Brian invited the whole gang down to his range. We had Joel, Brian, Shaun, my son Brandon, my daughter Dylann, Matthew, Shaun's son Damien, and myself out there. Took us awhile to get started in the morning, but we got out there and commenced to finding a spot to set up out 300 yard target to verify some zero's and get some dope for our guns.
It was a great day, I think we were on the range from 1000 to about 1900 or so. Joel brought out his 264WSM. Brian had his 300 RUM. I brought out my 338, 264, 7WSM, 45-70, my son's 7mm Mauser and a 22LR for the little guys to shoot.
We had to use the trailer to shoot off as the vegetation had grown up quite alot since the last time we shot. Spent some time making trails to the target areas, and the kids had alot of time to ride their fourwheelers.. Well, I think we all rode them some.. :twisted:
Brandon shooting his little 22...
Joel and Brian doing some prep work
Brandon shooting his 7mm Mauser at 300 yards for the first time.. Did pretty well with it for its first time on the longer ranges.
He shot about a 4-6" group with it. Did pretty well, very proud of him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BvTUIpyoa0&feature=plcp
Then, my buddy Shaun who just got into hunting and shooting last Fall got his new to him Model 70 300WSM on on the range. He set it up right. Put a 3.5x10 CDS on it and he was shooting the exact same load I am out of my 300WSM. RL19 and 180 AB's. Deadly combo in the rifle. He shot a few groups at 300 to get some dope and then proceeded to shoot on the target and steel at 600. His first time shooting steel at that range, man, talk about a happy camper. That rifle is a winner and an awesome showing yesterday.
Joel giving some coaching pointers.
Joel spotting for my son with Joel's 264WSM.. Talk about a big hit. Anyone that wants a cool cartridge that will reach out with very little recoil and alot of swat, has to look at the 264WSM or WM..
Joel shooting my Guide Rifle with Dave's 470 grain Hardcast loads!
Dave, I gotta say THANK YOU! Those 470's are awesome over 40 grains of RL7.. We tried to put them in the jugs, but they slipped out the side of the 8th jug or so. Who knows, it could still be flying! :lol:
Here is Brandon shooting some of the 470 grain cast out of my Guide Rifle.
http://youtu.be/nmxO6l7nxjs
Matthew giving Brian some shooting pointers.. Darn kids well ahead of his time!
Here was Brandon working out the M94 30-30 on some clay targets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOUzm3Rm ... Z3caShLQkw
He also got a few water jugs with the 30-30
http://youtu.be/ZOMW1s0NYdM
Here was me putting the 444 Marlin into some jugs
http://youtu.be/KcyWyqM3IW0
Brandon getting some more time on Joel's 264 with the Premier scope! Anybody who hasn't looked through one of them, needs to. It is Swaro/S&B glass with turrets that are nicely laid out. It is an AWESOME scope and the #4 type reticle in the first focal plane was EXCELLENT!
Dylann and Damien getting out on the quads doing some riding.. They kept the area locked down and had a pretty darned good time!
Brandon getting steel at 600 yards with my 7WSM. Talk about making a DAD smile HUGE when your 14 year old son starts making the steel ring. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face! It was awesome. Hopefully I don't lose that rifle to him too soon.
Brian after we got SOAKED right as we were packing up. The weather Gods must have been tired of us shooting, cause right as we were packing up, the sky opened up on us, really good!
Group shot
Brandon also did a little camo job on the quad to hide from his sister.. Pretty good work...
Oh, for you Ford lovers. I think this is Brian's truck stuck in the grass.. It was close but he finally got out of it.. It must have been tough for the Ford to get out of it's own way on FLAT ground with that REALLY slick grass! :lol:
It was a great day with GREAT friends and family.. Hard to top days like that. Seems like everyone had a great time.
It was a great day, I think we were on the range from 1000 to about 1900 or so. Joel brought out his 264WSM. Brian had his 300 RUM. I brought out my 338, 264, 7WSM, 45-70, my son's 7mm Mauser and a 22LR for the little guys to shoot.
We had to use the trailer to shoot off as the vegetation had grown up quite alot since the last time we shot. Spent some time making trails to the target areas, and the kids had alot of time to ride their fourwheelers.. Well, I think we all rode them some.. :twisted:
Brandon shooting his little 22...
Joel and Brian doing some prep work
Brandon shooting his 7mm Mauser at 300 yards for the first time.. Did pretty well with it for its first time on the longer ranges.
He shot about a 4-6" group with it. Did pretty well, very proud of him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BvTUIpyoa0&feature=plcp
Then, my buddy Shaun who just got into hunting and shooting last Fall got his new to him Model 70 300WSM on on the range. He set it up right. Put a 3.5x10 CDS on it and he was shooting the exact same load I am out of my 300WSM. RL19 and 180 AB's. Deadly combo in the rifle. He shot a few groups at 300 to get some dope and then proceeded to shoot on the target and steel at 600. His first time shooting steel at that range, man, talk about a happy camper. That rifle is a winner and an awesome showing yesterday.
Joel giving some coaching pointers.
Joel spotting for my son with Joel's 264WSM.. Talk about a big hit. Anyone that wants a cool cartridge that will reach out with very little recoil and alot of swat, has to look at the 264WSM or WM..
Joel shooting my Guide Rifle with Dave's 470 grain Hardcast loads!
Dave, I gotta say THANK YOU! Those 470's are awesome over 40 grains of RL7.. We tried to put them in the jugs, but they slipped out the side of the 8th jug or so. Who knows, it could still be flying! :lol:
Here is Brandon shooting some of the 470 grain cast out of my Guide Rifle.
http://youtu.be/nmxO6l7nxjs
Matthew giving Brian some shooting pointers.. Darn kids well ahead of his time!
Here was Brandon working out the M94 30-30 on some clay targets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOUzm3Rm ... Z3caShLQkw
He also got a few water jugs with the 30-30
http://youtu.be/ZOMW1s0NYdM
Here was me putting the 444 Marlin into some jugs
http://youtu.be/KcyWyqM3IW0
Brandon getting some more time on Joel's 264 with the Premier scope! Anybody who hasn't looked through one of them, needs to. It is Swaro/S&B glass with turrets that are nicely laid out. It is an AWESOME scope and the #4 type reticle in the first focal plane was EXCELLENT!
Dylann and Damien getting out on the quads doing some riding.. They kept the area locked down and had a pretty darned good time!
Brandon getting steel at 600 yards with my 7WSM. Talk about making a DAD smile HUGE when your 14 year old son starts making the steel ring. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face! It was awesome. Hopefully I don't lose that rifle to him too soon.
Brian after we got SOAKED right as we were packing up. The weather Gods must have been tired of us shooting, cause right as we were packing up, the sky opened up on us, really good!
Group shot
Brandon also did a little camo job on the quad to hide from his sister.. Pretty good work...
Oh, for you Ford lovers. I think this is Brian's truck stuck in the grass.. It was close but he finally got out of it.. It must have been tough for the Ford to get out of it's own way on FLAT ground with that REALLY slick grass! :lol:
It was a great day with GREAT friends and family.. Hard to top days like that. Seems like everyone had a great time.
