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.22 Bench rest questions

#1 Post by Alpha1 »

Is .22 bench rest a postal comp can you compete as an inividual or do you have to do it through your club.
Were do I go to find info on .22 benchrest.

Edit I discovered bench rest uk forum thingy. Google is your freind. It looks like I can do it by post.

Hmm I feel another rifle aquisition coming on.
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#3 Post by dodgyrog »

Dave - Robb is the UKBR22 secretary
pm me if you want his phone number
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#4 Post by dodgyrog »

PS NSRA benchrest is rubbish - far too limited in what equipment you can use
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#5 Post by Alpha1 »

I bought a front rest. I had a go to night the benches in the Club are useless for bench rest. Hmm. I aint giving up though. Is the butt of the rifle supposed to rest on a bag.
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#6 Post by Kungfugerbil »

Alpha1 wrote:Is the butt of the rifle supposed to rest on a bag.
Depends whose rules you’re shooting to - which will be determined by which league you shoot in (if that’s your thing). For example, the Yorkshire comp does not allow rear rest, but butt can be supported on a gloved hand. Yorkshire Summer 2018 comp you still have a month to enter - if you do I can sort you some targets and go through the scoring.

http://yorkshiresmallbore.org.uk/resour ... Bench.docx

NSRA is similar but on different cards, but UKBR22 completely different.
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#7 Post by Alpha1 »

Sounds interesting I would need to persuade the club to provide a better bench but that might be doable. A specimen target would be good.
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#8 Post by TattooedGun »

Our club recently purchased 4 of these from the NSRA - 3 right handed and one left handed.

They're sturdy and well built. Rock solid shooting position and since they've got 3 contact points to the floor no rocking or instability:

https://www.nsrashop.co.uk/products/top ... rest-table

Would recommend.

In terms of Rog's comments above - it's horses for courses. His opinion is that the NSRA benchrest league is restrictive - I believe that it still maintains enough elements of fundamental marksmanship to be a nice transition from target-rifle style shooting as opposed to resting everything and basically shooting from a machine rest.

It all depends on what kind of shooting you enjoy, if you still want to consider your breathing, position, natural point of aim, etc - then consider the NSRA/Hendon League/Yorkshire comp.

If, as an engineer, the mechanical aspect is more your appeal then consider the UKBR22.

My 2 cents.
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#9 Post by TattooedGun »

UKBR22 target:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0676/ ... 1480455004

NSRA/Hendon League BR Target:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0676/ ... 1476740147

Not sure on the target that yorkshire use.
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#10 Post by Kungfugerbil »

TattooedGun wrote:Our club recently purchased 4 of these from the NSRA
I know who makes those for them :)

The smallbore club I used to shoot at has a few of those. Decent tables.
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