bamaranger
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F - T/R rifle
I've taken up F-T/R class shooting and have made about half dozen matches in the past 2 years. F class is prone off a bipod. Matches are usually shot at 600 (mid range) or 1000 yd. F- Open is dominated by 6mm and 6.5 wildcats, usually something like 6.5-284. Rifles are almost always bolts, with custom rigs very common, and can weigh upwards of 16 lbs. Commercial rifles can be Remingtons and sometimes Savages. Scopes have 30mm tubes, 50mm bells and can run up to 24x or more. Nightforce and Leupold seem most common.
F-T/R is limited to .223 or .308. Neither of those calibers slip the wind as good as the 6mm or 6.5, but being able to "read" the wind is l more important than what caliber you shoot. Rifles are usually under 16 lbs, but big scopes are still common. The .223 sometimes appears in AR type rifles, espcially at the 600 yd matches. Scopes are still big.
My rig is .308, buillt on a Savage 110 action, w/ a .26" factory fluted barrel. The rifle went together in stages. A junker action, the barrel in a swap, stock, mounts and glass as I could save up for them. For glass I have a Burris 6-24x XTR, on a Warne 20 degree base and XTR rings. I have an aftermarket Choate stock. The most recent addition is a Rifle Basix comp trigger.
Good ammo is essential, and learing to load match grade ammo is an undertaking I am still trying to master. I shoot Lapua brass, 175 gr Sierra MK's , Fed match primers and Varget for powder. I've loaded hunting and plinking ammo for years, but match ammo is a whole new game.
I have learned that I cannot afford to shoot matches as much as I'd like, that there are some darn good shots out there, and I am not as good as I thought I was.
My goal at every match I go to is not to finish last.
I've taken up F-T/R class shooting and have made about half dozen matches in the past 2 years. F class is prone off a bipod. Matches are usually shot at 600 (mid range) or 1000 yd. F- Open is dominated by 6mm and 6.5 wildcats, usually something like 6.5-284. Rifles are almost always bolts, with custom rigs very common, and can weigh upwards of 16 lbs. Commercial rifles can be Remingtons and sometimes Savages. Scopes have 30mm tubes, 50mm bells and can run up to 24x or more. Nightforce and Leupold seem most common.
F-T/R is limited to .223 or .308. Neither of those calibers slip the wind as good as the 6mm or 6.5, but being able to "read" the wind is l more important than what caliber you shoot. Rifles are usually under 16 lbs, but big scopes are still common. The .223 sometimes appears in AR type rifles, espcially at the 600 yd matches. Scopes are still big.
My rig is .308, buillt on a Savage 110 action, w/ a .26" factory fluted barrel. The rifle went together in stages. A junker action, the barrel in a swap, stock, mounts and glass as I could save up for them. For glass I have a Burris 6-24x XTR, on a Warne 20 degree base and XTR rings. I have an aftermarket Choate stock. The most recent addition is a Rifle Basix comp trigger.
Good ammo is essential, and learing to load match grade ammo is an undertaking I am still trying to master. I shoot Lapua brass, 175 gr Sierra MK's , Fed match primers and Varget for powder. I've loaded hunting and plinking ammo for years, but match ammo is a whole new game.
I have learned that I cannot afford to shoot matches as much as I'd like, that there are some darn good shots out there, and I am not as good as I thought I was.
My goal at every match I go to is not to finish last.
