Airgun Shooter

OLD BAG? NEW BAG!

I have just completed my first serious benchrest league competition. This comprised of seven individual rounds, each requiring two separate cards to be shot each month. An internal club event at the Leigh indoor range, I entered two of the three categories, Springer and Sporter. The springer category is self-explanatory, and I shot this with my Venom HW 80 with a nine times magnification scope on board.

The Sporter category is shot with a PCP and scope not exceeding 14 times magnification. I shot the cards for this event using a 12x scope, initially on my Daystate Red Wolf, then in the final few months, on my favourite AGT Vulcan.

Unlike all the other competitors, I refrained from using the serious benchrest bags

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