Just got home from a 2 weekend road trip with a match in Salmon and the Montana State Championship in Hamilton.

The barrel held up, just barely. In Salmon, it helped me to a 250-17X. That was good enough for third and it went on to win just about every 3rd place piece of wood for the weekend.

In Hamilton, it helped with a 250-13X(tied for first). It also helped me win the 100-200 Agg. on Sat. and the 1-2-3 Agg on Sunday. Also the high X count for the weekend.      (must be the hat Randy)(bullets worked well also)

My new barrel from Lilja has not arrived yet so I will have to struggle through with this old one that now has 2650 rounds through it.

I am off to the Beaver Pond this weekend for the Oregon State match and those kids up there do not cut ya any slack just cause ya got on old wore out barrel.

I am curious now, how long this barrel will hold up. After a yardage, it needs about 5 patches of Sweets to get the blue out and then it just goes back to knocking them in a hole. This is sure a learning experience

Ron Baldner