Thread: Why do I bother?

In preparation for the up coming Ruahine Biathalon Shoot I have decided to use my BRNO 308 with 150gr projectiles

I had a choice of several polymer tipped projectiles and a couple of old school lead tipped projectiles and will be using my favourite 308 powder W748.

I decided on some 150gr Privi Partizan Projectiles that I had not used for several years, mostly being the tight bugger that I am I just couldn't bring myself to blast off 40 rounds using the much more expensive polymer tipped projectiles I have on hand. Instead preferring to save these for the Deer,

Early this morning I went out to the range and tested out my loads.

Why do I even bother buying into the marketing hype and the sometimes blatent bullshit and outrageous claims that emanate from the marketers, paying big $$$ for the latest and greatest polymer tipped laser guided projectiles that, if you believe the marketing spin, almost aim themselves, when old school, bulk packed, bog standard, lead tipped, budget Eastern European projectiles give me results like this out of a 30 year old Soviet Block era rifle with a blind old shakey bugger yanking on the gritty heavy trigger.









Now that I've got that off my chest, and I'm sufficiently under prepared

Any Gong at the Ruahine Biathalon Shoot next weekend, smaller than A4 and/or further than 100m will be perfectly safe and unharmed during my course of fire.

My winning strategy will be to meander slowly through the course of fire trying not to get lost along the way, concentrating on earning maximum points in the observation section.

Cheers
Pete