How has it been for you to help youth learn to shoot long range?
I was pretty excited to get a couple pictures. Today is the first day of some hunts, and I got two pictures of two boys, one with his first bull and the other with his first buck. Shots were 675 on a bull and 575 on a buck. Guns were a 6.5 Sherman Short with 140 ELDm at about 3000 fps and 6.5 Creed with a 140 VLD-h at about 2700 fps. I was able to help get the guns set up, loads developed and doped, and helped one of the kids with fundamentals. Both kids were able to make consistent shots at over 700 yards. Dad or someone else doped the rifle for the shot.
Seems to me that kids who want to learn are blank canvas and don't have bad habits and take instruction better than the adults that ask for help. Well, one kid had a flinch shooting a too big 30-06 with a slip on recoil pad "to make it easier". I got him onto a 6.5 that was sized to fit him and he settled right in. It became fun for him instead of frustrating. I converted the other dad from a 300 win mag to 6.5 years ago (I know that was only halfway to the .223, but that was before I was shown the light).
I know the areas they were hunting, and long range is the way to confidently harvest. One shot on the buck, perfect placement and trashed the lungs and heart. Haven't heard about the shot on the elk yet, just go the pic and news.
I was pretty excited to get a couple pictures. Today is the first day of some hunts, and I got two pictures of two boys, one with his first bull and the other with his first buck. Shots were 675 on a bull and 575 on a buck. Guns were a 6.5 Sherman Short with 140 ELDm at about 3000 fps and 6.5 Creed with a 140 VLD-h at about 2700 fps. I was able to help get the guns set up, loads developed and doped, and helped one of the kids with fundamentals. Both kids were able to make consistent shots at over 700 yards. Dad or someone else doped the rifle for the shot.
Seems to me that kids who want to learn are blank canvas and don't have bad habits and take instruction better than the adults that ask for help. Well, one kid had a flinch shooting a too big 30-06 with a slip on recoil pad "to make it easier". I got him onto a 6.5 that was sized to fit him and he settled right in. It became fun for him instead of frustrating. I converted the other dad from a 300 win mag to 6.5 years ago (I know that was only halfway to the .223, but that was before I was shown the light).
I know the areas they were hunting, and long range is the way to confidently harvest. One shot on the buck, perfect placement and trashed the lungs and heart. Haven't heard about the shot on the elk yet, just go the pic and news.
