Some of those in the .22 Ruger Silhouette and Team Challenge competitions give the whistle-pig pluggers a run for their money in the looks department, as per the zebra-striped McMillan Ruger stock below, and as do some Biathlon and summer biathlon competitors' rifles. Some of the rifles and handguns used in international competition are pretty exotic, too; how many are done that way for even the slightest psychological edge and to what extent form follows function is beyond my level of familiarity in those disciplines.
Archy, that guy lied about the Richard Lee book data. I called two friends who have the book and he doesn't know what he's writing about. I'm just about through with that thread.
Well, don't assume it's deliberate prevarication or falsehood if it's an honest error made without references at hand, which I've done often enough. And he's quite right about Cartridges of the World being way off with their .401 Winchester data.
I did get some advice about buying the book. It's supposed to be so good that reloaders are going out of their way to buy it.
So it is. I don't have a copy myself, which was why I avoided adding my two cents worth either way. But his info on early 1970s AMTU loads for .30-06 competition was pretty close to that I observed used for 1000-yard Palma Match competition practice.
I hate it when I post something off the top of my head without the appropriate reference work/s available. I did it the other day, quoting another, I believe, and dropped a clanger.
You may be correct or not, so may he; but I very much doubt either of you would falsify data just to make a point. I suspect either conflicting reference data, a faulty memory and hasty response, or misunderstanding as being a much more likely culprit.
