A friend and myself took a trip up to Whittington Center over the weekend. Really enjoyed popping steel on the 500 m silhouette range and even took some shots at the white buffalo at 1123 yards.
Took me 4 shots to hit with one of my 25-06's, then figured just for grins, I'd shoot the 243 at it. Second shot hit.
Finally, pulled out my other 25-06 and set it up and let one go. Not only first shot-cold bore hit, but hit the 16" target to boot.
My friend inherited an old Marlin 36 in 30-30 and couldn't resist taking some shots out at 200 and 300 m on steel. He was hitting the 200 pretty regularly with those old iron sights and having a ball. He tried one of my rifles out at 500 m and hit his first shot. He looked at me with a big old grin on his face and said "I've got to get me a 'real' rifle and do this some more!". Looks like he's infected! :mrgreen:
Took me 4 shots to hit with one of my 25-06's, then figured just for grins, I'd shoot the 243 at it. Second shot hit.
Finally, pulled out my other 25-06 and set it up and let one go. Not only first shot-cold bore hit, but hit the 16" target to boot.
My friend inherited an old Marlin 36 in 30-30 and couldn't resist taking some shots out at 200 and 300 m on steel. He was hitting the 200 pretty regularly with those old iron sights and having a ball. He tried one of my rifles out at 500 m and hit his first shot. He looked at me with a big old grin on his face and said "I've got to get me a 'real' rifle and do this some more!". Looks like he's infected! :mrgreen: