Have Barn, Will Shoot — Barn Benchrest in Luray, VA
Low-BC bullets launched from a .22 LR gun are easily blown around by the wind. That’s why it’s a smallbore shooter’s dream to shoot indoors, where fickle wind currents are less likely to spoil your shots. Not many folks have the opportunity to shoot indoors at all, must less compete in an indoor match. However, a crew from Ashbury Precision Ordnance recently got the chance to try out their rimfire rifles in a indoor setting, a converted poultry barn to be precise. And today they’ll be competing in a smallbore “Barn Benchrest” match at that same barn. Looks like fun!
Could this be the beginning of a new “Barn Benchrest” league? The folks at Ashbury tell us: “Rube, Gary, and Matt headed over the mountains to Luray, Virginia, to get in some practice for [Saturday’s] .22 Cal Benchrest Rifle Match. It’s colder than a well diggers’ butt outdoors, but shooting a match indoors, in a converted poultry barn, is nice. As always, we’re shooting great RUAG/RWS ammo!”
Poultry Barn aka Piney Hill Benchrest Facility
The official name of this converted barn is the Piney Hill Benchrest facility. Virginia State 3-Gun Rimfire BR Championships will be held there February 20-21, 2015, while the IR50/50 Indoor Sporter Nationals are scheduled for Piney Hill in March. If you’re curious, the benches are made from cement blocks with wood tops, so they’re very solid. Here’s a panorama photo of the Piney Hill Barn.
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And the distance is?
Anytime I see wood in a bench I think movement. And, where there’s movement at the rifle there’s exaggerated movement on target. Transportable or permanent [cement] benches with 400lb tops would be better.
Distance is 50yds
The benches are solid! Concrete bases and the tops are attached very nicely. Quite honestly one of the best places I’ve ever shot.
If you shoot 22 benchrest, IR 50/50 or ARA, Piney Hill (Chicken Barn above) is one of the finest around and has some world class shooters!
I am interested in these events, where can I get additional information?
T W Hudson
Rustburg, VA
That is Piney Hill Benchrest facility. Do a google on it.
VA championships are there this month. IR50/50 indoor sporter nationals are there next month.
The bench bases are cement blocks with wood tops – no movement. You will see that in the utube video of the March 2012 competition. Also the picture on the top of IR5050.com homepage is of the facility.
Editor: Chris, thanks for the info. We’ve augmented the story with the details you provided. We’re glad to see this facility is used many times a month.
hello i am looking for information about shooting on my own property. i live in rileyville va but i cant find any deffinite answers. do you know where i could find out. also are your ranges open to the public.