Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking....

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Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle

As gun manufacturers crank out higher quality production rifles, custom-barreled actions are becoming
less necessary for shooting crazy-small groups. It’s tough to beat a skilled gunsmith, but shooters are
realizing that a factory piece can be nearly as accurate and just as much fun.

That trend was on full display earlier this month when Scottish benchrest shooter David Sharp (yes, his
real name) posted a 3.090-inch 1000-yard group using a Savage Model 12 F-TR barreled action chambered
in .308 WIN, according to a report from AccurateShooter.com. That group set the UK record in the Factory
Sporter Class, and his aggregate for all four five-shot groups (6.756 inches) also beat the previous 1000-yard
UK record in that class.

https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/scot ... t-shooter/

[Holland&Holland]

Do it with a savage axis with out an accutrigger and then I will be impressed.

[Ghost]

Nice

[BigDog58]

Outstanding Shooting. It is much harder to shoot a group below 5" at 1000 yds than most can fathom. A .3 MOA @ 1000 is really shooting well

[TSKNIGHT]

The one time I got to shoot 1000yds, I was thrilled to put 3 out the the 5 rounds on a 24" gong!
Might be a little difference In trajectory between a 308 and a 50/120 Sharps.

A three inch group is fantastic shooting.

[wasfuzz]

And he probably did it wearing a skirt, I mean kilt!

[Ghost]

And he probably did it wearing a skirt, I mean kilt!

That’s nuts

[yukonjasper]

Nothing steadies the eye like a cool breeze on the nethers from the Loch Ness...

[hammAR]

It's really not that bad -
once you get past the pain of your package becoming an internal organ.......
then you can focus on heart rate and breathing.....after a few minutes............

Actually not bad shooting for a guy hanging out at the range......................

[Ghost]

It's really not that bad -
once you get past the pain of your package becoming an internal organ.......
then you can focus on heart rate and breathing.....after a few minutes............

Actually not bad shooting for a guy hanging out at the range......................

You’ve tried?

[hammAR]

Tried what - shooting at 1,000+ yds - yes........

[Grayskies]

Tried what - shooting at 1,000+ yds - yes........

I thought he meant shooting in a kilt in these cold temps.

[Ghost]

Tried what - shooting at 1,000+ yds - yes........

I thought he meant shooting in a kilt in these cold temps.

I did mean the kilt

[Ironbear]

It's really not that bad -
once you get past the pain of your package becoming an internal organ.......
then you can focus on heart rate and breathing.....after a few minutes............

Actually not bad shooting for a guy hanging out at the range......................

You’ve tried?

Knowing hammAR, he probably kilt him a pair, when you were only three!

[hammAR]

It was a bear, and I was 5.........................