Practice 500m fly shoot

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Dave.223
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Practice 500m fly shoot

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I can't find the thread that was posted regarding the 500m informal shoot at Little River, but I remember it was Saturday the 7th of November. Is it still on? All the planets have lined up and my good fortune is that I can actually make it!!! :D

Anyone else going?

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Yes

It is still on and I encourage as many of you to turn up. This is a great opportunity to give the fly shoot a try and have some of us who regularly shoot give some guidance.

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Thanks Jugs, I'll see you there. I will need some of that guidance too!

What time would be best to show up?

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I will also be there. I had a ball at the last match at Little River in October - it was my first shoot.

So cant wait for this one and see how good i go.

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Well the 500 metre fly shoot is an experience when the wind is a little tricky. Not a windy day but over 500m it makes a huge difference on the paper. By the last target I was able to get 4 out of my 5 shots in the scoring rings, which was somewhere in all the mirage!

The 6BR is up to the job but I couldn't have done it without some great coaching from Peter VM and Jugs. Thanks guys.

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Good job Dave, im so spewing that i could'nt make it...... Dam work!! :(
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Come out next time. No doubt it will be windy though and I'll be out of the scoring rings again. :shock:

Some nice rifles on the benches too. Mine was the only Clancy the rest smithed by PVM, being a 6.5x284, 6 Dasher, 284AI and another 6BR. All of us had Nightforce scopes in 12-42, two were NXS and the others NF series.

It did make me want to build another rifle. I liked that .284 and could imagine one in my safe.

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Yeah Dave, im thinking about my next gun and yet i dont even have my first gun. Last Wednesday i sent my PAS SLV 308 down to PVM to get a new barrel put on it in 6BR, new stock, trigger the works. This will be my first full custom long range target gun and i cant wait to get it back.

For my next i was tinking along the lines of a .284AI. These 7mm's seem to be very good at long range 600+
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