Finally got a day without wind try this. Random ranges from high points on the farm. My 6 year old had to have a go too…wasn’t keen to just have one shot though! Haha. Pretty proud of his efforts,...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 02:07 PM
I have three gongs set up permanently on farm and if I have rifle with me I'll randomly stop and do a quick drill, prone but unsupported at a 6" gong at 260yds, then a 10" gong at 440 and one at 530...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 02:05 PM
Not a dinner plate shot, but that’s were it ended up. Barrel was fouled on the drive down. Cold bore 561 yds. Off my Molly Me. 200740 200741 B
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 02:03 PM
Greetings All, It dawned fine, clear and calm again in HB today so time for another crack at the challenge. Today the subject was my T3 6.5x55 shot sitting at 198 metres using my Pole Cat sticks. As...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 02:02 PM
Took 5 rifles out for a dinner plate shoot this morning, weather perfect , no wind to speak of. I went to a spot i could get 400 yds but the trees have grown a bit so only managed 325 yds which for...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 02:01 PM
Just seen this thread. I like this idea, its all good and well walking a shot onto a plate at LR, anyone can do that. But this is a true test of the cold bore first shot counts when in the field...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 01:58 PM
my rough boresight was miserable fail with the .45/70......was about 12" low at about a hundy..... I say about as the rock I used to check on knob down hill was small and I wasnt going down to...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 01:39 PM
As a person who hunts normally with either a fixed 4x or a 3x9 with duplex....... I simply DO NOT shoot past 350 yards...the last deer was shot at 50-60 yards...the one before that was 150ish...last...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 01:17 PM
Snobbery, or just plain stupidity, is the guy who owns a cupboard full of expensive rifles/guns because he can, boasts to his mates about what they are and what glass he's got on them, and of course...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 01:13 PM
You can also be a reverse snob ...who just hunts with front stuffers or old milsurps with iron sights because he is a good (read: great, better) hunter than those who need to use expensive and...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 01:10 PM
Simple life philosophy, as you get older, own less but own better stuff
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 01:08 PM
As others have stated there will always be some form of snobbery in every activity people can do. Some people just have to have the best kit. Some of those people just genuinely love to having the...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 01:05 PM
I can vividly recall standing in supermarket isle with my wife and debating if the family budget would stretch enough for me to by a wee bottle of 3n1 oil to clean my rifles with... a few years...
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 08:48 AM
Going back too when I started. There wasn't dial uo scopes or range finders about. Think you're over complicating things. Graham Henry's rule of 3 for flat shooting guns , like 270 etc worked well....
Liked On: 26-09-2022, 08:37 AM
And now chilling in the fridge :) 206628
Liked On: 25-09-2022, 08:47 PM