1000 yd World Championship

[Gunlaker]

That sure sounds good. It's definitely not 72 and sunny here. It's about 40, but not raining for once. Tomorrow I'll be in the snow at least.

I sure would like to spend a month or two near one of those nice ranges. I imagine it's pretty rare that it's calm enough to get a real 1000 no wind zero.

You have to watch out for those Canadian border jumpers. When the target service gets slow it probably means they are drinking the maple syrup again. :-)

Chris.

[desert deuce]

Sounds good Kurt, I've got a terrible busy schedule laid out, but, you have my contact information. Give me a jingle and if you settle down anywhere near Tucson we can go out to Tucson Rifle Club and run a few rounds down range. Got 200-300-600 & 1,000 firing lines and targets. Got 800 yard 44" diameter gong and can shoot it at 1,200 yards too if you have enough up on the rear sight. Got a silly wet range there too, .22 & BPCR. RV hookups on the range.

If you can make it past the flat lands between here and there you will be OK wind wise.

I don't like walking on black ice, much less driving on it.

[desert deuce]

Hi Chris

Come on down. Tucson Rifle Club is the place to be. 341 days average sunshine a year.

The trick my man is getting no wind and a boiling mirage at the same time and have it hold long enough to fiddle the sights into place.

You will have to mind your manners, Border Patrol Shoots on the range Mon-Friday and they ain't picky about where aliens are from if they don't behave. Stick to English and you should be OK.

[desert deuce]

Well, well, well............Bruce, you missed a good one laddy. Working on a feature article about the World 1000 Yard Championship for the Black Powder Cartridge News at this moment. There will be good information in it for sure. You were missed. A good time was had by all, especially the wind goddesses.

[bruce moulds]

zack,
if there were 10 more like you, long range shooting would have ranges booked out.
you do a fantastic job promoting the sport.
the only reason I did not come as you know is the change to a coached format.
I accept the reasons for it, including the workload of the director, and the fact that coached pairs promotes camaraderie.
incidentally, congrats on being one of the winning pair.
keep safe,
bruce.

[desert deuce]

Bruce, there should be a suitable and well patronized 1,000 yard range within a relatively short drive of every freeman. And, the Black Powder Cartridge Shooters should be allowed to share the range with others.

A point of fact or two Bruce, maybe more as I wade off into this.

Any competitor at the World 1000 could have fired uncoached. That was the competitors choice.

All of the competitors that shot the World 1000 that have won The Creedmoor Cup previously chose to shoot it coached.

All of the World and National Champions that competed in the 1000 Yard World Championships chose to shoot it coached.

They know from first hand experience that Ben Avery is unlike any other range anywhere. It is not Creedmoor, Bisley or Dollymont. It is the Mount Everest of the 21st Century for long range black powder riflemen. It is "THE" challenging range of our time if not all time.

Those that have shot Ben Avery before should know that a string of four shots could look like this:

Shot 1 - X
Shot 2 - miss two feet over the top of the target
Shot 3 - ten at three o'clock
Shot 4 - miss 15 minutes low

And never have touched the sights on the rifle or observed a change in mirage or flags.

The enduring irony of Ben Avery is that every one of those four shots was perfectly executed at the time it left the barrel of the rifle.