by Harold Rushton on December 26, 2011
I have been shooting pretty much all of my life. My obsession started when I was about knee high to a grasshopper, with a Red Rider BB gun. From there, I progressed into a .410 shotgun, .22 rimfire, 30-30 Winchester and so on. It seems that over the years, I can remember certain rifles that came along, only to prove that they were truely outstanding compared to others. Some of those that have been special to me include; my Remington Model 700, USFT #19, Whiscombe JW-65, and Air Arms EV2.
When thinking about Field Target rifles, I think the same is true. We see a truely remarkable rifle come along once in a very long while. With that in mind, we now have another of those memorable rifles that is being made in the good old USA! This time, my friend Martin Rutterford has hit the ball out of the park with his new RAW TM1000.

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by Harold Rushton on October 20, 2010
This year the United States Field Target National Match was held just outside of Damascus, Maryland. If you’ve never been there, you’ve been missing a beautiful area! Since the match was held right in the middle of Fall, the weather was fantastic and the trees were just in the process of changing colors. It was just a beautiful setting for a National Match.
On Thursday the competitors started arriving at the range in anticipation of the big match that was set to begin on Saturday. The wind was already blowing a bit on Thursday, so a precise sight in was not possible. It was more a time of seeing old friends and getting ourselves comfortable with shooting at a new venue. I took a few shots on the sight in range under the pavilion and noticed right away that wind was drifting my pellets up to several inches at 52 yards. After taking time to look around a bit, I also realized that the first Field Target course was laid out near that sight in range and pretty well in the same direction that we were sighing in. So, I kept that information in mind until Saturday morning. [click to continue…]