jungle_re Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Cool, looking forward to this. Be bloody surprised if I hit much as it's still the tikka factory sporter rifle though it is donning the khales DTA and spuhr mount destined for the tactical rifle. Looks quite funny, just off to the range to zero it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Cool, looking forward to this. Be bloody surprised if I hit much as it's still the tikka factory sporter rifle though it is donning the khales DTA and spuhr mount destined for the tactical rifle. Looks quite funny, just off to the range to zero it now. I'm sure you'll be fine. I'm using a factory Tikka .222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildot Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I wil be bunking on fri night. do I need a camp bed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I wil be bunking on fri night. do I need a camp bed? Your welcome to bring one if you'd prefer, but there are plenty of mid-sized bunk-beds in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildot Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 na il rough it! im used to sleeping in the dog house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff Posted November 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Forgot to mention, If people want to use/bring more than one field conditioned rifle, that is ok for this shoot (but will all need to be carried...). However please note, rifles cannot be shared/used by anyone else - everyone must only use their own. Lots of work to be done up here - think I've discovered a new species of sub aqua-rabbits which have caused a few issues...will be all ready for Saturday, just! Cheers, Tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Another great day and even managed to get out to 1111 yards. Well done Tiff for all your hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exeter lad Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Yea thanks guys was a good day :-) really enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jungle_re Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 And congrats John too for taking the top hons with Gav. Really enjoyable shoot for different reasons than the first chuffed to bits to hit something past 1000yrds with the tikka. Cheers Rich for the partnering good shooting fella. Thanks for all the hard work Pharaoh Tiff and your long suffering parents/fire attendants :-) Good to catch up the the previous gaggle on the night before even with the addition of the Solvent kings and the Snipers Aid! Just for Tisme in a Len goodman voice "seeend it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter79 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 What a day, can't wait till the next event. Great advice from from all, many lessons learnt. If anyone has any other events on the horizon give us a PM. Off to to take on the carbon now! Carl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushdog Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Want to add my thanks to Tiff for the hard work setting this up and his parents for their work on the day manning the back trails. As usual, learnt loads and was humbled by my uselessness and the excellent shooting of others - big lesson of the day for me was to concentrate on every shot, even at the "short" ranges of 400-500 or so - I had a couple of strings where concentration lapsed for a shot and it was truly frustrating and avoidable!! Excellent fun - first time past 1000 with my current rifle, too. Nice to get a ding every now and again, at least. Good fun and good company!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az1 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Big thanks to all what a great day even with a 243 light stalking rifle managed to hit target at 1040 and spotted swamp donky hit the target more than once at 840 with a 222 !!! With in 3 sighters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildot Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Great weekend, and good to see you guys. Cheers to Toff's parents for their hard boring work and Toff for prepping the weekend for us. Some great shooting by all and especially seeing a 222 shooting at decent distances. Not forgetting a thanks to John for pairing up with me. Cant wait to do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Yep. Great weekend, many thanks to Tiff and crew. Bit gutting about my .308 trigger, but fixed now, piece of grit stopping the sear travel. So the .222 had to come in as backup, didn't do bad at all I think, 650 hits more than not, and as Az1 said, a fair few at the 870 too, but it took some spotting to see. And was 'interesting' at the end rattling a few through the .444 and making some noise, and flame Well done to Aaron (Az1), first time shooting over 320yds, and had hits on the 1040, then a few 'first shot hits' between 200-650 later on. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaken Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Thanks Tiff Another superb days shooting. Interesting to see how the quality scopes were able to make out the splash so much better in the overcast (almost misty) conditions. Great to see the little .222 getting some pretty consistent hits at some extremely silly distances :-) Congrats to John and Mildot for showing us how it's done. Rup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Thank you to everyone for a great weekend, it was excellent fun to host and hopefully it was enjoyed by all. The standard of shooting was very high and some truly excellent shots were made, especially past 700 yards. John MH & Mildot 'achieved the best zero', followed very closely behind (2 hits in it) by c18rch & jungle_re. Interestingly, the two pairs of shooters that were 'composed' for the day - making their lead all the more impressive! I've not long been back and have managed to talk my parents into helping out again in December. The firefighting drills at the end did provide a chance for them to warm up at least... I forgot to ask later on in the day if people mind a few carefully chosen pictures being posted on here? No problems if your's rather not be included, please just drop me a pm. Thanks again, Tiff, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter79 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Happy to be posted mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildot Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Happy to be posted mate.your a bit big to be posted!!!!! Might have to go as cargo! Lol im ok with it Tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildot Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Thank you to everyone for a great weekend, it was excellent fun to host and hopefully it was enjoyed by all. The standard of shooting was very high and some truly excellent shots were made, especially past 700 yards. John MH & Mildot 'achieved the best zero', followed very closely behind (2 hits in it) by c18rch & jungle_re. Interestingly, the two pairs of shooters that were 'composed' for the day - making there lead all the more impressive! I've not long been back and have managed to talk my parents into helping out again in December. The firefighting drills at the end did provide a chance for them to warm up at least... I forgot to ask later on in the day if people mind a few carefully chosen pictures being posted on here? No problems if your's rather not be included, please just drop me a pm. Thanks again, Tiff, Only two 'zero hits' tiff ? Aaron and me had five buddy. Anyway, thanks again for a great shoot, but I think I'll bring the 243 as backup next time, should be able to push that to 3k eh ? As Oaken says, it's good to see that money spent on good glass really does pay off at those sort of ranges, especially when your barrel doesn't get hot enough to cause a shimmer, but at 20grs of powder a pop, it was going to take more shots than ammo used all day to get it hot ! Lol Fingers crossed I can make next month, I'll try and find a few more plates for you Tiff. Pete Oh yeah, feel free for pics bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter79 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 your a bit big to be posted!!!!! Might have to go as cargo! Lol im ok with it Tiff See how that sounded now Gav, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiff Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Lol, read it again....Since everyone attends to zero their rifles over different conditions/distance, you cannot 'win' - merely 'achieve the best zero' Only two 'zero hits' tiff ? I'll start posting some pics shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az1 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 I'm ok with pics even if they just prove I had the handy cap of Pete with a 222 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az1 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Yep. Great weekend, many thanks to Tiff and crew. Bit gutting about my .308 trigger, but fixed now, piece of grit stopping the sear travel. So the .222 had to come in as backup, didn't do bad at all I think, 650 hits more than not, and as Az1 said, a fair few at the 870 too, but it took some spotting to see. And was 'interesting' at the end rattling a few through the .444 and making some noise, and flame Well done to Aaron (Az1), first time shooting over 320yds, and had hits on the 1040, then a few 'first shot hits' between 200-650 later on. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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