There's various distance competitions at the range we belong to, the Pascagula Shooting Club. <a class="postlink" href="http://pascagoulashootingclub.com/psc/?page_id=29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://pascagoulashootingclub.com/psc/?page_id=29</a> Looks like there is one coming up for 600 yards and 1000 yards. Since he can shoot 500 yards with iron sights on the Mosin, I think he'll be fine. According to him, the win mag 300 is really good for up to 1000 yards so he should be good to go.
I see, an F-Class match. Nice. If he wants to get serious with those matches he'll want to improve his equipment, but his rifle can reach even further than that. The Savage rifle is a platform where he could more easily swap parts for that kind of stuff too.
I'll be honest, I know nothing of the classes of matches or anything about them. Not sure what F Class means at all.
It's called F-Class after the guy who invented it. But they're basically long range rifle matches shot at 600 and 1000 yards, laying down on the ground in the prone position, and depending on the category the rifle is rested on a front and rear rest or bipod and rear rest. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.6mmbr.com/fclass.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.6mmbr.com/fclass.html</a>
Lovely. What years were they made? I'm glad I bit the bullet and added a longer chunk of ebony to this stock, the proportions are improved and it overall looks much better now (my opinion): Fun little secret about that stock... Spoiler I accidentally drilled a hole through it while installing a dowel in the ebony tip. Like the drill bit was poking out through the bottom of the stock. Yeah. It was late at night and I didn't notice the drill bit collet slipping. Sooo that was a fun little repair job, which was a real endeavor itself. Finding and then fitting a little chip of wood with the exact color and grain pattern to match the hole took three attempts over an entire night. At least the point of the story is, nobody would ever know unless I told you like that. Getting good at fixing your fuckups is half the battle.
Great photos, those rifles are incredible for their age. I agree with you about the tiny stamps on virtually everything.
Rather than shoot in a match this past weekend, I took the shotguns my buddy and I will use for turkey hunting to a range for some pattern testing. I tried Federal, Winchester, Hevi-Shot, and Fiocchi loads and it turns out just shooting 15 1 3/4 oz. rounds through a Remington 870 and Mossberg 835 will leave your shoulder surprisingly sore. I first tried them all at 25 yards and moved out to 50 with the best performers to see how far they could reach. The Hevi-Shot #4s are best in the Mossberg but my Remington likes the Winchester #4s. This was the pattern out of my gun from the Winchester #4s at 25 yards. I was a little off target at 50 and even though it will be lethal at that range I'll try to limit my shots to 30-40 yards. Either way I'm pretty happy to know any birds within range will be facing a very tight handful of hot copper-plated lead. While I was at the range I also put the Improved Cylinder choke in my shotgun to see how it does at close range (i.e. less than 10 yards) with #4 buckshot and 1 3/8 oz. #4 game loads. We're looking at about 1" of spread per yard here. Not bad. The patterns are a little more open than I expected.
Picked up my Glock23 and put about 100 rounds through it; no misfires and everything was smooth. I have to adjust my trigger pull and wrist break though since I was shooting down and to the left. Also, I attached a brand new HAMR and Deltapoint to my AR just to see the sight picture. Damn does it look so nice down that scope. I can't wait to zero it in and sling brass downrange...
Not guns, but not hunting, either--so it's just going to have to go here. I've been really interested about getting into archery and finally went to a local shop to talk to some experts. Ended up staying there for about an hour and a half talking with the guy about different options in the different tiers of bows and ended up shooting an entry, mid-level, and flagship bow. Entry level was the PSE Stinger 3G, which I've been doing a ton of research on. It'll will run me about $500 otd, ready-to-hunt, and they'll give me lessons for free. Great bow, shoots really well. Very quiet and such a small amount of vibration that once a stabilizer is added, it'll likely disappear. The other two were Bowtech--a carbon knight and another model I forget the name of. These were incredible. Feather light, no recoil or hand shock at all (with no stabilizer even), and quiet as hell. I could get the same full setup and lessons for the carbon knight for $800 (the other one was $900 for the bare bow--not an option). Not sure I want to drop that much into a bow when I'm just starting, especially when the Stinger would be more than ok my first couple years, but we'll see when the time comes to buy. Still kicking the tires on this for now. One thing is for sure, though--I've never shot a bow before and after shooting three of them about a dozen times each, I'm fucking addicted.
Carrying this over from the fishing and hunting thread... That could be an option, thanks for the suggestion. Plenty power. I just found this rifle on that site too: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Crosman_M4_177_Multi_Pump_Air_Rifle_Adj_Stock/2631/5208" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Crosman_M ... /2631/5208</a> Could be exactly what I'm looking for with those sites and that price. Anyone have one like it?
I've been out of archery for a while but I had several PSE bows and I have zero complaints about their products or customer service. My favorite was a PSE Durango. It was a mid range bow, at the time, and was a joy to shoot. It was quiet, little vibration and grouped well at 60 yards. I'd probably still have it but I was made an offer that I just couldn't refuse. Don't have much to offer you on Bowtech. My brother in law bought one when they first came out and to me, it was too loud. My favorite bow was an Elite Archery Synergy.
I went through 3 cheap air rifles that basically just fell apart after a couple of months of moderate use. Weak rivets started to get loose, tolerances were going, air was leaking due to plastic air compression pieces and cheap, non-replaceable seals, etc. I was going to step it up to a $200 model to get some quality when I found that Ruger. It was, hands down, a different (higher) level of build quality. It felt more solid, and things were maintainable yourself, it wasn't disposable. Can't speak to the Crosman that you mention specifically, but that Ruger impresses the hell out of me for the $80 it cost me.
I have a target bow, 2006 Hoyt Pro Elite with the red fusion paint. I have shot alot of the big name manufactures bows, you will not be disapointed with any of them. Just certain ones feel better then other in your hands. Buy what you feel most comfortable shooting. I bought my bow off of the forums of archerytalk.com, no problems. Only thing is if you buy a Hoyt without shooting it, realize which i didn't at the time there draw length tends to be .5-.075 of inch more then they advertise. I bought a bow with a 28.5 to something drawlength and i needed a 28.5 in draw length, but it just doesn't rit quite right because of the extra little length. Enjoy your shooting.
Regarding pellets for the air gun, I've been through a few different brands/types, and for sniping rodents, I highly recommend a nice and heavy, quality pellet. I've tried about 4 different brands, but they were "sloppy" enough that some would fall out of the breech, and you lacked the consistency any shooter would like. These are the ones I've found work really well, and my preference: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.schulzdiabolo.cz/en/pellets/straton/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.schulzdiabolo.cz/en/pellets/straton/</a> Nice, all-round hunting .177 pellet.
Haven't shot mine yet (need to pick up some pellets), but I just got the exact gun nett suggested, it arrived today, and it's honestly shocking. I posted in the other thread an amazon link to get it for around $65, just because of the weight, the materials, and the balance of the damn rifle it should be a lot more. It feels more like a small .22 or 410 than it does a cheap plinker air gun. I'll be interested to see how well it shoots. Though I have high hopes given that it has a damn rifled barrel (which I didn't realize until after I got it).
Yep... my thoughts exactly. I could easily see myself paying $125-150 for it without complaint. Well, maybe one small complaint... the sights on it are kind of flimsy and cheap plastic. But put even a cheap scope or red-dot on there and you're laughing.