High Desert Hunter
AH veteran
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- Jan 25, 2014
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The dream of hunting in Africa resides deep inside me, every now and again it bubbles to the surface. Went out shooting yesterday, took my 480 Ruger, 454 Casull, and my 375 Ruger. I shoot in high desert conditions with plenty of natural targets, stumps being one of my favorites. So yesterday, just to up the fun factor, I picked out 4 stumps, and ran some close quarters drills. Close shooting with a scope (my 375 wears a 2.5-8x36 Leupold) is challenging for me, it slows me down, so since I put quick detachable scope rings from Alaska Arms LLC on, I went ahead and popped the scope off. First off, the Ruger is pretty light, without the scope and rings, even lighter, recoil certainly stepped up a notch, but worth it for how quick and easy it is to rapidly acquire and change targets. I was shooting Hornady 300gr FMJ bullets loaded to just under 2600 fps, I have several hundred of these I bought after Hornady ceased production and had them on clearance. I ran through a box of 20 pretty quick, and it was a lot of fun, although the stumps are all but gone now, and juniper is some tough wood. Someday, and when it comes, I want to be ready.
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