Rimfire Turkeyshoot Match:

[Maverick223]

what is the prize anyway?

A shiny new rifle*

*Online edition; not available within the 48 contiguous US states, Hawaii, Alaska, territories thereof, or other sovereign territories; excludes Canada and Mexico; shipping only available within the North American continent.

 

[Maverick223]

Great!...I'll e-mail it to you when the match has expired (it is after all the "online edition").

 

[jwsracin]

i'll try to get a target up soon, had 20mph cross wind today and my new stainless barrel on my marlin 60 doesn't seem to like the old fed bulk ammo to much either, but it did git better the more i shoot , so who knows.

 

[wanderinwalker]

Decided to ignore the bonus bullseyes and just shoot the middle today. Looks like it was the right call.

Shot at 25-yards, kneeling unsupported, Remington 514 with round front sight and notch rear. I think the ammo was CCI Standard Velocity for this group. I count it as a 46. (I also shot a target offhand that looked like a 42.)



Perhaps next weekend I will take the Win 52 out.

 

[Maverick223]

Nice shootin', WW!

 

[Caddisflied]

Excellent shooting, guys.
i haven't had time to shoot yet this month, but I hope to get out there soon!
Hope you have a chance to shoot that 52, WW!

 

[prid93]

Going to be home for 5 days next week for thanksgiving...definitely going to give both the rimfire and centerfire targets a go.

Mav, any opposition to coloring the rings around the bonus bulls in? (as long as they are still visible of course)

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

From one turkey to the rest of the turkeys, quoting Elmer Fudd from the Bugs Bunny cartoons, "Be afwaid, be vewwy afwaid",

My right eye is clearing up nicely after the cataract surgery. Got an appointment early this Thursday morning with the surgeon and I should be cleared to shoot rimfire at least so maybe next week I can try and beat CJ's score in the magnified, unlimited division. I'll be using the Savage 93R17 (.17HMR) off a bipod and the Hornady 20 grain ammo.

Sure feels good to have my distance vision back in the right eye even if I'm left handed and left eye dominant. The left eye works great with optics and it will be a year or so before that one needs cataract surgery according to the docs.

I might have to learn to shoot right handed for the open sights division -

Jim

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

Actually, looking at your target and comparing with my last month's target, it's gonna be a toss-up anyway. Especially if I get to shoot outdoors on my friend's range. If I have to shoot it indoors, everyone bugs me about having it too easy!

It IS nice having a 100 yard indoor rifle range available though, especially for centerfire load development and sighting in rifles. One doesn't have to worry about the wind for initial scope adjustments. Hey, trigger time is trigger time and it's all good.

Wish I had a 500 yard range that was close enough to make it practical to shoot the .308 on though, I've got a load that I think will hold it's own at that distance if I were to do my part, but I am years out of practice (retired from the Army in 1981) at distances beyond 100 and I don't shoot offhand any more - too much arthritis in the shoulder joints. Much more comfortable to shoot prone off bags or the bipod.

Jim

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

I resemble that description Jim. I can't shoot offhand nearly as well as I could a few decades ago. Back injuries, neck injuries, hand injuries, weird diseases, old eyes and an attitude of "why should I?" when it comes to working through all that pain. I'm not all that fond of pain.

Maybe I should join the masochists ( :banghead: ) and then maybe I could shoot like I did a while back. That and some glasses (and learning how to shoot with those things) and maybe I could get at least some of what I've lost back. But again, why should I? Shooting off a rest is plenty of fun. My brother gives me heck about it but he won't shoot at all because he's worse off than I am and he refuses to shoot off a rest. I'd rather shoot off a rest than not shoot at all.

I used to be that vain myself, but I figure I've earned each and every one of my aches, pains and grey hairs. The only opinion of me that matters any more is that of my wonderful wife of almost 40 years. She's only a couple of years younger than me, she shoots as well or better than I do (when I can get her away from tending her flowers around the house) and in those 40 years of marriage, we have never had anything even resembling a fight. It don't get much better than that!

Maybe this winter I can convince her to try one of these matches. We'll see.

Jim

 

[Maverick223]

Mav, any opposition to coloring the rings around the bonus bulls in? (as long as they are still visible of course)

Not at all, whatever it takes to see those wee rings.

 

[Maverick223]

Very impressive, CJ!

 

[Maverick223]

Leaderboard Mk. III:

 

[wanderinwalker]

Wait a minute, did I read further back we can add a highlighted ring around the bonus bulls? Shoot, time to go check the range schedule and drag out the Winchester for some unlimited-nonmagnified fun! I may use my shooting coat for support on this one.

 

[Maverick223]

Wait a minute, did I read further back we can add a highlighted ring around the bonus bulls?

Sure thing.

 

[nbkky71]

gobble gobble. here are my submissions

Unlimited/Target Optics division - score 80 (this took several attempts to clean the target)
Marlin 917V
Mueller 8.5-25X44 scope
Hornaday VMAX 17gr ammo
fired off the bench with a rest & rear bag

Unlimited/Target iron sight division - score 59 (those small targets are HARD to see with aperture sights)
Remington 40X
Wolf MT ammo
fired off the bench with a rest & rear bag

 

[Maverick223]

Good shootin' neighbor!

 

[happygeek]

Not all that good, but here's mine for the month.

CMMG dedicated 22LR upper, irons, sling, and Federal 550 Value Pack.

 

[Maverick223]

happygeek, I'd call that a respectable score (correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like a 40) with an iron-sighted plinker, shooting bulk ammo.

 

[Maverick223]

Did I miss something? I see you edited your post, but I didn't notice anything out of line the other day...perhaps I just wasn't paying enough attention. At any rate, this is a friendly match, no harm, no foul.

 

[Maverick223]

You got that right.

 

[Maverick223]

Hasn't been updated since the 18th...needs it, I'll get to it.

 

[Maverick223]

Leaderboard Mk. IV:

 

[Maverick223]

No problem, CJ. I don't know what's going on today, but my connection to the THR server keeps failing today (but nowhere else and I have a strong network conn.), so it might not just be you.

 

[Maverick223]

Until this afternoon, I don't believe it was modified after the 18th. I typically post a revised photo when I update it. Anywho, I hope your problems are resolved (both here and with your new software).