OVERKILL
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This is a funny story (to me at least) that happened the previous weekend with a good friend of mine.
My buddy Jon is my shooting buddy. We have bought most of our rifles together and his dad's land is where we have our ranges setup. He's always teasing me about spending too much on optics (which aren't really anything nuts, just a few Bushnell Elite 6500's) and crazy guns like my .338LM (Savage 110BA).
Anyway, another friend of mine who moved away a few years ago to be with his soon-to-be wife was down for Christmas break and was hoping he could tag along for one of our shooting days. I said sure! and he said he'd bring along his deer/moose rifle, which is an old (WWII) Enfield with irons in .303 British.
He messaged me later asked me if I could bring the Lapua. I told him OK. Originally I was just going to bring the .223 and the .308.
So we get out there and setup our targets. We plink at a few things I brought (Samsung Galaxy tab with a dead screen, Netopia router.... which had a lithium Ion battery that exploded in a dramatic display of awesome) and some typical "normal" targets. We are only shooting 100 yards at this point as the 220 yard range is N/A right now.
Jon and I start with our favourites. He's using his Mini-14, I'm using the 110BA. My buddy joins in and he squeezes a few out of the Enfield. It is WAY high at 100, like several feet. Can't see what he's hitting so I'm spotting him with the scope on the Savage. He hands it to me and I empty a mag. It is a fun gun, probably great in the bush. He's looking at the Lapua. I load the AI Mag with 5 rounds and give it to him, told him to go ahead. He sits down, chambers a round and apparently nails whatever he's pointing it at. He sets down the rifle, turns to me and says "I hit it. I just pointed it and it blew it away!" I'm like "yeah, that's what it is supposed to do dude". He laughs, picks it back up and nails the Motorcraft Thermostat we have setup on the shooting apparatus. Fires a few more, puts it down and says "Dude, this thing is incredible! It hits whatever you point it at!" I start laughing and say yeah, it is sighted for 100, we are shooting 100, and it is an accurate rifle. We are wasting it shooting it 100 yards. But yeah, it is a lot of fun
Anyway, he's intoxicated with the thing so I let him empty another mag down range and he's in love. I guess from our convo that he's never used a quality scope before and this has blown his mind.
Two days later on BBM in a group convo he starts again still going on about the Lapua and how he can't get over it
I'm guessing that's his next gun purchase, LOL! He just loves it.
FTR BTW, not that it is anything to write home about at this range, but shooting from the picnic table I was able to shoot inside my own hole 3x with it that weekend. Fractional cloverleaf. It has broken in nicely and is now more accurate than my .308 IMHO.
My buddy Jon is my shooting buddy. We have bought most of our rifles together and his dad's land is where we have our ranges setup. He's always teasing me about spending too much on optics (which aren't really anything nuts, just a few Bushnell Elite 6500's) and crazy guns like my .338LM (Savage 110BA).
Anyway, another friend of mine who moved away a few years ago to be with his soon-to-be wife was down for Christmas break and was hoping he could tag along for one of our shooting days. I said sure! and he said he'd bring along his deer/moose rifle, which is an old (WWII) Enfield with irons in .303 British.
He messaged me later asked me if I could bring the Lapua. I told him OK. Originally I was just going to bring the .223 and the .308.
So we get out there and setup our targets. We plink at a few things I brought (Samsung Galaxy tab with a dead screen, Netopia router.... which had a lithium Ion battery that exploded in a dramatic display of awesome) and some typical "normal" targets. We are only shooting 100 yards at this point as the 220 yard range is N/A right now.
Jon and I start with our favourites. He's using his Mini-14, I'm using the 110BA. My buddy joins in and he squeezes a few out of the Enfield. It is WAY high at 100, like several feet. Can't see what he's hitting so I'm spotting him with the scope on the Savage. He hands it to me and I empty a mag. It is a fun gun, probably great in the bush. He's looking at the Lapua. I load the AI Mag with 5 rounds and give it to him, told him to go ahead. He sits down, chambers a round and apparently nails whatever he's pointing it at. He sets down the rifle, turns to me and says "I hit it. I just pointed it and it blew it away!" I'm like "yeah, that's what it is supposed to do dude". He laughs, picks it back up and nails the Motorcraft Thermostat we have setup on the shooting apparatus. Fires a few more, puts it down and says "Dude, this thing is incredible! It hits whatever you point it at!" I start laughing and say yeah, it is sighted for 100, we are shooting 100, and it is an accurate rifle. We are wasting it shooting it 100 yards. But yeah, it is a lot of fun
Two days later on BBM in a group convo he starts again still going on about the Lapua and how he can't get over it
FTR BTW, not that it is anything to write home about at this range, but shooting from the picnic table I was able to shoot inside my own hole 3x with it that weekend. Fractional cloverleaf. It has broken in nicely and is now more accurate than my .308 IMHO.