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oldman with a 6.5 lupua takes me and my 243 down

tacdrver

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just a gunsmith and a customer << me >> and a little bragging rights... both rifles were build by him...both shoot sub 1/4 @ 100, almost the same rifle just different calibers. we have been shooting steel for a couple week at 1050 and last night after all the friendly arguing we went in his shed to get out the 1000 yard targets and set them up for a sunday morning comp. we get out to the range and the weather was perfect. we sight in on steel and go to work. the first round i got an 8 inch group on five shots and he did about seven inch group with only four on paper.. puts me ahead of him.and i let him no
the whole way back,so we patch the targets and go for round 2 the wind picks up and we shoot then we go back up to the targets were i find no shots on my target and find him with all 5 shots in the 10 in bull.. long story short this is just another example of a 62 year old marksman kicking a 24 year olds ass.. this was the first time either of us shot paper beyond 600 yards... so im still happy with the results
 
Re: oldman with a 6.5 lupua takes me and my 243 down

Thats funny. I sort of had a similar experience. Shot 1000 yards on a friday with 8 to 10 mph winds, had good success. Shot the same place on monday, no wind, no mirage perfect day, hardly any hits. I'm still mifffed, thought I had that thing dialed two days before. Oh well, a lot to learn.
 
Re: oldman with a 6.5 lupua takes me and my 243 down

It's good you guys took advantage of the situation. And of course he then took advantage of you! But, it's all good. You learned something. And, of course for both of you, 1k is now a reality
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Re: oldman with a 6.5 lupua takes me and my 243 down

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pinzmann</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Was that at the 29palms rifle club?</div></div>
sure was