http://criterionbarrels.com/media/honeycutt-sets-national-f-class-record-with-criterion-barrel

First Name Last Name Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Agg. Place
_________ __________ ______ ______ ______ _______ _____

Robert Hudgins 198-11X 198-10X 199-12X 595-33X 1st

Nik Taylor 199-6X 193-0X 200-13X 592-19X 2nd

George Northam 191-2X 194-6X 199-9X 579-17X 3rd

Don Keziah 189-2X 193-3X 190-2X 572-7X

John Nelson 181-2X 179-2X 186-2X 546-6X

F Open

First Name Last Name Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Agg. Place
_________ _________ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____

David Honeycutt 200-30X* 200-17X 200-13X 600-50X 1st

Joseph Cannon 200-15X 199-13X 200-18X 599-46X 2nd

Mike McSwain 199-12X 200-13X 198-8X 597-33X 3rd

Steven Lahr 195-13X 200-12X 196-8X 591-33X

Mike Groce 195-9X 196-5X 200-6X 591-20X

Norm Goelzer 200-10X 189-12X# DNF 389-22X

Notes:

We had absolutely the best weather conditions you could ask for through
out the day, except for a few rain drops late in he after noon.

David Honeycutt set a new national record with the score of 200-30X
score. It surpassed the old record by 4Xs. Congratulation David!

Awards for the match will be distributed at the next match August 16,
2014

If anyone would like to check out ammunition or their rifle, you can do
that at our F Class Benchrest match which is held on the forth Saturday
of each month. You can shoot off the bench or the ground.

Norm Goelzer

I have not been able to find the match bulletin or the match results for this match. Anyone care to post a link or two? Does anyone have a picture of the target? Would be a good keepsake for the shooter.

And, to clarify, you do not get an extra minute per shot once you reach 20 Xs. All shots still need to be fired within the allotted original time of the match, which I suspect was 22 mins. total. I assume this was a registered match since they say its a National record. National records can only be set in registered matches that have a minimum of two ROs running the match.

Good shooting, once again!

Having said that, I’m not at all surprised at such a combination shooting so well. We have a small group of people who know just how well the Savage PTA action will perform when married to a good barrel. Stuart Anselm in the North of England (Osprey Rifles) specialises in Savage builds for F-Class / FTR and precision varminters, but was forced elsewhere for a few years by the UK importer’s reluctance to obtain actions. Fortunately, that’s now been rectified and Stuart has resumed building rifles on this action. Now if only I could persuade our importer to obtain a 12 LRP model in 6.5mm Hornady Creedmoor (assuming there are actually any available in the US for export …..!?)

What am I not seeing? — Rod

Editor: Rod, if the competitor shoots perfectly, i.e. twenty shots with 200 and twenty Xs, the rules permit that shooter to continue until he fires a shot that is NOT an X. That is how the current recored was set by Shiraz Balolia. 200-20X plus 6 more Xs, for a total of 200-26X.