Alan, the VRA has always had a certified set of scales and a trigger weight and these are available for the use of members. They are always with me when I am officiating on the range. I would have thought that most VRA members knew that. Certainly all who attended the VRA are familiar with them. Ca...

Peter,

As CRO of Victoria, perhaps you could persuade the VRA to invest in some certified weights. This would allow shooters to bring their own scales (or personal weights) to Bendigo to check them.

Mick,

Are these 270 Win dies?

Well done Tim . When going gets tough, the tough get going...

And congrats also to all other winners.

Great to see you putting your hand up Albert. Your presence on the Board will inject some much needed enthusiasm, energy and optimism. To all, there is work to be done. If there are several F-Class nominees then we have an opportunity (at last) to get fair representation at Board level. Let's not bl...

DenisA wrote:"...Voting with your feet" doesn't work to encourage positive change when the governing bodies don't care...

That's a fair point Denis. I've been guilty of that myself, but we're now in a situation where we can't afford to have that attitude.

Currently we aren't prepared to make the effort required to increase numbers in TR and F-Class, plus we aren't willing to change to what the market wants. To make matters worse the market is picky - many want things that are very hard to provide on our ranges.

I believe we'll get what we deserve. If as a group we're prepared to make the effort, then we'll grow and succeed. There is no easy fix.

Tim N wrote:...That's a bummer, thought I had a real shooter...

There's nothing to say you haven't got a real shooter, but you'll need to go further back to find out .

...Should I be getting more than 20mm vert?... I'm afraid the short answer is no Tim. I estimate you should get a velocity difference of less than 40fps with that charge weight range, and that will translate to only about 10mm at 300yd. As Matt said, probably better to do it at say 500 (it will app...

Bob, Congratulations on being one of the best Board members of recent times. Not only have you been the main advocate for F-Class, but your work in the Rules and IT areas has made a real difference across the whole organisation. You can hang up your boots in the knowledge that your considerable effo...

KHGS wrote:...I use moly for two reasons, 1) easy cleaning. 2) more shots can be fired between cleanings without deterioration of accuracy. ...

I'll add to that Keith : 3) Bullet seating smoother and more consistent.

Thanks Brett. Might give the H7500 a try. Hoppes is out of stock at the VRA, so time to try something else.

BRETT B wrote:FWIW , I have tried probably every form of Carbon removing solvent over many years and the best one i have used for removing and softening up carbon is Helmar. You will still need an abrasive periodically but Helmar is great for loosening up Hard carbon is Saums .

Brett,

Is that H4000 Silicone Oil?

Alex, I've used Leupold QRW and Warne Maxima quick release rings for 15 years in F-Open and usually remove scopes each day after shooting, and swap scopes between rifles. The key requirement is to have good quality rails and in a particular if you are swapping between rifles, make sure the rails are...