. I shot my new LRE in .45-110 yesterday for the first time ever at the Machias, WA 500 yd match. I don't usually try to sight in and compete with a new rifle on the same day, especially at 500 yds, but I hadn't had a chance to shoot it yet and couldn't resist. So I cast some nice Paul Jones 570 gr Smerker bullets up with 30-1, and loaded some Buffalo arms reformed .348 Win brass with 92 grs of Swiss 1 1/2, and was ready to give it a go. On the first string we had 30 mins for all sighters and 15 rounds for record. It took me a four shots to get on paper and then shoot for record with the remaining time and was able to post a 118. Not real good but better than anticipated since I had never fired one round through the rifle before. It was then our relays turn in the pits, and I was able to get a good look at the target and the shot placement. When we returned to the line for our next relay I made the necessary sight adjustments and shot a respectable 139 out of 150. On the third string I shot a 141 out of 150. This was with the ball and post front sight that came with the LRE. I think this rifle is going to be a real shooter when I fine tune the load and put on a spirit level front sight with aperature!!!
Like I said I don't usually try to shoot a new rifle and new load for the first time at 500 yds, but what a kick it turned out to be. We had a great shoot by the way due to the hard work of Steve Anderson, the match director, and a great bunch of BP guys.
Thanks for building such a great rifle!! Randy