Wyoming State Midrange Championship

[Don McDowell]

A couple of Johns bullets left holes that indicated a lot of yaw. I think there was some weird stuff going with the wind that was enough to disrupt some bullets. Weirdest thing was one of Eddies bullets during the 600 sounded like a june bug as it left, but the thing fell right into the basic group he had been shooting on the edge of the 10 ring.
I usually put the sticks against the forearm when shooting sitting, but prefer the longer stance out by the muzzle for prone. I think this barrel is light enough that the both heat sources was causing it to do some crawly things with the muzzle carrying that much weight. I'll start shooting this one close to the forearm and hopefully keep the shifting vertical that chewed me up on the 300 yd targets from happening again.
The fouling control I prefer is the delrin rod with a nylon brush pushing damp patches (7 parts water 1 part NAPA cutting oil) then follow with the dry Aresnal patch from BACO. Leave the arsenal patch on the brush , and on the following shot pushing it thru the bore first, then the 2,3,4 or however many patches until you can feel the rod push smoothly. Need to carry a lot of patches in your shooting gear.