Hi guys and gals. John and I just got back to Vancouver from the rifle shoot tonight. First off, many thanks to Henry for putting this together. He did an awesome job. Also, thanks must go to the ROs for babysitting us in the butts and the firing point. You guys were great.
It will be no exageration to say this is one of the most fun shoots I have had in decades. The weather was perfect, (we thought it would pour all weekend). the company was great and the shoot was more than I had hoped for. It isn't often that I get to stretch the legs of my milsurps out to 400m. There just isn't that much out here in Vancouver. The show and tell on Saturday was better than a museum. Some really nice pieces there. I would love to bring a whole lot more of my rifles out to try but 2 days is just not enough. I did get to shoot my p14 and one of my MN 91/30s. Great fun.
I learned a few things this weekend. I saw that an SKS, in the hands of a competent shooter, can do pretty damned good out at 400m. Not moa but a whole lot better than I would have thought. 400m is also a heck of a lot further now than it was 4 decades ago. Old eyes tend to make the distances even longer. Now I want to try 600m.
This shoot is something that I would love to do again next year. So Henry, DO IT AGAIN.
As I am getting older and admittedly not so steady, here is something John and I found beside the road at Rogers Pass. I thought that we could use it on the next shoot seeing as how the ROs wouldn't let me shoot with my volley sighs out to 2,000m
I am just going through my photos and will load some up if there are any that are different than already posted.
