foxshot Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Cant realy put this in the 300 as once again no witnes but like has been said before and will be said again you are only kiding yourself about lying, Rab has kindly said he would be a witness,but yesterday there was a bit of a break in the weather around dinner time so decided to throw the gear in the 4x and set of so a little to late to get in touch with Rab sorry mate,arrived at around five after a crack with the farmer of i went ,got in position ,this was the same place where i got the 361 yrd shot.this time i had the kestrel to read the wind speed.first rabbit ranged at 353 yds ,wind speed read 8 mph enterd the info in the exbal dialed in the results got on target and let the 50 gr nosler go on its way result one dead rabbit and one verry very happy shooter,couldnt beleive how using these items put me on the button first shot,after a while and a couple of misses at between 250 - 300 mark i was a little dissapointed got settled with a couple at around the 150 mark then spoted one with the bins at what looked like a long long long way off to me, ranged at 447 yds wind speed now at the 6 mph again enterd info and again dialed in the results ,squezed of the shot ,at first i thought i missed but then the rabbit looked as though it lay'd flat in the grass then roled belly up absolutley over the moon ,i just could not get my head round the fact that i had actualy made a hit at that range ,i still find it amazing that with the right info you can put a bullet on such targets,so god knows how you boys feel when you hit at 500 + a big thanx to the lads that have helpd out in some way with info that got me there after a couple of more misses due to not considering the change in wind speed i made contact with another at 356 yds very happy with the results,then it was of back to the vehicle to drop of the gear and go settle where i have had a couple of foxs on the lamp and seen a few others to see if i could get one before dark.found a good position and waited,then this fox totaly caught me out as i had only been there about ten mins when this fine looking fox came out of the gorse bushes and promptly fell dead a few steps further,a fine conditioned vixen,soon after it was time for the lamp,nothing spoted for first half hour which was a suprise as normaly you see them right away, got th the field where i droped a couple at the 150 mark ,two sets of eyes shone in the lamp got down and nailed the first one,the other ran round to my right but just couldnt get on it in time ,made it to thick cover but there for another time ,heading back towards the farm another was spoted got down and gave a call to stop it and of it went like a rocket up the field,after a bit of cat and mouse it was heading up a bank towards some thick cover aimed just infront of its snout and let go result one dead fox ,it was still early so i thought i would call it a night as i had a long drive ahead of me very very satisfied with the results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernchris Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Good going mate,bet your grinning from ear to ear.I cant see no reason why it cant go in the 300yrd+ section as you say no need to bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Well done, it is a great feeling when everything comes together and you connect with the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperkona Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 well done, where would we be without technology!!! still trying to work out our dope thats where! What rifle is that your using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxshot Posted August 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 well done, where would we be without technology!!!still trying to work out our dope thats where! What rifle is that your using? Sniperkona The rifle is a 223 ackley i had built , using 50 gr nosler with 27 gr H4895,Lapua brass,Federal gold match primers, the only thing is i wish i got it in a tighter twist this one is a 1 in 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rab Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Nicely done As has been said above can,t see why you can,t put it in the 3oo section and if you keep going like that soon be in 500 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemasis243 Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Having fun again mate , fantatstic , been doing a few myself there comming out the woodwork now NICE ONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest varmartin Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Well done mate, nice to see you are keeping them under control See Exbal is working well too. We would be totaly lost without it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varminter Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Nice one Foxshot!!!!!!!!!!!! Some nice shooting and a very nice writeup too!! And now you have your windmeter you will be right on!!!! All the best......................... RAY............................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertavarminter Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 holy Smoke colin you are going great guns with the long range stuff! Going to have to get you out here next year for some Gopher & coyote bashing, bring the Ackley but leave the sound moderator at home! What model Kestrel are you using? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxshot Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 It was the kestrel 2000 Steve bought of the u.s ebay site ,worked out at 40 od quid,would love to come over there steve and share some action with you,camcorder in hand again thanx for the stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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