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2012-01-31 09:32:34

#4751

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6820

eleven bravo wrote:
pen zeroing is easy

So is having an expert qualified shooter "practicing" on the lane next to someone on their 3rd attempt at marksman.
"Was it lane 39 for him and lane 40 for her, or the other way around? Don't recall...."

2012-01-31 14:20:02

#4752

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6228|Vortex Ring State

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EVERY SURPLUS RIFLE WITH BOLT ACTION IS CHEAP SOME TIME IN HISTORY. MOSIN NAGANT RIFLE IS MOST NUMEROUS OF ALL INFANTRY RIFLE. IT IS RIFLE THAT WINS OCTOBER REVOLUTION. IT IS RIFLE THAT CARRIES INFANTRY OF ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE THROUGH GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR. MOSIN NAGANT RIFLE SERVES FOR MORE THAN CENTURY, OLD STOLEN RUSSIAN RECEIVER IS STILL USE BY SNIPER OF FINNISH ARMY.

YOU CAN BE HAPPY WITH 40,000 ROUBLE RIFLE WITH NO HISTORY AND PLASTIC STOCK WHO KILLS PAPER TARGET AND DEER WITH NO WEAPON OR FIGHTING HEART.

I CAN BE HAPPY WITH 2,000 ROUBLE RIFLE THAT IS ARTIFACT OF MILITARY HISTORY AND KILLS TSARIST AND NAZI ALIKE.

JOY OF HAVING MOSIN NAGANT RIFLE IS JOY THAT MONEY CANNOT AFFORD.

Last edited by Trotskygrad (2012-01-31 14:27:04)

2012-02-04 10:33:34

#4753

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6820

Sitting on a hilltop the other day, glassing the terrain with my Leica rangefinder (7x optics, 1600+ yard rangefinder), seeing how far I can get it to range.
The hillside to my east was between 1000 to 2000 yards away, depending on what part of the terrain you're ranging.
Was rather impressed with the little Leica 1600.
Bouncing the laser off of clumps of snow, the longest repeatable return I got indicated 1928 yards.
All that, in a package that fits neatly in a shoulder pocket.

Picked up a darkish spot moving about a mile out (1 mile = 1760 yards).
Bracketing between the snow spots at 1650yds and 1928yds, he was around 1850yds away.

Get the scope on it, it's a wolf!
Damn.. wolves are out of season
(It's a cattle ranch on the other side of the fence.. surely they wouldn't mind a dead wolf as an anonymous present...)
Damn.. drop chart I have with me only goes to 1800, I'm 50 yards off my chart
(Oh, hell, 1800 is 91.75 MOA and my ∆/yd (for 1800+) is 0.11MOA/yd, so call it 91.75+5.50=97.25. Gyro drift is probably 1.98 MOA right. [etc])
Damn.. he's about 1 yard on the wrong side of the fenceline
(REALLY. It's a cattle ranch on the other side of the fence.. surely they wouldn't mind a dead wolf as an anonymous present...)
Damn.. my rounds are going transonic at 1500yds
(meh, they're 230 grain .308 diameter, with a 1:10 twist - they'll stay stable through transonic.. probably.. I can get 'em out to 2000...)
And fuck me sideways!.. scope runs out of adjustment at 76MOA/1650yards
(scope has 100 MOA elevation total, plus a few for tolerance(2-) & zero(4), plus a 20MOA base = +25/-76 elevation adjustment range off of zero)

Little fucker got a pass this time.
Didn't pull the trigger.
Too many no-go decision points.
(Okay, it being out of season was the major no-go)
Oh, FFS! They extended the season to Feb 15th! Was supposed to end Jan 31st - Nope, not for my area.

40 MOA scope base is on order, as of yesterday.
Drop/drift/gyro/earth rotation pocket chart is getting extended to 2000 yards ASAP.

Now, I just have to remind myself that I don't need to build a .338 Norma Mag to launch 300gr bullets.
25 MOA less drop at 2000 (75 versus 100), less drift (11 MOA vs 15 MOA @10mph & 2000yd)
no.. no.. I should be perfectly happy with a "mere" 1800 yard rifle...
Refrain from throwing money at "grass is greener" syndrome, and be content to launch 230 gr .308 rounds at 2725...

I will drop a coyote somewhere between a mile (1760yds) and 2000 yards this year, though.

Last edited by rdx-fx (2012-02-04 10:37:35)

2012-02-04 11:05:53

#4754

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6729|so randum

i shot a bird with a shotgun and it went a bit messy

oh look bird

aim

bang, second barrel go bang

dead bird

thats roughly my thought process

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-02-04 11:14:14

#4755

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6820

FatherTed wrote:
i shot a bird with a shotgun and it went a bit messy

oh look bird

aim

bang, second barrel go bang

dead bird

thats roughly my thought process

Shooting inside of 600 yards is pretty much point and shoot.
Perhaps a little dialing in the elevation and wind from A chart.
Out past 1000 yards, it's pure "Nerd Work".
Out around a mile, it gets really fun.

Really fun, though, when you have a 3.5 second time of flight for a bullet.
Plenty of time to get through the recoil, get your eyes back on the target through the scope, think wait for it.. wait for it..
Then blam, your target tips over - long range dedication like

2012-02-04 11:18:20

#4756

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6729|so randum

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2012-02-04 11:21:27

#4757

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6729|so randum

i think the longest i've ever shot is maybe 200yrds, but thats only .22lr, for pest control can't really go much further than 50-75 to be sure of a kill

Small hourglass island
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Use an umbrella

2012-02-04 11:32:31

#4758

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5488|foggy bottom

youre a pest

Tu Stultus Es

2012-02-04 11:32:43

#4759

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6820

I used to shoot my AR-15 at 600 yards, over iron sights.
(President's Hundred match)

Now that I'm 99.9% sure I'll never put a uniform on again, shooting a .223 at 600 yards seems boring and useless.
Especially compared to shooting coyotes at 1000-1800 yards with a scoped bolt action rifle.

Last edited by rdx-fx (2012-02-04 11:43:50)

2012-02-04 11:43:21

#4760

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5587|London, England

rdx-fx wrote:
I used to shoot my AR-15 at 600 yards, over iron sights.
(President's Hundred match)

Now that I'm 99.9% sure I'll never put a uniform on again, shooting a .223 at 600 yards seems boring and useless.
Especially compared to shooting coyotes at 1000 yards with a scoped bolt action rifle, or taking clean heart shots on deer at hundreds of yards.

https://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/15132/389056-big_buck_hunter_pro_large.jpg

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-02-04 11:49:27

#4761

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6820

Jay wrote:

I liked VirtuaCop 2 better

2012-02-04 11:50:22

#4762

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6729|so randum

timecrisis2 fo lyf

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Use an umbrella

2012-02-04 11:55:19

#4763

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6820

FatherTed wrote:
timecrisis2 fo lyf

That was probably the last really good arcade shooter made.

2012-02-04 12:02:53

#4764

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6729|so randum

i get really excited (like 13 yr old excited) when i see a TC2 box on a ferry

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2012-02-04 13:00:18

#4765

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6452|Escea

Crisis Zone and Warzaid is where its at. Maybe Teraburst, but tha game disappeared.

2012-02-04 19:54:27

#4766

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,814|6335|eXtreme to the maX

rdx-fx wrote:
I used to shoot my AR-15 at 600 yards, over iron sights.
(President's Hundred match)

Now that I'm 99.9% sure I'll never put a uniform on again, shooting a .223 at 600 yards seems boring and useless.
Especially compared to shooting coyotes at 1000-1800 yards with a scoped bolt action rifle.

I pay extra for uniforms.

Anyway, 300 yds with a .357 iron sighted revolver is fun, with one eye on the sights and the other on the scope you can see the bullet fly on a good day.

Fuck Israel

2012-02-05 20:46:19