so this is where i am going to say it, because i will be part of a 500yrd shot @ a deer>>>>>
if things work out this rifle season a friend and i will be setting up on my shooting bench to see if his trigger time has paid off. the bench sits right behind my shop and just a walk over to the house. we will be sitting up my sand bags or in his custom rest, a range finder will be close by along with my camcorder. his rifle will be set up and left sitting from early morning to evening. we will be in the shop or in the house coming in and out and watching the area looking for movement. do i call this hunting...NOPE, this is what i would call: live target shooting. (i started out with a rifle, but i experience a greater rush/hunt when i get out and bow hunt)
my friend has been a 1000yrd long range competetive bench shooter for a little over 3yrs and will be working his way into the what they call the "hunter class" (shooting from prone position). in my opinion he is good at what he does..hitting his target(s) with a good solid grouping. he is not breaking records or the best there has ever been, he is just a very modest simple shooter and loves to learn. the distance we will be shooting at from the bench is roughly 450-550yds depending where the deer come out with in this open neck. also in use we will be useing a new load that is tried and tested that he got from an experienced loader who works with these types of rifles and shoots just about all his game with these types of rifles.
so whats the "type of rifle" you might be asking. our gun of choice will be the Armalite AR50, yep thats right. are we the first to ever do this NOPE, do we care about what some people think NOPE. why are we doing this, simple, because we can, and he and i are done with the "i wonder what will happen". we will zero the rifle in at 500 with the new rounds being used and see how things unfold. the loads will still be a very reliable effective round, but not what your RAMBO movie imagination might be thinking. overall it will be very interesting to see what happens in the this outcome.
DEER AT 500yards to me means you need to be very familiar with the right gun/ammo combo at that range, know your ballastics, know the weather, know your surroundings to and beyond the target, and good luck!
"ethnics"--what about this= your falling off a 50 story building and know that death is certain, your going crazy and insane on the entire plunge or maybe you make piece within yourself and close your eyes. SPLAT on the concrete you go. do you consider it ethnical? i mean atleast you died fast when you hit the pavement, maybe you mentally suffered on the way down its just the fall that might have sucked.
later.........
if things work out this rifle season a friend and i will be setting up on my shooting bench to see if his trigger time has paid off. the bench sits right behind my shop and just a walk over to the house. we will be sitting up my sand bags or in his custom rest, a range finder will be close by along with my camcorder. his rifle will be set up and left sitting from early morning to evening. we will be in the shop or in the house coming in and out and watching the area looking for movement. do i call this hunting...NOPE, this is what i would call: live target shooting. (i started out with a rifle, but i experience a greater rush/hunt when i get out and bow hunt)
my friend has been a 1000yrd long range competetive bench shooter for a little over 3yrs and will be working his way into the what they call the "hunter class" (shooting from prone position). in my opinion he is good at what he does..hitting his target(s) with a good solid grouping. he is not breaking records or the best there has ever been, he is just a very modest simple shooter and loves to learn. the distance we will be shooting at from the bench is roughly 450-550yds depending where the deer come out with in this open neck. also in use we will be useing a new load that is tried and tested that he got from an experienced loader who works with these types of rifles and shoots just about all his game with these types of rifles.
so whats the "type of rifle" you might be asking. our gun of choice will be the Armalite AR50, yep thats right. are we the first to ever do this NOPE, do we care about what some people think NOPE. why are we doing this, simple, because we can, and he and i are done with the "i wonder what will happen". we will zero the rifle in at 500 with the new rounds being used and see how things unfold. the loads will still be a very reliable effective round, but not what your RAMBO movie imagination might be thinking. overall it will be very interesting to see what happens in the this outcome.
DEER AT 500yards to me means you need to be very familiar with the right gun/ammo combo at that range, know your ballastics, know the weather, know your surroundings to and beyond the target, and good luck!
"ethnics"--what about this= your falling off a 50 story building and know that death is certain, your going crazy and insane on the entire plunge or maybe you make piece within yourself and close your eyes. SPLAT on the concrete you go. do you consider it ethnical? i mean atleast you died fast when you hit the pavement, maybe you mentally suffered on the way down its just the fall that might have sucked.
later.........