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Friday noon Doug and Julie Roberts arrived from Indianapolis.
We went straight to the range and began.
Doug and Julie worked their Salvage out to
800 yds with 69 SMK's. The 800 yard hog was no
problem for the 9 twist 223.
Julie and Doug had a second Salvage 223. Taking no chance of being
outshot by Julie, Doug loaded Julie 52 SMK's for her gun
so she would not be able to get to 800 yd.
But Julie was the Queen of 600 with the little 52's. She
wore out the 600 yd plate.
One of Doug's 223's was a tactical model with a factroy
muzzle brake. Very cool looking Salvage!
Doug took a 17 Fireball to the egg rack and made white fog!
Saturday Shane Gregory and his friend Tony arrived from Indy. They had
a 260 AI, PPC, 6 BR, and a 22-250. The 260 AI was the
first to score Chuckie at 800. Only took one or two shots
to score Ole Chuckie.
Tony reached out and touched Chuckie with his 14 twist 22-250
with the little 52 or 55 gr pills scoring a head shot.
Mid-morning, George Coleman and Joe Carter (JR) arrived at the Dome.
They made the 3 hour trip from Mt. Vernon, Ky.
George brought a Mike Bryant 22 Dasher 40-X loaded with 60 gr V-max.
George and I have traded back and forth on the 40-X but he says he
will never sell this one again and I can see why.
George took no warm-up at short range, just jumped in at 800 cold turkey.
He scored Ole Chuckie very quickly even in the hurricaine Sandy related
winds. I slipped in under the X and hit Chuckie, then Chico the prarie dog,
then the 5 inch swinging disc on the first shot. The 60 V-max shot great in
the X.
60 V-max shake the prarie dog pretty hard at 800 yd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDxJImIveGE
Lunch at the Stagecoach
Shane, Toney, Julie, Doug, George, JR
After we returned from lunch at the STAGECOACH (pizza, burgers, hot dogs)
I put up an egg rack and we played that game a couple of hours.
Nobody missed an egg with George's Mike Bryant 40-X. Now it
was windy and sometimes 15 minutes would pass but the X never
had to be rezored for the eggs. George had it on AUTO.
60 gr V-max were wicked out of fthe 22 Dasher.
At 800 the X hit every target out there. George didn't need heavy
22 cal 80 gr bullets for long range.
Looks cold--Believe me it was!
Tony said this was the first time he had shot super long range.
I told him this was not super long range, just long range and that
if the wind dies a little we will move to 1,000 plus.
George spotting with a MarchX 8-82x setting on a
Stiller Drop Port 6 mm Dasher. Next is Shane with his 260 AI
and Tony with a 22-250. I had my portable reloading stand,
BENCH TOPPER by Berry's Manufacturing that I bought after seeing
the article on the ACCURATE SHOOTER BULLETIN BOARD.
A Harrell compact press for seating bullets, a Harrell
combo press for bumping the shoulder, and a Harrell powder drop
all mount conveniently on the Bench Topper.
Later, I decided to mount the reloading tools on my shooting bench.
The heavy bench makes a sturdy reloading table.
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Friday noon Doug and Julie Roberts arrived from Indianapolis.
We went straight to the range and began.
Doug and Julie worked their Salvage out to
800 yds with 69 SMK's. The 800 yard hog was no
problem for the 9 twist 223.
Julie and Doug had a second Salvage 223. Taking no chance of being
outshot by Julie, Doug loaded Julie 52 SMK's for her gun
so she would not be able to get to 800 yd.
But Julie was the Queen of 600 with the little 52's. She
wore out the 600 yd plate.
One of Doug's 223's was a tactical model with a factroy
muzzle brake. Very cool looking Salvage!
Doug took a 17 Fireball to the egg rack and made white fog!
Saturday Shane Gregory and his friend Tony arrived from Indy. They had
a 260 AI, PPC, 6 BR, and a 22-250. The 260 AI was the
first to score Chuckie at 800. Only took one or two shots
to score Ole Chuckie.
Tony reached out and touched Chuckie with his 14 twist 22-250
with the little 52 or 55 gr pills scoring a head shot.
Mid-morning, George Coleman and Joe Carter (JR) arrived at the Dome.
They made the 3 hour trip from Mt. Vernon, Ky.
George brought a Mike Bryant 22 Dasher 40-X loaded with 60 gr V-max.
George and I have traded back and forth on the 40-X but he says he
will never sell this one again and I can see why.
George took no warm-up at short range, just jumped in at 800 cold turkey.
He scored Ole Chuckie very quickly even in the hurricaine Sandy related
winds. I slipped in under the X and hit Chuckie, then Chico the prarie dog,
then the 5 inch swinging disc on the first shot. The 60 V-max shot great in
the X.
60 V-max shake the prarie dog pretty hard at 800 yd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDxJImIveGE
Lunch at the Stagecoach
Shane, Toney, Julie, Doug, George, JR
After we returned from lunch at the STAGECOACH (pizza, burgers, hot dogs)
I put up an egg rack and we played that game a couple of hours.
Nobody missed an egg with George's Mike Bryant 40-X. Now it
was windy and sometimes 15 minutes would pass but the X never
had to be rezored for the eggs. George had it on AUTO.
60 gr V-max were wicked out of fthe 22 Dasher.
At 800 the X hit every target out there. George didn't need heavy
22 cal 80 gr bullets for long range.
Looks cold--Believe me it was!
Tony said this was the first time he had shot super long range.
I told him this was not super long range, just long range and that
if the wind dies a little we will move to 1,000 plus.
George spotting with a MarchX 8-82x setting on a
Stiller Drop Port 6 mm Dasher. Next is Shane with his 260 AI
and Tony with a 22-250. I had my portable reloading stand,
BENCH TOPPER by Berry's Manufacturing that I bought after seeing
the article on the ACCURATE SHOOTER BULLETIN BOARD.
A Harrell compact press for seating bullets, a Harrell
combo press for bumping the shoulder, and a Harrell powder drop
all mount conveniently on the Bench Topper.
Later, I decided to mount the reloading tools on my shooting bench.
The heavy bench makes a sturdy reloading table.
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