Look monkey paws, The next time your brain hurts, try having some saffa arsing about behind you like widdow twankey in a bad pantomime muttering jibberish is Afrikaans!!!Originally Posted by Eagernoskill
"Only time and tinkering about with COLs will show it's full potential, but given the nasty wind yesterday, and my lack of experience in the wind, I was pleased with the results. Far better than my earlier shooting in fair weather, particularly when I sorted my position out (cheers Tim..remember..Bren gun..right?).
One of the things that is telling is that I never expected to be able to shoot, both eyes open, with a .308, and see the target throughout, with the rifle falling nicely back onto aim. The only thing messing things up was my position, which I sorted...thanks to a South African boot"
Its a service I offer - size 12 up a%^se - to adjust body position and attitude!
But enough years on a bren / FAL does result in certain body positions!
We wont the mention the grumpy snarl I got for the "scope tip"
I went to test the Nesika action that MIK had started doing.
Based on that test I ordered a new Dolphin FTR with the Nesika - with which I won FTR section at the Europeans
But seriously to confirm - Mik sure knows his stuff and the product and service is second to none.
"EagerNoSkill"
Grumpy snarl is reserved for gobby saffas....you aint sene the last of it, but I also do appreciative smiles as well mate
Joking aside, the scope tip did not work for me Tim, I upset enough folk last week explaining why I know all my elevations form zero/flat rather than the 100yd zero. You just take 17moa off if it bothers you, but the point is I thought any notion of even considering bore sighting at 1000 (if you lose your zero) to be daft.
Why? If you have a sight setting that repeats the POI, then set it
This is how marksmen work, they know what their settings are. If you get really stuffed then you can wind up from zero.
As regards the readings, like I said (and I will show you next time we are out) Sightron really screwed their elevation turret up.
No body marks an elevation table 3-2-1-0-1-2-3....Wind yes, elevation no.
The vernier on the sightron works well and is very clear and repeatable, its just marked wrong.
Easilly sorted with some fine graphic tape either side of the vernier and a fine lumicolour.
It must have been meant to work this way, as out of teh box, the bottom of the EL turret bottoms out a couple of clicks past the zero on the base line.
Incidentally, its funny how the mob and civvy shooters disagree. The mob tend to want things to be intuitive, civvies seem to just get used to something that is wrong (or not ideal) and then accept it.
I start at zero and count up, it has been done for millenia, why change it?
The AAC HWI who was shooting with us was similarly mistified by the assertion by some that me seeing my 100yd zero, not as a base to work from (how can it be, it may move or be reset) but as a setting of 17moa as being wrong.
The base setting approach is fine, if you assume that everyone is shooting with a zero stop scope
That said, You have given me some very good tips Tim, I particularly like the one about the wind building and dropping at different rates, thus centering the MPI down wind allowing a sudden drop to potentially allow a round to drop in the 5.
Thanks again also for the loading info. I have located a suitable die and will speak to dave soon about a pointer.
Looking forward to trying some of the pointed hybrids, like you say, there is a match's worth there plus plenty for tests etc.
I wont use them for chronoing as at teh muzzle it wont make any difference, I will just have to adjust to get a final POI.
I have also found a set of reasonably good electronic scales (apparently a lot of the yanks are using them, Russell is also using them, they have a good write up on the 6BR website) which should improve consistency.
Not lab standard, but highly regarded.
Like you Say, Mik mak builds a superb rifle (surprisingly for someone lacking oposable thumbs), cheap really for what it is.....as long as you do the sodding bedding bolts up...right?
Cheers matey
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