Bisley 07/04/12
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:25 pm
After posting that I wouldn't be able to fire my newly acquired Ross, BNZ41 kindly offered to take me on as a guest with his club for a 200yd shoot at Bisley.
With an initial mini-drama over changing from Short Siberia to Century (I thought it would be a good idea to exchange phone numbers. Thankfully a note on the gate at the 200 point on SS sorted the issue!), I turned up where I was supposed to be and got straight into it!
With it being the first time I'd fired the rifle, BNZ offered to spot for me. I was hitting the frame so it just turned into a game of trying to adjust the rear sight for windage and elevation to get me into the black! The foresight is slightly canted to the left, which means I'll have to adjust it and then find out where the point of impact is all over again! Oh well, more shooting!
I finally figured out where I'd have to aim off in order to get a bull and managed it!
To prove it wasn't a fluke:
I took the foresight hood off to adjust the foresight but figured it was pretty pointless with it still canted over to the left..
BNZ was there with his K31 which was performing very well and he was also trying his newly acquired Springfield 1903-A3. Within, if I remember correctly, three shots he was hitting the bull! With FNM ammo no less! He was very chuffed with how it worked, and rightly so!
We exchanged Ross for Springfield at one point. I fired the first five rounds without a pad on the stock and regretted it! They are lovely rifles and I'll get one sometime in the future!
I took my Sako Finnfire on it's second outing and was getting bulls and v-bulls with Lapua Match ammo (I didn't have to aim off that much!)
Around lunchtime we saw fellow forumite Paul R a few lanes over. His BM59 gave him away (along with the SLR with SUIT sight!). He had a real treasure trove of rifles. The two previously mentioned were supplemented with a Garand straight pull, a 1903-A3 and a No.5 Jungle Carbine!
All in all, it was an excellent day out. I even got to try a WW Greener shotgun converted to fire .45 black powder rounds with a 45/70 case!
Thanks to BNZ for the invite and all the help he offered me and to BobBob for the picture taking!
With an initial mini-drama over changing from Short Siberia to Century (I thought it would be a good idea to exchange phone numbers. Thankfully a note on the gate at the 200 point on SS sorted the issue!), I turned up where I was supposed to be and got straight into it!
With it being the first time I'd fired the rifle, BNZ offered to spot for me. I was hitting the frame so it just turned into a game of trying to adjust the rear sight for windage and elevation to get me into the black! The foresight is slightly canted to the left, which means I'll have to adjust it and then find out where the point of impact is all over again! Oh well, more shooting!
I finally figured out where I'd have to aim off in order to get a bull and managed it!
To prove it wasn't a fluke:
I took the foresight hood off to adjust the foresight but figured it was pretty pointless with it still canted over to the left..
BNZ was there with his K31 which was performing very well and he was also trying his newly acquired Springfield 1903-A3. Within, if I remember correctly, three shots he was hitting the bull! With FNM ammo no less! He was very chuffed with how it worked, and rightly so!
We exchanged Ross for Springfield at one point. I fired the first five rounds without a pad on the stock and regretted it! They are lovely rifles and I'll get one sometime in the future!
I took my Sako Finnfire on it's second outing and was getting bulls and v-bulls with Lapua Match ammo (I didn't have to aim off that much!)
Around lunchtime we saw fellow forumite Paul R a few lanes over. His BM59 gave him away (along with the SLR with SUIT sight!). He had a real treasure trove of rifles. The two previously mentioned were supplemented with a Garand straight pull, a 1903-A3 and a No.5 Jungle Carbine!
All in all, it was an excellent day out. I even got to try a WW Greener shotgun converted to fire .45 black powder rounds with a 45/70 case!
Thanks to BNZ for the invite and all the help he offered me and to BobBob for the picture taking!
off with it :lol: