Offhand with double rifles

[mitch4570]

Reading @Mark A Ouellette post above. Once again he is being conservative or modest.

You would not want to stand on the 100 yard line hoping he missed you with his double.

His quoted groups are an average not his best group.

No sir you would not Mark is a double distinguished shooter. A benchmark very few shooters achive.

 

[petander]

Timed practise is fun and useful with these close range rifles. The second shot may take longer than we think... or shouldering in the first place. Half a second is a long time for an animal to move.

I do practise standing with open sights up to 75 m where my Merkel furthest blade is. I shoot 10" plates. Or claybirds on the berm.

Scope is mostly for load development but because there is the QD mount option,I do use the scope every now and then. Seems to hold zero just fine. I may use the scope in some moose hunt situations. 1" tubes are hard to find,that's why mine is a cheap Leupold. 30 mm are just too bulky.

75 m plate hits from today. I practise a few times every week.

 

[mitch4570]

That is some truly empressive shooting! What brand are those blue bullets?

 

[petander]

That is some truly empressive shooting! What brand are those blue bullets?

They are "Petander" -brand, I cast my own practise bullets. In this case I cheat, my light practise load is 400 grains @ 1900 fps, it regulates like the real 500 Woodleigh @ 2150 fps load up to 75 m.

This particular bullet mold is by Accurate and the blue is "Carolina blue" , powder coating from Cast Boolits vendor "Smoke". Gold is my Sunday colour, Hi Tek coating from Australia.

 

[pc3]

Goat off hand a tad over 100 yards with the Chapuis 9.3x74r one of a few...longest shot about 120 yards

 

[HUS856]

No one on the club is holding 12 inches offhand.

Google’s offhand circle is for tiny precision rifles yours is a heavy .470 double with massive recoil, no sling, and iron sights that swallow half the front bead at 100 yards. Even a pro PH might luck into a 6–10 inch pair on sticks offhand, most are lucky to ring the bead consistently.

Your CMP 9 ring 6.35" with the 1903 was bolt action steady different beast.

Keep drilling the 25 yd offhand and 50 yd sticks you’re already ahead of 95% of the newbies you’ll coach. At 100 yards you’ll still be first shot accurate on sticks.