new member at hornsby

[watchman]

Hi , just joining as a new member. I have been shooting F Sid and FTR for 18 months at Hornsby with HRSLRC . really enjoying it . I started thinking I would be occasional but I am there so often I am now club treasurer . there goes my Saturdays. Anyway I have decided to get a my first f class rifle build with Matt Paroz and just came looking for wise advice to get serious in f class,
Regards mark

[ecomeat]

Mark,
Something tells me you have effectively "won lotto" with your choice of Club, and choice of custom Gunsmith You are off to a pretty good start.
I recommend that you sit down with Matt long enough to talk to him about what your needs and wants are, because I am 100% certain that if he fully understands what you need, or what you think you want, then what he recommends and then builds will be the ducks guts. What you have right there in your own Club is a man who is as good a gunsmith as anyone in the country, but is also one of the best performed F Class shooters in the country . (I wish Alan had a pocket-pissing smilie that I could use ) He can "walk the walk".
When I had my first serious "custom rifle " built, I thought I knew what I wanted, and had enough confidence to import my own action, buy the barrel, stock, scope, mounts and trigger etc.
Then when I picked it up I discovered F Class....
I often look back that 4 years now, and wish that I had had Matt at my Club, so that I could sponge up that information that probably took him 25-30 years or more to acquire as he won Queens after Queens.
Stock was wrong, worlds best Mil Dot sniper scope was wrong.......calibre worked out to 6-700 yds but not to 1000.........,should have got Left Bolt Right Port, instead of fully LH.
My only "advice" as such would be that whatever you and Matt decide on, to get him to build it right up near maximum weight, and that way recoil will never be an issue for you......oh and consider a Bartlein barrel !

[bully_eye]

Look at other people's rifles. Get down behind them. Lots of different types of rifles up at Hornsby from purpose made F Open rigs to modified full bore rifles. You also need to decide what discipline you are building for first...you can adapt rifles to shoot in multiple disciplines but they may not end up as good as a purpose made rifle. Good action, good barrel, good trigger, good scope and a good smith. The rest is up to you...and time.

Michael

[mike H]

Mark,
F/class is F/class but it has three different matches and there are differences in each discipline,so I would recommend to wait a while until you are sure of which one you favour.I now shoot FTR but if I was to specialise in F/standard the dimensions would be different.
At any rate,welcome to the forum,it's good value and fun.

The gunsmith recommended will look after you well.
Mike.

[macguru]

"I often look back that 4 years now, and wish that I had had Matt at my Club, so that I could sponge up that information that probably took him 25-30 years or more to acquire as he won Queens after Queens."
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God , give the guy a break , Tony, he is not nearly as old as you ! Matt is only in his early 40s.

[watchman]

Thanks for all your wise words . I am working through the options now. It seems once I can settle on a stock a lot of other things fall into place.
Cheers mark