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More terminal effects of the result of 204 bullets at high velocity on Skippy. You can see the rat peeking out of his hole just under the wheel track in the center of the photo just prior to launch:



It's a hit! Skippy exits stage right:



This guy almost made it to his hole prior to being "204'ed". Note the back splatter at the hole enterance:



Another not so willing victim of the Nosler 32gr BT:



The new Cooper MTV 204 in the early morning sun cooling her barrel. Out of 100 shots fired, including breaking it in on rats, 88 shots were confirmed hits. This baby has a nice spot reserved in the safe for a long time:



This was the last rat shot with the new rifle. It launched a full 12' in the air prior to a grusome landing (no pain felt!):



The two Cooper girls at home after cleaning:



The new Cooper MTV 204 really prooved herself in the field. The first three shots on paper at 100 yards during break-in had all three shots touching. Anybody that sez Coopers do not shoot has never fired one, believe me. It was another good shoot, more to come this season. Hope you enjoyed the rifles (Cooper porn), scenery and carnage. RIO out.

Way to RIO.............You did good!!
(Cooper porn).................All the way!! Nothing like a nice pair to look at and shoot!! Beautiful wood (walnut). I bet they ride the bags very well.
Thanks sharing and I guess the weather has broken in your corner.
Later
Ray P

I must have one of those coopers they look very nice. our trip was also amazing , love the pictures as always

Thanks Mark.....repeat after me....."I NEED a Cooper.......I NEED a Cooper......." Go down to Sportsmans and fondle a couple and you'll know right away that you "need" one.

Our buddy here that goes by "BCB" once told me that Coopers were of a higher degree of a semi-custom rifle than a Kimber. Having both now, I can say with a degree of authority (according to me) that he was right. The Cooper rifles are in a class all by themselves in every regard; fit, function, asthetics, precision machine work and above all, accuracy. I love my Kimber 204, but my Cooper will out shoot it no problem.

For the price of building up a Remington or other brand to the degree of accuracy a Cooper displays out of the box, you're money ahead with a Cooper, and will always be able to recoup your money. The same can't be said when trying to sell a Remchester that has been "accurized".

Call me a confirmed Cooper lover from now on!

Ray P wrote: Way to RIO.............You did good!!
(Cooper porn).................All the way!! Nothing like a nice pair to look at and shoot!! Beautiful wood (walnut). I bet they ride the bags very well.
Thanks sharing and I guess the weather has broken in your corner.
Later
Ray P

Ray: Weather.....well, sorta. A nice day, then high winds or snow/rain to make things interesting. When we left the ranch yesterday, there was a High Wind Advisory for 70 mph winds. Pretty hard to connect with a 204 about that time, eh?

We're all subject to Mother Nature and her whims, we just hope for the best days afield, and also hope that the Weather Guessers are wrong. As for riding the bags.....oh yeah!

RIO the pics were great and the story . Thought the pic of the mountions was great dont have them in our neck of the woods.
Now to the cooper porn i havent seen wood like that in a long time especialy on a boom stick.
It is a sweet looking rifle glad to see you was able to keep skippy from advancing over the front lines.

Nice pics Rick. Our ground squirrels are up and about "en masse". I'm hoping the wife brings her SLR for some action shots when I head out. Soon, very soon.

Watch out Rick, with a few more write-ups like that, you will have all of us shooting Coopers (instead of just wishing we were).

Rick,

I've never had that good of luck launching them in the air, it has to be the way/where I'm hitting them. The few I have launched the rats were standing on their hind legs (IIRC). I was able to launch one probably 8' or so on this last trip but most lunches are maybe 3-4’. In most case they are just obliterated, unless it’s a 22LR out around 100 yards and then they twitch a few seconds before crossing mole hill for the last time.

Jim