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January 31, 2012, 08:00 PM | #1 |
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Any 50BMG shooters & reloaders here ???
Any 50BMG shooters & reloaders here ???
I am a member of the Fifty Caliber Shooters Association, and a NRA member. I am the current Match Director at the Match Competitions held at the Alliance Rifle Club Hoffland Range outside Alliance, Nebraska. We are putting on two shoots there this year, June 8-9-10 and August 1-Sept 1-2, 2012. Curious if there are any other competitive or non-competitive shooters of the 50BMG cartridge. Curious type of gun? Curious if you reload? Curious if you are also member of FCSA or NCSA or other clubs? OldmanFCSA
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February 2, 2012, 01:39 PM | #2 |
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OldmanFCSA,
I don't currently have a 50 Cal rifle but am complicating building a single shot target rifle but that's in the future. My question is about shooting in or near Alliance. I understand they do a bit of long range BPCR shooting there, plus other types of long range shooting. Alliance is only about 165 miles from me, about half the distance to where I normally go. Do you have any information about other clubs and shooting in Alliance? Thanks, and sorry for hijacking the thread.
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February 2, 2012, 07:11 PM | #3 |
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Im as non-competive as they come; not a club member or a re-loader but I have a Ferret 36" SS, .50 BMG upper with Ferret's 1lb trigger dropped into my lower.
She groups around 1 MOA with surplus, a bit better with 750 gr. Amax loads. Dave over at Spider Firearms was a tremendous help to a .50 noob like myself when it came time to select chamber/barrel length/etc. Pleasure and an education to deal with.
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February 2, 2012, 10:35 PM | #4 | |
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I will be the Match Director for a FCSA Sanctioned shoot on June 8th, 9th, & 10 and then again August 31st, September 1st & 2nd, 2012, at the Alliance Rifle Club - Hoffland Range. We shoot at 1000 yards in 4 classes, Hunter, Light, Heavy, & Unlimited. Rules are on the FCSA website: www.fcsa.org For each class we shoot 3 .... 5 round groups for Record Fire on Saturday and then again on Sunday. All 6 groups are then scored for Group Size & Total Score. Please come to the Match, I may have an extra rifle and ammo for you. (I will need to charge for the Match ammo whether 750 AMAX or 808 grain Lehigh brass solids.) We sight-in on Friday afternoons, and have barbeque potlucks at motel on Friday & Saturdat nights. There is another shooter in Horse Creek, WY that IO am trying to get to Match also. He has a 50, but hasn't shot competition yet. I always say " I am competing for Last Place - I am there for the FUN and the people!". OldmanFCSA
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February 2, 2012, 10:45 PM | #5 | |
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Go to: www.fcsa.org to check schedule. Contact John Eggleston (SP) for more info. Yes, Dave Moore at Spider Firearms is a great guy. Check out the story about the rifle he made for his 5 year old daughhter (PINK). I know people that can help you get started reloading, or do some for you. OldmanFCSA
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February 3, 2012, 12:29 AM | #6 |
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Thanks,
I broused their website, they have some interesting matches, right down my line. And Close too Expect to see a lot of me this summer.
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