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AussieMike
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Re: Shooting practice before a safari poll.
20/04/05 01:01 PM

Like Erik, I prefer reactive targets like water filled jugs or logs destined for the fire - I get my wife to put the logs she can't split out as targets then she collects the split wood after I've shot them. (I'm temporarily crippled and not just a real slave driver). The 470 is a much better log splitter than the 375.

I'm also trying timing my time to first shot and between shots by videoing - only two hits count.

Shooting with small bores is actually counterproductive - I get in the habit of a too slow trigger squeeze and don't pay enough attention to maintaining exactly the same grip on the rifle. You can get away with a lot shooting a 243.

Paper patched cast bullets are making a lot of practice with my 470 economically feasible.

I'm lucky that I live in the bush a lot of the time and am finding that a few shots each day (2-8) is better than a lot of shooting once every week or two. Two shots a day every couple of days is over 300 470 shots a year.

mike

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Shooting practice before a safari poll.	EricD	19/04/05 07:51 PM
Re: Shooting practice before a safari poll.	SafariHunt	20/04/05 09:30 PM
Re: Shooting practice before a safari poll.	Boomer	19/04/05 10:46 PM
Re: Shooting practice before a safari poll.	EricD	20/04/05 12:27 AM
Re: Shooting practice before a safari poll.	AussieMike	20/04/05 01:01 PM
Re: Shooting practice before a safari poll.	NitroX	19/04/05 09:06 PM
Re: Shooting practice before a safari poll.	EricD	20/04/05 12:10 AM

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