Now we have a car full of crap to sort out and lots of guns to clean before they can be put away. Mikey fired the 30-30 yesterday. It didn't rock him badly so I think it is time for him to start with a high power of his own. Of course, he will have to maintain it himself, too. I have a sneaky suspicion he took a shine to a certain young lady there. They were thick as thieves...
I won the 30 yard championship, beating Brett Wilby, although I did use better shells. That said, I also was last to shoot, I didn't sluice or brush the barrel and it was pretty hot by then. I will put a pic of my target up later. My shoulder is not really up to multiple shooting of heavier calibres yet, so I didn't go after clays. Brett was using the .410 as a handgun and doing fairly well too. The kids all tried the junior bow, and they all had a try with the 22. That little Savage 22 of mine put some lead downrange, and people were hitting well with it. It was great to see everyone lining up for a try.
Anyone who doubts the good old 22s.. Terry Fennel was the one to hit the clay at 150+ yards, although many of us got close. He chickened out of trying a second one though.. Considering it was with a 4x scope on a 4" target, and the fact we were using hollowpoints (I hadn't discovered my small cache of Remington Thunderbolts by then), the accuracy was quite impressive. Again, had the rifle been cool and clean bored, it would have been interesting. I have looked at the ballistic tables for the Federals we used...
38 gr Bullet weight
1280 / 140 Feet per second/ Energy foot/lb at Muzzle
1120 / 105 At 50yds
1020 / 90 At 100yds
The Remington Thunderbolt is
40 gr
1255 / 140
1113 / 110
1017 / 92
If the day had been breeze free, I think there would have been many hits. According to lore, the bullet drops 10.8 inches at 150 yds.
Thanks, Terry and Sue. It was a great time. Nice to see some people that I haven't seen in a long time.
Here is a pic of the target..
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