I was fine-tuning my 20 foot pound field target rig, prior to tomorrow’s match. While I was shooting a chippy ran up on Maple tree 51 yards away. All I had was his head and neck sticking out.
it was really cool to dial him in at the exact yardage, set it on my scope, placed the crosshairs exactly where I wanted them, A quarter inch from where his head extended past the tree. I squeezed and heard a very solid Thrwapp. He grabbed onto the end of a branch, and held on for 10s. Then a 60 foot free fall backwards with no movement whatsoever while in the air.
I know, pretty cool. It gets better.
I hear another one chirp away in the same general direction. This one is standing on a cut limb. 48 yards away. I turn the scope down 3 clicks…thump - CP heavy shooting at a bit over 900 fps mv, right through the Thoracic cavity. I held just under the arm pit, he folded. I thought I might be able to retrieve him. But he disappeared into a huge patch of itch weed. They both did.
I had the scope on a bit over 50 X, probably 53. I was right in their kitchen.
The picture below is a previous kill from earlier in the summer. The chipmunks are everywhere I need to thin them out or they will kill the entire acorn crop.
I will admit it was fun to have the most accurate Rifle I own in my hands.
mike
Seriously? Absolute suicide.
it was really cool to dial him in at the exact yardage, set it on my scope, placed the crosshairs exactly where I wanted them, A quarter inch from where his head extended past the tree. I squeezed and heard a very solid Thrwapp. He grabbed onto the end of a branch, and held on for 10s. Then a 60 foot free fall backwards with no movement whatsoever while in the air.
I know, pretty cool. It gets better.
I hear another one chirp away in the same general direction. This one is standing on a cut limb. 48 yards away. I turn the scope down 3 clicks…thump - CP heavy shooting at a bit over 900 fps mv, right through the Thoracic cavity. I held just under the arm pit, he folded. I thought I might be able to retrieve him. But he disappeared into a huge patch of itch weed. They both did.
I had the scope on a bit over 50 X, probably 53. I was right in their kitchen.
The picture below is a previous kill from earlier in the summer. The chipmunks are everywhere I need to thin them out or they will kill the entire acorn crop.
I will admit it was fun to have the most accurate Rifle I own in my hands.
mike
Seriously? Absolute suicide.
