Benchrest rifle

PumaCarl said:

All comers at the event, yes it does. Sorry for you, but hers worked great, and if you saw the list of the other guns you would have even less to say. I don't remember exactly but it was mostly FX, a few Daystates, and two Thomas I believe. Her gun was at the same level for the two day event, it wasn't a fluke. Maybe yours not performing was the fluke. Either way, a lot of people seem to love the accuracy they are getting with theirs and a lot of tier one owners complain around here about problems with their guns too, and I'm not going to throw them under the bus for losing to an Avenge-X.https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/avenge-x-25-cal-won-a-bench-rest

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There were no Thomas guns in the competition, but there were some good guns. Also there were no names that I recognized amongst the shooters, maybe because they were shooting pellets. Maybe you missed the conversations about the POI shifts on Avenge-Xs, I read them all because I had a vested interest in fixing my own. Seems the best fixes were replacing the barrels with FX barrels; I’d replace mine if I could get an indexed barrel before the port was cut.

Bigbaby said:

Air Venturi - Avenge - X .25 cal won a bench rest competition vs all others high end airguns

I am extremely surprised that none of the members who belong to this forum have shared this super important information. A lady named Ana Rose Spanagel just won a bench rest competition with a relatively inexpensive Avenge-X .25 caliber rifle, outscoring all the others shooters participating in...

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There were no Thomas guns in the competition, but there were some good guns. Also there were no names that I recognized amongst the shooters, maybe because they were shooting pellets. Maybe you missed the conversations about the POI shifts on Avenge-Xs, I read them all because I had a vested interest in fixing my own. Seems the best fixes were replacing the barrels with FX barrels; I’d replace mine if I could get an indexed barrel before the port was cut.

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You're missing my point that I read conversations about poi shifts on FX guns all the time too, and they still win all the time. The problem certainly isn't specific to the Avenge-X. I had read the list of guns, once, when C'cut checked if she had used an aftermarket barrel, because everyone thought that surely she had, and there wasn't another low end gun there. The question of the thread was if there was any good inexpensive benchrest rifles, winning being good, I have only heard of this one.

Bench rest is all about consistency . Winning a single match is nothing , shooting around the same score (give or take 1 or 2 points ) at 10 matches is much more impressive . At least to my thinking .
Please understand I am not dismissing her accomplishment in any way . Congrats o to her win .

PumaCarl said:

You're missing my point that I read conversations about poi shifts on FX guns all the time too, and they still win all the time. The problem certainly isn't specific to the Avenge-X. I had read the list of guns, once, when C'cut checked if she had used an aftermarket barrel, because everyone thought that surely she had, and there wasn't another low end gun there. The question of the thread was if there was any good inexpensive benchrest rifles, winning being good, I have only heard of this one.

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The POI shifts on FX guns can be addressed with O-rings to reduce harmonics or a carbon fiber liner which straightens and stiffens the barrel. Those barrels can also be indexed to reduce left and right errors. The same barrels are used on their less expensive guns that are used with the high dollar ones. Nothing is more frustrating than having your gun dialed in only to watch the next impacts move an inch at 50yds. But you point that an Avenge-X won a competition is correct, a good shooter with a so-so gun is better than a so-so shooter with a good gun. At 100yds with a pellet, you better have your scope mounted correctly and that bubble on your level centered.

Skip-in-WV said:

Are there any good inexpensive benchrest rifles?

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Good luck

IcySwan1 said:

Cavedweller, what are your thoughts on using the one piece rest versus a front joystick? The one piece looks like a lot to wrangle around to and from the range.

Mike

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The one piece is for my home bench only. Also many BR competitions dont allow a one piece

One piece rests make it much easier to shoot well. But, at what point should we just eliminate the shooter. Benchrest in my mind should be a combination of the gun and a shooter who can drive it. But Chucky doesn't shoot well so he wants a wider stock, a heavier rifle, no time limit and rules get changed making it more intimidating to a potential new shooter and more expensive and more folks turn away to some other discipline. Now Chucky who started this ballooning of the old rules still can't compete, his scores are higher, but the guys that put the effort and time in also get a bit better and remain on top. So meanwhile 15% of the current shooters drop out and 85 % of the potential new shooters go to another discipline due to what they observe. Result, benchrest shrinks once again.

I built my own one piece-rest diy (design and parts) for training purposes.
Also front bench tripods and rear mechanical rest the same. I am talking heavy weight and not shaking when you breath on it.

You mount the gun on that "neutral" mechanical rest, start with not touching anything on the gun, and and shoot many paper rings through weeks.
The next step is taking over a control over some contact points.
Start with learning a butstock pressure and grip pressure in neutral.... Me personally I am trying to avoid any cheek weld, with facial hair I feel how close or far I am.
The goal is to hit the same score.

But the overall with BR - Have fun