Comments on: Aussie Sets Southern Hemisphere 1K Record with Borrowed Rifle

By: john mc quire

john mc quire — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 23:57:40 +0000

Hello I am the builder of the rifle that Peter shot that Australian record with and I loaded the ammo with 37.3 gns of Varget for that day
I also have been involved with another Australian record – and built the stock and barrel mount for John Lavarings 54 Anschutz that shot the .934″ 200yd rim fire Fly Group in Canberra this year – I like accurate rifles john mc quire

By: SS

SS — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 22:13:29 +0000

Thought about giving it a go with a .416 Barrett?

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 05 May 2014 21:06:43 +0000

As the previous holder of the Australian Light Gun record for 1000 Yard Benchrest (my group was 2.067 inches or 52mm), I would like to say congratulations.

I also shot my group with a borrowed rifle, used a 6.5 x 47 Lapua and a March scope.

Looking forward to seeing a sub 2 inch group now and I think the Brisbane competition will provide the chance to do that this year.

By: Ken Green

Ken Green — Mon, 05 May 2014 19:59:56 +0000

It is a curious thing that the pasters look like 1 inch diameter and the shots appear to be more than double the distance of one paster. May be the pasters are smaller than that.

Editor: We’re not sure about the exact size of the pasters. However, using a 1″ diameter presumed paster diameter, we measured this group with On Target Software and came up with 2.024″. That’s close enough to the real measurement to validate it, considering the limitations of measuring off a photograph rather than the actual, physical target. We set the full vertical height of the black paster at 1.00″.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 05 May 2014 14:01:17 +0000

Any idea of how much Varget he was using? Just curious.