Annual Fathers Day Shoot...On the 4th of July

As it turns out our 4 Annual Fathers Day Shoot was held on the 4th of July weekend this go around.  We met up here in Wyoming and we had a blast...literally.  Both Brad and I focused highly on some long range shooting of soda bottles and cans.  We used both the 1L and 2L bottles as well as some orange soda cans. (Orange is easy to see, easy to see explode and cheap)  We used my Savage .308 Win and we were pleasantly surprised at how well we did.  The rifle, as always, never let us down.  I love that rifle, and Brad seems to be after one of the same model.

All targets were between 400 and 450 yards and we were hitting consistently, and were able to hit several with only one shot.  We not only worked on shooting the targets but communicating between the spotter and the shooter.

Both of us found that that as the day wore on, it became more difficult for us to hit the targets.  I think this may be due to fatigue: eye strain and possibly some lapsing into bad form.

Overall the mission was accomplished, we had fun, worked on our skills and converted a good amount of gunpowder into noise.

-Steven Kipp