That seems to be the top phrase in the news lately - I decided that I need to fact check my thought that I had this new Knight 45 cal. Super DISC shooting well.


Sitting in the front room this morning and looking out the window at the good looking morning - sun shining and a fresh layer of snow - it really felt like I needed to run to the farm, to 'fact check' this rifle. When I made the comment about heading to the farm to shoot - Terry reminded me that it was 16* out there.... but the sun looked so good.


By the time I got to the farm the temp had risen to a balmy 24* according to the Leupold Range Finder.


This picture shows my path out the field to place clay bird targets - but just look how nice it is outside - heck of a lot better than being in the house!





When I got to the farm I unloaded the shooting bench and shooting utensils. Found my range finder and walked 6 birds out to place in the snow. 2 each at 50 - 75 and 100 yards. The mission today was to confirm that the rifle was sighted in and ready to be used for hunting.


According to the computed Ballistic Sheet, which is computed with a 6" Point Blank Range, meaning through a given range the bullet will never be higher or lower than 3". I really prefer this method versus dialing a range on the scope. There are times hunting I would never get the time to do the dialing process. With this 6" PBR according to the ballistic sheet I should be able to shoot from 0 to 204 yards and be within the 3" parameter.


According to the Ballistic Chart the Lehigh should be:
1.91" high @ 50 yards
2.76" high @ 75 yards
2.97" high @ 100 yards


Of course this is according the calculated computation with a bunch of variables.... you really do not know till you shoot the ranges... That was the mission today!


The gun was loaded and the shooting began at the 50 yard birds. At 50 yards I held the crosshair at the bottom of the bird. The bird measures right at 4 1/8". with both shots using the same hold I hit the top rim of the bird at about 12 o'clock.
Next came the 75 yard birds using the same hold - the hit on those two birds appeared to be about the same as the 50 yard birds. Both high hits on the upper edge of the bird.


100 yard birds using the same hold the first shot sailed over the top of the bird. Second shot at the bird holding with a little air under the bird - crushed the bird. Fist shot at the second 100 yard bird using the same hold pushed the center of the bird out. The outside ring of the bird was intact. Think all of the 100 yard shots were probably up closer to 4" than the 2.97" the paper said.


At this point I really should have take a target out and verified but time was running short and then I decided I wanted to shoot a weed sticking up out of the snow. The first weed was approximately 120-130 yards away from the bench. I held low on the weed shooting a spot in the snow below the weed. The bullet buried the weed!!!


Next target was another weed tuft further up the hill - I did range this target @ 209 yards. According to the ballistic sheet I should be down approximately 4" @ 200. I held the scope crosshairs at the top of the tuft hoping to hit it right in the base. As it turns out I was just a bit low and slightly right of the target. Well within the dead deer range of the chest cavity. I do attribute the drift right to a cross breeze blowing across the range. Loaded up a second shot and held slightly higher on the target - results the height was right on but still right approximately the same. I decided to go with one more shot and this time I sighted in directly on the base of the weed and used the second yard line under the crosshair. Bullet hit higher than the previous 2 shots and again to the right.


Frustrated I packed up and headed back to the city...


Here is few pics of what I was doing. The very last picture I took was looking from the bench up to the 200 yard weed tuft but just as I was ready to pop the picture - camera bleeped and the message said batteries dead!!! So I did not get pictures of the hits - dang it! All three shots would have harvested!





O - one other thing I wanted to note... Some have question the longevity of T7 powder - this T7 powder was bottled in July of 2011. I purchased the powder on a close out Feb of 2012. The powder work just as it should have.

Sounds like you had some fun Sabot. I still have some of those Lehighs that I want to work with. Just too bad you didn't get to kill that second weed. You know one weed ain't near enough for a decent salad!
Looking at your path, either its an optical illusion or you were having a bit of trouble walking a straight line...LOL
Well at least you got out and did some shooting. More than can be said for a lot of us. Me, I'm stuck here in FL and woke up this morning to a "chilly" 52*!

No occifer, I'm not as think as you drunk I am

Fact checking??? Here's a fact for you. Anyone who goes out for a "fun shoot" in those conditions is mentally unbalanced - and that's a fact.

Come on guys I was searching for the best footing on the way up the hill!!! Ans sides if you are sloothly you never walk a straight line.


O it was a really good day Semi - as compared to what it has been... And the honey do list was huge

Yep, I do my absolute bestest to avoid dem Honey Do lists at all costs...When I hear her yell "HONEYYYY" I tell her "it's in the cabinet with the spices" and try to get out the house and into the shop undetected!! It even works sometimes too!!!

I got to try that! I may get away with it a couple of times? GRIN

That looks like you had some fun. Cold weather is just that, cold weather. An extra jacket or layer, better gloves, piece of cake. Although, this morning was below zero here, and the wind chill ... we don't even want to talk about. So instead of shooting, I cleaned rifles. Swabbed the barrels, checked them with a bore light, and wiped off the outsides. When I do this every three months I have to admit it almost makes we want to sell off about half of them. What a chore!!

A few heat packs in the pocket but only when it down to 10 above and we tend to shoot glove less.
24F would be a heat wave here. Try to spend as many hours as I can out side when it is that warm.
the sun shine makes some good coyote hunting.


Al