Subj : Carry Pistols
To   : Cougar428
From : Moondog
Date : Thu Feb 09 2023 12:23 pm

  Re: Carry Pistols
  By: Cougar428 to MOONDOG on Thu Feb 09 2023 08:43 am

 > -=> Quoting Moondog to Cougar428 <=-
 > 
 >  > I get it, it's all about having the capability if you need it.  It's
 >  > better to have it and not need it than the other way around.
 >  >
 >  Mo> For a match gun or even a hunting weapon it is easy to invest as much
 >  Mo> in the optic as in the firearm.  If someone went on a 2 week trip
 >  Mo> hunting in Alaska oir safari in Africa, the firarm and optic is a minor
 >  Mo> investment compared to the travel and housing costs.  I have a friend
 >  Mo> that owns an $8000 FLIR thermal he sits on a suppressed Ruger 10/22
 >  Mo> for shooting raccoons and other critters in his neighborhood in
 >  Mo> complete darkness and near silence.  The scope has a ge neric mount, so
 >  Mo> it's not money wasted on just a $300 .22 with a $300 suppressor
 > 
 > I occasionally watch video's of exterminators (rats on farms) who
 > use pellet rifles on the job.  These guys use pellet rifles that
 > cost more than all my 22's put together and the scopes and night
 > optics they use are incredible.
 > 
 > Looking some of the equipment up, they are in the thousands.  These
 > people are phenominally on target with this equipment.  Either that
 > or they just cut out all the misses (which I'm sure is the case).
 > 
 > I'd love to have something that accurate on my 22, or pellet rifle.
 > 
 > I sadly find the video's entertaining...
 > 
 > Cougar
 > 
 > ... New Mail not found.  Start whine-pout sequence?
 > 
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 > 

I've seen some of air rifle videos where the farmers have too many starlings
or sparrows, and they thin out the herd.  The scope cam footage is interestin
because they factor in wind drift and the amount of drop at the distance they
are shooting.  The crosshairs air used for wind value and a range finder is
used to determine loss of energy and drop.

I heard of a budget version of precision rifle where they use rimfires rather
than centerfire cartridges.  Instead of needing a 1000 yardrange, they shoot
..22 rimfire at 300 yards.  With standard velocity rounds its nearly a rainbow
trajectory reaching out to 300 yards.  One time I tried to take a shot at awoo 
dchuck whose hole was 185 yards from the barn.  Witht eh ballistics program I 
was using, I had to factor in several feet of holdover to lob the bullet in. 
I missed by 2 inches, then after that the woodchuck ran for his hole any time
to back door on the house was opened.  I couldn't safely shoot it with a .223
because of the proximity of the neighbors' house.

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