Recent content by LoneStarTexian

Texas is a land of wide open spaces but.....unless you own a very large ranch you won't find many places to shoot over 100 yd.

I do have a friend with deer hunt property but he won't let me shoot other times cause he thinks Bambi will get scared. Maybe I'll just glue dimes on targets and shoot slow cowboy loads on high windy days at a 100yd range.

Yeah but the targets bob around a bit. Guess that's extra challenge.

Sorry but property developers have shut down the rifle range (all distances) at BotWest. The only long range availaible in central Texas is very exclusive and very expensive. I'm very envious of the shooters out West (except Left coast) for all the open land to shoot. Almost all land in Texas...

Safe reloading everyone.

I'm an old dog but new to long range. Learning new I find mil-mil much easier than calculating fractions. Maybe because I'm a an engineer and metric calc's without awkward coversions.

10X is superior to 25-30X in almost every long range condition. Light level, sun angle, mirage and parallax adjustment only complicate getting accurate hits. I wouldn't trade my SWFA 10X42 for any zoom optic.

I have just joined this forum and this may have already been mentioned but here is what I do in east Texas (and we do have heavy rains). I seal my hunting ammo and run a water resistant lubed patch and stretch a finger cot over the muzzle (look like mini condoms). After a shot I replace it...