It's my new 6 BRX!

The brass on the right is what
it looks like after I fired it.

   Yeah, you heard me. It may not be a 6.5-.284, but it's half way there, without the recoil of course. I'm pretty excited to start shooting this.
 
 An old friend of mine, a shooter, gave me a 6 BRX (with a Krieger barrel) on a Barnard action and a Nightforce scope. He told me he was proud of me, and wanted to see me succeed, and he would do anything to help.

  My dad and I went out to the range the other day (yes, in the snow), to blow out the cases. See the pic of the cases at right? We loaded normal 6 BR loads, and shot them in the 6 BRX action. I wasn't loading each case the same, some had about a 1/2 grain difference. My group was pretty tight, about 20 shots inside of a dime. I can't wait until I do load testing! It's going to be DEADLY!
 
 I will be able to shoot the 6 BRX for long range too. In Oregon, there is a Palma match, then an Any-Any match at 1,000 yards. So, I can shoot my .308 for the Palma, then shoot the 6 BRX for the Any-Any match with the Nightforce scope.

  I won't be able to shoot it at Plantation on the 28th, but next month there are a couple matches. I also have to get another Right Sight. I can't just swap my front sight for different matches. So, I have two barrelled actions now. It's hard to decide which one to shoot with all the time now. Plus, I'm using the same stock for both the .308 and the 6 BRX, so I don't have to get used to two different rifles. I just swap barrelled actions. My main focus is still my .308, the 6 BRX is for fun, and Any-Any matches. But hey, if this shoots better than a .308 in the wind like the numbers say it will, I may be tempted to shoot the Wimbledon Cup (Any-Any) at Camp Perry this year. We'll find out soon!



 

    I wasn't going to shoot Custer's (2nd) Annual New Year's match because I was sick. When I decided to anyway, my dad was really surprised. It was an XTC match. I wanted to shoot my .308 bolt gun, but that would be a little hard to shoot for the rapid fire strings =). There were eight juniors and four adults at that match. My dad shot this match with me. We had a really good time. Now he realises how I busy I am at matches, you don't have a lot of free time. I placed 2nd, behind Luke Rettmer. He shot really good, I'm sure he's happy with his new service rifle that he bought!
   My dad put my Benchmark barrel back on my .308, and I did some load testing. I shot some pretty good groups. I went out and tested two of the loads again, so I could make a choice of which load I'm going to use.
   The next match I'm going to is on the 28th at Plantation. It's been quite a while since I've shot there, and I'm looking forward to it. I really like shooting there.
   My dad has done more sanding and finishing on my stock (no, it wasn't all the way finished for Australia). It is really shiny, and very pretty! I am so happy with how it looks. It has to sit and dry until I shoot at Plantation. After the match, my dad will probably do more wet sanding and finishing, because I won't have another match for a couple weeks, and thats how long it has to dry. I don't shoot quite as much in the winter, as I do in the spring-fall. It's the only time that my stock has time to dry!
  
  
  
  

  Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted hasn't it? I guess I just took a little break. I have shot two matches since I've gotten back from Australia - both at Machias.

  On November 12th, I shot my 6BR in F-Class. I wanted to shoot my 6BR because I rarely get to shoot it. Plus, F-Class is really fun, and I used to shoot my .223 F-Class 'back in the day' when I started shooting in competitions. It was very fun to shoot something different, since I was just shooting my match rifle for 3 weeks in Australia.

  Anyway, I had a very good match. I shot my very first 600, with 45 X's! My 6BR was for sale, but I'm rethinking that right about now =). It is so much fun to shoot it, I don't know if I'll be able to sell it!

  Today, I shot another match at Machias, but with my match rifle. I only dropped 2 points for the day,(in my first string,) with a 198-10X. I had a 200-8X, and a 200-9X for my second and third strings. It was a very cold day, 24 degrees in the morning! It got up to about 35 degrees though. My fingers were so cold when I was shooting! It was hard to break perfect shots, since my fingers were frozen =). I didn't have as many points or X's as I wanted, but I haven't shot match rifle (in the cold) since January - February. A 598/600 isn't too bad, but I did learn a few things today, and that's always a plus =).

  We shot two U25 team matches in Australia, the Australia match (Australia's Long Range National Championships), and the U25 World Long Range Championships. We had two USA U25 teams competing:

USA Young Eagles Red:
Coach: Kyle Liebetrau
Captain: Andy Doney
Shooters: Trevor Massey, Waylon Burbach, Josh Lehn, Brianna Rachinski, Michael Storer

USA Young Eagles Blue:
Coach: Kelly Bachand
Captain: Vikki Gaddie
Shooters: Abraham Kamerman, Jenn Nyberg, Kyle Doney,
Brian Landwher, Emily Windmassinger

  USA Young Eagles Red won gold in both U25 team matches! In the Australia match, USA Young Eagles Blue placed 3rd. In the World Long Range Championship, USA Young Eagles Blue won silver.

  Here are a few collages from Australia. The first two are from the team & individual matches. The last two are from our 3 days off shooting. We went to Stradbroke Is., the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the Australia Zoo, and the Sunshine Coast. At the Koala Sanctuary, I got to hold a koala! It was really cool! I also held a huge snake! I don't remember what kind it was, either a scrub python or an olive python. Either way, it was still really cool! At both the Koala Sanctuary and the Australia Zoo, I fed kangaroos and wallabys! They are so cute!

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Sunshine Coast & North Stradbroke Is.
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Australia Zoo & Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
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