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Like Pops said this will be the attitude of many. Over the past 3 weeks I’ve got used to giving people a wide berth, even those I’ve know for years. It’s going to take a while for us to adjust to being closer.

They had no choice about cancelling competitions such as the Imperial. Imagine the cost if they continued to plan for it, take all the entry fees etc, etc, and then had to cancel. They no doubt realised we’re in this for the long haul, and as much as I wish it to happen, things won’t take a turn for the better, such that we can go out without concerns, until mid-summer at the earliest.

PMA (Positive Mental Attitude). The NRA have cancelled all competitions and training. My best guess is they will start taking range bookings as soon as it is safe to do so. In the meantime, I’m not even thinking about the things I would be doing in a normal situation. I know I’ll get back to shooting sometime (assuming I’m a survivor), so it’s on hold for the duration. We are lucky inasmuch that we have open fields and a nature reserve within 4 minutes walk of our house so my wife and I can take our dog out for her walk in relative safety. It ain’t all bad.

That sounds a good idea. I’ll give that a try later, especially now I have so much ‘lockdown ‘ time on my hands.

That’s what I do. Why not fire a primed case just to keep things authentic and keep the neighbours awake? Just kidding 😇

My barrel life is now extended by several months.

Absolutely spot on. Just a note about SD. Many shooters chase an elusive single digit SD and it is totally unnecessary. Because SD is a measurement of a population dispersion from a group mean, it is meaningless for low population counts. Statistically the acceptable minimum population is over 30 data points.

This is an interesting question. Berger provide a twist rate calculator which gives optimum rates for different bullets weights. Most bullet manufacturers give optimum twist rates for their bullets but this is about stability, not necessarily accuracy. You would think the two go hand in hand but we all know that’s not necessarily true. Many top shooters believe the slower you spin a bullet within the recommended twist rate for a bullet weight, the more accurate it will be, especially at high MVs. For example, many top FTR shooters use a 1:14 twist barrel, which at 3000 fps has an SG of only 1.17 and is just marginally stable, but these guys consistently achieve groups of less than 0.25 MOA. The other consideration using a faster than recommended twist rate. I was told by a well respected gunsmith that if you spin a bullet to fast the phenomenon of precession creeps in. This would obviously affect accuracy but how would be seen in terms of, say group shape?

We should be so lucky Neil. The timescale to getting back to normal is bound to be slow. Firstly there needs be a significant drop in the number of infected individuals. At this point in time it’s still rising exponentially despite government mandates and advice on social distancing and self isolation etc. The way I understand it, from watching TV expert panel discussions, if the current measures are effective, we’ll see a plateau in the number of infected cases, then a drop off. Logically, I can’t see that happening for months.

The country has gone mad.

I’ve got about 14 oz left. I may swap it for a bag of potatoes😀

You spawny git Ewen 😄😄

3rd dibs please

I still use my tuned Redding beam scale with its USB micro camera linked to my laptop. Awesome.

Contact Harwell Rifle Club or Ridgeway Rifle Club. They both have access to Otmoor range. PM me and I’ll send the secretaries email addresses.

Exceedingly expensive. I forgot to mention that HPS make their own modular stock.https://www.hps-tr.com/en/target-rifles-stocks

HPS-TR stock (sorry about the pun) GRS laminate stocks.

The way I was caught was not through a Phishing email. This is why it was so canny. It was done while logging on to that particular email address. If it was via an email link I would not have been hacked. My IT friend said that scammers have wised up to the email phishing link and have modified to the method that caught me. They take a common email ISP, one that isn’t a subscription, (they prey on the the free ones) let’s say @xyz.com , and set up a fake website that is basically what is referred to as a “key logger”. Every X amount of hits someone accidentally hits it and the log on password is recorded. Job done. So, Catch is correct, but be mindful of subtle changes on your email log on screen.

Pete, Without giving too much detail, because I’ve taken a lot of extra security steps to ensure it doesn’t get repeated, on that email address it always opened on a BT page first. I had to log on that which then diverted me to the email page. The scammer had replicated the BT page with the addition of the words “Oops, it looks like you’re using an old link, click here to be redirected.” It’s quite a common ploy. I only found out how the hack was done when I discussed this with an IT friend ..

My Amazon account was hacked last August. It was exceedingly well done. I logged on to my email and a page popped up stating I was using an old link. I then followed the link provided and unbeknown to me this was a fake web page which allowed the scammer to obtain my email password. All he/she did was read my emails until they saw a lucrative transaction, which was on Amazon. He took goods to goods to the value of £500 to be delivered to a box at a local Premier Inn. By sheer good fortune, it was only through recommending an Amazon product to No I Deer that I discovered the fraud. I couldn’t log on to my account to send him the link. I contacted customer services who told me what I had supposedly purchased and they cancelled the orders and suspended the account. The hassle sorting it all out was a nightmare. The police were involved and Action Fraud. Luckily I didn’t lose a penny. But I never follow web links now, no matter how plausible.

This raises all sorts of concerns about buying firearms related goods through any shooting forum. in the time I’ve been a forum member I’ve got to know many other members so buying or selling to them again is not a concern. But what about those not dealt with be? It’s relatively simple to sort out obvious trustworthy members by their association with other known members. But it still leaves a few unknowns. It’s very difficult to spot scammers, but you tune into clues if you’ve been close to being hooked in before. For me, the key learnings from this episode is: 1. Never meet in a remote location. Choose a site like Bisley or Diggle. 2. Don’t invite an unknown to your home. 3. Assuming 1 and 2, never pay until you’ve confirmed the item is genuine.

You have a pm.

Ironically, through a round about route, I had a phone call from Jim Salisbury yesterday where I outlined the details of the query. Subsequently, I received an email from him saying he was passing the request to the Range Officer at Sennybridge for clearance. His tone was positive and hopeful but we’ll see.

Ah, many thanks for the explanation. Now I understand why Popsbengo disagrees with it, and I agree with his logic. I won’t hijack your post any further by elaborating on my load development methodology.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is the round-robin method as opposed to shooting groups (3 or 5) in charge weight increments?