Finally got some time and I chose to go to the rock pit to get some shooting in. It is really to hot but sometimes you just
gotta do what ya gotta do + I wanted to look for another possible hunting spot in the area, since our good one is now being logged by Potlatch.
I got to the Rock Pit just in time - nobody was there - but as I was unloading and setting up another rig drove in looking for a place to shoot also. He continued on up the road to the higher pit. I chose the pit as it is almost impossible to start a fire shooting. My alternative spot at the farm is full fresh stubble - rules that one out.
Set up the portable bench and then walked 5 targets down to the wall. When I got to the wall and at the base of the pit run was a vertical stick. I placed a target hanging on the top of the stick and placed the other four on the rock wall. When I got back to the truck and the setup I looked for the target on the stick - gone! the wind must have blown it off.
Loaded up the first two and an shot them at the stick. It was probably 1 1/2 - 2" in diameter - looked through the scope and put the crosshairs right at the bottom of a knot that I could see on the stick. Shot #1 on a clean barrel was the hole in the duct tape farthest to the left. I decided to go one more on a Semi Fouled bore like I normally shoot and it clipped the stick on to the right of the first shot... I adjusted the scope 3 clicks right and decided to go after the 4 birds on the wall.
It is a little bit early but this is the rifle I plan to use during a regular rifle Whitetail season so I wanted to check Point of Impact. and make sure it was ready to go. I plan to do the same thing again during the first week of October just before the season starts.
It was just fun to get out and run a few down range...
Here are some pictures of the mornings events...
By the time I got done with the temp gauge on the phone was saying 81* good time to quit!!!
