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<blockquote data-quote="Axl" data-source="post: 1972727" data-attributes="member: 90110"><p>Good post Bean! I'm 56 been shooting since i could walk, it seems. My dad was the range officer in the Navy reserve when I was a boy. He always encouraged us to shoot a lot.</p><p>My first long range hunting was in the 80's. There was this spot I would always see a few bulls but they were WAY too far to shoot- 600 yards by my stepping it off. So one spring I built a stainless steel shim for the back Conetrol base on my Win. M70 classic 300 WBY. Then I hiked in there with a quarter sheet of plywood and set it up on the hill. I zeroed my Burris signature 3x9 at that 600 yard range. That fall I hiked in there morning and night, and on Halloween I killed a nice 5 point bull. It was the only place I used that gun for 12 years, but I killed a Bull there every year.</p><p>I think a lot of what you are talking about comes from the "facebook culture". People without real experiences want to give advice outside their wheelhouse. And sometimes we get someone that has been banned on several other sites because they are trouble, those guys usually don't last long here but I do think they make people tune out of the site. Just imagine though the amount of time Len spends on policing this place! I think a delete button for the OP of each thread would be a good thing. Maybe with a note that says "some posts not relevant have been deleted by OP" Maybe with a limit on how many can be deleted or something. I do know this has been a great site for me, I have learned a lot and continue to learn. I try to help others when I have had similar experiences they are struggling with.</p><p>And I have an arm full of SWFA's and shoot long with them all the time!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Axl, post: 1972727, member: 90110"] Good post Bean! I'm 56 been shooting since i could walk, it seems. My dad was the range officer in the Navy reserve when I was a boy. He always encouraged us to shoot a lot. My first long range hunting was in the 80's. There was this spot I would always see a few bulls but they were WAY too far to shoot- 600 yards by my stepping it off. So one spring I built a stainless steel shim for the back Conetrol base on my Win. M70 classic 300 WBY. Then I hiked in there with a quarter sheet of plywood and set it up on the hill. I zeroed my Burris signature 3x9 at that 600 yard range. That fall I hiked in there morning and night, and on Halloween I killed a nice 5 point bull. It was the only place I used that gun for 12 years, but I killed a Bull there every year. I think a lot of what you are talking about comes from the "facebook culture". People without real experiences want to give advice outside their wheelhouse. And sometimes we get someone that has been banned on several other sites because they are trouble, those guys usually don't last long here but I do think they make people tune out of the site. Just imagine though the amount of time Len spends on policing this place! I think a delete button for the OP of each thread would be a good thing. Maybe with a note that says "some posts not relevant have been deleted by OP" Maybe with a limit on how many can be deleted or something. I do know this has been a great site for me, I have learned a lot and continue to learn. I try to help others when I have had similar experiences they are struggling with. And I have an arm full of SWFA's and shoot long with them all the time! [/QUOTE]
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