Johnch
05-19-2007, 04:29 PM
I was out fire forming 250 35 Wellen cases out of 270 cases that I picked up at the range ( FREE )
Using 200 gr cast bullets and some AA2230C
I loaded the rounds just hot enough to fill them out when fired
Not even sure of the velosity , but around 1800 fps is my guess
It turned out to be accurate , but after 40 or 50 I needed to clean out the lead build up .
I was plinking at some gongs at 100 yds , when I saw a ground hog feeding just in front of the 250 yd back stop
Well , we arn't suposed to shoot anything but paper or the gongs .
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBut there was just 3 of us there
An other member and his 14 year old son
They quickly got their spotting scope on it and told me to shoot it .
I don't have to be told twice
Well I found I had guessed right on the hold over , it died of a perment head acke
Well after a few min another ground hog was spotted not 10' from the dead one
I Ask if the boy would like to take the shot
Dad agreed and the boy was more than happy
I put in the right clicks
Well the boy is a good shot and he did in his ground hog
We were talking about going down range and burrying the carcases , when the boy saw another come out at the other end of the back stop
I handed him another round , well he jerked the trigger and shot just over it
But the dumb ground hog just stood up and looked at us
I handed him another round , well he didn't miss this time
We put up the range closed flag and went down , burryed them behind the berm .
When we looked back , 3 more cars were pulling up to the gate
1 was the presedent , he would have given me a hard time about the RULES if he would have seen the dead ground hogs
After I finished fireforming the last of the cases , several of us went down range to pick up targets
There were some laughs about all the red grass :roll: [smilie=1: [smilie=1:
I guess I will have to put the 35 Wellen in the truck more often , when I cruse for ground hogs
Just have to be carefull of the back stop
Johnch
Using 200 gr cast bullets and some AA2230C
I loaded the rounds just hot enough to fill them out when fired
Not even sure of the velosity , but around 1800 fps is my guess
It turned out to be accurate , but after 40 or 50 I needed to clean out the lead build up .
I was plinking at some gongs at 100 yds , when I saw a ground hog feeding just in front of the 250 yd back stop
Well , we arn't suposed to shoot anything but paper or the gongs .
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBut there was just 3 of us there
An other member and his 14 year old son
They quickly got their spotting scope on it and told me to shoot it .
I don't have to be told twice
Well I found I had guessed right on the hold over , it died of a perment head acke
Well after a few min another ground hog was spotted not 10' from the dead one
I Ask if the boy would like to take the shot
Dad agreed and the boy was more than happy
I put in the right clicks
Well the boy is a good shot and he did in his ground hog
We were talking about going down range and burrying the carcases , when the boy saw another come out at the other end of the back stop
I handed him another round , well he jerked the trigger and shot just over it
But the dumb ground hog just stood up and looked at us
I handed him another round , well he didn't miss this time
We put up the range closed flag and went down , burryed them behind the berm .
When we looked back , 3 more cars were pulling up to the gate
1 was the presedent , he would have given me a hard time about the RULES if he would have seen the dead ground hogs
After I finished fireforming the last of the cases , several of us went down range to pick up targets
There were some laughs about all the red grass :roll: [smilie=1: [smilie=1:
I guess I will have to put the 35 Wellen in the truck more often , when I cruse for ground hogs
Just have to be carefull of the back stop
Johnch