huronmtns
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Having a case of mid-summer boredom I thought I would go out and do some shooting. There was no one else shooting so it was pretty flexible and relaxing. I took some reloads that I had developed last year and wanted to see if they were still shooting decent in the warm 80 degree plus weather. I had originally developed the load at about 32 degrees F. I fired three shots down range at 100 yards to see if the group size had changed. Nope, it was still shooting just under an inch. I thought that this shooting session was going to get a little boring at this point so how could I liven it up a little bit. I started thinking of making this more challenging and used what I had done to make some rules to see if my hunting partners wanted to have some fun in the future.
Rules:
1. 100 yard distance
2. You get to fire up to 3 shots to get comfortable shooting and where you rifle point of impact is going to be.
3. Place a nickel on the target where you want to hit it. (I used two push pin tacks placed horizontally next to each other to form two contacts that the coin bridged and couldn't fall between while it held the coin perpendicular facing the shot)
4. Return to shooting position with "1" round of ammunition only to meet the "One Shot Nickel Challenge"
5. Fire the one shot.
6. Return to target to find the coin and see if you hit it to have met the challenge.
To me this kind of simulates a first shot at game and is the most important shot we get. I know this sounds kind of strange but it put me in the frame of mind that I get into when I am shooting at an animal with a rifle. It actually made shooting fun just for me and I can see how having friends around could make it even better. Try it, you might like it.
I fired my shot and hit the coin. It brought a smile to my face.
Rules:
1. 100 yard distance
2. You get to fire up to 3 shots to get comfortable shooting and where you rifle point of impact is going to be.
3. Place a nickel on the target where you want to hit it. (I used two push pin tacks placed horizontally next to each other to form two contacts that the coin bridged and couldn't fall between while it held the coin perpendicular facing the shot)
4. Return to shooting position with "1" round of ammunition only to meet the "One Shot Nickel Challenge"
5. Fire the one shot.
6. Return to target to find the coin and see if you hit it to have met the challenge.
To me this kind of simulates a first shot at game and is the most important shot we get. I know this sounds kind of strange but it put me in the frame of mind that I get into when I am shooting at an animal with a rifle. It actually made shooting fun just for me and I can see how having friends around could make it even better. Try it, you might like it.
I fired my shot and hit the coin. It brought a smile to my face.
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