Dave N Elk tag fund raiser

[Benfromalbuquerque]

Supposed to be pretty calm tomorrow so I plan on doing a little shooting. I've been second guessing myself about my .300 scope setup. It's been a while but if I remember right when I did some checking in Idaho for that hunt I was somewhat scattered shooting off a truck hood at a paper plate at roughly 200 yards. Yes, I used a Lead Sled setting up my scope initially. I've read the stories here about them wrecking scopes. I'll see what it does at 100 tomorrow and decide yes or no. In the meantime I drug out my .270 and had a look at it. It was a Savage 110 package deal back in the late 80s/early 90s with a Burris Fullfield scope on it. I took it outside about 20 minutes after sundown and looked around with it. It actually looked pretty good and I could see the crosshairs against just about anything I looked at out to 500 yards or so. I have a box of 130s and a box of 150s so I'm going to put a few rounds through it as well as my .300 and see what I like better. A .270 kills lots of elk and I would have more than one shot! If both scopes end up not living up to my hopes I'll be looking for one to mount. Plus decide which rifle to put it on. Need to shoot them first. I may be good to begin with! Warm weather. My poor shoulder. . .

I’ll PM you to send some 140gr Sierra your way. Wicked accurate out of my Savage 110 270 at 2,900fps. As for weight loss, glp-1 can get you to a healthy 150lbs in six months

 

[Dave N]

STILL staying just under the 200 pound mark. Got the new scope mounted on my 270 and I'm waiting for weather to get better so I can start zeroing. Wind has been bad and now we're finally getting rain. The neighbor picked his corn and took away my backstop. Now I have to be careful about how I set up my target with the houses around me. I'll build up a box of something to put behind it to help catch or slow down the bullets.

 

[duckhunt]

STILL staying just under the 200 pound mark. Got the new scope mounted on my 270 and I'm waiting for weather to get better so I can start zeroing. Wind has been bad and now we're finally getting rain. The neighbor picked his corn and took away my backstop. Now I have to be careful about how I set up my target with the houses around me. I'll build up a box of something to put behind it to help catch or slow down the bullets.

Maybe a pile of logs or old firewood for a back stop.

 

[Dave N]

Maybe a pile of logs or old firewood for a back stop.

Not my field. My father's, but he rents it out. I would have to haul everything back and forth each time. Thinking about a large cardboard box packed full of old clothes with an old piece of 1 inch plywood at an angle behind that. I can haul that on my ATV pretty easily. IF anything goes through that it shouldn't go very far.

 

[Redmt]

End grain piece of a log. Cardboard box of dirt.

 

[Nick87]

Not my field. My father's, but he rents it out. I would have to haul everything back and forth each time. Thinking about a large cardboard box packed full of old clothes with an old piece of 1 inch plywood at an angle behind that. I can haul that on my ATV pretty easily. IF anything goes through that it shouldn't go very far.

After the guy tills it, I doubt he'll care as long as you clean it up by spring Dave. Especially being the landlords son.

 

[Dave N]

Set up at 50 with a firewood backstop today. Took a few to get lined up horizontally and now I'll move it out to 100 and beyond once the mud dries. Plugged some numbers into a ballistics calculator to get an idea of what is possible with the 2 different loads I have. Once I start shooting more I can decide on a zero for the yardage I like best for actually hunting regarding bullet drop. Tough for an Illinois deer hunter to get used to shooting 200 plus!

 

[Wildabeest]

For where we’ll be hunting, a 200 yd shot will be a strong possibility. So if you’re holding over vs. dialing your scope, I’d personally go with a 200 yd zero. If you’re lucky enough to get a 100 yd shot, it’s an easy 3” hold under while you can go out to 300 and still have your holdover on the body.

 

[Gellar]

@Dave N

Sorry as I’m sure this has been said multiple times, but when is your hunt?

 

[Dave N]

@Dave N

Sorry as I’m sure this has been said multiple times, but when is your hunt?

Next year.

 

[Gellar]

Next year.

If I was an elk I’d be shakin in my hooves knowing you are stalking me! Good luck I can’t wait to keep following along as the anticipation builds!

 

[Dave N]

If I was an elk I’d be shakin in my hooves knowing you are stalking me! Good luck I can’t wait to keep following along as the anticipation builds!

You would probably be shaking from laughing at my Midwest ass trying to haul itself around looking for you!

 

[Gellar]

You would probably be shaking from laughing at my Midwest ass trying to haul itself around looking for you!

A .270 win mag will wipe that smirk off the elks face pretty fast!

 

[Dave N]

A .270 win mag will wipe that smirk off the elks face pretty fast!

I'll try and see if that's right! Not counting on anything but I'll sure give it the old college try. Whatever that is since I never went to college!

 

[Gellar]

I'll try and see if that's right! Not counting on anything but I'll sure give it the old college try. Whatever that is since I never went to college!

 

[Dave N]

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PERFECT! I'm German and I've been to Pearl Harbor!

 

[Dave N]

So. Seeing how I'm new to this western hunting thing and living where I do, I didn't pay enough attention to old posts or whatever and sailed right past the deadline for buying points. Never done it before, so what do I know? Nobody to blame but myself for not trying to keep up with things. Hell, I have to think about it sometimes to figure out what day it is! Guess I'm STILL at zero points! I'll learn.

 

[Dave N]

Got my bench set up but not happy about the height with the chairs I have available. Hard to get a good position and stay consistent. Never really had a "comfortable" shot. Overall, hitting about where I wanted but they were spread out a little more than I hoped for. Makes sense though with what I went through trying to get solid behind the rifle. Once I had my initial settings made I had 6 rounds with a max spread of 2.5" at 100 yards. Farthest from center was 1.5" and I felt that one as the shot went off. The rest were all less than an inch from center. Looks like I averaged roughly 1 1/2" high at 100 which is about what I was trying for right now. When I move out to 200 I'll adjust if needed. First I have to work on my bench and make it more user friendly.

 

[Nick87]

Got my bench set up but not happy about the height with the chairs I have available. Hard to get a good position and stay consistent. Never really had a "comfortable" shot. Overall, hitting about where I wanted but they were spread out a little more than I hoped for. Makes sense though with what I went through trying to get solid behind the rifle. Once I had my initial settings made I had 6 rounds with a max spread of 2.5" at 100 yards. Farthest from center was 1.5" and I felt that one as the shot went off. The rest were all less than an inch from center. Looks like I averaged roughly 1 1/2" high at 100 which is about what I was trying for right now. When I move out to 200 I'll adjust if needed. First I have to work on my bench and make it more user friendly.

If nothing else try prone position.

 

[Dave N]

If nothing else try prone position.

Yeah, that would be more like hunting practice. I was just trying to get my new scope dialed in before doing much. Think I'll get another backstop made at 200 yards and see where I'm at. Wind picks back up tomorrow.