Cross Training Benefits of a .22LR for Benchrest 600/1000 & F-Class?

[Itskeith]

Hi everyone. 

Just wondering if anyone shooting F-Class and / or Benchrest 600 / 1000 yds

also has a .22LR ‘Trainer’ in the same stock as their centrefire rifle?

Any thoughts of any ‘cross training benefits’ (or not) would be much appreciated.

 

Many thanks. 

Keith

[The Gun Pimp]

To be honest, for benchrest, I think you would be better dry firing with your actual rifle set up on a bench. F Class?  Really more about wind reading. Can't see how a rimfire would help here.

[jcampbellsmith]

I shoot FCSB with my CZ 457 MTR .22LR. On the firing point, I see a lot of the Kung Foo Pandas shooting their .22s very well. Obviously their main game is FTR, but I'm sure their wind reading skills are benefiting from shooting .22. Certainly they shoot very well at both disciplines. 

I'm a firm believer in trigger time and range time. In an ideal world I would shoot every day. 

Regards

JCS

 

[Deserttech Europe]

Thank you for the kind words, as the Gun Fu Pandas Captain we believe that .22lr is very beneficial to our training in both wind reading and crucially range trigger time.

I would recommend a "trainer rifle" as close to your full bore rifle as possible.

Ewen🐼

[Itskeith]

Thanks everyone and much appreciated. 

Very likely to be getting a .22LR for CNTSA 25 yd / UKBRA 100 yd, and 6mmBR for 600 yds, so plenty of food for thought (both ways). 

Cheers.

Keith