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Right-O!
No issues with the terminal performance of the SX.....
Excellent splatter factor!
It was a slow day, we each expended right at 300 rounds. The reduced load bunny gun was a ball to shoot them with as a rimfire alternative, and no trouble ( other than a loose nut on the trigger...) scratching them down at 200 yds with it.
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Sounds like fun to me Ingwe.
I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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There was a little collateral damage.....  A HUGE bull gopher breached the perimeter and was coming for us!  I got the gopher in the proverbial nick of time, but I had to shoot through my mirror to do it!  ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/IMG_2008_zpsfh5a0ti3.jpg) Damn! It was the first time I ever knew what 'flave felt like......
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Right-O!
No issues with the terminal performance of the SX.....
Excellent splatter factor!
It was a slow day, we each expended right at 300 rounds. The reduced load bunny gun was a ball to shoot them with as a rimfire alternative, and no trouble ( other than a loose nut on the trigger...) scratching them down at 200 yds with it. and yielding 500 plus rounds out of a pound of powder no less... what's not to love... BTW, those SPSX work great with those reduced loads for the airborne factor.... like a 22 Mag, MAGNUM load with a 50 or 55 grain Bullet... TNTs are another great bullet for that kind of service... Glad you saved Montana from Santa Ana and his ninga gophers... once again...
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Damn! It was the first time I ever knew what 'flave felt like......
Shooting a bunch tends to do that...grin. Clark
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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John...I really enjoyed that whole reduced load thing. As I said they were good out to 200 yards...shot flatter than I expected.
Didn't need earplugs, barrel didn't heat up near as quickly, killed gophs dead.
I will be doing lots more of it in the future!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Will have to lay in a supply of the SX! Aim sure I have a few, but at most, a couple hundred!
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Yeah, they did great!
I mentioned on another thread I shot a bunch of reduced loads with Vmax, and they weren't always frangible. Don't know if its the bullet or the speed....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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There was a little collateral damage..... A HUGE bull gopher breached the perimeter and was coming for us! I got the gopher in the proverbial nick of time, but I had to shoot through my mirror to do it! Damn! It was the first time I ever knew what 'flave felt like...... I have seen that done before on coyotes. Also saw a brand new paint job on pickup get a nice crease from s 22-250 fella has to watch shooting over the hood on a Dodge pickup.
I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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My buddy did that to his Ford van's mirror a few years ago w/a 22-250 AND HOT LOADED 55 BT's (I loaded them). Cost him about $600 to get it replaced and the body work done!. Also another buddy (where do these guys come from?) cracked the windshield in my S-15 and later shot the end off of the antenna w/a 300 WSM, Damn kids anyway! I don't get to go to Augusta till May 21 or so to go gophin', can't wait-Muddy
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Ingwe: Sorry about the errant bullet in the heat of battle there!
Over the last 19 years of HEAVY Gopher Hunting hereabouts I have seen 4 blasted rear view mirrors, two truck hoods shot, two floor boards "punctured" and one roof "penetration"!
Luckily I have not had to "pay" for repairing on any of these incidents, to date anyway.
I got out today myself and put a total of 250 rounds down range from 3 different rimfire Rifles.
My partner shot his traditional 40 magazines worth (400 rounds) through his heavy barreled 10/22 when we called it a day and finally got into the beer cooler!
What a GLORIOUS day here in the Rocky Mountains - 60 degrees, no wind, not a cloud in the sky and lots of targets.
By the way three years ago one of my Hunting partners shot his drivers side door mirror (an electric one!) three times before he figured out why he kept missing that closer in Gopher!
Be careful have fun!
Yeah "it's on"!
Hold into the wind
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It was indeed a glorious day to be in the Rockies yesterday. We were shooting up on the front so the scenery was fantastic. New mirror on the way....$27.87 shipped  Had a pard lean over the hood of his then new Nissan Pathfinder to whack a PD with his .243.... Little too close to the windshield......
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Once upon a time on a Wyoming PD shoot, a guy from elsewhere shot the hood of a rental SUV not just once, but twice. The first round "sounded kinda funny," and neither he nor his partner saw any dust fly, so he tried another. After that one they finally noticed two parallel grooves in the hood.
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John Steinbeck
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Oddly enough I was shooting a 50 gr. SX, it went through the mirror and apparently started to disintegrate, cause it killed the schitt out of the gopher, but it looked like he had been shotgunned at close range ( which it was.....about 8 feet....) Price of gas and lunch $29 Price of ammo $53 Price of new mirror $28 Spring day on the Rocky Mountain Front: Priceless.
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Not many can shoot through glass, plastic and fur in the same shot. Well done.
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Its a skill.....like anything else........
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Couple years ago on the Hi-Line we were into them hot and heavy. Shots were from 5 feet to 200 yards.
Aboard atv's, you will often have vermin "scatter" from nearly under your tires. Partner had a under 10' shot and the scope showed a clear field......
Next morning we were clening rifles before the next attack and he noticed a perfect hole in the 3x9 of his "other" rifle.
He had finished out the day still hitting gophers and continued to use the rifle for the trip.
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John...I really enjoyed that whole reduced load thing. As I said they were good out to 200 yards...shot flatter than I expected.
Didn't need earplugs, barrel didn't heat up near as quickly, killed gophs dead.
I will be doing lots more of it in the future! A loser's philosophy on shooting. You load the cartridge to it's potential. If you need less, get less and shoot a Hornet. The inconsistency of someone that will shoot an AI, then download a cartridge, no wonder the youth of today is confused with that example...
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Ya, my 63 comet had some of those in the roof from a 22. Muddy
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A loser's philosophy on shooting
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