your hunting adventures

**Sjakihata** · 11-04-2004, 16:49

Me and two friends tried to catch a duck.

We took a fishing pole, a hook and some weight in the end put bread on the hook, and we were catching ducks.

My only hunting adventure

**jimmy** · 11-06-2004, 01:05

i shot the wife and the kids/then i shot the inlaws and half dozen of my neighbours did i get rewarded? yes life at her majestys pleasure. i wont be hunting for a very long long time i can tell you

**IrishMike** · 11-06-2004, 01:09

Once in the blessed safety of my stand; I watched a man empty 10 rounds out of a 30-30 bolt action at a deer no more than 60 yards infront of him. Even took time to reload 5 more shots, deer never moved once, and he never hit it. He should try to lay off the beer. True story and the most incredibly stupid deer alive infront of the man. I though about taking the 150 yard shot myself and helping this poor man out.

**DemonArchangel** · 11-06-2004, 01:16

DAMN beirut
not bad at all. What rifle?

I can do a 4-6 inch group at 100 yards with a high caliber pistol.

**Beirut** · 11-06-2004, 01:22

DemonArchangel,

A gorgeous MacMillan M86LR in .300WM shooting Federal Premium 180gr Nosler Partitions. The rifle had a Leupold 3.5x10 Tactical scope and a heavy duty Parker-Hale bipod and, obviously, I was shooting prone. I had one flyer in the group, otherwise it ould have been 2 1/2"!

Shot quite a few 1/2" groups at 100 yards as well. What a rifle!

I'll see if I can find a pic online.

**DemonArchangel** · 11-06-2004, 01:23

1/2 MOA... hmm... by the way, not a bad rifle.
Action?

**Beirut** · 11-06-2004, 01:32

Found a pic.

This rifle is a different caliber, but it's pretty much the exact same thing. Mine had a much heavier duty bipod. That springy giggly little thing is a Harris. Mine was a Parker-Hale. The same sort used on the Bren Gun. Very heavy, very solid.

Found a pic of the bipod.

Now THAT'S a bipod!

Oh, the action was a modified Remington 700. The actions are custom built by McMillan to much finer tolerances and they use more steel in the extractor, which was a (some say mythical) weakness of the R700 action. The barrel was a 24" Match Grade stainless steel barrel. The whole thing came in a Pelican case and weighed a ton. The rifle, case, and a few extras ran about $4000 US ten years ago. Had to leave a deposit and wait SIX MONTHS for the rifle. It was a veeeeeery long wait.

One of my buddies christened it "The Killer Gun From Hell".