JUNE 23, 2019 - PETITCODIAC - CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

It was another great day for a shoot in Petitcodiac with the sun out all day, temperatures in  the warm range and a wonderful challenging wind throughout the entire match.
Winds were above the 25km/hr for most of the match and the only real consistency to be found was in a head wind indicated by the flags about half-way down the range.


Volker T. was the match director and scorer with Dan G. doing the verification of scores and stats. The ROs were Volker T., Dan G., and Mike C. Targets were set and changed by just about everybody -.Malcolm McA., Dan G., Cecil H., Guy H., Bert deV., Shelly C. and Tom N. The treats were brought by Shelly C. Many thanks for all the help to make this match an enjoyable one.


RESULTS - CF BENCHREST - OPEN CLASS:
Cecil H. - 299/14X
Volker T. - 299/10X
Shelly C. - 299/9X
Bert deV. - 298/18X
Malcolm McA. - 298/9X
Guy H. - 296/10X
Dan G. - 289/3X
Mike C. - 288/10
Tony L. - 287/2X
Don M. - 284/3X
Tom N. - 277/3X

JUNE 16, 2019 - MINTO CENTERFIRE BR - RESULTS

It was great fun today in Minto shooting centerfire benchrest, which can be so much more relaxing than rimfire benchrest - maybe not for all but certainly for me. This is especially true when the weather is fine and
the conditions lend themselves to challenging shooting.
Today it was sunny and warm with winds in the 15-20 km/hr range coming from all over the range. It turned out to be important to pick one condition and wait patiently for it to return. When a hasty decision was made to shoot (and hold over) it was often a recipe for giving back a point. 
The match director today was Don M. who also did the scoring with Wayne K. doing the verification of scores and stats. Range Officers were Volker T., David C., Bill H., and Bert deV. Ben F. set the  targets and did the lion's share of the target changing with help from Bruce B. and David C. David brought the timbits and coffee. Thanks to all who helped out.

RESULTS - CF SPORTER CLASS:
Guy H. - 146/3X
Bill H. - 145/4X
Bert deV. - 143/3X
Volker T. - 141/2X
Wayne K. - 131/1X
Norbert S. - 125/0X

RESULTS - CF OPEN CLASS:
Bert deV. - 298/13X
David C. - 292/9X
Bruce B. - 289/12X
Don M. - 289/9X
Ben F. - 284/6X
Bill H. - 283/7X
Conrad L. - 255/0X
Volker T. - DNC

JUNE 15, 2019 - FLORENCEVILLE RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

We had a small turn out this past weekend but it was fun all around.  (First time for me to get the 22 out since last year; did okay seeing I had to read the wind by the feel of it on my left and right cheeks and looking at the grass....nobody there today that had wind flags).It was a great day for shooting. Wind was light on the first two relays and on the third it came up a bit and was switching left to right.  We missed all my fellow USBR competitors who couldn't come today.

                     

Date	Competitor	Total	Xs	Position
6/15/2019	Ash Pardy	697	5	1 Open
6/15/2019	Gabrielle Hoenow	590	29	1 Sport
6/15/2019	Ted Schriver	587	24	2 Sport
6/15/2019	Greg Russell	587	21	3 Sport
6/15/2019	Alden Henderson	586	26	4 Sport
6/15/2019	Ganga Dahr	540	9	5 Sport

JUNE 9, 2019 - PETITCODIAC RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

It was another beautiful day for a shooting match in Petticodiac. 
Temperatures were "seasonal" (it's been a long time since any New Brunswicker has been able to say THAT honestly, but today truly was a great day - maybe a little warmer than seasonal). The sky remained clear and blue all day without a hint of a cloud. The wind, although not not terribly fierce, was trickier than heck with many a disappointed groan coming from the benches today. I don't think anybody could truly have said that they had figured out the wind during the match (maybe afterwards). Nevertheless, some really good shooting was done and the average "X-count" for the match was quite impressive. Congrats to Bert deV. who shot a 500/29X.
Today, Volker T. was the match director and chief scorer with Dan G. and John McC. doing the verification of scores and stats. Darryl K. and John McC. were the Range Officers while the targets were set and changed by a good number of shooters who, from time to time, wanted to take a walk to
the 50yd line. These included John McC., Chris S., John C., Bruce B., Malcolm McA. George M., Dan G., Bert deV. and Mike C. Thanks fellows. Also many thanks to Barb J. who again spoiled us all with her delicious breads.

RESULTS - 22 RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:
Bert deV. - 500/29X
Darryl K. - 499/29X
Matt McA. - 499/25X
Guy H. - 499/23X
David C. - 497/26X
Gerard D. - 497/23X
Malcolm McA. - 497/15X
Bruce B. - 496/17X
Volker T. - 495/22X
John C. - 495/16X
Chris S. - 494/15X
Daniel G. - 493/16X
George M. - 492/16X
Barb J. - 492/15X
John McC. - 491/10X
Tony L. - 488/12X
Charles McQ. - 488/11X
Mike C. - 487/15X
Don M. - 482/12X

JUNE 11, 2019 - BILL 71 - MUST READ

HOW BILL 71 WILL AFFECT YOU UPON ROYAL PROCLAMATION - 
https://nfa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/C-71-Explainer-06-10-2019.pdf

JUNE 2, 2019 - MINTO - RIMFIRE BR - RESULTS

It was a pretty nice day only 3 weeks away from summer! The prediction from the weather-man had been for clouds and rain and fairly cool temperatures. Later in the day the forecast was for sun, 17C and no rain. 
Well, we had no rain during today's match which was a good thing. We didn't have much sun either and as a result we were inundated by a horde of black flies and mosquitos - not such a good thing. Temperatures stayed in the 16C range. The wind also stayed quite nice - switching winds predominantly from the right to the left and at about 12 kph. All-in-all a pretty good day for a shooting match in New Brunswick.
Today, Don M. was the match director and the head scorer with Bruce B. supporting him with verification of scores and stats. The targets were changed by Ben F., Bruce B., Cecil H. and Dave C. The range officers were Wayne K., Bert deV., Matt McA. and Barb J. Bill H. brought the donuts and Barb J. brought her wonderful breads. Thanks to everyone who lent a hand today. 

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - OPEN CLASS:
Gerard D. - 400/19X
Dale H. - 400/19
Daniel G. - 400/15X
Bert deV. - 398/19X
Bruce B. - 398/18X
Cecil H. - 398/18X
Bill H. - 396/16X
David C. - 396/14X
Don M. - 394/10X
Barb J. - 393/10X
Matt McA. - 392/11X
George M. - 390/15X

RESULTS - RIMFIRE BR - SPORTER CLASS:
Bert deV. - 393/16X
Daniel G. - 386/7X
Ben F. - 373/9X
Bill H. - 367/8X
Wayne K. - DNF

JUNE 1, 2019 - THE HOPEWELL METHOD OF BARREL TUNING

BY POPULAR DEMAND HERE IS A REPEAT OF THE HOPEWELL METHOD OF BARREL TUNING

Comments by Guy Starik

"The tuner is a weight which can be precisely position by minute steps, allowing you to find the “Sweet Spot” of the tuner, by precisely adjusting the position of the tuning weight, until the barrel oscillations, create “positive compensation” this greatly improving the accuracy with ammo of higher or lower velocity. This avoids vertical groups on the target.

Being able to “tune the barrel” is an art long since studied by long distance bench rest shooters, but largely ignored by many Olympic Rimfire competitors. This is a shame, as the tuning can make a real and meaningful improvement to your rifle’s accuracy!

As a bullet speeds through the barrel it creates a whipping effect in the barrel, much like a Sinus wave form. This is minute of course, but it does mean that a faster and a lower bullet will launch from the crown of the barrel at a slightly different angle within that sinus wave form. This leads to a vertical displacement on the target. Bearing in mind that even with good ammo, the variance in speed can be as much as 30 fps – this is a big deal! Usually, the faster bullet will hit higher on the target, and a variance of 30 fps will translate to about 5mm height difference on a 50m target. This is too much! Way too much!

In order to compensate for the variation in velocity, we need to verify that both slow and fast bullets will exit the barrel on the upper slope of the cycle, so that slower rounds, which stay longer in the barrel, will exit it on a higher angle than faster rounds, thus compensating for the difference in velocities, and avoiding vertical dispersion. This is called “positive compensation”.

There are many tuners on the market - most in the $300CAN range (Harrell's, Starik, Ezell etc.)." 

Preliminary Tuning:

Don't worry about cross wind effects at this point as you are trying to tune the rifle to shoot with the least vertical stringing. It is best to do the testing in calm wind and definitely not in a head or tail wind.
Use the ammunition you plan on using in a match (measured and sorted). You cannot tune the rifle with one type of ammo (hi-velocity hunting) and expect good performance with another type (match grade target).