Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to share some memories made yesterday w/ you guys who have helped me so much over the last 4-5 months in my search for info/knowledge about what you do and how I can apply it to my hunting/shooting endeavors.
Attended this intro course to get some long range instructions, check my dope chart,and find my TRUE max distance to killin thangs! I just hunt, but knew these guys could provide some great intel to help out. And did they ever!
Another plug for a great bunch of guys:
NCPPRC is hosting the Rifles Only class:
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1323445&#Post1323445
I've never met a bunch of helpful, good people, w/ a professional and courteous demeanor, who were willing to spend their day w/ us newgies that didn't know which end of the rifle to put chalk on before the shot, let alone know how to call the right pocket! Thanks to Jacob for puttin up w/ me in the butts. Thanks to Francis for loaning me your 6x9 bipod. (You know how hard it is for someone 59yo to get into a good prone position w/ a 13x24 bipod when the last time it was done was 9 yrs. ago?) LOL. Thanks to Dave Kerley for the rear stock supports and to him and "Doc" (Jacob?) for the patient intstruction on the firing line...and for carrying that fuckin pack to the truck for me! Kudus to Vu & Shawn and ALL the great guys at NCPPRC who I met and whose names escape me! Class act. Thank you sir, may I have another?!
Perhaps SOME of you will recall YOUR early days w/ a knowing smile and fond memory about the following reflections I have re: yesterday's shoot...
1. Pack one half what you THINK you need and leave half of that amount at home. That fuckin pack gets heavy when it's 95 degrees.
2.Should have kept better records AS I WAS SHOOTING so it's easier to recreate the chart after you get home and are tired and 3 JD & Cokes into finishing up the day's write up.
3.Targets at 200-600 yds. have WAY more holes in them than the ones at 800-900-1000yd. Price of poker goes way up once you cross no man's land. NOt so cocky now, are ya old son?
4. "Fuck, where did THAT hole come from?" Heard on the line working the targets from an unidentified newbie... (sometimes, even hits on the berm are hard to see when you're 59 and sweating!).
5. "Fuck, where did THAT shot go?". Heard on the firing line from the same unidentified newbie... (NOTE to self: EVERYTIME, when you dial in RIGHT windage in a 10-12mph full value wind coming from 9 O'clock you WILL NOT hit your target. Did you know that at 800 yds. SOME bullets will deflect 38 inches in this wind, and when 4.6 MOA of WRONG windage is added you MIGHT shoot one or two targets over from your own? (When you're 59 and sweating and flustered, you MIGHT twist small dials the wrong way!). John Wayne said "Life is hard and harder when you're stupid." Trying valiantly not to live up to that!
Side note: In the hand out that NCPPRC gave out under the topic "Optics",(and not read until later in the day....again at home 4 JD & cokes later), and I quote: "Sooner or later you will adjust the wrong direction and your POI will be even farther away than the previous shot. Even experienced shooters will do this. You can tell by the profanity they yell as soon as their targets come back up." ROTFLMFFAO! Pay attention! Seems my line coach said that to me more than once during the day. Dave, I'm paying attention now, bro.!
6. "Fuck, where did THAT shot come from, I didn't even shoot?" Heard on the firing line from each of TWO shooters to the RIGHT of an unidentified shooter who was quoted in #5 above. This phenomenon and cause was discussed later (6 beers!) via phone regarding the days events between the parties involved and a peaceful settlement was mutually reached. (Good thing these two people were friends of his!).
7. "How the fuck did that happen?" Heard on the firing line from an unidentified newbie... (PERHAPS EVERYTIME (even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a million times or so), when you dial in the elevation for 950yds and shoot at a 900yd. target in a 10-12mph full value wind coming from 9 O'clock you WILL NOT hit your target. Did you know that at 950 yds. SOME bullets will impact the target 27 inches higher than desired when 24.6 MOA of elevation is dialed in when 22.5 MOA SHOULD have been dialed in?) (When you're 59 and sweating and flustered, you MIGHT twist small dials the wrong way!).
8. At the end of the day, after the good bbq, give aways, and memories of the past 9hrs. and the comraderie shared w/ newbies and experience alike, it's damned difficult to wipe the shit eating grin off your face! What a great time!
I still can't do this picture post shit....never claimed to be even slightly intelligent when it comes to computers, so here's the link to some pics. I forgot my fuckin camera (they prolly woulda frowned on my holding everyone up for pix anyway) for the day, but took these after I got home to help w/ info and to cement the memories in a tired brain soaked in Jack D.
Hope this works:
http://s686.photobucket.com/albums/vv222/Weaselthis/NCPPRC%20Shoot/
Attended this intro course to get some long range instructions, check my dope chart,and find my TRUE max distance to killin thangs! I just hunt, but knew these guys could provide some great intel to help out. And did they ever!
Another plug for a great bunch of guys:
NCPPRC is hosting the Rifles Only class:
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1323445&#Post1323445
I've never met a bunch of helpful, good people, w/ a professional and courteous demeanor, who were willing to spend their day w/ us newgies that didn't know which end of the rifle to put chalk on before the shot, let alone know how to call the right pocket! Thanks to Jacob for puttin up w/ me in the butts. Thanks to Francis for loaning me your 6x9 bipod. (You know how hard it is for someone 59yo to get into a good prone position w/ a 13x24 bipod when the last time it was done was 9 yrs. ago?) LOL. Thanks to Dave Kerley for the rear stock supports and to him and "Doc" (Jacob?) for the patient intstruction on the firing line...and for carrying that fuckin pack to the truck for me! Kudus to Vu & Shawn and ALL the great guys at NCPPRC who I met and whose names escape me! Class act. Thank you sir, may I have another?!
Perhaps SOME of you will recall YOUR early days w/ a knowing smile and fond memory about the following reflections I have re: yesterday's shoot...
1. Pack one half what you THINK you need and leave half of that amount at home. That fuckin pack gets heavy when it's 95 degrees.
2.Should have kept better records AS I WAS SHOOTING so it's easier to recreate the chart after you get home and are tired and 3 JD & Cokes into finishing up the day's write up.
3.Targets at 200-600 yds. have WAY more holes in them than the ones at 800-900-1000yd. Price of poker goes way up once you cross no man's land. NOt so cocky now, are ya old son?
4. "Fuck, where did THAT hole come from?" Heard on the line working the targets from an unidentified newbie... (sometimes, even hits on the berm are hard to see when you're 59 and sweating!).
5. "Fuck, where did THAT shot go?". Heard on the firing line from the same unidentified newbie... (NOTE to self: EVERYTIME, when you dial in RIGHT windage in a 10-12mph full value wind coming from 9 O'clock you WILL NOT hit your target. Did you know that at 800 yds. SOME bullets will deflect 38 inches in this wind, and when 4.6 MOA of WRONG windage is added you MIGHT shoot one or two targets over from your own? (When you're 59 and sweating and flustered, you MIGHT twist small dials the wrong way!). John Wayne said "Life is hard and harder when you're stupid." Trying valiantly not to live up to that!
Side note: In the hand out that NCPPRC gave out under the topic "Optics",(and not read until later in the day....again at home 4 JD & cokes later), and I quote: "Sooner or later you will adjust the wrong direction and your POI will be even farther away than the previous shot. Even experienced shooters will do this. You can tell by the profanity they yell as soon as their targets come back up." ROTFLMFFAO! Pay attention! Seems my line coach said that to me more than once during the day. Dave, I'm paying attention now, bro.!
6. "Fuck, where did THAT shot come from, I didn't even shoot?" Heard on the firing line from each of TWO shooters to the RIGHT of an unidentified shooter who was quoted in #5 above. This phenomenon and cause was discussed later (6 beers!) via phone regarding the days events between the parties involved and a peaceful settlement was mutually reached. (Good thing these two people were friends of his!).
7. "How the fuck did that happen?" Heard on the firing line from an unidentified newbie... (PERHAPS EVERYTIME (even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a million times or so), when you dial in the elevation for 950yds and shoot at a 900yd. target in a 10-12mph full value wind coming from 9 O'clock you WILL NOT hit your target. Did you know that at 950 yds. SOME bullets will impact the target 27 inches higher than desired when 24.6 MOA of elevation is dialed in when 22.5 MOA SHOULD have been dialed in?) (When you're 59 and sweating and flustered, you MIGHT twist small dials the wrong way!).
8. At the end of the day, after the good bbq, give aways, and memories of the past 9hrs. and the comraderie shared w/ newbies and experience alike, it's damned difficult to wipe the shit eating grin off your face! What a great time!
I still can't do this picture post shit....never claimed to be even slightly intelligent when it comes to computers, so here's the link to some pics. I forgot my fuckin camera (they prolly woulda frowned on my holding everyone up for pix anyway) for the day, but took these after I got home to help w/ info and to cement the memories in a tired brain soaked in Jack D.
Hope this works:
http://s686.photobucket.com/albums/vv222/Weaselthis/NCPPRC%20Shoot/
