Thread: long range 338 tests

From what I heard Norways ticket is paid for or he has a fee? I am not promoting Shanes shoots as such just making comments on their value to the LR shooting community who like to compete.Shane himself is very down to earth and an absolute gentleman !
The is a big difference to the occasional contest on your home grounds and one that is run nationally -nationally the commitment is alot greater as is the on going effort .As far as gear wank -I have it all Terrapin LRF , Trimble Nomad running patagonia ballistics plus several other programs , S&B 5X25 , Kestral 4500 amd a great rifle platfrom built around a Barnard single shot .284 wildcat this shit helps me win stuff ! I guess part of the type of shooting I do involves great gear where possible .
The Takapo contests I am going to attend next moth is $190 and I havent a problem paying that for what will be a great event -I guess some do

Originally Posted by el borracho

From what I heard Norways ticket is paid for or he has a fee?

No I have never charged anything. Rather h
ad a bit of expense doing it.

I did however refuse an invitation to come under Shane/ Gunslinger banner as I don't agree with that way of promoting LR shooting. I have a different approach to it. Not better, just different. I believe in people not gear.

If you ever hear I charge money please make it clear that I don't.

I imagine the 338cal and below may be about the strength of the frames and steel with the larger calibers possibly able to drill or break the gear -not cheap to replace as I am sure you would be aware with the harder steels prices.
The copter ride up the hill is about $70 plus with your gear following up behind in a quad .
I believe the one gun policy came out of certain people shooting the same gun one after another once the first guy had winded his rifle in giving that team an unfair advantage.
It is a shame KiwiGreg that you cant use your 375 as I for one would like to have seen how you and the rifle shoot .
I am tossing a 180 gr berger down the course which will stay supersonic out to around 1800 yards if I remmeber correctly - 7mm great caliber and much cheaper to shoot giving similar ballistic to the 250gr pill in 338lm

Originally Posted by el borracho

I imagine the 338cal and below may be about the strength of the frames and steel with the larger calibers possibly able to drill or break the gear -not cheap to replace as I am sure you would be aware with the harder steels prices.
The copter ride up the hill is about $70 plus with your gear following up behind in a quad .
I believe the one gun policy came out of certain people shooting the same gun one after another once the first guy had winded his rifle in giving that team an unfair advantage.
It is a shame KiwiGreg that you cant use your 375 as I for one would like to have seen how you and the rifle shoot .
I am tossing a 180 gr berger down the course which will stay supersonic out to around 1800 yards if I remmeber correctly - 7mm great caliber and much cheaper to shoot giving similar ballistic to the 250gr pill in 338lm

Don't forget your spotter

I'm not getting into a calibre debate, but a small 338 with 250s or 300s wouldn't be much dearer to shoot than a 7mm, if anything, especially as you get out beyond 1000.
The closer the 7mm gets to the 338s ballistics the shorter the 7mm barrel life is & the more expensive it is to run by the time the comsumables are factored in

Gimp +1 me to

Yes the barrel wear is certainly another consideration .I have just seated my projo out after I lost some accuracy after around 800 rounds and well see when this happens again -great things single fed actions as you just keep pushing the pill out further and further

cost =case $190 pill .90c primmer .8c powder .40-50c a round -more or less using a shell 5-6 times $1.79 a shot
plus .57c barrel were per shot say 1400 rounds per barrel =$2.26 per shot in reality

Lapua -farkkk $5 a case I dont know the rest to be honest

There are now two division of shooting long to 1000 yards and the other longer to 1760 yards .One can pick either both or one devision to compete in .
Gimp I am in agreement on the casual versus a timed string of shots under pressure even if your own trying to asses and vanquish the conditions as you see them .I prefer to shoot as a team with one other to talk aboutwind , mirage and hits or misses .The pressure change the ball game for sure and I have gone from hero to zero more than once and back again .
One doesnt need the most fancy gear to compete but it does help although in the second to last contest Andy off this forum won with great wind judgement and shooting out to 1000 yards with his Tikka 6.5x55 as mentioned earlier on .
Deffinatly different than a casual shoot and barbq with beers

223 in other than still conditions is a nightmare to spot and even then hard!

Originally Posted by Tussock

I agree on all counts, competitive practical LR is a cool thing.

We will be running it through the forum at some point, as we have always intended to.

Good idea........ We have the perfect range for that... Ive plenty spare time through winter to run/help put together such an event....

But I wouldnt ever compete in such a thing..... I dont want my cock to shrink......
I struggle to get sex as it is

Classic...

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Yes unfortunately while some good competition rocks upto these events the great relitive or great on the hill shooters dont show at this kind of thing. Its a pity really.

I do

So he comes here to deer hunt and takes some time out to teach a few of you in the south the finer points ?I had heard via the wind of rumours you guys in the south comensated him to be here and teach but obviously I wrongly informed .

Originally Posted by el borracho

So he comes here to deer hunt and takes some time out to teach a few of you in the south the finer points ?I had heard via the wind of rumours you guys in the south comensated him to be here and teach but obviously I wrongly informed .

I dont mean to be rude but the way you show up on this site and throw around obsenities and rumours towards much respected members leaves much to be desired..

Originally Posted by baldbob

I dont mean to be rude but the way you show up on this site and throw around obsenities and rumours towards much respected members leaves much to be desired..

I laughed when I read and I mean really laughed .Baldbob I had the vision you were living in the times of the flat earth and the question was posed "is the earth round" gasp horror wear a horse hair shirt and flog my back raw .hahaaa . It was just question and it was answered

If you call giving Norway a book (Davey Hughes book) for a day of tuition paying for his services, then yes he was paid. Norway was over on holiday, not hunting at all and ki.dly offered to instruct for a day (off his own back as I understand). Cost us $31 each for the consumables and lunch... I personally got a lot of value from this, it was a basic, stripped down course, no electronic gadgets or flash harry gear. Bloody good day!

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