This is your typical bench rest rifle and the second picture is a type of bench rest rifle known as a railgun both are capable of extreme accuracy.
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Anzio 20 50?6mmBR is a great round for splashing ground grizzlies, but in a rifle, I'd rather have the 375 Anderson on a Chey-Tac platform. For nailing sentries from 2 miles away.
Anzio 20 50?
https://youtu.be/f_mVtJc4AVQ
Yup. Nice. My shooting buddy's rifle weighs 70 lbs. Yes. 70lbs.
Test any technique / mod / adjustment / variable without relying on a pesky human element.I really get the bench rest, but a rail gun? The only use for it I can see would be to test ammo- in essence how accurate can It actually be.
It is more like an artillery piece than a rifle.
A rail gun...might as well be aimed by a computer sighting system. It is not a practical weapon at all- only useful as a test rig. To each their own, but in my estimation that is not shooting- can you adjust and hit a target, sure. So could anybody else that understands the rig. How long until the trigger is electronic so you do not actually touch it?
Roger that!I grew up shooting NRA 3-position and started competitive shooting with 22LR rimfire as well as competition air-rifles right around the age of 10. A few years later my coach pushed me into off-hand pistol shooting where I began firing competition in that class as well.
Having a competition background taught me some important lessons along the way. When I began shooting and for many years as I was progressing there really wasn't an online community, as the internet wouldn't hit the masses until nearly a decade or so later. One thing that I noticed after most of America came online was that bench guns would take heat quite often online as people claimed "it was not a true form of shooting" or that "all those guys were doing was pulling a trigger". People heavily involved with shooting and competition on a regular basis wouldn't dare lump those guns into such a stereotypical category of shooting, though. Anyone who fires a firearm using a magnification optic at all knows that no matter how steady or solid your rest is, you can still move a gun. Any bit of vibration or shooter input will still move crosshairs on a target, even if the gun is strapped down with 100lb weights. So it makes sense that every gun will also move when it is fired due to recoil, and as such there is still a process involved requiring some consistency to be met in order to duplicate results; such guns still require a shooting technique, before even thinking about the ammunition itself. Now realize what happens when the details are considered of such shooting--the groups are so tight at such long distances that not only the shooting technique must be incredibly consistent but the ammunition itself must be incredibly consistent. In fact, if anyone is to take a ballistic calculator and play with deviation that occurs in ammunition when shooting to 600 and 1000 yards based on velocity spread alone in the wind and while keeping in mind the group sizes those guys compete within, they will likely realize that bench rest shooting is not any easier at all from the rested setups. The benchrest shooters are by far some of the most experienced shooters in existence, because not only do they understand the variables of human input on the rifle but they understand the variables of everything going on that can possibly effect a group between trigger and target impact 1000 yards away. My hats off to some of those guys for having the patience to interpret the science of shooting down to the smallest of variables.
If rail guns are not your cup of tea there are many other classes.
There is skill required, wind, mirage and other things must be accounted for, especially at long rang. It is also a test of how well the rifle and components are made.
I grew up shooting NRA 3-position and started competitive shooting with 22LR rimfire as well as competition air-rifles right around the age of 10. A few years later my coach pushed me into off-hand pistol shooting where I began firing competition in that class as well.
Having a competition background taught me some important lessons along the way. When I began shooting and for many years as I was progressing there really wasn't an online community, as the internet wouldn't hit the masses until nearly a decade or so later. One thing that I noticed after most of America came online was that bench guns would take heat quite often online as people claimed "it was not a true form of shooting" or that "all those guys were doing was pulling a trigger". People heavily involved with shooting and competition on a regular basis wouldn't dare lump those guns into such a stereotypical category of shooting, though. Anyone who fires a firearm using a magnification optic at all knows that no matter how steady or solid your rest is, you can still move a gun. Any bit of vibration or shooter input will still move crosshairs on a target, even if the gun is strapped down with 100lb weights. So it makes sense that every gun will also move when it is fired due to recoil, and as such there is still a process involved requiring some consistency to be met in order to duplicate results; such guns still require a shooting technique, before even thinking about the ammunition itself. Now realize what happens when the details are considered of such shooting--the groups are so tight at such long distances that not only the shooting technique must be incredibly consistent but the ammunition itself must be incredibly consistent. In fact, if anyone is to take a ballistic calculator and play with deviation that occurs in ammunition when shooting to 600 and 1000 yards based on velocity spread alone in the wind and while keeping in mind the group sizes those guys compete within, they will likely realize that bench rest shooting is not any easier at all from the rested setups. The benchrest shooters are by far some of the most experienced shooters in existence, because not only do they understand the variables of human input on the rifle but they understand the variables of everything going on that can possibly effect a group between trigger and target impact 1000 yards away. My hats off to some of those guys for having the patience to interpret the science of shooting down to the smallest of variables.
Roger that!
In the 100 and 200 yard benchrest (group shooting) because conditions change during the day 99% of us load before each match. Usually changing the powder load to keep the gun in tune, sometimes even changing to different powder and changing the seating depth, not to mention reading flags, gun handling and so on.
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