[300 ATLAS]

Rbelote asked for a little info. For you guys interested in Long Range BR follow the link below for the 2010 Schedule
http://internationalbenchrest.com/schedule/long_range.php
The closest 600 and 1000 yard matches to Mississippi
Yukon, MO 1000 and 600 yard BR. http://www.midwestbenchrest.com/
St. Louis, MO location of the 2010 600 yard Nationals http://www.shootingstl.com/home.htm
Camp Butner, NC 1000 BR. A lot of the same guys from the Legendary Hawk’s Ridge, new range http://www.northcarolina1000.com/index.html
Other Ranges,
Oak Ridge, TN 600 yard BR. No web page
Piedmont, NC 600 yard BR. No web page
Steel City Sports Shooting Assn. in Hoover, AL have plans for a 1000 yard range. I’ll be headed over there 07/15 to shoot a 500 yard F-Class Match and will inquire about setting it up for IBS 1K competition.
http://www.scssa.org/

Tony

 

[Beladran]

f class is above my pay grade and so is benchrest lol come to think of it any firearm with "custom" in front of it is above my pay grade right now lol

 

[Beladran]

I wouldnt mind watching a 1k contest though

 

[msredneck]

I heard watching a 1K contest is about like watching paint dry....

man I just bought a new Rem 700 action....gonna build me a F-class capable 308....trying to figure out barrel makers, lengths , twist rates etc etc now. McMillian A4 stock,

Gonna get Thomas Bullock in Clinton to build it...He has makes some nice rifles

so Beladran I got 2 going right now...I must have lost my mind...

Trying to settle on rings and bases for NF 5.5 x 22 - 50 as well

You only live once.....

Thanks for the BR info

 

[Beladran]

NF titanium rings and 20moa bases.. set you back about 300

 

[Rbelote]

I heard watching a 1K contest is about like watching paint dry....

man I just bought a new Rem 700 action....gonna build me a F-class capable 308....trying to figure out barrel makers, lengths , twist rates etc etc now. McMillian A4 stock,

Gonna get Thomas Bullock in Clinton to build it...He has makes some nice rifles

so Beladran I got 2 going right now...I must have lost my mind...

Trying to settle on rings and bases for NF 5.5 x 22 - 50 as well

You only live once.....

Thanks for the BR info

How much is he charging for the gunsmithing fee...and then surplus city takes a cut...I dont mean to take away his business because he is a good guy but I know someone that will build it for hundreds less.

 

[Beladran]

I know tim thompson will build you a pretty pimped out F open in 6 dasher or 284 with a tight neck for $3800- no optics

 

[Limbic]

you can google the results from the Yukon match and others fairly easy. It is good to see what the people are shooting and what powder they are using. Lots of Benchmark barrels out there. I don't know anything about them.
Also lots of wild cats. 6mmToad. WTF

 

[300 ATLAS]

Limbic,
The 6mm Toad is a 6.5-284 Lapua case shortened to approx. 1.400" I think and necked down to 6mm. My bubby Walt Day is shooting that one. A hell of a lot of work to make the cases. It will shoot! The was a write up about it in an issue of Precision Shooter last year.
The Favorite Barrel brand changes with the Match location. Benchmark is a big favorite at Yukon. Broughton & Krieger in NC 1K and Brux is making a showing in NC 600 yard.

 

[ftsibley]

i spoke with Tim last week and he was finishing up an F-class rig. I think it may have been 6.5-284 that he was finishing up. I know he has built a handful of them lately.

 

[Beladran]

Tim actually advised me against a 6.5x284 saying barrel life was poor

 

[Limbic]

1K rounds. Roughly. I like to shoot way to much for that.