Skip Sackett
US Veteran
Yeah, on a handgun forum!
Took the last kid to college the other weekend and left her there. After 33 + years of having kids in our house, the wife and I are finally empty nester's!
We had our first kid 9 months and 2 weeks after we were married and have had younguns ever since.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, just stating facts. Loved them, did all I could to make them good productive citizens, good Christians too. Now they are all out and my wife and I are spending TONS of time together and I am reminded everyday recently just why I married her! She is my friend!
Well, enough of that............. To make a long story longer, we hunt together too. Not so much here in Indiana as we have no land but, we have been on several hog/ram hunts and have enjoyed them immensely. We have the Marlin's but NOTHING works like a 30/06 in my opinion! (Yeah, you have one too!
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So, earlier this year, I got a used Savage 110 and got it tweaked to shoot one inch groups @ 100 yards. Thought I was doing pretty good. Well, the wife thought she needed her own rifle, she had been borrowing our son in law's Remington 700, so we got her one, and MAN, did we get her a good one!
Laugh if you want, this thing is a shooter! Our local MC Sporting Goods just opened a gun/hunting section and yes, they are selling long guns and handguns! WOWSER!
They had a grand opening sale and one of the items was a Thompson Center Venture. Oh, by the way, it does fit on this forum come to think about it as it is also stamped Smith and Wesson!
A little research on this thing says it will shoot, guaranteed, MOA groups. Well, I was pleasantly surprised when we went to the range. I bought a good scope, 3X9X44mm and got it all mounted and off to the range we went.
The load, 165gr Nosler BTBT bullets, 50.3gr Varget, 3.300" OAL in new, Federal primed cases. I have had good fortune with these bullets on other hunts so I wanted to develop a load for these two rifles that used them too. They are devastating on game. I didn't chronograph them but they are probably 2700fps ish, maybe more.
I wanna brag on my honey. She shot this 3 shot group all by herself @ 100 yards!
Center to center of the farthest away holes is 1"! Not too shabby! I know men that cannot shoot that well!
Then, we set up some empty shotgun hulls and she let lose at them. 2 hulls, 2 shots! They were just grazed but hit nonetheless! Take a look!
Remember, these were shot @ 100 yards. I think she can take a hog with that gun at that distance then! hahaha I am proud of her!
I did get to shoot it and here is the best group @ 100 yards that I was able to turn in with the same combination:
Bad angle on the tape but it is right at a 3/4" group. That would mean that this rifle shot, out of the box with no tinkering, sub minute of angle groups! Now THAT is impressive!
Had fun with the little woman, shot some good groups, have to go refill the cases and get ready for a hunt sometime this fall or early next year.
Gonna have some fun!
Took the last kid to college the other weekend and left her there. After 33 + years of having kids in our house, the wife and I are finally empty nester's!
We had our first kid 9 months and 2 weeks after we were married and have had younguns ever since.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, just stating facts. Loved them, did all I could to make them good productive citizens, good Christians too. Now they are all out and my wife and I are spending TONS of time together and I am reminded everyday recently just why I married her! She is my friend!
Well, enough of that............. To make a long story longer, we hunt together too. Not so much here in Indiana as we have no land but, we have been on several hog/ram hunts and have enjoyed them immensely. We have the Marlin's but NOTHING works like a 30/06 in my opinion! (Yeah, you have one too!
)So, earlier this year, I got a used Savage 110 and got it tweaked to shoot one inch groups @ 100 yards. Thought I was doing pretty good. Well, the wife thought she needed her own rifle, she had been borrowing our son in law's Remington 700, so we got her one, and MAN, did we get her a good one!
Laugh if you want, this thing is a shooter! Our local MC Sporting Goods just opened a gun/hunting section and yes, they are selling long guns and handguns! WOWSER!
They had a grand opening sale and one of the items was a Thompson Center Venture. Oh, by the way, it does fit on this forum come to think about it as it is also stamped Smith and Wesson!
A little research on this thing says it will shoot, guaranteed, MOA groups. Well, I was pleasantly surprised when we went to the range. I bought a good scope, 3X9X44mm and got it all mounted and off to the range we went.
The load, 165gr Nosler BTBT bullets, 50.3gr Varget, 3.300" OAL in new, Federal primed cases. I have had good fortune with these bullets on other hunts so I wanted to develop a load for these two rifles that used them too. They are devastating on game. I didn't chronograph them but they are probably 2700fps ish, maybe more.
I wanna brag on my honey. She shot this 3 shot group all by herself @ 100 yards!
Center to center of the farthest away holes is 1"! Not too shabby! I know men that cannot shoot that well!
Then, we set up some empty shotgun hulls and she let lose at them. 2 hulls, 2 shots! They were just grazed but hit nonetheless! Take a look!
Remember, these were shot @ 100 yards. I think she can take a hog with that gun at that distance then! hahaha I am proud of her!
I did get to shoot it and here is the best group @ 100 yards that I was able to turn in with the same combination:
Bad angle on the tape but it is right at a 3/4" group. That would mean that this rifle shot, out of the box with no tinkering, sub minute of angle groups! Now THAT is impressive!
Had fun with the little woman, shot some good groups, have to go refill the cases and get ready for a hunt sometime this fall or early next year.
Gonna have some fun!
