Factory savage rifle does it well at 300 yd egg shoot.
Jun 22, 2015 5:06:15 GMT -5
Post by herman on Jun 22, 2015 5:06:15 GMT -5
At my age I guess its OK to bragg a little.
Saturday june 20th we had our summer bash day,this is where the members get to compete in shotgun,rifle pistol and archery events.
Backing up a little.Richard,Bill and I was at the range on tuesday as usual.
Getting ready for the bash on saturday I took a few rifles to check out including a savage 308,and a savage 223 that I had won the egg shoot with before,and my 600 yd rifle.
All did well by putting 5 shots in a picture of an egg.But the savage surprized me the first shot hit in the bottom of the egg so I turned the turret up 1 click,the next 4 went in one hole this was at 300 yds.
So this made me decide to go with the 308 Sat.
Glad I did because it was clear and still tuesday but saturday we had wind to shoot with.And the 110 gr bullets would help in the wind.
Our buddie Bill was first up and he busted 3 eggs in a row,I was really wanting him to win because I had won it once before.
We must have had 30 + shooters because it took a long time for me to get to try my luck,I was in the next to last relay.
The eggs are plastic filled with powder to help the spotters see the hits.hanging on a string.
Finally came my turn,the first 3 eggs went pretty fast (1 minute)time is used to break a tie.
The fourth egg I had a mishap don't know what happened but when bolting the round in the rifle fired.I hadn't even got my shoulder back on the stock.Several of the fellows and judge saw what happened and ruled it rifle misfire.
Told me to shoot again but thinking Bill would win I declined but they finally talked me into shooting the 4th egg.
I was pretty shook up with the rifle going off before I was ready.Figured it would again but it didn't
There was several spotters and richard was one of them,the egg dropped when I shot,one of them said I just cut the string holding the egg,richard said he saw a puff of the powder when I shot.
So the guy gets on the 4-wheeler and goes and gets the egg.It had hole in it just like richard said.Over all time was 1 minute and 13 seconds.
Because of the time on the 3 eggs I would have won anyhow,but getting 4 of them made my day.
At the end Bill came in 3rd a couple other fellows had 3 eggs also,the second place beat bill on the time.
Saturday june 20th we had our summer bash day,this is where the members get to compete in shotgun,rifle pistol and archery events.
Backing up a little.Richard,Bill and I was at the range on tuesday as usual.
Getting ready for the bash on saturday I took a few rifles to check out including a savage 308,and a savage 223 that I had won the egg shoot with before,and my 600 yd rifle.
All did well by putting 5 shots in a picture of an egg.But the savage surprized me the first shot hit in the bottom of the egg so I turned the turret up 1 click,the next 4 went in one hole this was at 300 yds.
So this made me decide to go with the 308 Sat.
Glad I did because it was clear and still tuesday but saturday we had wind to shoot with.And the 110 gr bullets would help in the wind.
Our buddie Bill was first up and he busted 3 eggs in a row,I was really wanting him to win because I had won it once before.
We must have had 30 + shooters because it took a long time for me to get to try my luck,I was in the next to last relay.
The eggs are plastic filled with powder to help the spotters see the hits.hanging on a string.
Finally came my turn,the first 3 eggs went pretty fast (1 minute)time is used to break a tie.
The fourth egg I had a mishap don't know what happened but when bolting the round in the rifle fired.I hadn't even got my shoulder back on the stock.Several of the fellows and judge saw what happened and ruled it rifle misfire.
Told me to shoot again but thinking Bill would win I declined but they finally talked me into shooting the 4th egg.
I was pretty shook up with the rifle going off before I was ready.Figured it would again but it didn't
There was several spotters and richard was one of them,the egg dropped when I shot,one of them said I just cut the string holding the egg,richard said he saw a puff of the powder when I shot.
So the guy gets on the 4-wheeler and goes and gets the egg.It had hole in it just like richard said.Over all time was 1 minute and 13 seconds.
Because of the time on the 3 eggs I would have won anyhow,but getting 4 of them made my day.
At the end Bill came in 3rd a couple other fellows had 3 eggs also,the second place beat bill on the time.
