Great day of shooting behind Summerland

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On a trip last week/weekend to Summerland for a family reuinion I was lucky enough to have the good timing to join mysticplayer and some other CGNers for a long range shoot out in the middle of nowhere behind Summerland.

It was a great location allowing for a clear shot out to 1500 yards depending on what you were aiming at.

We set up a few gongs from around 600-800yards and shot at natural targets at 1030yards and just shy of 1500 yards

It was an awesome time and some of the guys brought some really nice equipment. Mostly .308s but also .338LM, .284 IIRC and .223

I'm sure the other guys there will chime in with more details but we had a great time though thats for sure, boy was it hot though!

This was my first real long range experience and it was a great learning opportunity for me and I'm definitely hooked. Shooting tiny groups at 100yards is one thing, but being able to not only hit a small target way out there but also see the bullet hit as you have time to look back down your scope is pretty awesome.

Setting up the gongs, you can see our firing position back in the shade under the trees back in the red circle
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Don't know how well you can see it but here were the main target areas, the gongs were on the hill we could actually reach, the others was a small stump named the "Gopher" at 1035 and a rock at IIRC around 1480 yards.
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This .338LM had no troubles hitting that far rock, awesome work by the shooter though
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Thanks to mysticplayer for making this happen and for all the lessons gained!
 
Was great meeting you all. Everyone did very well pushing their own personal distance by quite a bit.

Winds were the typical right, no left, no the other left, WAYYYY Left. Good fun

all the rigs shot well with no mechanical problems.

A big thanks to Knockturnal for bringing the gongs down. Sorry, I had to jet and not help clean up. Not my normal SOP.

Was fun to see a 223/80gr Amax and a 338LM/250scenar reach out to just shy of 1500yds. The 338LM was much easier to spot for :)

Hope everyone is able to find a local spot and keep on having fun going way out there.

If distances stretch much beyond 800yds, a few more Swaro rangefinders are going to get sold. Bright sunlight, light coloured terrain washed out a number of rangefinders.

Enjoy the summer and hope to see you all in the near future.

Take care...

Jerry

PS ceriksson, there are a couple of Shilen items that will be heading your way in a few weeks all being well.
 
Sounds good Jerry!

Here are some more pics

I think this was a sighting shot with the 338 IIRC
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Some beautiful optics on this .308, 2-12 US Optics with the 35mm rings great light and glass
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Jerry was a great spotter putting people on target
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And not too bad of a shot either with his .223
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Of course you know we are right in the middle of a extreme fire hazard . Just look toward Kelowna if you don't believe me . All fires are banned & with the day time temp around 100 F Shooting metal targets might not be the smartest thing to be doing at this point in time .
 
Thats the first thing that I was thinking as well... As cool as it would be, probably not the brightest idea...
 
#1bcshooter said:
Of course you know we are right in the middle of a extreme fire hazard . Just look toward Kelowna if you don't believe me . All fires are banned & with the day time temp around 100 F Shooting metal targets might not be the smartest thing to be doing at this point in time .
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Is lead splatter hot enough to start a fire? There are no sparks from jacketed lead bullets and steel.
 
ceriksson said:
Sounds good Jerry!

Here are some more pics

I think this was a sighting shot with the 338 IIRC
Longrangeshot.jpg


Some beautiful optics on this .308, 2-12 US Optics with the 35mm rings great light and glass
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Okanagan030.jpg


Jerry was a great spotter putting people on target
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And not too bad of a shot either with his .223
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Just a side note, from the old guy on the ground with the short hair:wave: I was shooting a converted Remington VLS 243 with an IOR 2X12 35 rings and was surprised how easy it was to shoot out to 1030 yds and spot your shot.
I would like to thank Jerry and the team for a great shoot and apologise if we created any concern about us causing possible fires.
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PS Great pictures.
 
Merllin said:
Thats the first thing that I was thinking as well... As cool as it would be, probably not the brightest idea...
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At last possible shooting light I have seen dull sparks (very dull in colour) at gong impact, but the risk must be minimal or most every range in the country would be closed come fire season.

My home range (very high membership) has several gongs at 100-280 yards (surrounded by lots of very dry brush and grass) that receive thousands of shots each month and we have never had a fire.

I would suggest that at the ranges Jerry shoots at that there would more fire risk from the truck on the drive in.
 
X-fan said:
I would suggest that at the ranges Jerry shoots at that there would more fire risk from the truck on the drive in.
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Trucks, quads and the occasional flicked ciggie butt.

Recent fire south of Penticton - "STARTED RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY". Was put under control quickly but a few years back, same thing took out a few farms, wineries and lots of great big horn sheep grassland.

Where ever you are, just be careful.

Jerry
 
X-fan said:
At last possible shooting light I have seen dull sparks (very dull in colour) at gong impact.....
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I would bet you are seeing some copper dust appearing illuminated by the available light...

I just don't think it is possible to create a spark with copper. lead and steel...
 
Some of my fondest memories (NOT!) were being tossed around in APC's in Wainwright putting out range fires started by tracers. Never saw a fire started by ball ammo though...
 
We had a lot of fun and it put on quite the light show. One winter we went up to the range and pounded the steel gongs with steel core 'rinco 7.62X39. Now that puts out some serious sparks.

With snow on the ground, no issue chasing fires though.

Jerry
 
Jerry, I use the same cheap shooting mat minus the plywood. First time I pulled it out at the range it was commented on as "Nice mat, my kids have ones with colors and letters on them...." Haha wisea$$

Looks like fun, I wish we could get out to 1500yds.
 
X-fan said:
At last possible shooting light I have seen dull sparks (very dull in colour) at gong impact, but the risk must be minimal or most every range in the country would be closed come fire season.

My home range (very high membership) has several gongs at 100-280 yards (surrounded by lots of very dry brush and grass) that receive thousands of shots each month and we have never had a fire.

I would suggest that at the ranges Jerry shoots at that there would more fire risk from the truck on the drive in.
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Summerland Gun Club range has been closed during extreme fire risk in the past
 
dont forget about my 300 RUM! not that that is anythign special or anything. haha. It was a blast for sure. Still have yet to re-zero my rifle in though. The fires are putting a damper in my shooting.

Hey Erickson, what kind of camera are those taken with?? Alls i saw was a big ass lens!
 
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