Yep, I reached #1 for an 100k exact monthly local search keyword and #7 for a 200k keyword (same site) by using this method. I haven't been able to repeat this success tho so there are probably more variables than I am accounting for.
All I did was was redirect 30 or so PR2 domains to my money site (which was on pg 10-20 for all keywords) and blasted the redirects with scrapebox, and within a few days it shot right up to #1. It was quite amazing lol.
So, was this an existing site, or was it a fresh domain as OP was mentioning works.
He clearly states over and over that it isn't effective on old, used domains, etc.
Also, for the SB blasts, how much was sufficient to get it climbing?