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Post by oaken on Jul 10, 2015 11:19:26 GMT
Weather is looking good, can't wait :-)
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Post by swampdonkey on Jul 10, 2015 12:13:56 GMT
Weather is looking good, can't wait :-) Rup, you are bringing the bird right ?? Rephrase, you ARE bringing the bird !!
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Post by oaken on Jul 10, 2015 14:27:19 GMT
Probably, need some serious workouts with her first. She's exhausting you know......
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Post by c18rch on Jul 13, 2015 15:17:04 GMT
I'm in!
I can make it now.
Does anyone want anything bringing down to the roundhouse? Got a good supply of 6.5 and 7mm stuff, except 140 bergers. But if anyone wants anything else, let me know and I will try and get it to bring down.
Rich
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Post by tisme on Jul 17, 2015 7:40:44 GMT
All packed waiting for Paddy to turn up. Looking forward to this
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Post by davet on Jul 17, 2015 13:57:39 GMT
Weather is looking good, can't wait :-) Weather for Sunday looking SHITE according to BBC forecast a few mins ago!
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Post by davet on Jul 17, 2015 14:01:49 GMT
I'm in! I can make it now. Does anyone want anything bringing down to the roundhouse? Got a good supply of 6.5 and 7mm stuff, except 140 bergers. But if anyone wants anything else, let me know and I will try and get it to bring down. Rich Rich
Can you pack me a couple of hundred of 6.5 142g SMKs if you have them......If I have to wait until Sept or later for the 140g Bergers then I need to work up an alternative.
Have bloody thousands of 139g Scenars!
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Post by tisme on Jul 19, 2015 19:41:18 GMT
Great weekend again, thanks Tiff and everyone else. Sunburnt but fitter from carrying sand, 1480 yards targets, lots of booze, what's not to like.
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Post by swampdonkey on Jul 19, 2015 20:04:26 GMT
It was a pretty awesome weekend Full write up coming soon..... Cue, tiff.....
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Post by arbshot on Jul 19, 2015 20:55:42 GMT
Fantastic weekend, should have gone years ago! Thank you Tiff and all those involved.
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Post by walkabout on Jul 20, 2015 17:22:44 GMT
Great Weekend as usual Only a little drizzle, good for Bodmin! Tiff's normal excellent venue. Even managed to get on target at 1495 feet! Nice to catch up with old friends.
Mark
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Post by c18rch on Jul 20, 2015 20:46:06 GMT
Great Weekend as usual Only a little drizzle, good for Bodmin! Tiff's normal excellent venue. Even managed to get on target at 1495 feet! Nice to catch up with old friends. Mark Who you calling old!! Fantastic weekend as usual. 1480yds. My furthest shot yet. It gets better every time we go. And great company as usual too. Cheers Tiff. Thanks to your parents again and the other sentries too. Rich
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Post by oaken on Jul 20, 2015 21:40:58 GMT
Well done Tiff. Another huge success. All seemed to go extremely well, I certainly enjoyed myself. As always, great to catch up with the regulars and good to see new faces too. Didn't manage the long rock but hoping the 140 bergers will help the cause...... if they ever appear. BTW Love the new sandpit......
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Post by tiff on Jul 21, 2015 10:58:08 GMT
Firstly a massive thank you to everyone for attending, helping out and generally contributing to the great atmosphere of the weekend. Also a special thanks to the weather gods which were pleasantly kind: almost perfect light on Saturday for the longer range shooting and only a slight mizzle Sunday morning, which soon cleared to patchy blue skies and light winds.
Several people attended in advance, arriving on the Friday and very kindly helped with a bit of 'light improvements' to the target areas. A special mention must be made to the Irish contingent (no that type MI5, well at least I don't think they are...), who helped out considerably with moving bits around the moors ready for the weekend. The evening saw the arrival of Desert Tech and Vortex Optics, who along with everyone else enjoyed a venison steak and a drink or two around the charcoal barbecue.
Saturday started with a bit of light exercise for a few willing volunteers, with the repositioning of 1/2 a tonne of sandbags a modest 50 meters across the moors to help with the splash zones. I just may have forgotten to mention at the outset which axis (x or y) the 50m of travel was being made on - again many thanks for your help. After a reasonable tab across the visually breathtaking moors with a final willing volunteer to distribute the remaining safety signs and flags, the day began with 100 meter zeroing. The following 6 hours produced valuable verified drop data and many personal bests. Steel and other reactive targets were engaged between 640 and 1,495 yards. The additional sand around the roe buck & IPSC greatly improved the splash signature. These splashes were crystal clear to spot when viewed through the Viper and simply stunning Razor HD spotting scopes Vortex Optics UK had positioned along the firing line. Bentley and Martin of Vortex Optics also had many rifle scopes available for use, with the Razor HD Gen II 4.5-27x56 FFP scope providing excellent results in partnership with a Desert Tech .338 LapMag. Devon Custom Rifles also had a few rifles and shooters being put through their paces on the point, with a few notable personal bests produced. Equally a shooter with a left handed .260 Accuracy International produced simply stunning results, with a 2nd round hit on the IPSC target at approx. 1,480 yards and many cold bore first round hits closer in. Once rifle shooting had ceased for the day at 18.00, an evening of clay shooting and yet more barbecued venison steaks, light refreshments and good banter over the days shooting continued amidst the dark star filled skies until the small hours.
Sunday morning started with light hill mizzle, but this soon cleared to offer reactive targets from 100 to 650 yards; all of which could be engaged from the single firing point. With many shooters drops validated well the day before, drinks cans and clay pigeons at 640 yards didn't last long. Bruce Hutton's new figure target with 'torso & head' reactive areas proved very popular at 190 yards. The AR500 steel showed few signs of wear after hundreds of rounds being placed on it; everything from .17 HMR to .338 LapMag. Bruce produced the target specially for this weekend, so the base was improvised from a previous smaller design...which enabled a Lap Mag to eventually topple the unit. However with a new larger base or even just this lightweight unit pegged in place I'm confident it will work exceptionally well for many years to come. Vortex UK didn't disappoint either, with their relatively new Razor HD Gen II 1-6x24, complete with exclusive JM-1 BDC reticule designed by Jerry Miculek. The glass in this unit is honestly the best I've ever seen, offering true 1x magnification that is so crystal clear with both eyes open it's barely possible to distinguish if you're looking through the scope or not. The day culminated with a mad minute style shoot, with multiple reactive targets placed in the 300 yard berm: after the command to fire shooters raced each other to engaged the most desirable targets first, a real buzz to finish the weekend on.
There will be HD videos and photographs to follow over the next few days.
Many thanks again for making it such an enjoyable weekend to host.
Tiff
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Post by davet on Jul 21, 2015 15:05:08 GMT
Totally Brill weekend and 'hats off' to Tiff once again for all his (considerable!) hard work and imagination in giving us some entertaining and challenging shooting.
I was happy that I made the 1200+ shots (not overly consistently!) but annoyed at my own stupidity in not setting my PM2 to the right 25x mag value when I needed reticle holdover for the longer pokes....wondered why I never even saw a splash...hey ho !
Wish I could go to the RRC site every month.
Tiff ....don't ever give up ...there must be a way to get greater numbers ...just needs a bit more publicity (and range designation?)
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