Piss Ant vs. Norma at NRL

[Lawnboi]

Good shooting, told you it would be fun and challenging.

Ready to take off the training wheels off for next time?

Jealous of the green grass. I havnt seen green since September.

 

[huntnful]

Good shooting, told you it would be fun and challenging.

Ready to take off the training wheels off for next time?

Jealous of the green grass. I havnt seen green since September.

Yeah it was good fun.

Yeah I’ll shoot it for real next year for sure. I won’t pursue more matches though I don’t think. I know myself, and it would be a relentless pursuit because I would have to be good as fast as possible lol. I better just stick to hunting haha.

 

[Lawnboi]

Yeah it was good fun.

Yeah I’ll shoot it for real next year for sure. I won’t pursue more matches though I don’t think. I know myself, and it would be a relentless pursuit because I would have to be good as fast as possible lol. I better just stick to hunting haha.

Lots of guys are the same way. I shoot what’s available in my 6 hour circle and that’s about it.

 

[huntnful]

Lots of guys are the same way. I shoot what’s available in my 6 hour circle and that’s about it.

Yeah that’s exactly what I’ll do also I think. It’s definitely worth doing for fun if it’s near by! But to actually be competitive with the top shooters…. Holy shit, you better be shooting in that format A LOT. Borderline unreal the first round hit rates and abilities to just find the targets that the top shooters maintain.

 

[Justin Crossley]

Wasn’t expecting that. I wasn’t tracking any of the scoring, so that was cool!

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Definitely want to thank @Justin Crossley for having me on his squad and being a huge help to me, and shortening the learning curve so much. Thanks dude!

You shot awesome man! Great to meet you.

 

[wind gypsy]

Did alwine get his whole fam in the game? Looks like 3 of them at top of leaderboard.

Team PP. Ha.

 

[huntnful]

Did alwine get his whole fam in the game? Looks like 3 of them at top of leaderboard.

Team PP. Ha.

Oh yeah. The kids are freaking shooters! Both boys shot and did excellent!

 

[Justin Crossley]

Did alwine get his whole fam in the game? Looks like 3 of them at top of leaderboard.

Team PP. Ha.

Yep. Both his boys shot and did very well. Youth do get help from their parent but they are both exceptional shooters regardless.

They pushed me to 11th place overall with a goal of being top ten.

 

[huntnful]

You shot awesome man! Great to meet you.

Likewise dude!

 

[Ucsdryder]

Great shooting! I thought nobody shot magnums better than piss ant cartridges. I guess that argument just went out the window.

 

[huntnful]

Great shooting! I thought nobody shot magnums better than piss ant cartridges. I guess that argument just went out the window.

I mean they are different stages, and I had one day of practice building positions with the 22CM. But I felt the stages I shot with each rifle were equally difficult, so it was a pretty good comparison to me personally. Something in the middle is definitely the most ideal. But I shot the 7-300 pretty well and a decent bit better than the 22CM.

 

[huntnful]

I took these pictures of Justin shooting this stage. It was 4 foxes from 260 to 570 yards I believe. The positions were awkward and hard to transition from fox to fox because you had to rotate left into the hillside creating totally different angles every time.

I hit all 4 foxes with the 7-300 on this stage. 3 for 3 on the first three and a miss (high) and then a hit on the last one at 570.

 

[JDMBEND]

The 2 position stages on the hillsides were tough.

 

[huntnful]

The 2 position stages on the hillsides were tough.

You’re not kidding! I wish I would have took more pictures of the stages. But I was too focused on not missing everything all the time hahaha.

 

[RockAndSage]

I mean they are different stages, and I had one day of practice building positions with the 22CM. But I felt the stages I shot with each rifle were equally difficult, so it was a pretty good comparison to me personally. Something in the middle is definitely the most ideal. But I shot the 7-300 pretty well and a decent bit better than the 22CM.

You mentioned having a harder time spotting impacts from the 22CM, and that your misses with the 7-300NMI (and the CM?) almost all went high...any other comparative pros and cons for each of the guns?

 

[huntnful]

You mentioned having a harder time spotting impacts from the 22CM, and that your misses with the 7-300NMI (and the CM?) almost all went high...any other comparative pros and cons for each of the guns?

I didn’t have a hard time staying on target with either gun really. The 22CM was definitely easier though. The 22CM was hard to see the misses at distance most of the time because of the tall grass and not kicking up much splash in the dirt.

The drawback of the 22CM was mostly during the headwind stages, getting blown off target. And then during the cross wind stages, you have the mental addition of holding an actual wind call with the reticle. Other than that, it was all benefits and was great and fun to shoot. Just didn’t hit the target as many times.

The benefits of the 7-300 was the wind forgiveness really. I never had the small mental thoughts of holding off target with an actual wind hold. The wind wasn’t ripping either day, there was just a constant breeze. So with the 7-300, I would just use the center of the reticle and hold it on the windy edge of the of target and brake the shot. The drawbacks were recoil, noise, longer bolt cycle, harder bolt cycle distorting the position more (Lapua sized cases can be a little tougher to get a bolt lift, even with decent sizing at the case web), longer time between follow up shots when there was a miss (recoil recovery paired with bolt cycle). Basically everything of the 7-300 was a drawback or negative in comparison to the 22CM, besides… actually hitting the target. At least in this comparison, and under these circumstances. Which was what I was there to find out.

I’m already trending smaller and smaller as I test different bullets and cartridges. I don’t see myself spending too too much more time behind the cannons as the year goes on. The 6.5-7 PRC (not so much the cartridge, but just a 156 Berger at 3100+ FPS with hardly any recoil) definitely has my interest at the moment and is way more pleasant to shoot than the 7-300 hahaha.

 

[RockAndSage]

I didn’t have a hard time staying on target with either gun really. The 22CM was definitely easier though. The 22CM was hard to see the misses at distance most of the time because of the tall grass and not kicking up much splash in the dirt.

The drawback of the 22CM was mostly during the headwind stages, getting blown off target. And then during the cross wind stages, you have the mental addition of holding an actual wind call with the reticle. Other than that, it was all benefits and was great and fun to shoot. Just didn’t hit the target as many times.

The benefits of the 7-300 was the wind forgiveness really. I never had the small mental thoughts of holding off target with an actual wind hold. The wind wasn’t ripping either day, there was just a constant breeze. So with the 7-300, I would just use the center of the reticle and hold it on the windy edge of the of target and brake the shot. The drawbacks were recoil, noise, longer bolt cycle, harder bolt cycle distorting the position more (Lapua sized cases can be a little tougher to get a bolt lift, even with decent sizing at the case web), longer time between follow up shots when there was a miss (recoil recovery paired with bolt cycle). Basically everything of the 7-300 was a drawback or negative in comparison to the 22CM, besides… actually hitting the target. At least in this comparison, and under these circumstances. Which was what I was there to find out.

I’m already trending smaller and smaller as I test different bullets and cartridges. I don’t see myself spending too too much more time behind the cannons as the year goes on. The 6.5-7 PRC (not so much the cartridge, but just a 156 Berger at 3100+ FPS with hardly any recoil) definitely has my interest at the moment and is way more pleasant to shoot than the 7-300 hahaha.

Super interesting, thanks for sharing. It's appreciated.

 

[slowelk]

I took these pictures of Justin shooting this stage. It was 4 foxes from 260 to 570 yards I believe. The positions were awkward and hard to transition from fox to fox because you had to rotate left into the hillside creating totally different angles every time.

I hit all 4 foxes with the 7-300 on this stage. 3 for 3 on the first three and a miss (high) and then a hit on the last one at 570.

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@Justin Crossley I'm really interested in that stock-mounted shooting bag. Is that something that someone makes, or did you put that together yourself?

 

[huntnful]

Super interesting, thanks for sharing. It's appreciated.

Yes sir. No problem at all!


I also had my first experience shooting next to a suppressor. Holy shit, I had no idea they worked THAT WELL. I was absolutely stunned hahaha. Sounded like some shit out of a movie lol. I’d be poor if we could own them in CA. I’d absolutely be setting up some rifles specifically to utilize them.

 

[wind gypsy]

Yes sir. No problem at all!


I also had my first experience shooting next to a suppressor. Holy shit, I had no idea they worked THAT WELL. I was absolutely stunned hahaha. Sounded like some shit out of a movie lol. I’d be poor if we could own them in CA. I’d absolutely be setting up some rifles specifically to utilize them.

Just "some" rifles?