Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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Okay - I'd run out of loaded 7mm Rem Mag ammo, so the Ruger Number One didn't make it to the range today, but the Bog Pod did. Last time that I was out with it, things did not go real well. But, I thought that before I made any modifications to the tripod, I'd do some practice, and give it another try.
Targets were just 9" paper plates, stapled up at 100, 200 and 300 yards. The familiar Rem 700 25-06 with the 6x Leupold is zeroed at 200 yards, with 115 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips at about 3150 fps. From sitting, I fired three shots, one after the other, at each range. When I checked, I found a bullet hole in each plate. This is one of my favorite practice drills with a hunting rifle, rather than shooting groups I just try to hit the target under field conditions.
Reassured that I actually do know how to shoot a rifle, I moved on to shooting from standing position with the tripod extended to a comfortable height. This time I was just "plinking" at a basketball sized rock at about 250 - 270 yards. The 25-06 smacked it three shots in a row.
I turned to the 22 Marlin 39A and opened a box if CCI mini-mags. 100 yards standing, using the tripod, was no problem. 200 yards was... Challenging. But I made a couple of hits and three misses.
And finally it was time to try the 30-30 Glenfield, which is set up with a Williams receiver sight. Remington 170 grain factory ammo was the choice. 100 yards was no problem, I was hitting towards the top of the paper plate until I remembered to not cover the plate with the front bead sight, but to take a six-o'clock hold on the plate. That helped! Then I grinned and tried that 250+ yard rock, from standing with the sights. Well, I didn't hit it, but I got pretty doggone close with three out of four shots. It was gratifying to see the hits so close to the rock.
It was a relatively short range trip, just a couple of hours. Thoroughly enjoyed, and shot pretty well this time. If hunting season was tomorrow, I'd do just fine with the 25-06 or the 30-30 rifle.
Regards, Guy
Targets were just 9" paper plates, stapled up at 100, 200 and 300 yards. The familiar Rem 700 25-06 with the 6x Leupold is zeroed at 200 yards, with 115 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips at about 3150 fps. From sitting, I fired three shots, one after the other, at each range. When I checked, I found a bullet hole in each plate. This is one of my favorite practice drills with a hunting rifle, rather than shooting groups I just try to hit the target under field conditions.
Reassured that I actually do know how to shoot a rifle, I moved on to shooting from standing position with the tripod extended to a comfortable height. This time I was just "plinking" at a basketball sized rock at about 250 - 270 yards. The 25-06 smacked it three shots in a row.
I turned to the 22 Marlin 39A and opened a box if CCI mini-mags. 100 yards standing, using the tripod, was no problem. 200 yards was... Challenging. But I made a couple of hits and three misses.
And finally it was time to try the 30-30 Glenfield, which is set up with a Williams receiver sight. Remington 170 grain factory ammo was the choice. 100 yards was no problem, I was hitting towards the top of the paper plate until I remembered to not cover the plate with the front bead sight, but to take a six-o'clock hold on the plate. That helped! Then I grinned and tried that 250+ yard rock, from standing with the sights. Well, I didn't hit it, but I got pretty doggone close with three out of four shots. It was gratifying to see the hits so close to the rock.
It was a relatively short range trip, just a couple of hours. Thoroughly enjoyed, and shot pretty well this time. If hunting season was tomorrow, I'd do just fine with the 25-06 or the 30-30 rifle.
Regards, Guy
Physical conditioning and shooting. 
