cascadedad

It was a great day and it was a lot of fun.

The wind, it was present, blowing left to right. It was not gale force I will admit but it was something else. I really gave up trying to tune the Renegade - got it close and said the heck with it and just started shooting. That particular barrel stock combination had never been shot by myself before and I am not sur the barrel had even ever been shot. The whole thing came from e-bay, picking up parts and pieces over a period of time. The barrel is of the older variety - now clean out and a 1/48 twist.

For me it was really fun shooting that 314 yard target. I was shooting 80 grains of T7-3f, a Traditions 45/54 orange sabot and a 300 grain Speer .451 jacketed soft point. My first shot I was probably 15 feet over the top... the bullet did not drop near as far as I thought it might, it did also amaze me how quick it got there and what a thump in the desert sand that it made. My next shot I believe I was low left. The third or fourth shot I believe I did score a hit anyway Matthew who was looking through the spotting scope said it did and that he heard it also. Hitting near the center of the open area that was further up the ridge was just blind luck - but it is amazing to shoot a ML that far and be in the area with the particular sights that I was using.

Shooting open sights is really a chore for me, way to much time shooting scopes. It is really difficult for me to get the same sight picture each time trying to line up 3 objects. I am sure if I would spend more time shooting open sights - it would all get better. The peep sight that cascadedad was using is a decided advantage, even to fiber optics on this particular day.

I have tried to point out the target on two of the pics... Still do not know if you can tell anything... the "puff" is just below the arrow head...