bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 Where to start ????????????????? Well i was supposed to set off at 4am to go to si,s but slept through the alarm lol so i set off around 10am sat morning hit the road got through the tunnel and hit road works and diversions on the a19 witch sent me on to the a1 and on the way home lol some things not right here i sayd so got back on the south bound carriage way and made my own diversions i had past a van earlier on with two lads in it parked up on one of the round abouts laughing there heads off and on the way back a car was parked up behind them and a big bloke had one by the neck against the van i think they had changed all the diversion signs around . Any way made it back onto the a19 and headed to si,s when i got there Phil (philpot) was there and i handed him the gun case and the vangard porter aim wich he has on permanent loan we had a good crack and a few coffees then it was time for phil to go we sayd our good byes and sorted our gear out for the nights shooting we set off at dark when we hit the perm there were a good few rabbits about ground was wet and i took three strait out with the crown one after the other (all close together)range was at zero 35yrds on all of them then the frost hit not hard at first . The frosty mist hit first and you could not see through the scopes jusst red out in the scopes it soon past then the frost hit hard and every thing just vanished just like some one had hit a switch all the rabbits just disappeared gone not one was to be seen . any way we ended up with 8 before we headed home with a quick trip to the take away and two mega parmasan,s and chips of coarse lol. Sunday we went to Dels as him and Si had some thing planed for me me and del started arguing with in 5mins of seing each other as we do lol nothing changed there then we loaded all the gear into his car and off we set only 5mins up the road and we were on one of his perms he set the rifles up along with si and the target bored was in place dell shot his first then passed his rifle over to me saying YOU HAD BETTER HIT THE TARGET OR YOU WILL NEVER HERE THE LAST OF IT ON THL so no pressure then del lol any way i did not let him down put 4 in the same target his mag holds three rounds 6.5x55 rounds i reloaded and put the fourth in the same group that will do for me del i must of put about 40 or 50 rounds through that rifle (letting it cool down in between mags ). Si did good to with the 223 a 5 shot group and me putting a 6.5x55 round in the middle of his group I did not do as good with the 223 mind as the scope was set for si and not me all shots were out to 100mtrs set up with a range finder Del is a hell of a shot along with si when it comes to live rounds i may still have a ways to go . My head is spinning what a week end iv had lads and i cant THANK THEM BOTH ENOUGH Del gave me his sons bsa to refurbish the stock on and to touch up the blueing on it and i got an invite out one day to go shoot some deer cant get any better than that Del ill have this rifle done toot sweet and be back down soon mate . Thank you both so much lads dose not seem enough But you have made an old man very happy again in si,s words it was ace naaaaaaa si this time it was BLOODY FANTASTIC THANK YOU BOTH ONCE AGAIN atvbjimmy PS did not get any pics of the rifles lads but si and del may put some up Del my mouth is still burning off that curry mate lol 6 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 My 6,5x55 rounds target 4 shots 2 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 Si,s 223,,,5 group with a 6.5x55 round in the middle wind was blowing left to right 2 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 Forgot to say i got 4 rabbits and si got 4 as well lads 1 Quote Link to post
Jonjon79 13,340 Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 That's what it's all about ........ Good write up Jimmy Top blokes, all of you 1 Quote Link to post
mark williams 7,549 Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 Great write up, great cheer me up, after a day`s roofing. Well done lads 1 Quote Link to post
philpot 4,925 Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 Brilliant day for you there Jimmy, I am pleased you had a good un mate. It was good to see you both albeit a little brief with si having to pop to a job and you getting stuck on the journey south, it is a rare thing for me to get to Si's house before you. I got home before the headlights went on so no problems with my eyes I am pleased to say. The Vanguard is spot on Jimmy, love it. Si is there any chance of making me one of those .223 squeekers please as we sort of got sidetracked. I think it would be good if we managed to have a clay session either at Humberside or that one near you, Cottondale, or something that sounds like that you can use my gun Jimmy to shoot a round mate, might even bring Trish. Phil 2 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 12 minutes ago, philpot said: Brilliant day for you there Jimmy, I am pleased you had a good un mate. It was good to see you both albeit a little brief with si having to pop to a job and you getting stuck on the journey south, it is a rare thing for me to get to Si's house before you. I got home before the headlights went on so no problems with my eyes I am pleased to say. The Vanguard is spot on Jimmy, love it. Si is there any chance of making me one of those .223 squeekers please as we sort of got sidetracked. I think it would be good if we managed to have a clay session either at Humberside or that one near you, Cottondale, or something that sounds like that you can use my gun Jimmy to shoot a round mate, might even bring Trish. Phil Cant be having Trish tagging along Phil SHE WILL OUT SHOOT US ALL and im not joking lads ether lol would not have it any other way Phil would not be the same with out her there atvbjimmy 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Jonjon79 said: That's what it's all about ........ Good write up Jimmy Top blokes, all of you Thanks Jon Jon shooting rifles like that is some thing else mate honest you need to get up here mate you will get back home with your head spinning Jon atvbjimmy Quote Link to post
si brown 8,486 Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 was a great weekend Jim.. thoroughly enjoyed it was nice to catch up with Phil on sat morning.. ill knock a few more of them callers up! just knocked a new batch of ammo up and filled in me variation in... them foxes won't know what's hit them and neither will I cos ill be lugging the impact about as well for the rabbits pity the weather was crap on sat night but you cant have it good all the time! as for the cotton dale shooting ground im sure there is a live fire range as well Phil. cant put photos up with this new phone cos the files are to bloody big 1 Quote Link to post
philpot 4,925 Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 Quote :- cotton dale shooting ground im sure there is a live fire range as well Phil. That sounds interesting Si and you are quite right mate, here it is. https://www.shootingclubdirectory.com/listings/cottondale-shooting-ground/ I see they only allow fibre wad cartridges, bugger, I don't use them. Phil Quote Link to post
villaman 9,979 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Are keeping the crown Jimmy? 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 2 hours ago, villaman said: Are keeping the crown Jimmy? NAAAAAA im getting a rifle that shoots 6,5x55 rounds lol atvbjimmy 1 Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 28/10/2019 at 22:48, si brown said: was a great weekend Jim.. thoroughly enjoyed it was nice to catch up with Phil on sat morning.. ill knock a few more of them callers up! just knocked a new batch of ammo up and filled in me variation in... them foxes won't know what's hit them and neither will I cos ill be lugging the impact about as well for the rabbits pity the weather was crap on sat night but you cant have it good all the time! as for the cotton dale shooting ground im sure there is a live fire range as well Phil. cant put photos up with this new phone cos the files are to bloody big One of the best week ends iv had in a long time my friend just what i needed to chill out and most of all i did not let you both down when it came to shooting your rifles i was well chuffed mate atvbjimmy 2 Quote Link to post
David.evans 5,323 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 Nice to see a good man having a great time atb big fella 1 Quote Link to post
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