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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : TCups September 18, 2008, 12:10:06 PM
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Today was pretty much the day from Hell at work. So at 5PM, I abandoned any hope of finishing up everything that had to be done and having tomorrow off. Never happens much anymore anyway, and so I resolved myself to working tomorrow, and came on home. After changing, I decided to grab the last hour or so of good light and do a bit of shooting with the new Diana 48 / .20 cal. Out to the back yard with my rifle, my tripod rest, seat, chrony, a bag of weighed pellets, my digital scale, my laser range finder, a stack of targets, my log book and pen, and some late afternoon refreshment. I am happily plugging away, shooting strings of .20 cal pellets, checking velocities vs. weight on a bunch of different pellets, re-zeroing, and shooting 5-shot groups. Lots of good data in the notebook, but that's for a later time in a different forum. So here is TEC, the gear hound techno geek, spending quality time with the new shooter. After about an hour of steady shooting, when I walk down to change a target, I look over and maybe 5 yards to the right of the target sits a rabbit, watching me. OK. So I change the target, turn, walk back, sit down, load up, and look down range, to the right. Yep -- still looking back at me. The last three shots I fired were weighed JSB Exacts that hit the pie plate target in a 1 inch group at 7:00 / 5 inches from the bull's eye. OK. Centered on the head, then hold over about 5 inches an just a bit to the right. WHACK! But I confess I missed the fuse box and connected with the pump house at about 810 fps (no this shot wasn't over the chrony). Either way, this little bunny picked the wrong time and place to be a spectator.
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Isn't funny how the critters will sometimes come out while you're just shooting paper and look at you funny too?
I had that happen to me a few times today as well, but no kills to report of.
Maybe next time.
Good shot.
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Great shot Tommy, I perfer live target's myself cause they taste better hehehe. Great pic's to and Rabbit's are funny like that at time's, if they think you don't see em and do what you did, go about your airgun duties they'll sit real still ......a perfect target. Thank's for sharing and a bonus round at the target range. Ed
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Great shooting Tommy!! That is a nice size rabbit. looks like you have that baby zeroed in. I would love to get my hands on a .20 Diana... One of these days maybe :)
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Good practicing and hunting story. The dumb bunny won't be breeding no more stupid bunnies, that's for sure. Yep, Darwin award.....
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Excellent Tommy,,, nice lookin bunny :)
Congrats on a fine kill with that FINE lookin rifle :)
Jeff
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Nice to see the 48 being put to good use......................
Troy
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Great shooting there partner! Looks like you've got quite a nice set-up going on there. That's what I've gotta do... set up a pitching screen. Looks like it works pretty well.
-Matt
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Good Kentucker Windage! I got some dove and Quail that mosey near my targets but ive given the dove a pass since they are too dumb and Quail taste better,
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"no this shot wasn't over the chrony"...the thought of that was amusing! Good shootin. Looks like you have quite the set up there..
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Way to go Tommy. Nothing like a little shootin' after a hard day's work. Extra good when you apply that 'ol Kentucky windage and hit a home run.Looks like that 48 is special.
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Nice setup ya got there Tommy....Pumphouse or fuzebox that kentucky windage put it in there and got you a free meal.......
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There is no doubt--our southeastern bunnies are not the brightest stars in the sky. When I water the gardens here, they stay close enough to "jet spray" with the hose. Of course, I don't get a meal out of it...
Nice shooting. There seem to be a few Diana 48 .20 's poping up for sale here and there. Your posts have definitely peaked my interest.