“Ad” Topperwain Challenge

[deltawiskey]

I don't know how I missed this... going to have to give it a "shot"
Looks like a fun challenge!!
DW

 

[deltawiskey]

LOL... well, I'm certainly not an artist!

It is supposed to look like a bear!??

 

[roostercogburn98]

LOL... well, I'm certainly not an artist!

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It is supposed to look like a bear!??

Looks good to me

 

[Makinchips208]

LOL... well, I'm certainly not an artist!

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It is supposed to look like a bear!??

Where is the bears tail?

But that looks really good!

 

[sirhrmechanic]

A year later and I’ve sent the template files to about 30 folks….

Anyone do one yet?

Sirhr

 

[D_TROS]

A year later and I’ve sent the template files to about 30 folks….

Anyone do one yet?

Sirhr

no but i want to. ill pm ya.

 

[roostercogburn98]

One day I’ll get around to it.

 

[RTH1800]

Oops, I did it again...

This time things went much faster... I had a lot more confidence in my rifle and ammo. And finished this one in under 2 hours. Only difference is .032 Copper sheet vs. steel. Punches a much nicer hole than the steel! But, again, I'd recommend thinner material than I used. See above.

This time doing Uncle Sam. Also picture above, I think. I decided to add my own touch and banged a US in his hat. It's not perfect, but looks good if you don't focus on it ;-) By the time I was part way through this one, I was correcting 'errors' on the original Ad Topperwein target by moving my shots as little as a 16th of an inch up or down to bring things into alignment. Things were going that well.

Again, range of 50 feet... Just what this rifle was designed for. And man was it in a groove today.

Here's my target with my 'added' US on ths hat.

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^^^ This was after shooting. Every 10 - 20 shots, I'd go mark the hits. And circle any I did not address. You can see some shots that I 'moved' intentionally in order to line things up better. This time, I didn't turn it upside down, either.

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Range. 50 feet from muzzle to target. Before you joke about the rocking chair, don't knock it until you have tried it. Really easy to roll in and get a firm cheek rest and bone weld, etc. Old guys rule.

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Did you really shoot all those bullets into that beautiful old tree? Darn!

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Did you really shoot all those bullets into that beautiful old tree? Darn!

Tree was already dying... and had to take it down this summer. Before I did it, it had dropped a branch through my garage roof. So, sadly... was done.

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[RTH1800]

Well if it is gong to act that way, why not?

 

[Superporp]

Completed the challenge. I'd do a few things differently next time. Me and the gf did it after shooting high power rifles all morning so we weren't too fresh. Then she shot iron sights and I shot scoped. I should have grabbed an extra bay and went a bit further out. Switching from 300 yards to 30 ft meant my rifle wasn't setup for such close shots and the scope adjustments kind of limited me. It's tough to maintain focus for 200 shots but I didn't have too many miss by much. I think I'll try the Uncle Sam next.

Rifle was a Tikka T1x set up as close to my Sako TRG as I could get it. Bulk pack federal auto match ammo.

Gf used a CZ Jaguar and same ammo.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Totally awesome job!! Nailed it!

And nicely set-up Tikka!!!

Did I read right that your GF shot hers with iron sights? She’s a keeper!!!

Sirhr