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Scope Rings
I just ordered my new scope rings. Burris 30mm Signature Zee Weaver-Style Rings Matte High
Just for shits and giggles, I should mount my BSA Deerhunter on it to see how well that does.
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Naaaaah.
Winchester 30-30 Screw-up
Excuse the foul language. :/
I just can't afford to throw away bullets shooting another shot. There are a lot of people on YouTube that can afford to shoot all day long; but to tell you the truth, I mostly shoot one shot because I really can't afford to shoot more.
The reason I screwed-up the recording, I wanted to put the camera in a spot so the smoke didn't obstruct the bullet trail. I thought I would be just over my shoulder, I should have tested the view, I usually do.
Damn did that piss me off!
Eddystone 1917, Exploding Water Jug
Shooting the Eddystone US Model of 1917 at a water filled jug 300 yards away; I hit center bottom.
I'm going to have to remember to zoom back some when I shoot a water jug, that was a really good explosion and I only captured half of it.
I also need to have my camera on the upwind side of the rifle so the smoke doesn't obscure the bullet trail.
I think you can hear the hit. I never noticed a sound when shooting a water filled jug before.
Winchester 94 30-30, One Shot, 300 Yards
Good time to start another one shot one day marathon, since I have my sights adjusted. I need to get my cold bore POIs figured, then I'll start hitting more solidly.
I was on the 4th elevation notch, aiming about 3/4 the way up the target.
One more thing... I am really liking the looks of those cartridges, I'm going to have to clean them more often. :P
Winchester 94 30-30, After Sight Adjust
Shooting a Winchester 94, 30-30 at 200, 300 and 400 yards. Earlier in the day, I was getting some zeros elevation wise and missed each shot to the left; which seemed to be a reoccurring theme with this rifle since I took the scope off. So I decided that a sight adjustment was in order.
I kept making mistakes as to where I was hitting, not realizing specific shots were there before so the target examination is kind of odd. I have painted the target since...
That 300 yard shot is cool! I hit the target in such a way that the bullet landed partially in an old crater and it diverted some of the bullet in a focused direction. Cool!
Also... When I took the 400 yard shot earlier today, I thought it landed high with the sights on the 5th setting. Evidently I was wrong, the last two shots in this video were aiming exactly on the target.
For the record...
The 200 yard shot was on the 3rd notch with the target resting atop the sight bead.
The 300 yard shot was on the 4th notch with the top of the sight bead in the center of the target.
The 400 yard shot was on the 5th notch with the target directly behind the sight bead.
I'll need to use my home made sight elevator to get out further.
Good thing I adjusted those sights, I was starting to think I was unable to shoot that rifle with the iron sights.
This is the largest video I've tried to load, (17.2MB,)) I hope it loads! (Oops! An hour into it I noticed i was connected at 24000, I had to reconnect at 45000.)
Winchester 30-30, Load Too Hot
Since the temperature has gone up considerably, the load I was using for the 30-30 is way too hot now.
I wanted to pull these bullets and load then with my summer load but my hammer type bullet puller would not pull them since they are crimped into a cannelure; so I just used some once fired brass.
I full-length sized the fired, (winter,) cases to get them back to size for use next winter.
I took those shots at the 2nd notch on the sight, I will move it up to the 3rd and try with the new load. (moving it up will make the rifle shoot higher with the same load. I was already a foot or more high.) I had hit that same target at that same distance on the 3rd notch when the temperature was 30º colder.
Since it warmed-up, my winter load was way too hot so I loaded-up some once fired cartridges and tried the 300 yard target again.
The first time I tried today, I thought I was on the 3rd notch but was on the 2nd notch! Those bullets were still a foot or more high at 300 yards being set on the 200 yard notch! That is a huge difference with maybe 30º variance.
I got pretty spoiled using the scope, now I need to start taking my time again.
I'm gonna have to figure out where it hits at 100, 150 and 200 yards also.
Back To Hitting The Mark
Shooting a Howa 1500 30-06 at a 8 x 12" steel target with a 2 x 2" center at 300 yards. The Hornady 190gr SPBTs are my bullet of choice with this rifle. I should try for another group at 300 yards to see if I can get it a little tighter than the 1.5" I got last time, (the only time.)
The wind all but stopped for this shot, which was perfect; I needed to know if something other than the 208 loads were messing-up. The only thing different from yesterday other than weather conditions, was my bean bag is a little more free flowing and the 190gr cartridges.
I shot at the big target just in case it was going to miss, I wanted to know where and by how much.
I found a calculator that figures what twist rate for a specific bullet.
http://www.z-hat.com/twistrate.htm
I need a 1 in 9 for the 208gr A-Max. :(
208gr A-Max, 300 Yard Group
I may have made an error shooting that group. The one shot low like that but the lateral alignment being 1.25 inches leads me to believe I am to blame. For now, that is good enough. I think this load is accurate enough to hit a deer at 400 yards, which is all the better I am so far anyway.
Also; the bean bag I am using was a little too tight, I moved the leather tie strap up some as to make it so I can put my rifle strap under it and it still flow. The strap was torquing the rifle a bit and the beans were not cupping the rifle as well as I wanted. I may go back to sand in a smaller bag.
I am going to load me some more Hornady 190gr SPBTs to get me back on track shooting the 4" target at 400 yards. I need to full-length size 2 cases since they were over pressured.
There I am, but that's not me!
I wondered if I could find my videos on google and found me all over the place!
howa 30-06 400 yards
You can get my videos in Partagez. For, Canadians? For... BD people. For apnies. For snippets.
It is like those mirror journal sites. Why people do that is beyond me.
Youngins Are Shootin
The camera was acting-up so the video is kind of messed-up.
Just the youngins shooting the Remington 1858 New Model Army replica and the Winchester 94. They shoot the 44 at 40 yards and the 30-30 at 100 yards.
2 Shots With 208gr A-max, Reduced Load
There was no sticky bolt and I did hit the target; but I don't think this load is very good.
There are a few factors that may be giving me a false negative.
1) I should be aiming at the 4 inch square not the ice. There is too much guesswork involved in the actual POA.
2) When I pulled the bullets I damaged some of the tips. (not that much of a factor, but...)
3) On the second shot I should have waited for my heart to calm.
I'll wait until another calm day to try them again. Next time, if tip is damaged, I'll pull the damaged tip then shoot it as a hollow point; I'll also take extra care in eliminating any factors that would result in a miss. Eh...
30-30 Offhand, 357 Offhand
Since I don't have a scope on my 30-30, I figured I would use it like a guide gun; shooting it as if there is a charging bear. I figured I would mix it up and add the 357 into the mix, I just don't have enough larger sized targets to make it work as well as I would like.
The scenario is; a bear is charging from 200 yards and I have to shoot twice with the 30-30 at 150 then 100 yards; then twice with the 357 at 50 then 25 yards. The 30-30 shots need to be kind of rushed then the 357s need to be more so rushed especially the last one.
The 30-30 hit both targets in a fairly small amount of time, the 357 missed both targets unfortunately. I'm going to have to adjust the sights to short range in order to make the hits on those small targets. Either I need more 8-6 inch steel targets or I need to practice with the 357 more. :P
I need to get a little faster with the rifle too.
Also; the camera got set to compact again, good thing it did after the video of the shots.
Howa 1500 30-06, 400 Yard, A-max Test-2
Today the bolt wasn't as sticky but still sticky, I'm going to pull the bullets and load them with .2 grains less powder.
I came up 1moa from yesterdays shot, but I am around 10 inches higher; it should have been 4 inches. Either my technique was flawed yesterday, or it is flawed today.
Or...
Is my load not right? I don't find a target or video of me shooting a 300 yard group with the 208gr A-Max, nor do I remember shooting one.
Actually... Reviewing the ladder test target, I think there may be a load just 1 grain lower. I am sure that would eliminate the sticky bolt problem. So I pulled the 8 bullets I had and reloaded them with the reduced load. If it isn't going to shoot tight groups I'll just pull the bullets again and load some 190s, I have more coming and when I get the refund for my crappy scope I'll buy more.
If tomorrow is calm I'll try this load...
Howa 1500 30-06, 400 Yard, A-max Test
The A-Max cuts the wind better than the 190s, just not as much as I had hoped.
My data also showed the bullet was going to be about 4 inches higher than the 190gr SPBTs, it seems as they are about the same setting at 400 yards.
It hit hard...
Also; the H 414 powder I was using, being spherical and harder to ignite especially in the cold, I kept the shell in my pocket the whole time until right before the shot; I had somewhat of a sticky bolt. Tomorrow I will not put the cartridge in my pocket and see how the bolt feels then. I don't remember any pressure signs during load development but this was for a winter load.
I may have to re-figure that load with little less of a charge but looking at my load development targets, it doesn't look to promising. I can reduce it 1/5 a grain and still be basically the same load. If the case is still a little sticky tomorrow, I'll try that.
P.S. No ice was injured during the making of this video... Well, severely injured anyway.
Howa 1500 30-06, 400 Yards, Big Time Hit
Another installment of "one shot, one day." Today was easy, a constant 4mph wind from 3 o'clock. Hit it solid on the 3.5 inch lid!
That was my last loaded 190gr cartridge, I've loaded some 208gr A-Max bullets for next time. I'll try 300 first then extend my range as I get a zero. I've only load developed with these in the Howa, but I have high hopes for these bullets.
Howa 1500 30-06, 400 Yards, Big Time Miss
Another "one shot one day" installment. This time I shoot at a 5 x 5 jar of ice at 400 yards. I miss it by a few inches. That shot sure did tear that board up.
This time I went with what the direction of the wind as I was shooting. Yesterday I averaged the varying directions and barely got a hit, but it was a hit. If I would have averaged it today it looks like I would have hit closer to center. I usually try to aim according to where the wind is mostly coming from, but from now on, in varying winds, I will adjust according to an average.
One thing is, this looks like the right scope setting for elevation and possibly the lateral adjustment also.
I might take it to 200 yards tomorrow and get a zero with my last loaded 190gr cartridge, I only have setting recorded for 3 and 400 yards. If it is calm I will take another 400 yard shot to make sure my lateral adjustment is correct. Then load-up some 208gr A-Maxs. I love me some A-Max! :P
Howa 1500 30-06, 400 Yards, Nearly Miss-2
Shooting a creamer jar filled with ice at 400 yards.
The conditions were almost as it was 2 days ago so, I decided to learn from my mistake. I thought I would not hold right quite as much so when the wind changed I would still get a solid hit... Well, the wind didn't change and I almost missed again!
I hit though, good thing I was shooting at something an inch larger this time! :P
Howa 1500 30-06, 400 Yards, Nearly Miss
Since the wind was pretty constant at 12 o'clock I aimed dead center of the square. The largest group I've shot at that range was 2 1/2 inches so that shot falls close that area if the scope is adjusted exactly center.
I concentrated on doing everything correctly since I haven't been doing so well at hitting the 4 inch square at 400 yards. I usually take care that everything is correct but I took greater care this time. I am thinking my sight picture isn't exact and am mainly making sure that is perfect.
Howa 1500 30-06, 400 Yards, Near Miss
The last shot I took with this rifle hit at the bottom of the 4 inch square, I think my scope was adjusted too low, so I adjusted it up a click.
The lateral miss was probably due to the wind switching just as the shot let loose.
It is a lot harder to hit a 1moa sized target at 400 than it is at 300 yards.
I couldn't find the target in the camera again so...
Gun Cleaning
As some already know, my Eddystone was not the best taken care of rifle. When I got it, the barrel looked good and clean but I later found out that it was simply polished dirt. So every so often I get the gumption to give it a good cleaning, Tuesday and Wednesday I did just that.
So after I found that I might just be getting somewhere, (after 20+ years,) I decided to take it out for a test. You never can tell if the dirt was what made it shoot well. And as I hoped, it still seems to shoot on target.
After that shot the patches were still kind of dirty, but more copper dirty than carbon dirty; it used to be the other way around. On that last black/carbon patch in the video, it looked like has a lot of copper in it, but now it looks all black.
*a few hours later*
I cleaned it a bit more but it is still dirty. It is better than it used to be, when I slide a patch down the barrel the rifling is gripping a lot better than it used to.
400 Yard, Howa 30-06, Hornady 190gr SPBT
I broke out the Hornady 190gr SPBTs again, I think I'll keep the last 20 Sierra 180gr SPs for just in case.
I like the 190s better anyway. I think they hit harder, fly better, travel further, and more readily available; even though I don't trust the powder I use with them that much. I kept the cartridge in my pocket for a few minutes before I shot it; that way the freezing temperature didn't effect the H414 powder.
I was thinking the bullet was going to be a little right but only an inch or so. When I saw how far right I knew I had adjusted the scope one click the wrong way. The spin drift is so easy but I somehow get confused.
I also adjusted down 2 clicks.
Also, I got a new bag, a cloth bag filled with great northern beans... So much lighter than the sand bag I was using!
Offhand 150 Yard 30-30 Winchester Lever Action
I am shooting offhand with the 30-30 at 150 yards kind of rushed. I have to load it, aim and fire. My thinking is; an offhand shot is more of a defensive shot. One scenario would be a charging bear; you don't have the time to get into a more stable position so you need to take an offhand shot.
So I am trying to shoot within 5 seconds of shouldering the rifle. If I get good at it I will try even quicker and from a further distance. For now this seems about where I can hit reasonably quickly.
Needless to say, today the bear killed me.
600 Yards, Howa 1500 30-06, 8" Circle
After wasting all those bullets yesterday, I figured I would waste more trying to get my zero at 600 yards with the Sierra 180gr SP bullets.
This is a lot harder than I thought it would be! I should try an A-Max next time.
I tried the scope settings I had in my scope cap and added the allotted spin drift; the same as the 220s at 400 yards since my adjustment was only 2 clicks different. My first shot is always a little slower/lower than the others and it was high so I knew something was up... (pun convenient.)
By the time I did get my hits close I was 3moa less than I had written in my cap, so my spin drift was cut in half.
The wind was about 3mph at 6 o'clock and varying so it was just effecting the shots slightly but unpredictably. That wasn't too bad though, mostly my shots were left of center.
The thing that was happening, I thought the vertical adjustment was a little too touchy in the area I needed to be in. I was either too high or too low; that was most of my problem, (and of course I hit that branch and thought it was my adjustment.) But the adjustments had me wondering if that was further than 600 yards. But the horizontal adjustment seemed right so I think it is just an inconsistency with the loads. They were older cartridges that I may not have taken the greater care I have been lately.
Also, I could not find where one of the last 3 bullets went. Sometimes they hit in the same hole as another one has, but I couldn't find a oblong one, and one of those 3 hit that branch, and what are the odds that both deflections hit in the same area?
Just so you know I walked 6.875 miles doing that. Up and down 18" deep snow covered hills. It took like 5 hours!
But...
I HIT IT! :)
Next time I taking a 10" plate with me! :P
30-30 Offhand
I don't do a lot of offhand shooting with a rifle, so since my scope died, I think I'll start using the Winchester for offhand shooting. It is light and I can hold it steady, almost as steady as my 357. I think I can get that target more times than not with a little practice.
So that's what I'll do, I'll keep shooting it offhand at 200. If I start hitting pretty consistently, I'll move on to 300. I don't think I could hit at 400 offhand on that target, maybe a lucky shot from time to time.
I think offhand would be mainly for a charging bear or for some reason that you don't have time to get set for a more stable shooting position. So I think when I do shoot offhand I need to be quicker; maybe take no more than 5 seconds to shoot.
I might take the bolt action 22 out tomorrow for a few quick offhand shots at 150, then try the 30-30 at 200.
2 1/4" Group At 400 Yards
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