Catton Rifle Shoot
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 8:10 pm
Well oomans, we've just cleaned our rifles and popped them back in the safes, dined on a nice platter of our own sett-made pasta and beef in tomato sauce, washed down with a nice glass of cabinet sobernone and are now warmed up enough to reflect on our day at Catton Park.
It was a cracker ! The rain squalls were coming in horizontally from Scandisqueagia, driven by a wind that was gusting up to 38 mph ! Despite that, the sun kept popping through to illuminate the targets from time to time and, as usual, there was an array of superb scran and hot coffee on offer to keep the chill at bay. The ladies in the burger van truly offer Fortnum and Mason quality at McDonald prices - just try their venison burgers !
There were a couple of other FullBoreans present and we all had great fun chasing golf balls around the field at 280 - 300 mards ! We were using our jungle carbine for the job, others preferred .223 tacticool kit for the task. Our K31 gave a great account against the 400 mard fox plates, out-perfoming some rather more costly ironmongery. An ooman was using a Ruger .44 Magnum against the long range targets too, the noise made by its big bullets carving tunnels through the moisture laden air earning it the soubriquet "The Whistling Ballista". It also made holes in the wild boar targets big enough for us to fit two 7.62 rounds through...
It was a cracker ! The rain squalls were coming in horizontally from Scandisqueagia, driven by a wind that was gusting up to 38 mph ! Despite that, the sun kept popping through to illuminate the targets from time to time and, as usual, there was an array of superb scran and hot coffee on offer to keep the chill at bay. The ladies in the burger van truly offer Fortnum and Mason quality at McDonald prices - just try their venison burgers !
There were a couple of other FullBoreans present and we all had great fun chasing golf balls around the field at 280 - 300 mards ! We were using our jungle carbine for the job, others preferred .223 tacticool kit for the task. Our K31 gave a great account against the 400 mard fox plates, out-perfoming some rather more costly ironmongery. An ooman was using a Ruger .44 Magnum against the long range targets too, the noise made by its big bullets carving tunnels through the moisture laden air earning it the soubriquet "The Whistling Ballista". It also made holes in the wild boar targets big enough for us to fit two 7.62 rounds through...
