It was my first trip to Danny Huffines one mile range near Gainsboro, Tn.
I arrived at his drive way about two hours before dark, just the right time
for going long. In Tn the wind goes to nothing and visibility is best just before
the sun goes down.
When I arrived the guys were sighting in at 1500 yd in the backyard.
To get the mile we packed up four wheelers and trucks and went
to the hilltop for the extra yardage to get ONE MILE. Tracey Milisap had a
375 Viersco Magnum and a 375 Snipetac. Danny had a 338 Lapua Magnum.
Across the valley in a pasture near the top of another hill was a 4' x 8' metal
plate with a deer and groundhog painted on it. They zeroed in the rifles on
the plate and then let me have a couple of shots with the Snipetac.
Tracey pulled the Schmidt-Bender off the Viersco and put it on the Bat Model L
Snipetac. The deer's head was near the center of the plate. My first shot hit about
3 to 4 inches above the deer's head. My second shot was a center shoulder shot.
Here is a short video. They had the range set up with video. Notice the
shrapnel kicking up at lower left of plate.
click on pic for video
Junebug made the shot of the day pulling off a head shot on his third shot.
Here is a very short video of Tracey commenting on the Viersco.
Tracey smith'ed the guns.
click on pic
Here is the gang and you can see the ONE MILE
pasture in the background across the valley
Video setup--Schmidt-Bender on bench
Target view through spotting scope
Slideshow
http://s295.photobucket.com/user/birdog08/slideshow/Danny%20Huffines%201%20MILE%20RANGE
Massive fun and what a RUSH.
Good friends, good guns, best of times!!
I arrived at his drive way about two hours before dark, just the right time
for going long. In Tn the wind goes to nothing and visibility is best just before
the sun goes down.
When I arrived the guys were sighting in at 1500 yd in the backyard.
To get the mile we packed up four wheelers and trucks and went
to the hilltop for the extra yardage to get ONE MILE. Tracey Milisap had a
375 Viersco Magnum and a 375 Snipetac. Danny had a 338 Lapua Magnum.
Across the valley in a pasture near the top of another hill was a 4' x 8' metal
plate with a deer and groundhog painted on it. They zeroed in the rifles on
the plate and then let me have a couple of shots with the Snipetac.
Tracey pulled the Schmidt-Bender off the Viersco and put it on the Bat Model L
Snipetac. The deer's head was near the center of the plate. My first shot hit about
3 to 4 inches above the deer's head. My second shot was a center shoulder shot.
Here is a short video. They had the range set up with video. Notice the
shrapnel kicking up at lower left of plate.
click on pic for video
Junebug made the shot of the day pulling off a head shot on his third shot.
Here is a very short video of Tracey commenting on the Viersco.
Tracey smith'ed the guns.
click on pic
Here is the gang and you can see the ONE MILE
pasture in the background across the valley
Video setup--Schmidt-Bender on bench
Target view through spotting scope
Slideshow
http://s295.photobucket.com/user/birdog08/slideshow/Danny%20Huffines%201%20MILE%20RANGE
Massive fun and what a RUSH.
Good friends, good guns, best of times!!
Might need a bigger rifle for that.
