Dudes, just got back from another fun weekend that included some long range shooting with my Marlin 336 Cowboy (conversion) over at Wind's place. Wind is one of those guys that ain't afraid to challenge conventional thinking - he sure has opened up my mind to what is possible - last Saturday was another one of those days.
So here's how it played out, after our silhouette match (I'll write a report on that later) and lunch at the local Mexican restaurant, we jet on up to Wind's place. Last month I managed to ring the 400 yard dinger with my 30-30 336 CB and was eager to take another crack at it... In typical Wind style, he suggested we go out to 500 yards, 400 yards was "been there, done that..."
We're shooting at this - 20" wide by 32" tall
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I take some shots to figure out where I need to hold to get on. Wind makes an adjustment to his tang sight and touches one off in his Winchester 1894. We have a variable left to right cross wind so his shot kicks up some dust to the right of the target. He levers in another, adjusts his hold and nails it! ;D check out the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQGPmo3hmM
This reminded me of the scene from Lonesome Dove when Gus plugs a guy who thought he was safely out of range... What I witnessed was a real life "Gus Shot."
So once I figured out the hold we filmed this
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitSpurzon#p/u/3/pT92PEgnIb0
Forgive the poor quality but most of that can be attributed to our electronic incompetence. It was basically a "hold my beer and watch this" without the beer...
After a bit more shooting we walked out to survey the "damage."
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitSpurzon#p/u/2/QFt6IWuEcH8
This clip gives some of the details.
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitSpurzon#p/u/1/kDtB-4YXTi4
In the vid I said 1200 fps but it is actually 1400 fps. Please note that my praise for the Ranch Dog Bullet and the Okanogan Shooting sticks is coming from a genuine PAYING customer. I like their products and they perform very well.
A few other notes.
-I developed this load for Silhouette shooting but have since switched to a load using the same Ranch Dog bullet over 2400 (1850 fps) for the Rams and Dingers 200 yards and beyond - unfortunately I left that ammo at home on that day so I had to make due.
-After Wind shot the 500 yard dinger he took on a stump at over 600 yards and was on it in three shots.
;D AND it was Offhand of course.
-It was another great day and one that further expanded my appreciation for the 30-30.
So here's how it played out, after our silhouette match (I'll write a report on that later) and lunch at the local Mexican restaurant, we jet on up to Wind's place. Last month I managed to ring the 400 yard dinger with my 30-30 336 CB and was eager to take another crack at it... In typical Wind style, he suggested we go out to 500 yards, 400 yards was "been there, done that..."
We're shooting at this - 20" wide by 32" tall
I take some shots to figure out where I need to hold to get on. Wind makes an adjustment to his tang sight and touches one off in his Winchester 1894. We have a variable left to right cross wind so his shot kicks up some dust to the right of the target. He levers in another, adjusts his hold and nails it! ;D check out the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQGPmo3hmM
This reminded me of the scene from Lonesome Dove when Gus plugs a guy who thought he was safely out of range... What I witnessed was a real life "Gus Shot."
So once I figured out the hold we filmed this
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitSpurzon#p/u/3/pT92PEgnIb0
Forgive the poor quality but most of that can be attributed to our electronic incompetence. It was basically a "hold my beer and watch this" without the beer...
After a bit more shooting we walked out to survey the "damage."
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitSpurzon#p/u/2/QFt6IWuEcH8
This clip gives some of the details.
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhitSpurzon#p/u/1/kDtB-4YXTi4
In the vid I said 1200 fps but it is actually 1400 fps. Please note that my praise for the Ranch Dog Bullet and the Okanogan Shooting sticks is coming from a genuine PAYING customer. I like their products and they perform very well.
A few other notes.
-I developed this load for Silhouette shooting but have since switched to a load using the same Ranch Dog bullet over 2400 (1850 fps) for the Rams and Dingers 200 yards and beyond - unfortunately I left that ammo at home on that day so I had to make due.
-After Wind shot the 500 yard dinger he took on a stump at over 600 yards and was on it in three shots.
;D AND it was Offhand of course.-It was another great day and one that further expanded my appreciation for the 30-30.
