One of those moments...
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:30 pm
We're just back home at the sett, thawing out with a nice bowl of venison casserole after a morning spent lying on the permafrost at Kingsbury range. The range flag was standing out rigidly in the biting Siberian wind and all the crows had vacated their usual treetop haunts for somewhere warmer. Possibly the fridges in Iceland.
We were there with our Mosin Nagant M1891 and a heavily modified P14 in 7.62x51. The P14 was made by Paul Green at TVG and has a shrouded barrel with a moderator attached. We've fitted a Russian POSP 8x42 scope to it. Today was our first outing with it after zeroing it indoors at 100 yards at Calton Moor on Good Friday.
Our first shot was a little high and left, and the second went into exactly the same place so we felt confident enough to make an adjustment of the sights. We moved the horizontal reticle two clicks across and were rewarded with the third shot going directly above the bull, still a few inches high. A further adjustment for the vertical fall of shot was now required, two clicks we estimated.
Shot 4 went straight through the bull as did 5 and 7. Shot 6 was in the 4 ring at 9 o'clock. We decided the sights were on, and the wind was now our determinant. Careful study of the range flag then led to one of those wonderful moments: 11 consecutive V bulls. All down to luck and Paul's excellent workmanship rather than our shooting skills we must confess. Still it was a nice feeling...
We were there with our Mosin Nagant M1891 and a heavily modified P14 in 7.62x51. The P14 was made by Paul Green at TVG and has a shrouded barrel with a moderator attached. We've fitted a Russian POSP 8x42 scope to it. Today was our first outing with it after zeroing it indoors at 100 yards at Calton Moor on Good Friday.
Our first shot was a little high and left, and the second went into exactly the same place so we felt confident enough to make an adjustment of the sights. We moved the horizontal reticle two clicks across and were rewarded with the third shot going directly above the bull, still a few inches high. A further adjustment for the vertical fall of shot was now required, two clicks we estimated.
Shot 4 went straight through the bull as did 5 and 7. Shot 6 was in the 4 ring at 9 o'clock. We decided the sights were on, and the wind was now our determinant. Careful study of the range flag then led to one of those wonderful moments: 11 consecutive V bulls. All down to luck and Paul's excellent workmanship rather than our shooting skills we must confess. Still it was a nice feeling...
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