Had a bit o’ time to make a gif of one of the above shots…
Small varmint kills (the bastards!)
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Had a bit o’ time to make a gif of one of the above shots…
Barrel buring was one of the reasons I concisely to trade off the 22-250. Even still I’m happy with the trade but want the 22-250 back. It was a gift to myself when my time in the service was over .
View today through the S&B 5-25 H2CMR reticle on the 22-250.
I was a big holdover type shooter but dialing with this reticle, the DTII+ turrets, and turret tape might change all that…
I’m a hold over guy to - as I’m primarily a hunter / varmit killer - almost never time to dial , and when there is - have to laze first cause the deer - coyote - pig woodchuck don’t come in at 50 yard increments .
Why I’m always trying new glass - to find reticles that match with my load and rifle - and many do alright - some do well a few even spot on - at the range past 500 I dial . In my AO a shot on game past 300 would be notable .
Good ole 22-250 strikes again.
50gr Hornady Superperformance and/or 50gr Varmint Express (had a mix of ammo today).
That was exactly my argument! However, the use of turret tape has made dialing very fast. I used the regular Ballistic Tape, but the X version is taller.
Tentatively, I’ve found that speed-wise between holdovers vs. dialing it’s a wash as I tend to forget the holdover once or twice after looking at my scope-attached range card while I’m juggling the LRF binos and refinding the critter in my scope.
Dialing: after lazing, I spin the turret to the correct colored hash (for example, I’ve written “3” above the mark for 300yds) and away I go to refind the pdog in the scope. If the target’s at 350, I glance at the scope-attached range card and dial that. I might even mark the 50yd increments on the tape as well.
What I’m getting at is I can’t forget what to dial as I do that immediately after lazing (I’m not THAT forgetful). When holding over I must keep a number in my head (mils or yards) during the whole refinding process.
Anyway, YMMV and I was quite a critic of dialing for pdogs before I tried the tape solution. Not saying I’m going all-dialing but I’ve surprised myself here.
For pdogs (or any small critter) dialing with a simple reticle sure helps you spot both the target and the next target vs. a Xmas tree, which kinda occludes little varmints sometimes.
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Jackrabbit with a 300blk
Her first confirmed gopher kill. She has caught several but usually make it back down the hole dragging their back end. She gave this one an impressive head shake and chomped down on its head..... So proud of herself
Her first confirmed gopher kill. She has caught several but usually make it back down the hole dragging their back end. She gave this one an impressive head shake and chomped down on its head..... So proud of herself
