As usual, we set up on the edge of an alfalfa irrigation pivot. Here's Rat Force One (Dan) raising the colors to start the morning action:
First rifle up for me was my Cooper M38 VR .20 Vartarg. With the 32gr NBT over RL-7 for 3,800 fps, it's good for rats out to the 500 yard marker. Once the afternoon winds kick up, I move to one of my 204's, this time my Cooper M21 MTV.
The little 20VT set up and ready for the start of the action in the morning sun atop my BR Pivot Lite:
As the alfalfa crop was still not too high, we could see the squirrels all the way out to 600 yards:
20VT's in the CRT Bench Tray.....they just look cool sittin' there
(Brad, you sure do nice work!) :
Necessary tools on the bench top (or equipment porn
):
Terminal performance of the 32gr NBT from the little 20VT just past 275 yards after a nice short vertical takeoff:
Dan sez: "Did you see how high that sucker flew?!!":
A bunch of empty 20VT cases in the excellent CRT Bench Tray....proof of a very good time afield.:
After about 200 CF rounds downrange and many flying rats later, it's time for a sandwich at the trailer (my son Dave in his ghillie....he was snooping for badgers):
Dan catches a power nap in the trailer out of the sun and wind (not much gear needed to kill rats, right?):
Once feeding time is over, the wind is usually up and it's time to move to a faster stepping rat rifle.....this time my Cooper M21 MTV in 204, affectionately named "Wicked Wanda", and for good reason.
She's pushing the 39gr SBK and/or the 40gr NBT a tad over 3,800 fps, and shoots both "quite well indeed". :
More gun porn....Cooper and Leupold just seem to go together. There's a 40gr NBT in the chamber waiting for flight:
Here's Jim White from the forum having his way with Skippy with his M700 204 from his RCBS bench:
Captqc with a smile that sez many rats have been sent skyward with his Cooper Phoenix 204:
As my son Dave is the Glock LE Mgr for the western US, and has been trying me to join the clan now for over ten years, I finally succumed to the siren and had him get me the new G30S .45ACP. It's the one developed for LAPD SIS, skinnier, flatter, short frame, and carries 10+1. Ugly, but boy even a dyed-in-the-wool 1911 fan like me has to admit they really DO shoot, and shoot well. Here I'm trying the demo gun out on our steel combat targets at the end of the varmint day:
The Glock "travel case".....take your pick from 9mm all the way to .45 or 10mm:
Once home and all the brass has been cleaned, it appears by the empties we had a good time, even the pistol drills went well and most of the .45 brass managed to find it's way home:
As it's now early June, only about another two months left for rock chucks before they bail too. With the ammo and component shortages in effect now, it didn't break my heart to not have every day be a 300 CF round affair; the components are getting purty hard to replace, so
the amount of shooting we had was just fine, thank you. More for next year, right?
I hope all our forum members are having a grand beginning of summer. Hope you enjoyed our pics, we're always looking forward to seeing yours.
So like Bodei, I had to find other places to shoot.
(Just think of all the components we "saved" this year though!)
