Recent content by Shifty Old Goat

We had to keep the guns off the school property. That meant we parked accross the street. During hunting season a small army could be provisioned from the trucks and jeeps. I had a 48 jeep so my guns and ammo would go in to buds pick cab during class. Then we would all head out after classes to...

I have only posted a few times here. No way an expert long range shooter. Never had the time. I am very comfortable to 300 yards as in an earlier post. Everything everyone is saying should be required reading for new shooters. Shooting is a skill, period! It is the same reason the NHRA has rules...

You should have seen the target the day befor the one posted. 100 yds I could not put 2 rounds side by side. Then realized the remington rounds I was shooting were from 1977 and stored in the garage for 40 years. Got the new rounds the next day and sighted for 300 with the results shown. Good...

Nothing but a stock .308 Win, Model 99 Savage from 1960. 1 in 12, Weaver hunting scope 3x9, I believe V9 no turrets, shooting PMC Bronze 147 Grain off the shelf rounds.18X24inch target with 1" numbers.This was the first time sighting my fathers gun he passed down to me since 1982. I was shooting...

Thank you for your kind words.

Hi everyone I am new here. I grew up hunting in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains of North East California. After 20 years in the Navy I retired to Georgia where I am picking up target shooting since my wife doesn't like wild game. I shoot a 1957 Savage 99 .308 Winchester. I am really...

I found LRH while searching around the internet for long range shooting best practices.

This is a great conversation for all hunters. I know most of us in this forum would agree it is never too early to teach your kids to drive. I was only 13 and had been driving off road for a couple of years. While hunting high on Soda Ridge my Dad and I woke up early to head out to the "Rock" to...

Hey, I am new to the forum and shoot a 1957, model 99 E Savage. This was my dads first gun he bought new. He only shot to kill and never target shot. So after 50 years it has only shot about 30 rounds, until this summer. I took it to a 300 yard range for some sighting in. It has an old weaver...