[ngashooter]

A strong, gusty wind from right to left made accurate shooting tough. I shot a group with each rifle, but mostly I was busting water bottles. I fired my Savage .270 offhand at 80yds at water jugs and shattered them with one shot each. The Compass .243 popped gallon jugs with ease, but didn't do well on the target. My Remington 700 SPS Varmint .223 was deadly on 12oz water bottles and did ok on paper. It is a 1/2 moa rifle on a good day. It was fun out in the sun turning money into noise. I had a full black trash bag full of destroyed jugs and bottles when I was done. Still a fun day of shooting.

 

[PriseDeFer]

Shooting in rough wind and beating it is a good skill for any rifleman. Well done and thanks for posting your targets, I hope someday to do as well.

 

[ngashooter]

Shooting in rough wind and beating it is a good skill for any rifleman. Well done and thanks for posting your targets, I hope someday to do as well.

Thank you for saying that. The rifles are capable of much better performance and the groups shown were nothing that made me proud. I should look at it as even getting shots to land in the same vicinity was a victory over the conditions. The gusty wind made trying to pick a condition to break the shot a real challenge. I busted water bottles and jugs first to foul the clean bores. As I shot paper I saw the empty jugs blowing away to the left in the gusts. I guess it was valuable practice.

 

[maddmatter1970]

I honestlly do not remember his name. I used to shoot with him often as a lad. He was a retired neighbor of ours. He repeated something everytime I got flustrated at myself that stuck in my vacant head..."every real shot is unique"

I do not know that I "believe" that but it has wisdom.

 

[rmichael63]

Hey you weren't working so it was a great day.
I'm stealing your line "turning money into noise" ...

 

[jayhdavis]

I honestlly do not remember his name. I used to shoot with him often as a lad. He was a retired neighbor of ours. He repeated something everytime I got flustrated at myself that stuck in my vacant head..."every real shot is unique"

I do not know that I "believe" that but it has wisdom.

Once the bullet or shot charge leaves the barrel, it's gone. You can't take it back. That is what makes it unique. That is why the fundamentals should be applied with every shot - whether shooting at game, targets, for self-defense, or just to make noise.

 

[Corndog]

I’m just musing here. I do the same as you guys, I shoot my hunting rigs off season. I have shot my bolt gun in the wind and also rain, just to see how much I need to close the gap on an animal under these conditions. I also practice shooting at 30 minutes after sundown.

Shooting technique? Do you practice shooting behind you without turning your stool? Do you practice a 10 yard shot with your LR bolt gun? Have you ever shot from a tree stand ladder?

Hunters will understand.

 

[tronicst1]

Nice job for a windy day !

 

[Skyhunter308]

Good shooting and I too LOVE shooting water filled containers - especially at varied and "unknown" distances!

WYT-P
Skyhunter

 

[rman]

Sounds like a fun day in spite of the wind. I like your line, "turning money into noise"

 

[DQL5150]

Kudos nga for sticking out the wind. At least you were shooting and taking in some gun smoke, can't always time it with weather.

 

[ngashooter]

Good shooting and I too LOVE shooting water filled containers - especially at varied and "unknown" distances!

WYT-P
Skyhunter

It's my favorite thing too! I like setting up my "playground" on my family timber land. I drive out about 300-350 yards then turn around. I will drive back towards my shooting position stopping every 50yds or so to set out jugs, gongs, and paper targets. It's work filling big cat litter containers and gallon jugs for the longer range targets, but totally worth it to hear the roar when they get hit by large caliber expanding bullets. The bottles and plates get smaller as the range decreases. To me this kind of shooting is tremendously fun, even if cleanup is a chore.

 

[Druban]

Sometimes you want to shoot a water jug with a round that makes good and sure it goes down and doesn’t just get mad and come after you

 

[ngashooter]

Sometimes you want to shoot a water jug with a round that makes good and sure it goes down and doesn’t just get mad and come after you

I could not agree more! Up close a high velocity fmj can get the job done. From 100yds on out I prefer Ballistic Tips, Interlocks, Speer Hot Cores and Spitzer Boat tails, Hornady SST's, and Nosler Partitions. You can't be too careful with these liquid filled devils. I often keep my short barrelled Rem 870 stoked with 12ga slugs in case a wounded one charges.