Today I managed to get out with the new rifle, its a CZ 452 short barell synthetic stock, very nice. I like air gun shooting & have done it many years on & off, im supprised how alike the 2 are, anyway, onwards...
As the rifle is new I had to zero the girl before I could hunt or even be safe, so, off I went to the farm, in a rush I forgot my block of wood I was going to as a back stop, a nice thick bit about 3 foot by 1 1/2 foot & 3 inch thick & the A4 paper I was going to use as a targit, I just draw a dot in the middle to aim at, it gives plenty of room to zero on.
So I fogot the lot, oh well, should be able to make do some how.
As luck would have it a very big tree had been felled last week, the stump cut flat on the outer side, perfect. I used my biro to draw dots on the side to zero on.
50 rounds later & a distance of about 60 meters later, job done...
Time to hunt...
Taking a slow walk around the farm pickings where slim, 13:30 & very cold the bunnies where resting below ground, then one bolted from some brush very close, ideal for 12g not good for .22 rifle with scope, bide my time & take a safe shot...
10 mins later along a hedge, there she was about 60 yards, she see me as I raised the rifle, she hopped once or twice then stopped to look, a standing shot, strong cross wind, click & thud, she went bonkers, I started to dout the shot, reloaded & took another, click thud, she was done.
The first shot wad heart & lung due to the windage, the second, who knows, she was moving around a fair bit.
After that just to see what I could do at 100 yards, I took 5 shots at an offcut of the tree stump, I did ok, about 4_5 inch group, strong cross wind, not bad for my first .22 shooting in 20 years.
On returning home & skinni.g the bunny, it was a clean shot after all, perfect lung shot through the sholder, the second bit higher & an inch back, no wonder she had blood from the mouth bless her, still, she is respected & in the pot...
Pictures to come when I sort this bloomin phone app...
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As the rifle is new I had to zero the girl before I could hunt or even be safe, so, off I went to the farm, in a rush I forgot my block of wood I was going to as a back stop, a nice thick bit about 3 foot by 1 1/2 foot & 3 inch thick & the A4 paper I was going to use as a targit, I just draw a dot in the middle to aim at, it gives plenty of room to zero on.
So I fogot the lot, oh well, should be able to make do some how.
As luck would have it a very big tree had been felled last week, the stump cut flat on the outer side, perfect. I used my biro to draw dots on the side to zero on.
50 rounds later & a distance of about 60 meters later, job done...
Time to hunt...
Taking a slow walk around the farm pickings where slim, 13:30 & very cold the bunnies where resting below ground, then one bolted from some brush very close, ideal for 12g not good for .22 rifle with scope, bide my time & take a safe shot...
10 mins later along a hedge, there she was about 60 yards, she see me as I raised the rifle, she hopped once or twice then stopped to look, a standing shot, strong cross wind, click & thud, she went bonkers, I started to dout the shot, reloaded & took another, click thud, she was done.
The first shot wad heart & lung due to the windage, the second, who knows, she was moving around a fair bit.
After that just to see what I could do at 100 yards, I took 5 shots at an offcut of the tree stump, I did ok, about 4_5 inch group, strong cross wind, not bad for my first .22 shooting in 20 years.
On returning home & skinni.g the bunny, it was a clean shot after all, perfect lung shot through the sholder, the second bit higher & an inch back, no wonder she had blood from the mouth bless her, still, she is respected & in the pot...
Pictures to come when I sort this bloomin phone app...
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