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The A-Bolt Is Done
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 129200" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>Will be waiting for the "After I walked for 2 hours to get to the animal I just shot" stories. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>Well, I hate to disappoint you, but it didn't quite take two hours. </p><p><img src="http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0049.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I sort of like this one:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0062.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And finally one with my ugly mug included:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0055.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, he did suffer some post-shot horn shrinkage that whitetails often do. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif When I decided to drop the hammer the sun was glinting off his horns making him very hard to turn down. But I knew that would happen to some extent and had gotten in so much great hunting I was happy to finally tag a fairly respectable buck. I knew I was pushing my luck passing on as many as I already had.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, he was 473 yds away. Not "long range" to me these days but longer than I had shot one lately. As usual, I had my crosshairs on bucks from about 15 yds to 750 yds away and everywhere in between. Had the timing/conditions/horn size combination been right I would have dropped the hammer on any of them. </p><p></p><p>But this is the first year I would have been as confident at the long end as I was. That's where the project really pays off. To be able to show up in a different state, different temp, different humidity and 4000 ft elevation difference and simply plop onto my belly and start whacking the gong from 900 yds after cranking the scope for a quick zero check...<em>that</em> was great. I've never been more confident in myself or a rifle.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again to Kirby for building such a fine rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 129200, member: 319"] [ QUOTE ] Will be waiting for the "After I walked for 2 hours to get to the animal I just shot" stories. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Well, I hate to disappoint you, but it didn't quite take two hours. [img]http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0049.jpg[/img] I sort of like this one: [img]http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0062.jpg[/img] And finally one with my ugly mug included: [img]http://www.jonaadland.com/Hunting/A-Bolt/A-Bolt/PICT0055.jpg[/img] Unfortunately, he did suffer some post-shot horn shrinkage that whitetails often do. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] When I decided to drop the hammer the sun was glinting off his horns making him very hard to turn down. But I knew that would happen to some extent and had gotten in so much great hunting I was happy to finally tag a fairly respectable buck. I knew I was pushing my luck passing on as many as I already had. Anyway, he was 473 yds away. Not "long range" to me these days but longer than I had shot one lately. As usual, I had my crosshairs on bucks from about 15 yds to 750 yds away and everywhere in between. Had the timing/conditions/horn size combination been right I would have dropped the hammer on any of them. But this is the first year I would have been as confident at the long end as I was. That's where the project really pays off. To be able to show up in a different state, different temp, different humidity and 4000 ft elevation difference and simply plop onto my belly and start whacking the gong from 900 yds after cranking the scope for a quick zero check...[i]that[/i] was great. I've never been more confident in myself or a rifle. Thanks again to Kirby for building such a fine rifle. [/QUOTE]
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