Awesome Target Shooting in the Forest!

Big Sam texted me around 3:30pm on Friday - asking if I'd remembered my offer to help him fix his broken 6-24x40 scopes (see story of hunting at Huia).

Sure! I texted back, See you in an hour!

We aligned Sam's scope with a laser bore-sighter, and it all seemed fixed, so jumped in my van and headed to the forest.

Decided to call in to Westgate Hunting and Fishing to collect some ammo - and wouldn't you know it - I found the perfect double rifle hard-case - for just $100!

We sighted all the rifles in at 10 meters - Sam's Remington 597 semi, and my Papoose semi and Savage bolt action, then checking again at the standard range length of 25 meters - as per the photo to the right.

So far, so good!

Now for some fun!

Sam's placing out the usual assortment of cans, bottles and lids - this time at 50 meters!

Now we'll see if his sights are working as well as they should be.

This photo gives you a bit of an idea how far 50 meters is.

The targets in the left photo, are circled in the photo on the right.

Now - that's Sam in both photos, and if you look at the photo on the right, you'll notice that Sam is on this side, and my rifle, and where I will be shooting from, are on the far side.

Important lesson. Semiautos eject to the right!   I got showered in hot shells!  All good though, and part of the adventure.

However, now I know why the guys at the Rifle Club didn't like to be on my right side during a match. Nothing like a red hot shell to break your concentration!

So - how well did we do?

Below are two bottle tops, the top one  shot by me with my Savage Bolt Action, and the bottom one shot by Big Sam - with his Remington Auto - both at over 50 meters!

I'd say we fixed his scopes! And I'd say my savage is shooting pretty darn fine as well.