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ULTIMATE BENCHRESTUltimate Benchrestby George ColemanAmerica is the home of benchrest. Yes, the WorldBenchrest Shooting Federation may have 29 Countrieson its books but America can probably field as manybenchrest shooters as the rest of the world puttogether! Not only that, they also shoot a thing calledBenchrest for Score – rather than group shooting. Inthe UK we did try shooting for score but it didn’t catchon – in America, it’s a different story but, I’ll let Georgetake up the story…The whole UBR idea was an answer to the problemwith - lets call it the (big 2) - score game here in theUS. The problem being, if you were not shooting a 30calibre you are handicapping yourself. Reason? The30 makes a bigger hole in the target and, it’s ‘inwardscoring’ so the 30 cal. is hard to beat.If you shoot a 22 or 6mm that big fat 30 will beat youin the end so most 6BR, 6PPC, 22 PPC and all theother variants just stay home! Size matters as theysay.My buddy, Danny Hensley, took it upon himself totry to fix at least part of this problem. So with somemath, a hard head and fortitude Danny’s baby – UBR -was born. Danny’s solution? Different size targets fordifferent sizes of caliber – a level playing field – no 30cal advantage.Templates were made, refined and made again andtargets printed and a very pretty and well thought outtarget it is!So, Danny calls around some willing ranges andUBR was up and running in no time at all!Part of the real beauty of this game is it lends itself tonew shooters with factory and modified rifles.Many shooters want to try benchrest but it’s hard forthe common man to drop 3000 US dollars or more in agood rifle and scope – as you will need to compete in‘group’ benchrest competition but almost anyone cango buy a nice varmint 223 or the like but anyway, mostshooters already have one in the closet just waiting tobe shot.My club in Buck Creek, Kentucky held one of the firstmatches and yes, I was there. Wow a lot of shootersshowed up with factory guns - even Danny himself!I shot in modified class with my Remington 40x in 6BRand did just fine! I was hooked Lol.We shoot both 100 and 200 yard aggs in a day withease. The 200 yard targets are twice as big so theyshould be twice as easy to hit right ? Lol! Aftershooting the ‘big 2’ for a few years, it was wonderfulto see new people having fun with this new game andnot once did I hear “If it had been a 30 it would havebeen a X!”Now I think a 30BR did win custom class that day butheck that’s a killer round any day anywhere in thebenchrest world.In 2011, UBR had it’s first National event at BuckCreek, Kentucky and wow, what a turn out ! Man wehad a good time and good eats off the grill! (Here’s apic or 2 of that day). We have a full schedule in four USStates and growing!60
New shooter or seasoned pro will love this new scoregame - they need only try it once to find that out. Giveit a try and you will too! A varmint rig with bi-pod or afull blown benchrest set up - doesn’t matter, just showup and shoot!ULTIMATE BENCHRESTVisit http://ultimatebenchrest.com for more info onrules and how to purchase targets from Danny. I hopeto see more of UBR on the pages of <strong>Target</strong> <strong>Shooter</strong>magazine.61
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March SCOPESThe Choice of Champions
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The Savage Model 10 BATactical Rifl
Page 9 and 10: The Model 10 BA is a straightforwar
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Page 17: FROM THE BENCH cont...Factory Sport
Page 20 and 21: Busman’s Holiday - Part 1by Carl
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Page 25 and 26: TO BUILD AN EYE-CATCHING &SUCCESSFU
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Page 29 and 30: GB F Class ChampionshipsRound 1 Dig
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Page 49 and 50: AN AFFORDABLE F/TR RIFLE?by Laurie
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Page 63 and 64: John Roberts, now Chairman, led NSW
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Page 67 and 68: JLK Bullets Are Back! By Laurie Hol
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