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<blockquote data-quote="406pat" data-source="post: 300898" data-attributes="member: 13575"><p><strong>October 26, 2008</strong></p><p></p><p> <strong><a href="http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/hot-shots-newbie-almost-ties-f-class-record-with-savage/" target="_blank">Hot Shots: Newbie Almost Ties F-Class Record with Savage</a></strong></p><p></p><p> Filed under: <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/news/" target="_blank">News</a> — Editor @ 1 am </p><p> Can a rifle built on a Savage target action be "big-league" competitive? Apparently so. Forum member Nat Lambeth (aka "Rustystud") reports that Jeff Saunders shot a 200 with 14 Xs at 600 yards last Saturday at an F-Class Match in Camp Butner, NC. This is one "X" off the National Record (200-15X) on the new F-Class target, and topped the 600-yard F-Open record (200-13X) set by Charles Ballard. Jeff was shooting a Savage target action with a 31″ Broughton 1:8″, 5C barrel chambered in 6mmBRX, in a modified Stockade stock topped with a 12-42×56 Nightforce scope. Jeff is a relatively new shooter and is learning the art of reading the wind. Jeff shot five shots in a row into a 1.75″ spotter before hitting the spindel and destroying the spotter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="406pat, post: 300898, member: 13575"] [B]October 26, 2008[/B] [B][URL="http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/hot-shots-newbie-almost-ties-f-class-record-with-savage/"]Hot Shots: Newbie Almost Ties F-Class Record with Savage[/URL][/B] Filed under: [URL="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/news/"]News[/URL] — Editor @ 1 am Can a rifle built on a Savage target action be “big-league” competitive? Apparently so. Forum member Nat Lambeth (aka “Rustystud”) reports that Jeff Saunders shot a 200 with 14 Xs at 600 yards last Saturday at an F-Class Match in Camp Butner, NC. This is one “X” off the National Record (200-15X) on the new F-Class target, and topped the 600-yard F-Open record (200-13X) set by Charles Ballard. Jeff was shooting a Savage target action with a 31″ Broughton 1:8″, 5C barrel chambered in 6mmBRX, in a modified Stockade stock topped with a 12-42×56 Nightforce scope. Jeff is a relatively new shooter and is learning the art of reading the wind. Jeff shot five shots in a row into a 1.75″ spotter before hitting the spindel and destroying the spotter. [/QUOTE]
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