Here's the view from my "office" for those two days, Cooper M38 VR in .20 Vartarg on the bench....look closely at all the mounds down in the field:
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Yours truly bundled up against the cold-a$$ wind:
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The colors flapping wildly in the wind....you can see the moon directly above Old Glory:
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Captqc (Gary) always has something new and cool in his bag-o-tricks:
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A walk to confirm some distant kills shows the squirrel mound concentration:
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One of Skippy's condos that was being worked on.....right up to the time of impact
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"Office equipment" overlooking the target-rich environment - I could get out to just over 600 yards from this position:
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A good friend of mine couldn't make the shoot, so he sent a hat to be worn for the event to impress the rodents. He's a serving Agent, and has some great stories, believe me:
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Andy (ADH) shooting his Cooper M21 VR in 6mmBR just over the hill from me:
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Here's a 6mmBR alongside a .20 Vartarg.....sort of a family resemblence:
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"Scooter" cooling off between strings. I shot just over 300 rounds from the rifle in two days:
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Captqc working over the rats with his Cooper M21 Phoenix in 204:
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Captqc's son Dan, smiling because he had just nailed a rat at the far end of the field at 612 yards with his Remmy 223 and 50gr BT's:
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Close-up of a Nosler 32gr BT loaded in the action, just waiting for a target to appear down below:
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And lastly, a parting shot of Brad's (CustomReloadingTools.com) excellent #2 Bench Tray on the bench stoked with Vartarg rat loads:
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All the ammo is loaded back up, getting ready to hit the ranch again. This will be a Cooper-Fest....taking my 20 Vartarg, 204, and 223 Coopers to warm the barrels up for a few days. After this trip, my girl SPOD (The Silver Princess of Death), my 11-twist Rem M700 will come out of the safe to launch 40 grainers on the fat squirrels later in the season when the ranges are a bit longer. Till then, hope you guys enjoy the ride from last week.
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)