BigUglyMan
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Never been to a silhouette match then I guess. Slings are prohibited in all varieties of Metallic Silhouette.
Standing Offhand CHALLENGE
- Thread starter JEC
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Never been to a silhouette match then I guess. Slings are prohibited in all varieties of Metallic Silhouette.
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Did this one some time ago while preparing for a buffalo cull. .458 Win mag, with a cheaper Hornady bullet for a practice load. It went a little better than expected. 50 shots.
Dogleg, that there is some shooting. Pretty amazing. And with a .458 Winmag standing offhand at 100 yds. You should really check out the National Silhouette championships. I think you would do very very well. Congrats.
I used to shoot some rimfire silhouette, but that seems to have died out. I have a couple sets of targets that I still use at my private range along with a selection of center fire capable gongs. The handgun club has a decent set of self setters, but that is 200 yard scaled to 100 and it's only rated for rimfires. As far as I know centerfire silhouette is dead in the province, so the only way I'll get a realistic practice range is to build it. I haven't ruled that out, but it hasn't happened yet. The trouble is a basic disagreement with what offhand shooting is for. I don't accept 500 meter Rams as the purpose.
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Peep would be interesting. I thought maybe red dot was the answer, but I was wrong. I do believe there may be some advantage for lower recoiling rifles?
I know in fullbore sillywet they tend to use the smallest calibre/bullet combination they can find that will still knock down the steel rams at 500 metres reliably. Think 7/08 or .260.
Did this one some time ago while preparing for a buffalo cull. .458 Win mag, with a cheaper Hornady bullet for a practice load. It went a little better than expected. 50 shots.
Standing Unsupported? quite a feat...
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
The boy can shoot.
Years ago Jack O'Connor opined that a decent but far from great shot should be able keep nearly all his shots on a 8" bull offhand at 100 yards, and the few misses very close. Good day he'd get them all. He also thought that he should be able to do the same thing from sitting at 200. At that level he wouldn't win any matches but wouldn't embarrass himself in many hunting camps.
Decent doesn't seem like such a lofty goal, and is well within reach of anyone who sets out to gain that skill level. All you need is the desire and a truck load of ammo.
Decent doesn't seem like such a lofty goal, and is well within reach of anyone who sets out to gain that skill level. All you need is the desire and a truck load of ammo.
If Jack O'Connor was right, we will see lots of successfull posts in this thread because I know there are lots of decent shots in our midst ... and perhaps even a few great shots that will make that 6" circle look big. All that is needed is 7 shots... not six...not eight.
I'd be surprised if you get more than a few. The last offhand challenge got all sorts of responses and almost no targets. It was only 4 shots.
This pic was from that challenge; I used a Kimber .338 Win Mag and a 700 LSS 30-06 fitted with 10 shot clips.
This pic was from that challenge; I used a Kimber .338 Win Mag and a 700 LSS 30-06 fitted with 10 shot clips.
