Cold Trigger Finger
Well-Known Member
I walk down to the target and back.
what do you guys do?
- Thread starter chrishatley
- Start date
Help Support Long Range Hunting Forum
RMulhern
Well-Known Member
D
Deleted member 48126
Guest
I wish I could shoot everyday! For me the issue is always trying to find a range and when I do its usually an hour away. So, my shooting trips turn into day long excursions. I can make 20 rounds out of my .308 last two hours just to enjoy the moment. Usually during the wait in between shots I look at ballistic tables and drops charts for the round I am shooting that day. Also, BSing with other shooters and seeing what rifles they have breaks up the time as well.
I take a small cooler with ice water and several long narrow strips of cloth. I generally take two rifles and alternate shooting them, one is cooling with a strip of cold damp cloth on the barrel as I shooth the other. This works very well to take the heat out of the barrel.
Cold Trigger Finger
Well-Known Member
They make things called 'spotting scopes'!lightbulb
Don't have one. The $$$$ for one will buy another gun. . And it gives me some exercise. .
If I could find a 400$ or less spotting scope that I could see 22 cal holes @300 m I would get it. But I'm not gonna guinea pig one.
MudRunner2005
Well-Known Member
I have one of these....Not a bad little scope for the money.
Vortex 20-60x80 Diamondback Spotting Scope
Here's some other inexpensive options...
SWFA Spotting Scopes Vortex Spotting Scopes Vortex Diamondback Spotting Scopes
gohring3006
Well-Known Member
" thanks" captain obvious, ha ha!They make things called 'spotting scopes'!lightbulb
mountainman56
Well-Known Member
Multiple rifles, multiple targets...........oh yeah, and keep REALLY good notes (trust me on this one)
gohring3006
Well-Known Member
I was not a member at my local range and it was 10$ per hour to shoot, I had more time waiting for my barrel to cool, it can get waistful spending $$$ per hour waiting...
Cold Trigger Finger
Well-Known Member
Anyone have one of the Vortex Diamondback 20-60×60.
Can you see small bullet holes @ 300 ?
Can you see small bullet holes @ 300 ?
davkrat
Well-Known Member
Was able to see 7mm holes at 300 with that scope. Need ideal conditions though. A heavier tripod would make a difference too.
I have used a wet rag to cool down a hot barrel. Shooting in the summer here where we regularly get 100* days you'd be waiting a long time for a barrel to cool. I've read someone suggest running water down the bore but the thought of that makes me cringe. I don't see much problem with a wet rag to suck some of the heat from a barrel. I wouldn't do it to a burning hot barrel but a warm to the touch barrel can be cool to the touch in less than a minute. Have not noticed any severe poi shifts or anything doing this.
A .22 bolt gun is a great way to get some trigger time while you wait. Mimics your big guns action and is slow enough to keep you occupied while your gun cools.
I have used a wet rag to cool down a hot barrel. Shooting in the summer here where we regularly get 100* days you'd be waiting a long time for a barrel to cool. I've read someone suggest running water down the bore but the thought of that makes me cringe. I don't see much problem with a wet rag to suck some of the heat from a barrel. I wouldn't do it to a burning hot barrel but a warm to the touch barrel can be cool to the touch in less than a minute. Have not noticed any severe poi shifts or anything doing this.
A .22 bolt gun is a great way to get some trigger time while you wait. Mimics your big guns action and is slow enough to keep you occupied while your gun cools.
steeltraps
Well-Known Member
Unless im shooting one of my F-class rifles , i shoot 2 groups of 5 shots threw the PVM-21 chronograh then move on to the next rifle. Unless a rifle starts shooting bad i done clean it! Some of my rifles need cleaning before others. Usually 200-400 rds mark is where i clean them. Basicly when my gun gets hot i just walk in the house get another one and start shooting it or one of my Ar-15s.gun)
MudRunner2005
Well-Known Member
I have no problem reading fine print (on targets) @ 100 with my Diamondback 20-60x80.
I use the Birthwood Casey Shoot-n-See targets where it "lights up" green around where the bullet passed through, that way I can spot shots better. I started using them back when I had a really crappy spotting scope for the last many years, and it really helped. But have since become a big fan of them, so I just keep using them, even though I have a much better spotter, now.
Chris, I am surprised no one here has seen this. Go to Wally World and purchase a $8 air mattress inflator that runs on 4 D cell batteries. I connected a flexible plastic hose to the inflator and an old Stoney Point bore guide to the end of the hose. When my barrel gets too warm I pull the bolt and insert the bore guide, turn on the inflator and in a few minutes the barrel is cooled down. Here in the Az. desert 100+ degrees is very common. I thought of running a longer length of hose through an ice chest but this works fine without. I saw one guy at the range take a wet towel from his ice chest and throw it on his barrel, made me cringe. Good luck
