been to the range.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:04 am

Been another week off from shooting had to work all day yesterday. Talking snow down to 900 metres again this afternoon, so no shorts for me for about another four months

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:20 pm

i didnt do all that well yesterday.

i just couldnt get a hold on the tricky wind.

still managed a 81.3,but thats not so great when the other TR shooters were in the 90's/100's.

oh well,next time.

sean.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:59 pm

Sounds like it was pretty hard all round the top f classers at our club were only 112, 113 and 115 and that was at 600

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:21 am

So yesterday was out to 700 yards, showers looked likely but held off and even fined up later. Wind oh how many MOA to put on start at 3 and end up with 4 and a half. Took a few rounds to find the centre but when I did X 6 6 6 but couldn't keep it up and finished with 5's for a 54.1
Second stage was very much easier, switched between 2 and 2.5 moa on started my first two sighters were X X 6 and only drop'd 3 out of the centre for the rest of the stage to finish with a 57.2
So all in all pretty happy with that considering the wind that was not just a straight cross wind but angled up the the range as well. Put that into perspective I was only 1 and 2 pt's behind two guys in the club who are on the NSW F class team

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:18 pm

Well done mate!

Very impressive shooting!

You keep that up and will make that state team.

Glenn

mick_762 · Post by **mick_762** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:37 pm

sometime shooter wrote: finished with 5's for a 54.1, only drop'd 3 out of the centre for the rest of the stage to finish with a 57.2

Put that into perspective I was only 1 and 2 pt's behind two guys in the club who are on the NSW F class team

Bloody good going mate.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:39 pm

good onya mate...
is this at cessnock ?

going to try and get there for a look see while im down.

sean.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:43 pm

Nah Lonerider I'm at Bathurst, a difficult range most of the time. Hard to judge, at the 700 mound the wind was blowing almost 45 to 60 degree's up the range at times, and at other times almost straight across. Was a bit tricky, Grahame Willis out shot all of us with a 115.8, still in those conditions only being 4.5 pt's behind I think is a bloody good effort, I only started in November last year.

:)

So at Missathon, how far can we shoot, i will bring my Omark and wouldn't mind shooting out to 1000 yards to get some elevation setting's.

mick_762 · Post by **mick_762** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:42 pm

sometime shooter wrote: i will bring my Omark and wouldn't mind shooting out to 1000 yards to get some elevation setting's.

Do you know your velocity? I still have my data for when I had my Omark, it may give you a ball park figure to start with.

Mick

Branxhunter · Post by **Branxhunter** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:59 pm

Some good info here:

http://bankstown-chatswood.org.au/ballistics.html

Good shooting by the way.

Marcus

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:52 pm

sometime shooter wrote:Nah Lonerider I'm at Bathurst, a difficult range most of the time. Hard to judge, at the 700 mound the wind was blowing almost 45 to 60 degree's up the range at times, and at other times almost straight across. Was a bit tricky, Grahame Willis out shot all of us with a 115.8, still in those conditions only being 4.5 pt's behind I think is a bloody good effort, I only started in November last year. :)

So at Missathon, how far can we shoot, i will bring my Omark and wouldn't mind shooting out to 1000 yards to get some elevation setting's.

you want tricky...
come up here,its like that all the time.

plenty room at my joint,plenty room on the mound.

wont be home till october,but your welcome after that.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:17 pm

I'm loading 45.5 grns of 08 with a 26 inch barrel so I am estimating that they are going 2800 2850 ish. Hopefully before missathon I can crony them.

Lonerider I have never herd of Ruby Vale what is that near ???? I used to live in Brisbane before I moved down here.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:25 am

its about 4 hrs inland from rocky,and 45/50 mins west of emerald.

sometime shooter · Post by **sometime shooter** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:32 pm

So for me about 2 days drive

Thanks for the offer but probably won't be up that way for a while.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:26 pm

2 days takes me to south lake macquarrie.but i dont drive after dark.roughly 16hrs total.

no worries mate,the range isnt likely to move,or me.

btw,im running 46gn of 2208 in my omark [tiny] with a 26" barrel and 155gn projectiles with no pressure signs on the primers.
i will have to get a proper 100yrd group test done when i get back.

sean.

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