke...

While I don't shoot 22 BR anymore, I still have 2 Burris Minis, 2 Lyman 6x, and 2 Weaver KT-6's.

They may not be on a par with todays scopes, but were fairly light, had adj. objectives. and fine...

Parshal,

Thanks, I'll call them.

Have never used Manson tools so just didn't think of them.

Steve K.

Anyone have this size neck reamer they would be willing to sell?

Thanks,
Steve Kostanich

Sometime back I came across a You tube video showing the barrel making process Benchmark uses. It was done by some folks who arranged the tour of the shop.

For me the most interesting part was...

Al,

That rifle is pretty typical of the rifles John built in the '70's.

I remember one he did for himself where he threaded the entire length of a Rem. action. (can't remember which model)
and...

Al,

I shot with John Fry all thru the 70's and early 80's.

He was a tough guy to beat, and along with Manley Oakley, and Tom Sitez,(sp) was one to the top BR gunsmiths in the NW Region.

I'm...

After looking at your stock pics, I don't think that is Benchrest stock .

It is a McMill. Metallic Sil. stock. Forend is the wrong shape and a BR stock would never have a high cheek piece like the...

Is it Omicron season already, I still have my Delta decorations up!

Really sad news.

I met Larry 35 years ago shooting Hunter Rifle and did some 'smithing for him.
Re-connecting with him at our July UNL match was really great, first time I had talked to him I'm...

Butch,

I still have 10 boxes of the 30 American brass!!!

Steve

If I remember right the cartridge was developed by Harvey Miller. The MCR stands for Miller Custom Rifles.

It is very similar to a 219 Donaldson except with a 6mm neck.

Harvey had a fair amount...

Al,

Yes I remember Manley messing with the short 6 BR. I think Dan Dowling actually started it, and it was called a 6 Talldog. A few other guys messed with it too here in the NW area.
The cases...

Actually the bigger action was made by Hart, I believe, to compete against the big action Al Weber was making at the time. The Weber action looked very much like the Hart.

I started BR shootin in...

I remember being at a UNL 10 shot match in Visalia quite some years ago.

Elton, shooting a varmint rifle, won the 100 yard 10 shot agg.

Pretty impressive, but Elton just moved on to the 200...

Hunter,

Nope didn't buy Weber's stuff. Probably should have, but didn't have the $$ to pull if off. I was in my 4th year of teaching high school metal shop, and was not making a whole lot of $$...

A restricted class Unlimited BR rifle from the late 60's and early 70's.

For you newer guys to BR, way back when, there were actually two classes of UNL rifles, restricted and unrestricted. ...

Has anyone heard if Hugh is OK? His home and shop are on the outskirts of Talent, OR, which has been mostly destroyed by wildfires.

I have called his phone several times and always got a busy...

RG

Thanks.

What you said about the rifle is pretty much what I had heard about them.

Don't have the rifle in the shop yet, but will soon. It will get a Krieger bbl. chambered 6.5CM.

Hope...

What is the OD and thread pitch on Bugara action barrel mortises?

Thx,
Steve Kostanich

Glenn,

Benchrest shooting sometimes has one of two extremes; either the shot goes exactly where you expect and want it to go and it is just effortless to make it happen, OR you forget you still...

At least 25 years or more back, there was National Geographic special shown on PBS, that was on high speed photography, showing how slowing down fast moving objects or speeding up slow events could...