Cold Bore Challenge Q&A Thread

[Justin Crossley]

Rokslide Judges,
Hit or miss? Top impact by tip of tape. View attachment 562179View attachment 562180

It's on the edge but looks like a hit to me!

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Been on the road the past month but finally in a spot I can shoot. Hopefully there is a spot, if so I’ll get the first up tomorrow. Enjoying everyone’s submissions.

 

[BRTreedogs]

2nd Qualifying shot today.
Nervous about the wind i called 5 mph left to right.
Now to figure out the mer I want to try.
I'm thinking around 725

 

[willfrye027]

Finished up this morning. Found a cool new place to shoot yesterday and did shots 3 and 4 from there. Thanks to the mods for putting this on! Was a blast. Had pretty easy conditions with the exception of day 2 which really helped…beyond having a reliable system the wind IMO is everything!

 

[Geewhiz]

I vote to let @slim23 stay in the challenge!

post #69

 

[lak2004]

I vote to let @slim23 stay in the challenge!

post #69

I'll second that!

 

[Jstumbaugh]

Awesome bear. I'd say that counts for his day 2 qualifier.

 

[Justin Crossley]

I vote to let @slim23 stay in the challenge!

post #69

I agree.

@slim23, you can continue shooting as if you only shot your first shot.

 

[slim23]

thanks guys! wish i could have had the shot on video. perfect hit right behind shoulder and took out opposite shoulder. dropped and rolled down the hill.
tried 2 times to get the video and by the time i got everything set up he was behind another tree and i had to move again. By the 3rd time i decided it was time to kill. You can see the blood from the entrance here. Excited to keep shooting!

 

[Dioni A]

thanks guys! wish i could have had the shot on video. perfect hit right behind shoulder and took out opposite shoulder. dropped and rolled down the hill.
tried 2 times to get the video and by the time i got everything set up he was behind another tree and i had to move again. By the 3rd time i decided it was time to kill. You can see the blood from the entrance here. Excited to keep shooting!View attachment 562575

Regardless of who wins the prize I'm pretty sure you just won the cold bore challenge. Lol

 

[Rich M]

Rokslide Judges,
Hit or miss? Top impact by tip of tape. View attachment 562179View attachment 562180

That touches, barely but it touches. I’d say hit.

 

[robby denning]

Rokslide Judges,
Hit or miss? Top impact by tip of tape. View attachment 562179View attachment 562180

@Justin Crossley I see you already answered this on the other page so he’s good.

I think it’s going to be just like 3-D archery, if it breaks the line, it counts.

 

[robby denning]

Post number 72.

Impressive shooting @Formidilosus

Roksliders, if you haven’t seen it before,
Go check out his gun. Duct tape & wood

Look at all the other guns in the challenge, and then try to wrap your mind around that one.

 

[Geewhiz]

Post #5

Not quite what I expected this morning. Shot my second MER shot at 610. Ultimately the blame is on me b/c I failed to notice/double check but my suppressor was not fully threaded onto the muzzle resulting in a catastrophic failure. Nobody was hurt with the exception of my ego but it was a lesson learned. As the shot broke I saw one heck of a muzzle flash and i looked up to see my suppressor cartwheeling through the air at the 50 yard line. Needless to say I missed.

***PSA: Even though it seams obvious, don’t get complacent and make sure your suppressor is fully threaded and seated correctly. Double check your setup and let my screw up save you a headache.***




Tbac pls hlp

 

[realunlucky]

Post #5

Not quite what I expected this morning. Shot my second MER shot at 610. Ultimately the blame is on me b/c I failed to notice/double check but my suppressor was not fully threaded onto the muzzle resulting in a catastrophic failure. Nobody was hurt with the exception of my ego but it was a lesson learned. As the shot broke I saw one heck of a muzzle flash and i looked up to see my suppressor cartwheeling through the air at the 50 yard line. Needless to say I missed.

***PSA: Even though it seams obvious, don’t get complacent and make sure your suppressor is fully threaded and seated correctly. ***




Tbac pls hlp

Damn that's an expensive experience. Glad you came though unscathed

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[DangerRanger]

I’ve been rushing to get this new rifle finished and my dope for it confirmed since this started. I was finally ok with sending it from what I had seen so far and the rifle is shooting well.

Today I made the mistake I’ve never made before on a cold bore shot. The morning was perfect, the wind call was small (NNW at 4 gusting to I’ll guess 7-10). I took my time felt fantastic and proceeded to take a beautiful shot into the dirt as I watched my impact at 200 yards below a 600 yard plate.

I forgot to dial elevation.

I don’t think I deserve to be included in the raffle due to it, but I do deserve the shame, so I’ll post it here. I’m glad the mistake I made wouldn’t have injured something in a field scenario, but that hurts the soul.

Hopefully this will help me in the future!

 

[BRTreedogs]

As confident as I was in my Qualifying shots.
It didn't hold up when I went to 743
Would of been a wound for sure.

 

[robby denning]

I’ve been rushing to get this new rifle finished and my dope for it confirmed since this started. I was finally ok with sending it from what I had seen so far and the rifle is shooting well.

Today I made the mistake I’ve never made before on a cold bore shot. The morning was perfect, the wind call was small (NNW at 4 gusting to I’ll guess 7-10). I took my time felt fantastic and proceeded to take a beautiful shot into the dirt as I watched my impact at 200 yards below a 600 yard plate.

I forgot to dial elevation.

I don’t think I deserve to be included in the raffle due to it, but I do deserve the shame, so I’ll post it here. I’m glad the mistake I made wouldn’t have injured something in a field scenario, but that hurts the soul.

Hopefully this will help me in the future!

Brother, that’s part of the game.

I used the wrong pin on day one of the archery CBC—the equivalent of not dialing.

No shame man, get your entry in. You’ll likely not forget again...

Under our equipment failure rule, you can either 1) count that as a shot, or 2) forget it and start over.

Then get ready for your 2nd shot and nail it!

 

[Megalodon]

Post #5

Not quite what I expected this morning. Shot my second MER shot at 610. Ultimately the blame is on me b/c I failed to notice/double check but my suppressor was not fully threaded onto the muzzle resulting in a catastrophic failure. Nobody was hurt with the exception of my ego but it was a lesson learned. As the shot broke I saw one heck of a muzzle flash and i looked up to see my suppressor cartwheeling through the air at the 50 yard line. Needless to say I missed.

***PSA: Even though it seams obvious, don’t get complacent and make sure your suppressor is fully threaded and seated correctly. ***




Tbac pls hlp

That's a tough one. Hopefully gets fixed with out too much time/$$ needed.

I used to play the game of trying to get my Ultra7 snug but not too tight. Shot a long range class a couple years ago, instructor basically said he cranks his cans on as tight as he can. He'd rather have to get a strap wrench to get it off than have it work loose and affect POI or get a baffle strike.

I've adopted that, and now after getting it carbon locked on a mount once I've also adopted CLR-ing the can when needed.

 

[robby denning]

Post #5

Not quite what I expected this morning. Shot my second MER shot at 610. Ultimately the blame is on me b/c I failed to notice/double check but my suppressor was not fully threaded onto the muzzle resulting in a catastrophic failure. Nobody was hurt with the exception of my ego but it was a lesson learned. As the shot broke I saw one heck of a muzzle flash and i looked up to see my suppressor cartwheeling through the air at the 50 yard line. Needless to say I missed.

***PSA: Even though it seams obvious, don’t get complacent and make sure your suppressor is fully threaded and seated correctly. ***




Tbac pls hlp

Bummer but that falls under equipment failure and you‘re still qualified to enter.

you can either 1) count that as a shot, or 2) forget it and start over.

I had an arrow bounce out of the Matrix (not uncommon with a SEVR in practice mode), guys have broken rests, arrows, etc. This is like hunting, stuff happens. And it’s part of the learning process.