338LM Barrett MRAD, first shot @ 845 yards

[98Z]

Just a vid for viewing pleasure. Re-zero'd the Barrett MRAD for a 500-yard zero. This is the first shots at 845 yards. My guesstimation of the mill-drop worked.

 

[Matt.Cross]

This is no way to treat a man who already has MRAD fever.

 

[troy fairweather]

fine rifle, were you at a shooting school?,.welcome to THR.

 

[98Z]

fine rifle, were you at a shooting school?,.welcome to THR.

No, not at all. This is the FallShoot I host every year. The night prior, we taught all the ranging distance classes, wind reading classes, and this was the next day out on the long-ish distance range. The was the biggest rifle we had, so I re-zero'd it for 500 yards for the owner, and shot it at 845. After the long-ish range this day, we had the high-angle classes that night. High angle was the next day. Here was High-ish Angle, during the Spring Shoot prior. I host two shoots a year, with training. No fee, just friends from all over the country. I have the distance, so mi casa su casa. Come on out to AZ.

I was already sitting in the rocks - and got handed the rifle. That's the reason you hear me ask "Chambered?..." It was.

 

[troy fairweather]

No, not at all. This is the FallShoot I host every year. The night prior, we taught all the ranging distance classes, wind reading classes, and this was the next day out on the long-ish distance range. The was the biggest rifle we had, so I re-zero'd it for 500 yards for the owner, and shot it at 845. After the long-ish range this day, we had the high-angle classes that night. High angle was the next day. Here was High-ish Angle, during the Spring Shoot prior. I host two shoots a year, with training. No fee, just friends from all over the country. I have the distance, so mi casa su casa. Come on out to AZ.

I was already sitting in the rocks - and got handed the rifle. That's the reason you hear me ask "Chambered?..." It was.

looks like fun, wish i had the distance to shoot that fare. i just started talking to my cousin ( have not seen him in 10 years). he has some black dirt fields and i think we could get out to 500, but that's not much even for my 308win.

 

[98Z]

This is no way to treat a man who already has MRAD fever.

I apologize... because of the Grendel Fever...

 

[98Z]

looks like fun, wish i had the distance to shoot that fare. i just started talking to my cousin ( have not seen him in 10 years). he has some black dirt fields and i think we could get out to 500, but that's not much even for my 308win.

I have the distance to go out to 2200 yards, with a solid backstop. I just don't have anything that will get that far. Yet. My Spring Shoot is coming up in 2.5 weeks, and we're going 1300 yards on long day. High-angle day will see shots in excess of 40 degrees down. We'll see how this goes for everyone. Range it, compute your down angle, make your shot - you either got it, or you didn't. No aids - all field expedient methods. Nothing electronic, no laser range finders - just YOU. I'll report the results here.

After all shots on target get figured out, I will lase it and come up with the true dope - and we can see how well we did. I'm not doing it before, because that would be cheating...

Here's an example of the info prior to the LD and HA shoots - what was given to the others:










Here are the night shoot targets - every night. 100, 300, 450 yards. Looks fun, right? If you don't have an illuminated reticle that dials down far enough (too bright on lowest setting), then this is ROUGH... Something to think about when buying an illuminated reticle scope... If you don't have an illuminated reticle at all, then this just SUCKS...

 

[98Z]

Here's an example of the 45/70 recoil, at night - great pic, and not by me. One of the guys out there captured this one:

 

[98Z]

Here's something that me and my Shoot-Brother From Another Mother do every time...


We've since dialed this up tothe 450 at night, no-illum, together, and the 845 during the day. We're just "timed" and pull this stuff off. Love this shooting partner...

 

[98Z]

My Spring Shoot out here in the Desert Southwest is coming up in two weeks. We'll have a .50BMG bolt gun out here this time. Expect much more info from this shoot, since it's concentrated on long distance and high angle. Here's the initial fire on the .50, a few weeks ago... Watch that pile of .308 brass jump, once it's touched-off...

 

[C-grunt]

98Z, I live in Peoria. We've do you guys shoot? I'd love to join you someone.

 

[Matt.Cross]

98Z, I live in Peoria. We've do you guys shoot? I'd love to join you someone.

There is going to be a private event next weekend, PM me and we can discuss it further.