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<blockquote data-quote="TheDoubleD" data-source="post: 3516156" data-attributes="member: 43754"><p>Ah yes table, chairs, ice chest full of drinks and food, sand bags, several hundred rounds, multiple heavy guns. Friend had an umbrella for his table-didn't stop him for getting nasty sunburns. Set up on the edge of a town. Sit there all day. Never move.</p><p></p><p>One trip we set the tables up on a flat bed trailer and pulled it with the UTV. Only did that once. Learned if you wiggled while your partner was shooting, you could make him miss. Trailer was just not stable enough.</p><p></p><p>Tried AR's a couple of times 300 yards was pushing it for that gun, and then there were those magazines. Hard to find 5 and 10 rounders then. The 30's were way to long and had be set up high on bags for clearance. Even the 20 round would get in the way. There wasn't much in the way of after market stuff for AR's back then. We stuck to our Varmint weight Ruger 77's and Remington 700's and custom made single shots. That's when I started plying with Martini single shots.</p><p></p><p>I do have a heavyweight varmint barreled AR now that I would like to take out. Top gun in this picture. Second from top is HB 6.8SPC</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_80DBEF90E68A32E_standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Just can't warm up to these guns. The top one is .223 and I have shot it at Gophers, Rock chucks and coyotes. Does a good job but it just doesn't appeal. I have never fired the other three, just can't warm up to this gun. </p><p></p><p>Here is a group fired with that gun at the top 100 yards.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_830D18F12D9820F_standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>For serious long range work on prairie dogs I used a shortened 98 Mauser chambered in .219 Donaldson Wasp, Donnelly .750 muzzle diameter heavy Varmint barrel, and mounted in a prototype Simonson PUG stock. Yes that is a sleeved action. If you doped the wind, mirage and range correctly this was a good first shot, 400 yard kill gun. Made a number of 500 yard shoots with this gun, but you really have to concentrate. This gun weighs 17 pounds. but a 55 grain bullet reacts to any wind out that far.</p><p> </p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_03158E864947CEF_standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Groups this gun will shoot.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_5880F84BA7CA146_standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After moving to Montana this gun got put away and not used much because the primary focus there was gophers. Would bring it out for Rock chucks or a occasional trip for prairie dogs. PD's were 200 miles away, gophers were out the back door. </p><p></p><p>The gophers are now 1500 miles away, to far for a weekend. I would like to find some PD's in OK. </p><p></p><p>I found my files with all my old contact info from Dahlhart, so I may call them up and see what they have for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheDoubleD, post: 3516156, member: 43754"] Ah yes table, chairs, ice chest full of drinks and food, sand bags, several hundred rounds, multiple heavy guns. Friend had an umbrella for his table-didn't stop him for getting nasty sunburns. Set up on the edge of a town. Sit there all day. Never move. One trip we set the tables up on a flat bed trailer and pulled it with the UTV. Only did that once. Learned if you wiggled while your partner was shooting, you could make him miss. Trailer was just not stable enough. Tried AR's a couple of times 300 yards was pushing it for that gun, and then there were those magazines. Hard to find 5 and 10 rounders then. The 30's were way to long and had be set up high on bags for clearance. Even the 20 round would get in the way. There wasn't much in the way of after market stuff for AR's back then. We stuck to our Varmint weight Ruger 77's and Remington 700's and custom made single shots. That's when I started plying with Martini single shots. I do have a heavyweight varmint barreled AR now that I would like to take out. Top gun in this picture. Second from top is HB 6.8SPC [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_80DBEF90E68A32E_standard.jpg[/IMG] Just can't warm up to these guns. The top one is .223 and I have shot it at Gophers, Rock chucks and coyotes. Does a good job but it just doesn't appeal. I have never fired the other three, just can't warm up to this gun. Here is a group fired with that gun at the top 100 yards. [img]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_830D18F12D9820F_standard.jpg[/img] For serious long range work on prairie dogs I used a shortened 98 Mauser chambered in .219 Donaldson Wasp, Donnelly .750 muzzle diameter heavy Varmint barrel, and mounted in a prototype Simonson PUG stock. Yes that is a sleeved action. If you doped the wind, mirage and range correctly this was a good first shot, 400 yard kill gun. Made a number of 500 yard shoots with this gun, but you really have to concentrate. This gun weighs 17 pounds. but a 55 grain bullet reacts to any wind out that far. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_03158E864947CEF_standard.jpg[/IMG] Groups this gun will shoot. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.fototime.com_5880F84BA7CA146_standard.jpg[/IMG] After moving to Montana this gun got put away and not used much because the primary focus there was gophers. Would bring it out for Rock chucks or a occasional trip for prairie dogs. PD's were 200 miles away, gophers were out the back door. The gophers are now 1500 miles away, to far for a weekend. I would like to find some PD's in OK. I found my files with all my old contact info from Dahlhart, so I may call them up and see what they have for me. [/QUOTE]
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