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There is BR shooting and there is BR shooting. For what type of rifles (pistols?) are you asking?
BPCR?
Cast Bullet Assoc. ?
Schuetzen rifles?
Etc

As 40 Rod as recommend. The other option is to find a top Benchrest competitor in the sport that you are seeking to exel in and ask him to mentor you along that journey. And that is the approach I took and once I exceld I also did the same for others that I would then have to compete with.

RSW wrote on Jan 20^th, 2021 at 10:06am:


I guess you can say BPCR , I am shooting a handful of different rifles , all 45-70 using 405g, 500g, 525g and 535g projectiles over blackpowder or Triple Seven.

1884 Springfield TrapDoor (Antique, Only BP)
1885 Winchester Highwall (Uberti repro)
1873 Remington Rolling Block (Pedersoli/Navy Arms Repro)
1874 Sharps Sporter (Armsport repro)
1874 Sharps Infantry (Pedersoli repro)

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westerner wrote on Jan 20^th, 2021 at 12:01pm:


Body position when seated, rifle position and grip - equipment i.e. rear bag?

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Having shot the below 405 Winchester in competitive Schuetzen 200yard Benchrest competition for a year it was a very tasking feat to be able to stay focused and more importantly to maintain the level of concentration it takes to be competitive due to the amount of recoil involved. If possible I would start out with something with quite abit less recoil until you can first master the amount of focus and concentration it takes to aquire both those mandatory skills to become extremely competitive shooting off a bench.



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If you can get access to a file of the old Precision Shooting magazines, there are a lot of benchrest techniques set out by the top shooters of the 90s and early 2000s.  The editor was kind of a genius, in that he could cajole articles out of very skilled people who otherwise wouldn’t write down much more than a shopping list, machining layouts, or loading notes.

I can’t give you specific issues, since for a long time the publication didn’t even have a a table of contents.  But there’s a lot of good stuff in there, if you’re willing to search.

Harvey Donaldson also had some articles on rest shooting, in the American Rifleman and in his regular column in the Handloader magazine.  These, I believe, were reprinted in the book Yours Truly, Harvey Donaldson.

oneatatime wrote on Jan 20^th, 2021 at 1:00pm:


Thanks, when I said BPCR I simply meant black powder cartridge rifles which is how I define the guns I shoot. I know the competitions you mention are usually shot seated with shooting sticks, I'm not that good yet. I need to learn more about the fundamentals which is easier for me using a bench.

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