Back in the Rock Pit

[sabotloader]

OK... it is 11am here in Moscow and it is 84* already - I am really glad that I went early this morning. I was suppose to go yesterday morning but got delayed then it got hot - really hot... so I decided to wait for this morning.

The goal... last week I ran out and set up some birds to shoot with the Knight 52 cal DISC Extreme. Shooting the clay pigeons at a 100 is not an awful big challenge with a scope so... i really wanted to go out and repeat the shots with the MK-85.

It is equipped with a Williams FP Peep sight and a Fire Sight Hooded Williams Front Sight. I really like this combination as the the FP Sight is adjustable with a 1/4 min clicks much like a scope. I had previously sighted the rifle in with a 6" Point Blank Range - trying to get the greatest distance I could get with the one 6 O'clock hold. With the 6" PBR, I should never be lower than 3" or higher than 3" to 178 yards and dead on at 148 yards...

I do have to tell you that it did take a couple of shots on the first bird to get it. I put the bird right on the top of the front sight and missed with shot #1 - shot #2 I held just under the bird and touched it off (and with a MK-85 -> that is about what it is touch it off), anyway no more bird...

The original 6 birds that I put out went away in a hurry and there really were not any chips left that were big enough to take the second shot on so I set out another 6 and continued to shoot. It really was getting warm in the end, so at the end of the second round I packed it in and heade back to Moscow... with the AC in the truck working.

You can see in the pictures but i was shooting an all brass sabotless concical built by Lehigh Bullets. Lehigh Dave ventured into these a bit last year but then they kinda got set aside for awhile when he got some Knight contracts that need to be filled.
These 50 cal - 270 grain conicals are a bit tight for the MK bore but once through the crown load great. And as I found out last year they are very accurate. I was shooting 110 grains of T7-3f (thrown on site) and a CCI Mag cap. I am really looking for an opportunity to pull this down on an elk this season.

Morning Pics...

[flounder33]

Nice shooting Pete! Do you know the land to land measurement of that bore? .504?
I hope you get that elk with that rifle.

[mountaineer magic]

Nice looking gun. Good shooting also. Then again we expect that from you. hard to beat a MK85. I think knight should resurrect the MK and the Elite. Make my Elite a 45 with 1:20 twist.

[cayugad]

Nice shooting and very interesting conicals there. That should make a nasty elk rifle for you.

[sabotloader]

Originally Posted by flounder33

Nice shooting Pete! Do you know the land to land measurement of that bore? .504?
I hope you get that elk with that rifle.

I do not have the exact measurement but I am thinking you are right on at .504. It is just a bit smaller than my .504 White U Mag.

[onetohunt]

Nice shooting Sabot, great pic looking through the peep also!!

[sabotloader]

Originally Posted by onetohunt

Nice shooting Sabot, great pic looking through the peep also!!

Marvin, what i really wanted to do was to see if I could shoot this MK as well as I did the Extreme 52 cal, so I set up the sme range and the same shots - except I could not see the piece well enough to go back and pick some of them.

I know a lot of times we believe that the problem usually exists because of the nut behind the stock - but in this case I really believe it is the quality of the rifles in front of the nut. Of course the bullet's manufacturer might have something to do with it also.

The whole point for me was fun - relaxation and getting out into the woods, even if it was a rock pit.