Joe:

Yes you and Colleen keep me humble on a regular basis. As I recall you even beat me on the bench (iron sights) with my own rifle when I lent you my Highwall when your sear broke. I will get the Alberta Schutzen lube in the mail to you. By the original lube I assume you mean you want it with moly added.

But then I understand if I get a medical note I would be allowed to use cross sticks and a wheel chair.

Yup Earl Hines is a consistent all round shooter and most certainly an outstanding offhand shot that most of us can only aspire to.

After identifying all the people who have been successful at achieving a perfect score whether it be on a good day or a more challenging day, I believe it would be interesting to compare the different equipment they used to obtain those successes.  Is there someone out there up to the task?

I know I would be happy to contribute if someone was to write an article on the equipment used by successful plain base cast bullet benchrest shooters. Since we were all helped along to achieve our successes I believe we should pass on some of our knowledge to those who struggle for solutions to their equipment challenges.   

By doing so we would help others enjoy single shot rifle shooting even more. And that is what it is all about for most of us. The enjoyment of the sport and an appreciation of the accuracy that can be achieved with cast bullets when we are challenged by the variable conditions Mother Nature throws at us when we shoot.

Yup Lowell impressed us all when he also shot a perfect score with his 32 Miller Short pistol at Raton in 1996. And without the benefit of a RKS barrel. I understand he had a Douglas barrel on the pistol although he did use a RKS gain twist barrel for his 200 yard scope bench perfect target.

There is certainly a consistent theme when you investigate the equipment used by the shooters who have achieved perfect target scores. The partnering of the fast lock time Miller deHaas action with a cut rifle RKS gain twist barrel is the recurring theme.

The precision machining of both the Miller actions and the RKS barrels must be an important variable for success in the pursuit for cast bullet accuracy.