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Thanks DM.

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The Yanks speak of hiking round valleys and shooting targets at unknown distances, mostly a long way out. That strikes me as very good fun and I'd love to have a go. Haven't seen it in the UK mind :-(

targetman wrote:Rox....I agree about the metal stocks, not too many in evidence in FB, plenty in SB though. Never seen the attraction myself

Here are some attractions:

• Even torrential downpours will not cause problems due to water in the bedding.
• Stocks will not warp, e.g. on flights or in tropical or hot locations.
• Shoot the same stock (and position) for multiple disciplines. For example, I can shoot .22 for 50m, 6BR for 300m, 308 for TR or 308 for MR from the same stock with the same position. Takes a couple of minutes to change. Share one or two stocks between 4 or 5 barreled actions.

targetman wrote:not too many in evidence in FB

In TR there are a lot of HPS Geminis, plus smaller numbers of various other brands, but they certainly don't dominate the prize lists.

Mr_Logic wrote:The Yanks speak of hiking round valleys and shooting targets at unknown distances, mostly a long way out. That strikes me as very good fun and I'd love to have a go. Haven't seen it in the UK mind :-(

Difference here though is every square inch of land belongs to someone.Plus here your likely to hit a rambler.

It is doable at the range we shoot at in DK, a few thousand hectares of forestry with numerous ranges dotted around, from memory there are 15 woodland pistol and rifle ranges plus all the normal ones including electronics, covered, moving target, running Deer and Boar and interesting access to them with a 4x4. It would be fun to walk round with a rifle and range finder and take some awkward shots. I will mention it to them when we are over next.

Mr_Logic wrote:The Yanks speak of hiking round valleys and shooting targets at unknown distances, mostly a long way out. That strikes me as very good fun and I'd love to have a go. Haven't seen it in the UK mind :-(

Definitely, I rarely shot at a formal range when I was in the US unless it was a class. Why pay range fees and put up with all the distractions when there's so much beautiful countryside around! It also means you can do what you want and, as you say, incorporate running, switching targets, changing weapon, changing position etc more easily than at a lot of ranges. No waiting around for a ceasefire to go check/change your targets, and you can take your own reactive targets or steel along too. A lot of fun:





The downside is that some places become well known and popular with jackasses who don't clean up after themselves. On the other hand, sometimes people will get together for a day's clean up to shift all the spent cases and shells and riddled tin cans! But if you go more remote then most likely nobody will have ever shot there before.

A couple of good videos, I was only going to skim them but ended up watching most of both of them. Nice to see the MN being used, it looked like heavy ball as well so will be quite capable of reaching out to 1000 yards.

Second one rainbow cup cakes eh? Sounds like American shooters are no different to Brits when it comes to shooting with friends.