Old guy long range

[Pro2A]

Local range opened an 800 yard range. You must go to their orientation class and pass a shooting test to prove you can actually hit something at 800 yards. My hunting partner and I went to the class. The instructor wanted to see your rifle setup. He also asked your caliber. Most were 6.5 CMs, one 6.5 PRC and one .308.
Instructor: Jim what caliber you shooting?
Me: 300 Wby mag
Instructor: You mad at my targets? Why a 300 Wby?
Me: It's what I've got.
I leaned over to my friend and said I feel really old. He asked why? Look around, I'm the only one in this room with a wooden stock.
They allow 7 rounds to qualify, I did it in 6.

Beware the old man with one gun. He probably knows how to shoot it.

 

[Wallrat]

What's wrong with your 22 short?

Sounds like throat erosion or a bad batch of primers. I'd get that looked at.

 

[bubbadad]

I will never convert to anything other than wood . At 68 years old shooting long range with a 22-250 at 1002 yards in South Dakota on prairie dogs is fun . Wooden stocked Mauser with pencil barrel. It took 16 shots to hit him with a 40 grain bullet with a 35 mph wind at my back. The rest of the guys walk and sneak but my legs won't let me.

 

[GDKinCO]

I'll never understand the idea that just because it's not new it won't work.
My father used to shoot a wood stocked Palma at 1000 with iron sights. Ive shot it. It still works.
not at 1k mind you, I need a scope.

I used to shoot Service Rifle competition with a National Match M1 Garand at 1000 yards, too, with 1/2 minute peep sights. Palma matches were my favorite. I no longer have 1/2 minute eyes ...

 

[Treeslug]

Love the Tony's, makes everything better.

I was wondering what part of the .300 Weatherby he was gonna eat with that Tony's seasoning. I guess it goes better on a wood stocked rifle than a synthetic stocked rifle. Or maybe he just knows that he is gonna get his game animal even with a wood stock!

 

[Treeslug]

I will never convert to anything other than wood . At 68 years old shooting long range with a 22-250 at 1002 yards in South Dakota on prairie dogs is fun . Wooden stocked Mauser with pencil barrel. It took 16 shots to hit him with a 40 grain bullet with a 35 mph wind at my back. The rest of the guys walk and sneak but my legs won't let me.

I am 68 also, too. My legs are gone. Do you think that is a symptom of shooting wooden stocks all our lives?

 

[shootski]

Sounds like throat erosion or a bad batch of primers. I'd get that looked at.

I shoot with air most of the time so I could be confused on my powder shooting alibies Wallrat...i do shoot rimfire occasionally when i ski.
...primers on rimfire? Hmmm!

Nice shooting Shipmate!

shootski

 

[BW64]

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[pacowboy]

Local range opened an 800 yard range. You must go to their orientation class and pass a shooting test to prove you can actually hit something at 800 yards. My hunting partner and I went to the class. The instructor wanted to see your rifle setup. He also asked your caliber. Most were 6.5 CMs, one 6.5 PRC and one .308.
Instructor: Jim what caliber you shooting?
Me: 300 Wby mag
Instructor: You mad at my targets? Why a 300 Wby?
Me: It's what I've got.
I leaned over to my friend and said I feel really old. He asked why? Look around, I'm the only one in this room with a wooden stock.
They allow 7 rounds to qualify, I did it in 6.

Jim: Why a 300 WBY? Me: Because I'm not a sissy like you Jim. (Yes, I'm a smartass like that. Lol)

I'll take wood over composites any day. Is 52 considered in that old range lol. I'm in at any age.

 

[Stammster]

I've hunted in NW Pa with my old neighbor for over 35 years. That guy is absolutely deadly with his M70 pre-64 all original 30-06 FWT with a B&L scope. I've seen him make some amazing shots, and he's 75 now. Last year I saw him he hit a whitetail on a dead run across a field at 200 yards. I was his spotter when he shot a cow elk in Idaho at 2 years ago at 515 yards using my holdover and windage calculation estimates.

That guy keeps sharp by shooting 500 crows a year with a shotgun as well as shooting 2 rounds of skeet a week.

I personally don't own a rifle with a synthetic stock. Only wood.

 

[Wolf01]

Local range opened an 800 yard range. You must go to their orientation class and pass a shooting test to prove you can actually hit something at 800 yards. My hunting partner and I went to the class. The instructor wanted to see your rifle setup. He also asked your caliber. Most were 6.5 CMs, one 6.5 PRC and one .308.
Instructor: Jim what caliber you shooting?
Me: 300 Wby mag
Instructor: You mad at my targets? Why a 300 Wby?
Me: It's what I've got.
I leaned over to my friend and said I feel really old. He asked why? Look around, I'm the only one in this room with a wooden stock.
They allow 7 rounds to qualify, I did it in 6.

Heck ya. Nothing wrong with what we learn to work with. Bet he would have slashed my tire to find out I do 1k w/ 3006. 150 gn at that. Live long and keep shooting brother!!!

 

[Wolf01]

Sounds like throat erosion or a bad batch of primers. I'd get that looked at.

We all suffer from erosion

 

[Bruce Treloar]

I will never convert to anything other than wood . At 68 years old shooting long range with a 22-250 at 1002 yards in South Dakota on prairie dogs is fun . Wooden stocked Mauser with pencil barrel. It took 16 shots to hit him with a 40 grain bullet with a 35 mph wind at my back. The rest of the guys walk and sneak but my legs won't let me.

There are not many things in this world that look as nice as a wooden Weatherby stock. I've always wanted 1.

I have admired the style of WEATHERBY stocks for years and one day will build one. I made walnut stocks in timber sourced from just about every country in the world and still couldn't find one that that would keep exact point of impact. Then changed to laminates and still had changing point of impact. You get this when you have a modern day rifle capable of benchrest accuracy.

As shooters mention there's nothing more beautiful than a piece of figured timber. My dining and lounge room furniture is made from oiled Teak and I love it. But I won't be taking it out into the bush for our next formal dinner.

I'm 87 years old and still manage a trip into the field for an under 5 mile walk and do a bit of long range crow (Raven) busting at ranges out to 350 yards. I can't shoot the 308 Norma mag anymore as my shoulder turns black.

In 1968 I read of a new material being developed in the UK for aircraft to replace wood and fabric as well as some aluminium. The Germans were right on top building a very modern carbon factory.
I tried everything to get 3 square meters of plain weave carbon but it was as scarce as hens teeth and unavailable outside of the UK and Germany. I was fortunate to get 3 meters of left overs from a racing yacht hull maker who had had it on order for months. The 200 gram plain weave stock made from this carbon is possibly the first in the world despite others claiming to be the first. When I told Lee six from Brown stocks he mentioned they wouldn't sell, just too expensive.

Unfortunately very few stocks are made using the latest carbon weaves with the best carbon to resin ratio because the resin is cheap and carbon very expensive. But if you can find a very well made carbon stock they can't be improved upon for holding point of impact. The carbon has to be stretched with strands following along the compression and tensile stresses, in other words made to best practices.

I use all my carbon stocks straight out of the mold and give them a hell of a hiding in the field paying particular attention to all above such as the barrel crowning and scope. They suit my purpose well but one day I'll probably change and become an armchair shooter.

 

[DMP25-06]

I have admired the style of WEATHERBY stocks for years and one day will build one. I made walnut stocks in timber sourced from just about every country in the world and still couldn't find one that that would keep exact point of impact. Then changed to laminates and still had changing point of impact. You get this when you have a modern day rifle capable of benchrest accuracy.

As shooters mention there's nothing more beautiful than a piece of figured timber. My dining and lounge room furniture is made from oiled Teak and I love it. But I won't be taking it out into the bush for our next formal dinner.

I'm 87 years old and still manage a trip into the field for an under 5 mile walk and do a bit of long range crow (Raven) busting at ranges out to 350 yards. I can't shoot the 308 Norma mag anymore as my shoulder turns black.

In 1968 I read of a new material being developed in the UK for aircraft to replace wood and fabric as well as some aluminium. The Germans were right on top building a very modern carbon factory.
I tried everything to get 3 square meters of plain weave carbon but it was as scarce as hens teeth and unavailable outside of the UK and Germany. I was fortunate to get 3 meters of left overs from a racing yacht hull maker who had had it on order for months. The 200 gram plain weave stock made from this carbon is possibly the first in the world despite others claiming to be the first. When I told Lee six from Brown stocks he mentioned they wouldn't sell, just too expensive.

Unfortunately very few stocks are made using the latest carbon weaves with the best carbon to resin ratio because the resin is cheap and carbon very expensive. But if you can find a very well made carbon stock they can't be improved upon for holding point of impact. The carbon has to be stretched with strands following along the compression and tensile stresses, in other words made to best practices.

I use all my carbon stocks straight out of the mold and give them a hell of a hiding in the field paying particular attention to all above such as the barrel crowning and scope. They suit my purpose well but one day I'll probably change and become an armchair shooter.

Hello Bruce ,

I have 2 Brown Precision , Graphite carbon-fiber stocks that weigh 20 ounces each .

The first one I purchased in the late 1970's , direct from Brown Precision , after seeing a small advertisement in the classified ads in the back of a Field and Stream magazine . I mounted it in place of the original wooden stock on my Remington 700 BDL , in 7mm Rem. Magnum , 24" magnum weight barrel with Leupold Vari-X III 2.5x8 scope . total weight is under 8 pounds .

The second Brown Precision I purchased in 1990 , and mounted it on a Weatherby Mark V in .300 Weatherby Magnum , with a 24" #1 contour barrel . Total weight of the rifle with a Leupold Vari-X III , 2.5x8 scope is slightly over 7 pounds .

Both rifles were AccraGlass bedded , and both shoot less than .75 moa .
The recoil is noticeably LESS than the wooden stocks , as the stocks absorb much of the sharp , abrupt , recoil .

In my opinion , these are the best rifle stocks , for hunting , that I have ever used , or seen .

By the way , I am 70 years old , with a mind that still thinks that I should be able to do the same things as young men , but my body responds as though it is 99 .

DMP25-06