What stoketh thee...

by **Hermgruf** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:03 am

deleting all my posts.

by **budster** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:05 am

witnessing a complete act of clumsfoolery in an otherwise dull and mundane moment of life

by **speelyei** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:58 pm

sunshine. shot a target that was 750 yards away, and thats a long way. Caught a ling cod. Two, really, but only kept one. Didnt even have to use my AK. today was a good day...

by **Hermgruf** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:10 pm

deleting all my posts.

by **speelyei** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:59 pm

one of the many clear cuts in the area the USFS and the logging companies have provided us with.

heres a couple pics:

these are my home-made targets:

here's where I put them:

this is what it looks like through the scope:

here's me:

Now, I know there was a fairly protracted thread a while back about guns n' shooting, so sensing that there may be some selective interest, allow me to elaborate:

There is a class of shooting called F-Class. It is 1000yd prone shooting done in a competition format. There is a range called Douglas Ridge in the Portland area which hosts these types of events, and I want to participate in one.
Now, despite the fact that the general populace believes that a .22 will shoot a mile, and that any rifle with a scope makes you a marksman, there is actually quite a bit to learn.... the uninitiated would stand no chance whatsoever of hitting a billboard at 1000 yards, much less a 2'x2' target.
the rifle I am shooting is a Weatherby .30-06, with a twist rate of 1;10, shooting a 180 gr Boat-tail bullet, with a hand loaded charge of 54 grains of IMR 4350 powder. I know this because you have to know exactly what combination you are using to develop a ballistics chart. the ballistics chart will tell you, basically, how far your bullet will drop at a given distance from the muzzle, and what speed it will be going at a given distance. This is critical. This is how you can know, definitively, that most hunters exaggerate their shots. "Well, it was about 400 yards..." they'll say... depending on the type of ammunition being used, it would be possible to miss a target by feet, not inches at 400 yards.

to put it in perspective, for me to hit that far target, required me to range the distance, consult the drop chart (which was pretty innacurate, unfortunately), try and "spot" my misses myself through the scope (not the easiest thing to do when the recoil is bouncing everything around) and judge effect of the wind. Once I got it narrowed down, the actual elevation correction was 18 MOA, or...
If I shot at a target at 100 yards away, and hit the bullseye, and then moved that same target to 750 yards away, I now know that I have to make a scope adjustment for a little more than 110" to get the right trajectory. if i simply aimed at the target with no scope adjustment, I would have missed by more than nine feet!

this is what i do when there is no surf.

by **Hermgruf** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:41 pm

deleting all my posts.

by **Ceedog** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:06 pm

Taking my older sister up to the Mt. for the 1st time Sat. After a few minutes of tips and advice my wife held hands with her as the started down the hill. Next thing I know she's off and rides all the way down the bunny hill w/out falling.

by **wetchicken** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:12 pm

the nightly ritual.....Breyers chocolate ice cream w/ junior mints

by **redliner** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:57 am

Listening to some of you gonads bitch and moan about me living on Kauai.
...keep on truckin'!

by **eastside** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:16 am

what stokes me is having some kook move to the islands and be so in touch with the aina and culture and become an loc overnight.

...instead of actually being in the water, surfing, or freediving, or paddling, or enjoying where he lives he'd rather brag about it on an oregonsurf page...

classic, i love it. stoked!!!

by nm » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:38 pm

sticking/holding a handstand (in yoga class) for almost a minute.

by **TwinFinAnnie** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:01 pm

who the f#$@ cares?

by **brdsurf** » Thu May 01, 2008 6:43 am

I get stoked reading a surfing message board based in Oregon and seeing a guy from the "Islands" schooling everyone on what is cool, what is surfing and what is well.... everything surf related. It makes me think that somewhere in the evolution of surfing the NW has a place in the grand scheme! After all know Mr it all is browsing the page!
Enlighten us!!!

by **pro moe** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:49 am

even more stoking was taking a outta hand mini-moke duct taping them into a garbage can kicking them off the kings chair hill into centipede valley

by **Ceedog** » Sat May 03, 2008 9:45 am

If I lived in Hawaii I wouldn't have the internet. I don't even have it here, 'cept for work.

Stoked that I've been getting 2-3 sessions a week(don't laugh) for 3 months now and am almost back to where I was 5 yrs ago.

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