Our World Open match is in the record books

We held our annual World Open benchrest match. We did not have one for 2020 because of covid. Our 1,000 yard range is the hardest range to shoot in the country but that didn't stop the guys and gals that came to win. We had over $80,000 dollars in prizes from Bat actions and defiance action certificates then a bunch of Sightron 10x50x60 target scopes some Vortex and Leupold scopes Douglas an Shilen barrels triggers bullets powder  gun stocks shooting rests and bags and the list goes on.

The conditions on our range are always challenging to say the least but this weekend was unreally calm for two days. It helped to produce very high scores and small groups smallest shoot from James Ohara in light gun with a 3.266 inch 10 shot group that was shot with a 6mm Dasher he didn't stay centered up with all 10 ending up in the top left corner of the 9 ring. I shot right next to Jim and shot a 5.363 and a 99 score one shot came in lower and just missed touching the 10 ring for a 100 I also shot a Dasher in light gun and heavy gun.

For the two day match I ended up 2nd place score in light gun and 11th for group in light gun and heavy gun and just missed winning two gun overall. Shot number 10 in heavy gun on the second day wrecked me I shot a 99 but the group went from a 4.170 to a 7.640 that really sucked all in all I ended up winning a new Sightron 10x50x60 target scope and two barrels and a Leupold hunting scope

We don't have the equipment list posted but I know that the two gun overall was won by the same shooter he used a 6.5/47 in light gun and a 300wsm in heavy gun. all other top spots in both classes were shot with a 6mm Dasher. It was the most used cartridge by far.

If we would have had our normal conditions the 300wsm might have faired better but the key with the Dasher is to fire 10 shots as accurately as you can in the least amount of time when you can do that the 6mm will win 9

times out of 10.

This match is shot on a point system it was designed to rule out the weather so your only shooting against the shooters in your relay some people love it others hate the system but it was designed so that the later relays have a even playing field with the early ones the wind starts blowing at 9 oclock on our range and usually doesn't quit till evening so before if you got lucky and drew a early relay with good conditions your chances of winning were much better than the shooters in the later relays thats how it always worked out now with this point system it takes the average group size shot in your relay and assigns a point value to your group and score if your relay average was say 7.5 inches and you shot a 4 inch group you will get more points than a relay where say the average is 6.0 and everyone shot about the same size group that shows that that relay had really good conditions and good shooters same goes for score. Like I said some people hate it others like it.