Once the new scope on the Cooper , Rem and AH were sighted in at 50 yds, I moved to my 100 yard bullet trap. Dang those high speed pills drill through 1/4" armor plate, so I have added plywood and some carpet behind the cardboard my heavy card stock targets are printed on. BTW, these heavy targets allow one to push in the "chads" on the back and after scotch taping them, the teeny tiny holes look like perfection...lol
So after shooting a 3/8" group with the Fireball I swapped out to the Cooper. After 3 rounds making me very happy, I decided to throw 2 more and also adjust for zero before ending the session. After the 3 were punched, I noticed something moving behind my backstop a long ways away in the neighbors grapes, which means I had a well groomed bare dirt alley to shoot down. After changing the side focus I saw an old jackrabbit, which I have hunted on our farm since 1964 when I had Grandpa's Remington pump. After moving here back in the 70's I had a good run removing them and they seemed to repopulate well at the pace I kept. Now 40 years later , due to Coyote's I need to remove, it is a rare occasion to see a Jack, let alone when I have a gun in hand. I hated to dispatch this jack, but I figured I better draw some blood with it before next spring.
If you are still with me, here is the damage a V-max at 285 yards measured using the 11 foot spacing of our vines and the neighbors
I think I hit him where I aimed.
Group on the Cooper was 0.325". For some reason I had a bad jump when the Cooper torched off, and I think I had a flier in that group as #1 and 2 were looking like the test target, the 17 Fb and AH were like cap guns...
Sorry for the gore, I had the Cooper in hand, balancing it, the shell and my cellphone to snap that picture.
Allen
