TassieTiger wrote:Apollo wrote:Sounds like a Rail Gun. In Heavy Gun if it's within the Range allowed calibres and you can carry it to the firing line yourself then it's allowed within the rules. Doesn't mean you are going to win though.
Yes. Think I heard them refer to it as rail - was built on a CNC by the look of it...bloody strange.
What I don’t get - you say, it’s not guaranteed to win, but if some are going to the extent of square, cnc stocks, that can be locked into presses that then handle drop, windage etc via caliber type adjustments - where is the actual skill in shooting the thing??
Someone a lot of us know is Phil Jones (Redback Precision) and Annie Elliott (BRT) and her once owned Rail Gun. I think it was built by their friend Phil Jones (Gunsmith).
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct= ... UcfIzkWjNZ I can remember seeing Anthony Hall (Batemans Bay) shooting one similar at a Wagga Wagga (NSW) 500 Metre Fly Shoot but that stopped when the range had to put baffles up in front of the firing line. Rail Gun Scope was too high to be able to see anything as the baffle blocked any view of the target.
You still have to know how to read the wind and mirage then set the dammed thing to where you want to hit before the conditions change which can happen in a split second. From what I've seen not the easiest thing to adjust quick smart on the fly if you can see it. A lot easier using a Joystick Front Rest where you can track any change required quick smart as you have control all the time.
Then again I've seen one guy using a Joystick Rest that once happy with the aim takes his hand off the Joystick, lifts his head and uses just his finger and thumb to shoot his rifle like Free Recoil Method. Then afterwards looks back through the scope to see where the shot hit, if he can see it. Times I have seen this happen he wasn't scoring all that well either so buggered if I know. Each to their own I guess.
In straight Benchrest Shooting as apposed to 500 Metre Fly I think there is a special Class for just Rail Guns. Rail Guns don't interest me one bit, besides they cost a fortune.