Benchrest rifle
- Thread starter Skip-in-WV
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The least expensive benchrest rifle will be something you build or cobble together - stopping when you realize enough money has been put into the project.
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Good is a relative term. For many years, I felt that a good air rifle was a 2 MOA rifle. I still do. Two MOA at 75 yards is 1.1/2 inches, and the 8 ring on the EBR target is 2 inches. If you shot all your shots into the 8 ring, you would have a good score.
Do I still shoot EBR with the Marauder I took to my first match? No, I shoot an FX, but it is a rifle I grew into.
Any benchrest match is a "gear heavy" sport. To let expense deny oneself the experience and the community of the competition is a bad call. At the basic level, benchrest with pellets is a marksman ship challenge. After my first EBR, I though, "This is the best no BS match I have ever been to". Air rifle benchrest is still that high on my list.
Ron
Do I still shoot EBR with the Marauder I took to my first match? No, I shoot an FX, but it is a rifle I grew into.
Any benchrest match is a "gear heavy" sport. To let expense deny oneself the experience and the community of the competition is a bad call. At the basic level, benchrest with pellets is a marksman ship challenge. After my first EBR, I though, "This is the best no BS match I have ever been to". Air rifle benchrest is still that high on my list.
Ron
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I've shot two 200s on the 30 yard challenge with inexpensive (under $500) SPA bullpups. Definitely not benchrest rifles in design but accurate enough to have fun with. Both are 22s. Probably not powerful enough for longer range but under 50 yards they will work. The Stoeger Scout and Ranger are similar in construction but are more conventional in design.
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