Finally that time of the year for the long awaited annual trip to shoot some prairie dogs. Its been our goal to get some good footage after our first year three years ago. Last year involved a gopro mounted to an electric RC truck, that one didnt pan out as the dogs were pretty skiddish about it, even if we just left it by a mound for awhile.
This year we went lower tech and I just made up a scope mount for my Galaxy S3, works much better. I just machined a tube that fits tightly around the PST eyepiece as theres several PST's being used. The majority of shots are from a 6-24 MRAD if youre curious.
Just thought Id share some of the cool vids and pics I was able to get. Were on day 3 tomorrow so Ill update it with more as I get them.
Rifles being shot are
22-250
6BR
6mm Rem Ackley
204 Ruger
6.5 Creedmoor
223 Rem
308 Win
We usually end up with some new calibers every year between the 6 of us, I always keep coming back with my 22-250 shooting 53gn Vmax though as it seems to have the best percentage of explosive hits. The 95gn VMAX out of the creedmoors has been impressive though, but still a few just dont expand or something. The 110 VMAX out of the 308 can be the most explosive, but again, a few non expansions seem to happen.
95 vmax pdog - YouTube
95 vmax creedmoor kill - YouTube
This was the 6BR and 6 Rem Ackley at same time
Adam and Craig twofer - YouTube
This was my first attempt at taking a shot through the camera on the 22-250, harder than it would seem as the mount had to be pretty long to get the right eye relief, therefore I cant shoulder the rifle at all, just have to bury the stock into the rear bag really well and go for it. The mount really just works best for filming other guys shots
285yd dog - YouTube
This year we went lower tech and I just made up a scope mount for my Galaxy S3, works much better. I just machined a tube that fits tightly around the PST eyepiece as theres several PST's being used. The majority of shots are from a 6-24 MRAD if youre curious.
Just thought Id share some of the cool vids and pics I was able to get. Were on day 3 tomorrow so Ill update it with more as I get them.
Rifles being shot are
22-250
6BR
6mm Rem Ackley
204 Ruger
6.5 Creedmoor
223 Rem
308 Win
We usually end up with some new calibers every year between the 6 of us, I always keep coming back with my 22-250 shooting 53gn Vmax though as it seems to have the best percentage of explosive hits. The 95gn VMAX out of the creedmoors has been impressive though, but still a few just dont expand or something. The 110 VMAX out of the 308 can be the most explosive, but again, a few non expansions seem to happen.
95 vmax pdog - YouTube
95 vmax creedmoor kill - YouTube
This was the 6BR and 6 Rem Ackley at same time
Adam and Craig twofer - YouTube
This was my first attempt at taking a shot through the camera on the 22-250, harder than it would seem as the mount had to be pretty long to get the right eye relief, therefore I cant shoulder the rifle at all, just have to bury the stock into the rear bag really well and go for it. The mount really just works best for filming other guys shots
285yd dog - YouTube
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