The Gun Thread

[mdees88]

Here's me and my 74yo mom shooting some rabbits at 150yds....

 

[mdees88]

Here's some 22 shooting at a little bit longer distances....

Here's some shooting at night with it....

And here's the first deer I've seen with it. This was at 8:45pm tonight and it was pitch black dark outside....

 

[Nomadicus]

That scope would be great on a predator rifle..... Got my head to spinning thinking about those critters and the destruction they do.

 

[mdees88]

That scope would be great on a predator rifle..... Got my head to spinning thinking about those critters and the destruction they do.

For sure. I just ordered a quick detach mount so I can swap it between rifles, but primarily so I can use it handheld or mount it to a tripod.

We used to have a lot of pigs at the camp about 5 years ago. I haven't had any on camera until last year. I just bought my night hunting license so it would be nice to get on some. We do have a few coyotes so that's what I'm hoping to get.

I really just enjoy using it to watch deer at my parents pond. The live streaming feature is great. Everyone can watch it live on a phone instead of taking turns staring through the optic. We watched 7 deer for about 30 minutes last night.

The thermal is so cool. I was watching a deer about 170yds as it headed deep into the woods. I walked down to the waters edge to get a better angle on him. When he got out of sight I quickly panned down the edge of the pond and right across from me were two does drinking water about 80yds away. I had no idea, lol. They would've been very hard to locate with night vision but they stand out like a sore thumb with thermal.

 

[Hayden Goseek]

 

[tripletfeb]

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[5Australorpasaures]

I knew a guy back in MO that actually still hunted squirrels. He was a well know sharpshooter with targets. One day he decided to go out squirrel hunting and took his 220 Swift out. Got himself a nice looking piece of meat for supper only to find that the impact and energy release of the Swift was so much that all of the meat was unusable. It was totally bloodshot all the way to its tail after a clean head shot designed to waste nothing. Said he learned his lesson. I always wanted to line up a line of cans of spray paint and see what I could paint on a big piece of canvas. Somehow I think that fire on the canvas just wouldn't be in color.

Sorta reminds me of when I was a kid small game hunting. All I had was #4 high brass duck loads. Ruffed Grouse flushed no more than 10 yards. It exploded into nothing but falling feathers, lesson learned, low brass trap loads for Grouse and a little more distance.

 

[Logar]

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