Twentyfive at Twentyfive

[seven08]

So this morning my wife alerts me to another cottontail rabbit munching on her new growth flowers. Sure enough there it is eating away. I retrieve the HW80 .22, with open factory sights. This was an easy offhand 25 yard shot. The little ball on the front post settles over the eyeball. Pop, does a back flip and lands motionless. Wife witnesses and comments on a nice clean kill. Impact is 1/2 of eye gone.

This leads me to set up a wood block on the fence at same distance. Used first hole as an aim point for the next 24 standing offhand shots. Who needs a scope? Had a couple of oops shots. 

 

 

[GoldenStateAIRGUNer]

Amazing! Your eyes are much better than mine Bob ! How in the world could you even see the first hole at 25 yards. I'd have a hard time seeing your finished 25 shot hole at that range with open sights. Did you cook up that cottontail ? When I'd deer hunt in Rio Blanc county Colorado we would pop a few of them for a dinner meal. Quite delicious! 

 

[sonny]

at those distances you dont need a scope, I do like the williams peep sights. 55 yards with HW95 .22cal

 Totally agree...Nice shooting!

 

[jmiller]

Just last weekend I was shooting an R9 in .22 cal at exactly 55 yards with the factory open sights. Went 4/6 on the can standing, and 1/2 at the bottom of the can after it fell over- and it was even a Coor’s can! 



I had my left hand against a support post on the porch, though. I could never do that offhand...

 

[sonny]

nice shooting this was benched 3 shots.

 I have some nice PCPs but love the simplicity of my springer.

 

[seven08]

Speaking of Rio Blanco county, just south of Thornburg Mtn. 8:30 am on Dec. 22 2018. A comfortable 10 F and sunny.

 

[GoldenStateAIRGUNer]

Is that you Bob ! Nice cow elk ! Being out of state we could only get a bull tag. That was back in 1984. Where abouts did you take it ? We hunted the White River basin but mostly for mulies. We all pitched in for one bull tag. We stayed in Rangely. Oh ! The good old days! You had some good eats there! 

 

[seven08]

Feat repeated 30 minutes ago. GoldenStateAG, as mentioned in another thread, my 67 year old eyes are still working like new. I do not need any corrective eye ware. I can easily see the first hole and just cover it with the little ball on the front post. Shots 2-3-4-5 holes make the impact area even easier to see. All of a sudden you have a gaping dark hole for an aim point. I will have to correct my muzzle distance from 75 feet to 70 feet. Fence to fence measurement is 75 feet. As stated here before I hold an NRA Master class ranking in .22 rimfire metallic silhouette.

One of the red foxes took the rabbit away that night. We get private land late season cow tags every other year. Wife and I have a pickup camper we park on the "south 40" of a friends ranch. Got my 2020 tag in the mail last week.

 

[GoldenStateAIRGUNer]

Is the rifle season still the first Saturday of November ? The last year (1984) I went I think it was around $100 for a out of state deer tag. I don't need glasses to drive. Just reading glasses is what I use. I have clarity issues keeping targets and sights focused together. I have to use scopes for any accurate shooting.