SmallCaliberCentral

Got up this morning and had two visitors eyeing up my freshly made "meatsickle" from the edge of some heavy willows. Pretty cagey and didn't want to commit. Gave a couple of "cottontail distress" calls from the deck and the big male came out to have a quick look. A 35 gr berger launched from the T3 lite at a lasered 267 yds put him into "dream land".

Thats another awesome deal right there! WTG!

In Christ,

Song Dog

That is getting way too easy for you. I will trade you that Tikka for a great sling shot. Talk about a challenge!

Gube, where can i get a "deck" like yours? Do all decks come with such good shooting? Ken.

Gube: Those big Canadian dogs sure look like they're nicely all 'furred-up' for winter. Nice shot, thanks for sharing. Now get back to keepin' an eye on that 'meatsicle'!

Gube I will trade you my deck for yours!

Gube, Just curious. What kinda groups are getting out of that combo and what, if any, was your hold over?

In Christ,

Song Dog

Hey Gube, I don't see your flag flying from your deck yet Remember the rules of the franchise! Anyway keep them coming, I love this stuff! Gary

Gube.....That is one big coyote; what would you estimate he weighed? Nice shooting, did you use a rest when shooting from the deck, or do you rest the forend on the deck railing? Nice picture with the house in the background. Great job.

That sure is a nice coyote. Those northern coyotes always look very nice. Well done!!

Song Dog wrote:Gube, Just curious. What kinda groups are getting out of that combo and what, if any, was your hold over?

In Christ,

Song Dog

With the 35 bergers I can average about 1 1/2" at 300 yds and are about 1" low using the first mil-dot. I had been using the 38 gr wildcats but had missed a dog a week ago. It was a frontal shot and at 250 yds should have been a piece of cake. Curiosity got the better of me so off to the range I go. At 100 and 200 yds the wildcats grouped nice and tight. After that, I started to see "flyers" and all flyers were to the left of the target. (???) Height wise, they would drop about an inch less at 300 as compared to the berger. So with these "random" flyers, I am now going back to the bergers. The wc's have an aggressive "cup base" and I may have to do more testing at the longer ranges before I go back to them again. First thing I'll do is try to push them a little harder.

As for the holdover at 267yds I aimed a couple of inches high and it dropped in nice and tight just behind the shoulder.

giterdone wrote:Gube.....That is one big coyote; what would you estimate he weighed? Nice shooting, did you use a rest when shooting from the deck, or do you rest the forend on the deck railing? Nice picture with the house in the background. Great job.

I didn't weigh him, but I imagine he would have been close to 40 lbs. Shooting off of the deck I lay "prone" with the barrel sticking out between the railings. I use a small bag up front and use my hand to slowly bring er up and line up the x-hairs. Since I'm basically shooting down hill, the small bag up front works perfect.