Standing Offhand CHALLENGE

[Backwoods Runner]

I tried the other day and tried Gitrdone or Lee's theory of shooting 1 shot per target X 3 targets and repeat till all 12 shots done. Worked fine till shot #10 went into wrong target. I could of kept shooting but that would be cheating, and besides that, my wife was watching.

You'll notice that she hasn't posted targets yet either. She's getting real close though. "You better watch it Gitrdone."

[gitrdun]

Tell Hotpaws that I wish her tight groups and that I also wish for her to best my entry. That'll gimme reason to try again.

[fletcher]

i did a warmup for the offhand challenge yesterday. since i had been at work for 6 weeks i thought i would be rusty so i took out an 8 inch square target that i had made previously. to see what would happen i did no dry fire or practice shots. first shot was wild. second missed, then 9 of ten on the square although it only looks like 8 on the square. after that i shot another rifle from the bench for a while. just before i left i decided to go back and put 3 more shots on the square just so i could have 12.circled are the 3 i had lost my mojo by that time. i used 30 06 150 gr. 38 gr. rl 7. i hope to post a more by the rules target soon

[duceman]

good effort, i haven't had a chance to go at it yet, busy working on the fclass guns with what little time and weather we've had.
interesting load for an '06, a reduced load for plinking i take it, lee

[260 Rem]

Good shooting fletcher, looks like you'll be posting your CHALLENGE targets soon. My bet is you got some snow and cool weather in Yellowknife.
duceman- I suppose all the snow is off the ground in your country and you are just fighting wind these days. I thought about an F-class CHALLENGE to accomodate shooters that prefer prone, but I thought they might show up in the 300M CHALLENGE as there are no restrictions on rifles or rests...and in fact I had a PM suggesting a EDIT: "multi" position CHALLENGE that included prone and seated on the ground, so it may be comming up soon. I recommended the person wanting to start the thread, wait until the snow went North of Red Deer as it would likely attract more challengers.

[Thunder/FX]

Here's mine
45/70 wizzbanger
NO SIGHTS!!!
Yes thats right, NO SIGHTS
1 Target 10 shots 100yds
OFF HAND UNSUPPORTED
The proof is right here folks!!!

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by Thunder/FX

Here's mine
45/70 wizzbanger
NO SIGHTS!!!
Yes thats right, NO SIGHTS
1 Target 10 shots 100yds
OFF HAND UNSUPPORTED
The proof is right here folks!!!

I like it- good on you for recycling your targets!!
Cat

[catnthehat]

Here's Wolf308's attempt with his lever gun.
Cat

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by catnthehat

Here's Wolf308's attempt with his lever gun.
Cat

Decent attempt...it is harder than one might think to shoot off hand and hit the circle every time.

I tried the other day cycling between 2 rifles, a .270win and a .300Wby.....turns out that it is not a good idea to do that.

I ended up only getting all 4 shots on 1 of each of the 3 targets per rifle...

Best to stick with one its a tough enough challenge....

LC

[wolf308]

hey thanx cat.you rock.

i fired all 12 right away and fairly fast, didnt check in between or anything, so yeah ,clearly need some practise. anyhow i tried,that rifle has a real small length of pull so its knida hard to be relaxed,not an excuse though. and i figure was aiming 9"low ,put white paper below those circles to see clearly with my rifles brass colored front post

i should re work my handloads for that rifle though to ,cant even remember its accuracy when fired slow and on a rest

those are 8" circles. fired left to right, and it felt like i did better at the beggining ,which clearly isnt the case.lol

[260 Rem]

I'm thinking I might do better at this CHALLENGE if the targets were moving..at least there'd be a chance a circle might end up at the same place as a bullet

[fletcher]

allright so it looks like i wont meet this challenge anytime soon so this is my latest attempt which wasnt any better than the one before. i shot the one with three circles left to right 30 06 open sight. i had another 8 inch target i put 12 shots with my 300 wby 150 gr. with 52 grains reloader 7. maybe sometime in the future...

[gitrdun]

fletcher: if I may make a couple of suggestions that could help you a bit, at least for "this" challenge.

1. Paint your targets a bright colour. Black on black crosshairs or even open sight might not work so well. Try a fluorescent orange or even yellow.

2. Load up some "squib" loads. Mild recoil will offset a possible flinch. Sometimes, although most don't admit to it (myself included), a full power load will result in a flinch especially when you have to put 15 rounds on traget consecutively. Look up on Hodgon's website for reduced loads using Trailboss.

[fletcher]

Originally Posted by gitrdun

fletcher: if I may make a couple of suggestions that could help you a bit, at least for "this" challenge.

1. Paint your targets a bright colour. Black on black crosshairs or even open sight might not work so well. Try a fluorescent orange or even yellow.

2. Load up some "squib" loads. Mild recoil will offset a possible flinch. Sometimes, although most don't admit to it (myself included), a full power load will result in a flinch especially when you have to put 15 rounds on traget consecutively. Look up on Hodgon's website for reduced loads using Trailboss.

i cant see light colours without a scope. a white sheet of paper works good for me but its a lot bigger than an 8 inch circle. i dont really want to download too far and my 300 has a muzzle break and is nice to shoot.

[keep6matt]

Originally Posted by 260 Rem

March 20 - A couple of weeks and gitr is the only one posting...what happened to all the guys waiting to jump to a challenge that could be shot in "real world hunting conditions".... time to get out there this weekend.

Friggen weather keeps getting ugly on the weekends and thats the only time I get off from work but will definitely give it a go very soon, currently a member of the Sherwood Park gun range and will get out there very soon and give this a try

[260 Rem]

matt - and it looks like this weekend will be no exception. About Tuesday, one of the SPFGA crowd got 11/12 of his shots in the three circles.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by 260 Rem

matt - and it looks like this weekend will be no exception. About Tuesday, one of the SPFGA crowd got 11/12 of his shots in the three circles.

I might add that was his second time in a row with 11 of the 12.

LC

[sns2]

This weather is sickening. I was going to give it a whirl this weekend too. Not now

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by sns2

This weather is sickening. I was going to give it a whirl this weekend too. Not now

Positive thoughts....maybe it won't come here!

LC

[keep6matt]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

Positive thoughts....maybe it won't come here!

LC

Praying to the Sun gods....places garlic salt in four corners of room, dances backwards while smoking a cigar and throws tobacco in the wind....hahaha

[gitrdun]

This darned spring is looking like winter we really didn't have down here. Was hoping to try again, looks like it has to wait.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by keep6matt

Praying to the Sun gods....places garlic salt in four corners of room, dances backwards while smoking a cigar and throws tobacco in the wind....hahaha

Oh man....our combined efforts could not defeat the mother of nature.....

LC

[fletcher]

not yet but i thought id bump the thread with yesterdays effort it was cold and i had my winter clothes on i think it helped. 338 06 ruger 61 gr 4350 200 gr bullet

[260 Rem]

Jeeze fletcher, don't you have any rifles that burn less than 50grs of powder...off-hand is tough when one is anticipating recoil..at least for me. Hope Yellowknife weather is better than we are getting east of Edm. Yesterday was wild wind and some snow...today was just wind and snow. Good on you for posting.

[fletcher]

Originally Posted by 260 Rem

Jeeze fletcher, don't you have any rifles that burn less than 50grs of powder...off-hand is tough when one is anticipating recoil..at least for me. Hope Yellowknife weather is better than we are getting east of Edm. Yesterday was wild wind and some snow...today was just wind and snow. Good on you for posting.

i used that rifle because it is heavy i should have used some lighter loads but i didnt have any. if i know i have a live round its a problem even with 223. i can trip the striker dry firing into that target with confidence with a bit of warmup but a live round is problematic.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by 260 Rem

Jeeze fletcher, don't you have any rifles that burn less than 50grs of powder...off-hand is tough when one is anticipating recoil..at least for me. Hope Yellowknife weather is better than we are getting east of Edm. Yesterday was wild wind and some snow...today was just wind and snow. Good on you for posting.

X2....I attempted this, please note ATTEMPTED the challenge with my .300Wby and 80+ grains of powder....was actually able to put 9 out of 12 in the circles but my narms were getting tired after holding that beast up....pace yourself is my advice on the challenge

LC

[AI 6.5]

Going to try it on Wednesday , standing is not as easy as it looks. Silhouette shooters make it look easy.My hopes are not too high but that's what makes it fun.

[monsterxlr8]

Well a couple of days ago we had some nice weather, so i went out and tried my hand at this challenge. The targets are six inch circles, one shot was a little off so I had to draw an eight inch circle to be sure it made it. It is the shot at about 2 o'clock onthe third target. I shot this with a 7mm-08 with a 3-9 X 40 139 gr hornady SST's over 43.5 gr of RL-15. when this nasty wind dies down I may have to try and see if I can get them all inside the 6" circle.[IMG][/IMG]

[marxman]

thats great monster i am still working on the 8 inch circles i got 11 of 12 last time, usually i get 9 or 10...

[260 Rem]

Good shooting monster...I think that's the first "gold medal" result. That looks like a Savage with a brake?
Sounds like Marxman may be next up...
Jeeze this weather is pathetic.