Stix wrote:Yes mate from a rested position im talking about...
Only time im off the shoulder is with 12g on bunnies or a stalk up to a mob of goats.
Ah maybe the very occasional dumb fox that pops its head up suddenly wondering what the bright light is 20 yds from the car if spotlighting.
And im lucky to hit a double decker bus after a heavy hike up a mountain...may as well chuck rocks until the heart rate is back down a touch & get some oxygen back in those veins...!!!
brett1868 wrote:I just sit and wait for the fur to wander into range these days.
Bigjobss wrote:brett1868 wrote:I just sit and wait for the fur to wander into range these days.
My preffered tactic when I used to go bar hopping.
brett1868 wrote:A lot of my shots are done prone from the tray of the Rattler using a bipod and sand bags, everything has been ranged and a dope card prepared. I'm too old and broken for stalking in the bush so I just sit and wait for the fur to wander into range these days. If I'm feeling right and all the variables are aligned I'll possibly take a long shot if appropriately equipped, my usual choice of caliber is either the 375Cheytac with a 350gr JHP or the 416 Barrett with a 450gr JHP for this type of shooting. Both cartridges are more then capable of detonating the chest cavity of the local pest animals out to the property boundary. Much will also depend on how much and recent game / pest shooting you've been doing, nothing beats trigger time for improving the shooting skills.
My preferred tactic to but ...unlike Brett I use something way much smaller in calibre and perhaps more accurate than he is using.
Bigjobss wrote:brett1868 wrote:I just sit and wait for the fur to wander into range these days.
My preffered tactic when I used to go bar hopping.
Apollo wrote:Bigjobss wrote:brett1868 wrote:I just sit and wait for the fur to wander into range these days.
My preffered tactic when I used to go bar hopping.
My preferred tactic to but ...unlike Brett I use something way much smaller in calibre and perhaps more accurate than he is using.
Bigjobss wrote:Apollo wrote:Bigjobss wrote:brett1868 wrote:I just sit and wait for the fur to wander into range these days.
My preffered tactic when I used to go bar hopping.
My preferred tactic to but ...unlike Brett I use something way much smaller in calibre and perhaps more accurate than he is using.
So you have an average sized calibre but you know how to use it?
Stix wrote:I dont know much about 6.5's or what projectile you're using rich...or nos partitions for that matter.
But id try a really light frangible projectile for goats-they really are just a fox with a hard head/or sometimes a really big fox--pretty soft animals really so you dont wana use heavy bullets on em.
I had all sorts of trouble with Sierra 120 game kings in 7mm pencilling through them, so im on the Vmax 120 bt's now , & ill try speer 110 tnt's next.
Maybe try the Speer's too rich for the goats.
The 140+yd shot sounds a good one rich... (im in withdrawl--havnt shot a goat for 7 months ).
Practice shots like that out to 200yds putting yourself under pressure & you'll be head shootin in no time & enjoyin a full goat on your spit...maybe even throw a coopers in the dripping pan before dunking the crusty loaf eh...
Stix wrote:The 140+yd shot sounds a good one rich... (im in withdrawl--havnt shot a goat for 7 months ).
Practice shots like that out to 200yds putting yourself under pressure & you'll be head shootin in no time & enjoyin a full goat on your spit...maybe even throw a coopers in the dripping pan before dunking the crusty loaf eh...
marksman wrote:Stix wrote:The 140+yd shot sounds a good one rich... (im in withdrawl--havnt shot a goat for 7 months ).
Practice shots like that out to 200yds putting yourself under pressure & you'll be head shootin in no time & enjoyin a full goat on your spit...maybe even throw a coopers in the dripping pan before dunking the crusty loaf eh...
your dead right stix practice is the key to shooting more precisely at longer distance and getting confidence to be able to take the shot
I haven't for a while but do put golf balls out at 200-300 to practice, of late I shoot rabbits in the head at distance for really good practice
my children are taught by doing the same practice as me, starting off with swinging targets at 50 with a rimfire then 100 minimum with a centrefire
it can be like a obsessive disease shooting at distance, once you start hitting you want more and cant get enough
how I used to practice for off the shoulder for shorter shots was to do drill dot targets at 50 and clays with a shotgun,
drill dots are excellent because you are not trying to get a tiny group you are trying to hit the target once quickly off the shoulder, 22 is cheap
some are not into it and that's fine, we all hunt our way and if everyone else is happy so am I
but bang flop is the desired effect
grandadbushy wrote:G'day Apollo , Mate this rifle your shooting 5 shots into 30mm @ 500m wouldn't be stock standard would it
That's some shooting there in any ones eyes mate , well done, I take it your a target shooter?
grandadbushy wrote:G'day Apollo , Mate this rifle your shooting 5 shots into 30mm @ 500m wouldn't be stock standard would it
That's some shooting there in any ones eyes mate , well done, I take it your a target shooter?
marksman wrote:Stix wrote:The 140+yd shot sounds a good one rich... (im in withdrawl--havnt shot a goat for 7 months ).
Practice shots like that out to 200yds putting yourself under pressure & you'll be head shootin in no time & enjoyin a full goat on your spit...maybe even throw a coopers in the dripping pan before dunking the crusty loaf eh...
your dead right stix practice is the key to shooting more precisely at longer distance and getting confidence to be able to take the shot
I haven't for a while but do put golf balls out at 200-300 to practice, of late I shoot rabbits in the head at distance for really good practice
my children are taught by doing the same practice as me, starting off with swinging targets at 50 with a rimfire then 100 minimum with a centrefire
it can be like a obsessive disease shooting at distance, once you start hitting you want more and cant get enough
how I used to practice for off the shoulder for shorter shots was to do drill dot targets at 50 and clays with a shotgun,
drill dots are excellent because you are not trying to get a tiny group you are trying to hit the target once quickly off the shoulder, 22 is cheap
some are not into it and that's fine, we all hunt our way and if everyone else is happy so am I
but bang flop is the desired effect
bigrich wrote:Stix wrote:I dont know much about 6.5's or what projectile you're using rich...or nos partitions for that matter.
But id try a really light frangible projectile for goats-they really are just a fox with a hard head/or sometimes a really big fox--pretty soft animals really so you dont wana use heavy bullets on em.
I had all sorts of trouble with Sierra 120 game kings in 7mm pencilling through them, so im on the Vmax 120 bt's now , & ill try speer 110 tnt's next.
Maybe try the Speer's too rich for the goats.
The 140+yd shot sounds a good one rich... (im in withdrawl--havnt shot a goat for 7 months ).
Practice shots like that out to 200yds putting yourself under pressure & you'll be head shootin in no time & enjoyin a full goat on your spit...maybe even throw a coopers in the dripping pan before dunking the crusty loaf eh...
Main reason I’m packing heavy rounds is coz I got onto norma factory ammo cheap, and there are red deer and large pigs in the area. If I was specifically after goats I’d probably just stalk in under 100 and head shoot with my 22 hornet. Better to be over gunned than under I reckon
bigrich wrote: tried a box of win 46 gr hp at 100 and was getting well under 1” groups. I was pretty chuffed. My shell holder for my press turned up just yesterday so will start reloading hornet soon
bigfellascott wrote:I wouldn’t have a prob shooting goats with s 6.5 I’d happy shoot em with my 308 if one decided to wonder into range. Dead’s dead no matter what you use on em, happy to shoot em with my 204 too same as deer so long as shot placement is good why the hell not I say.
Bigjobss wrote:bigfellascott wrote:I wouldn’t have a prob shooting goats with s 6.5 I’d happy shoot em with my 308 if one decided to wonder into range. Dead’s dead no matter what you use on em, happy to shoot em with my 204 too same as deer so long as shot placement is good why the hell not I say.
Dead is dead.
I fallow or pig hunt 3-4 times a year and use my 300wm, im not buying another rifle, just change cartidges and shot placement.