{"id":99609,"date":"2018-10-30T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=99609"},"modified":"2018-10-30T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:22:41","slug":"scottish-benchrest-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/scottish-benchrest-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_99611\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shooter-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"scottish-benchrest-shooter\" title=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99611\" title=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shooter-1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shooter-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shooter-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shooter-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-99611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Sharp used his factory Savage rifle to post a group any benchrest shooter would be proud of. (<em>Photo: AccurateShooter.com<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As gun manufacturers crank out higher quality production rifles, custom-barreled actions are becoming less necessary for shooting crazy-small groups. It\u2019s tough to beat a skilled gunsmith, but shooters are realizing that a factory piece can be nearly as accurate and just as much fun.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"Savage Model 12 F-TR\" campaign=\"Savage12FTR\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Savage Model 12 F-TR <\/a>barreled action chambered in .308 WIN, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/bulletin.accurateshooter.com\/tag\/vince-bottomley\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"scottish-benchrest-shooter\" title=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AccurateShooter.com<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/benchrest-shooter-1000-yard-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"scottish-benchrest-shooter\" title=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\" rel=\"bookmark\">Benchrest Shooter Posts Stunning 1.068\u201d Group at 1000 Yards \u2013 New World Record!<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Sharp replaced his factory stock with a Choate Varmint stock and his trigger with a Timney trigger. He mounted his Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope on a 20 MOA Ken Farrell rail with Vortex rings. Otherwise, he made no other changes to his firearm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy rounds are nothing special,\u201d he told AccurateShooter.com. \u201cI\u2019m using Sierra 2155 155 grain bullets over Vihtavuori N140 powder and CCI 200 primers. I use Lapua brass (large primer) full-length sized in a Redding S bushing die to give 0.002\u2033 neck-tension.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_99610\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/uksharp1803.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"scottish-benchrest-shooter\" title=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99610\" title=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/uksharp1803.jpg\" alt=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/uksharp1803.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/uksharp1803-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/uksharp1803-400x261.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-99610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: AccurateShooter.com<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sharp shot his record-breaking group at a 1000-yard range associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/gallowaysmallarmsclub.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"scottish-benchrest-shooter\" title=\"Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galloway Small Arms Club<\/a>\u00a0in Ingliston, Scotland. While the rugged, mountainous range isn\u2019t known for mild weather, at 9:00 a.m. on the day of the shoot the wind was still, and the temperature was already about 59 degrees F.<\/p>\n<p>Sharp has been wildfowl hunting, clay shooting, and deer stalking for more than 50 years, but he only started benchrest shooting in 2016 when old age began to prevent him from clambering over hills in search of deer.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Bench Rest Association operates under IBS\/NBRSA rules for Light and Heavy Gun Classes, according to AccurateShooter.com, but they also host Factory Sporter Class competitions. In these events, shooters may only modify a firearm\u2019s stock\/chassis and trigger, but the barreled action may not be re-chambered or throated.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As gun manufacturers crank out higher quality production rifles, custom barreled actions are becoming less necessary for shooting crazy-small groups. It\u2019s tough to beat a skilled gunsmith, but shooters are realizing that a factory piece can be nearly as accurate and just as much fun to shoot. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":99611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,593,240],"tags":[132,119,682,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-jordan-michaels","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-competition","13":"tag-long-range","14":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No custom rifle? 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