Daughter’s rifle

Well we forgot the sticks today so I thought it would be a great opportunity to practice other field shooting positions. Man, was I wrong. The amount of complaining and whining was overwhelming. “I don’t want to sit on the ground”. “This is uncomfortable.” “This is so much harder and I don’t like it”. “I can wait until we get a shot from the sticks, we don’t have to shoot the first animals we see...”. Ugh. By the end I was hoping for a wasp to sting me and send me into shock. Making memories....

All this assuming we will be able to get into RSA by June.
 
Well we forgot the sticks today so I thought it would be a great opportunity to practice other field shooting positions. Man, was I wrong. The amount of complaining and whining was overwhelming. “I don’t want to sit on the ground”. “This is uncomfortable.” “This is so much harder and I don’t like it”. “I can wait until we get a shot from the sticks, we don’t have to shoot the first animals we see...”. Ugh. By the end I was hoping for a wasp to sting me and send me into shock. Making memories....

All this assuming we will be able to get into RSA by June.
Patience and understanding which it sounds like you have in spades.
After all, we were all teenagers once.
 

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Grz63 wrote on roklok's profile.
Hi Roklok
I read your post on Caprivi. Congratulations.
I plan to hunt there for buff in 2026 oct.
How was the land, very dry ? But à lot of buffs ?
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Chopped up the whole thing as I kept hitting the 240 character limit...
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.:)
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
2,822fps, ES 8.2
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR MY RIFLE, ALWAYS APPROACH A NEW LOAD CAUTIOUSLY!!*
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
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I know that this thread is more than a year old but as a new member I thought I would pass along my .280AI loading.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.
 
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