Survival shooting/gun test

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bentblade

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There has been alot of posts here lately about pack guns, pistols and what caliber to use ect.

How about we test ourselves and our personal gun and ammo choices and post the results.

What I suggest is that we all use the same target such as the black squirel target that you can download here for free.

http://www.varminthunters.com/targets/

We should all use the same target so we could easily compare the results.

Set it out at 25 yards or what ever range we can agree on and shoot it with our choice field gun.
Shoot it with any gauge or caliber rifle, shotgun or pistol you want but it should be the one you would count on an to put meat in the pot.

Shoot from any position you like, the object is to hit the target.

Lets say we shoot 10 round groups and count the # of shots that it takes to make a kill shot and measure the group size.

Then post a picture of your gun and target.

This wont prove anything but it might be fun and educational.
 
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Set it out at 25 yards or what ever range we can agree on and shoot it with our choice field gun.
Shoot it with any gauge or caliber rifle, shotgun or pistol you want but it should be the one you would count on an to put meat in the pot.

Shoot from any position you like, the object is to hit the target.

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Sounds like an interesting idea. To be practical shooting should be done from a position that you might be in when in the woods. Shooting from a sandbag on a bench will tell you if your gun is shooting where aimed but not how you shoot. I see guys at the public range sighting deer rifles every year and they never once consider practicing offhand or sitting. I have taken whitetail at 80 yds with a Blackhawk shooting in the "Elmer Keith" sitting position but I spend a lot of time practicing year round.
 
bentblade said:
There has been alot of posts here lately about pack guns...
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My choice, the 75mm M1 Pack Howitzer:
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Silliness aside, interesting idea! I'll have to pull mine out of my pack and see what I can do with that target. ;)
 
This is a great, fun idea. I'll subscribe to this thread so I can find it in the months ahead. The earliest I'll be able to get to the range is going to be early Oct. I'm curious to see how I can do with my handed down Winnie 62. That's the only takedown .22 I own.

Did we decide for sure on which target to use, and at what scale?
 
Maybe I'm spoiled, but won't most rifles shoot one hole groups at 25 yards? I can see it being challenging with a pistol, but not really a rifle.
 
Wildewinds said:
Maybe I'm spoiled, but won't most rifles shoot one hole groups at 25 yards? I can see it being challenging with a pistol, but not really a rifle.
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Yep, maybe 40 yards for .22s and 100 for centerfire. Not sure what range is good for pistols, 10 yards?
 
fishiker said:
Set it out at 25 yards or what ever range we can agree on and shoot it with our choice field gun.
Shoot it with any gauge or caliber rifle, shotgun or pistol you want but it should be the one you would count on an to put meat in the pot.

Shoot from any position you like, the object is to hit the target.
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Sounds like an interesting idea. To be practical shooting should be done from a position that you might be in when in the woods. Shooting from a sandbag on a bench will tell you if your gun is shooting where aimed but not how you shoot. I see guys at the public range sighting deer rifles every year and they never once consider practicing offhand or sitting. I have taken whitetail at 80 yds with a Blackhawk shooting in the "Elmer Keith" sitting position but I spend a lot of time practicing year round.[/QUOTE]

That is the target I was thinking about. Thought it was a squirel. I've never seen a groundhog in Calif. What do we city boys know?

You are correct about the shooting positions but that being said if I were in a survival situation I would do anthing I could to improve my chances of hitting my target including using a rest.
You could shoot it from different postions and compare those results as well.
 
Angus McGunnigl said:
I've been using poker chips and business cards for years for this
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Try sticking 12" pieces of coat hanger in the ground and putting empty shotgun shells and rifle brass on the ends and shooting them off. we usually set them at 25 yards. Fairly easy with a good scoped 22 rifle, a little harder with iron sights and a real challenge with a pistol but doable. youll find you wont have to put up targets as often or shoot up your ammo as fast. My buddies and I usually take turns and call our shots. The looser buys dinner.
Good cheap fun targets
 
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