Lets see your Guns.

[Johnsond]

2 hours ago, Stubby said:

I have a 20m of angle 34mm for my .308 but not tried it yet . How far out do you recommend before befitting from using it ? 800yds or more ? 

Morning Stubby, I know you directed that at Gareth but if I may 😌,  in my case I wanted to use a picatinny rail to mount the scope so thought why not 🤷‍♂️. It’s not gonna hit the range much but I’d like to stretch out a bit more than the normal stalking ranges ( I’m no fan of taking long shots on deer or any creature ) if the chance arises, hence sticking on the 20moa rail, I’d say you are on the mark with 800 yards ish, a plus for me is the 20moa is 20 less to dial in as let’s face it the 308 has a fairly looping trajectory compared to some of the new tack driver calibres. I do miss having the opportunity to shoot competitions including PR where 600-1000m was often a start distance, just never seem to have time nowadays as let’s face it shooting is a fairly selfish sport. 

[GarethM]

I did leave it for @Johnsond, those sorts of distances are a bit outside my acres.

 

I actually checked two of my longest fields together maxed at 600yards to the barbwire 🙂.

[Johnsond]

12 minutes ago, GarethM said:

I did leave it for @Johnsond, those sorts of distances are a bit outside my acres.

 

I actually checked two of my longest fields together maxed at 600yards to the barbwire 🙂.

Gareth the best shooting I do by far is 22lr subsonic pest work, or messing around at 150-200m with the same calibre. Good fun zero noise issues and hones your skills just the same. Cheap too. 

[GarethM]

23 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Gareth the best shooting I do by far is 22lr subsonic pest work, or messing around at 150-200m with the same calibre. Good fun zero noise issues and hones your skills just the same. Cheap too. 

I have HMR & LR with an empty slot for 556, but in all honesty 90% of the time I use the FAC 22 air rifle.

 

Dirt cheap, quiet, bloody accurate to 80m and almost identical to the standard air rifle if noticed by walkers.

 

I'd never say I don't need the bigger stuff, had wanted to get more into foxes but earning a living and farming doesn't leave much time for sleep or foxing.

[Stubby]

Something I didn't know ( but you guys probably did ) Is that the .303 Lee-Enfield No4 T . was sorted from different batches to pick the best performing ones strait out of the box . They were then sent to Holland and Holland to be made into top spec sniper rifles . The scope that was fitted  ( No 32 telescope ) shared the serial number of the rifle so that they always kept together . If you can find a genuine one they are worth a lot of dosh . A lot of fakes out there though .

[GarethM]

22 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Something I didn't know ( but you guys probably did ) Is that the .303 Lee-Enfield No4 T . was sorted from different batches to pick the best performing ones strait out of the box . They were then sent to Holland and Holland to be made into top spec sniper rifles . The scope that was fitted  ( No 32 telescope ) shared the serial number of the rifle so that they always kept together . If you can find a genuine one they are worth a lot of dosh . A lot of fakes out there though .

You been watching bloke on the range ?

[Stubby]

8 minutes ago, GarethM said:

You been watching bloke on the range ?

In a book by Steve Houghton . The British Sniper : A century of evolution .

[GarethM]

23 minutes ago, Stubby said:

In a book by Steve Houghton . The British Sniper : A century of evolution .

Ah yeah, think Ian McCollum talked about it a while back and Jonathan Ferguson.

 

Isn't that the book with a good section on the beginnings of Accuracy International?.

 

It started in a shed, is supposedly a great read.

Edited Friday at 18:46 by GarethM