I've been shooting rifle, .22, centerfire, BPCR. Air rifle in the back yard ridding the neighborhood of durty ol pigeons, for some time now.
Been pretty heavy into IHMSA the last 7-8 years. Travel some for State and Regional shoots. Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota.
All this time I've been lucky to have a "built in "spotter, my wife.
Since the "beginning" I have encouraged her to take up the sport Of IHMSA, Action pistol, ANYTHING!
Finally got her shooting at the Cowboy Action town that is adjacent to the silhouette range, Southern Hills Silhouette Club, at Pringle SD.
Boy could she burn a brick of ammo thru her Mark III dingin the steel!
The silhouette club, in order to generate some more revenue, started shooting 1/5th, 1/4, and 1/2 size, Oh and runts with .22 rifle, at the silhouette range, once a month.
I'm not sure the scale of them runts but they are frickin tiny @ 100 yards.
All shooting is done off of cross sticks, sitting, ala BPCR. Iron sights and optics. Opps, forgot, standing offhand open sights only also.
On to the thread title.
.22 match in February I talked the wife into shooting it. Dug out my trusty old Remington Targetmaster single shot with a 3-9 Sightron on it for her.
She didn't win the match, not sure that I remember her exact score but somewhere in the high 20's.
We shoot 40 round matchs. So pretty respectable first time out!
Well, her birthday was coming up and we were headed to Rapid City for a hockey game after the match.
We talked on the way about a birthday present for her. I had been leaning towards a 10-22 but the more I pondered about it the more I thought a bolt gun would be a better fit(easier on the ammo stockpile too).
We stop in at the local gun store in Rapid. They have 1 Savage TRR on the rack. The model I have been leaning towards from reading the threads here.
She says "It's black"!.
She likes white and purple. Hmmmmm, they make paint in those colors I tell her, we'll see what we can do.
SHE buys it on THAT condition.
It gets painted.
Well here's a woman's take on what a rifle oughta look like.
An I'm diggin it!!!
Rifle details
Savage Mark 2 TRR
SWFA SS 10X
Leupold rings
EGW 25 moa base
Harris "S" model bipod (comes of for stick shooting)
Ceracote by Long Rifles Inc, Sturgis, SD. Im a thinkin Kallie had a hand in the design. WOOO HOOOO!!!
Range report is forth coming.....
Oh, Happy Birthday Honey!!!
Neil
Been pretty heavy into IHMSA the last 7-8 years. Travel some for State and Regional shoots. Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota.
All this time I've been lucky to have a "built in "spotter, my wife.
Since the "beginning" I have encouraged her to take up the sport Of IHMSA, Action pistol, ANYTHING!
Finally got her shooting at the Cowboy Action town that is adjacent to the silhouette range, Southern Hills Silhouette Club, at Pringle SD.
Boy could she burn a brick of ammo thru her Mark III dingin the steel!
The silhouette club, in order to generate some more revenue, started shooting 1/5th, 1/4, and 1/2 size, Oh and runts with .22 rifle, at the silhouette range, once a month.
I'm not sure the scale of them runts but they are frickin tiny @ 100 yards.
All shooting is done off of cross sticks, sitting, ala BPCR. Iron sights and optics. Opps, forgot, standing offhand open sights only also.
On to the thread title.
.22 match in February I talked the wife into shooting it. Dug out my trusty old Remington Targetmaster single shot with a 3-9 Sightron on it for her.
She didn't win the match, not sure that I remember her exact score but somewhere in the high 20's.
We shoot 40 round matchs. So pretty respectable first time out!
Well, her birthday was coming up and we were headed to Rapid City for a hockey game after the match.
We talked on the way about a birthday present for her. I had been leaning towards a 10-22 but the more I pondered about it the more I thought a bolt gun would be a better fit(easier on the ammo stockpile too).
We stop in at the local gun store in Rapid. They have 1 Savage TRR on the rack. The model I have been leaning towards from reading the threads here.
She says "It's black"!.
She likes white and purple. Hmmmmm, they make paint in those colors I tell her, we'll see what we can do.
SHE buys it on THAT condition.
It gets painted.
Well here's a woman's take on what a rifle oughta look like.
An I'm diggin it!!!
Rifle details
Savage Mark 2 TRR
SWFA SS 10X
Leupold rings
EGW 25 moa base
Harris "S" model bipod (comes of for stick shooting)
Ceracote by Long Rifles Inc, Sturgis, SD. Im a thinkin Kallie had a hand in the design. WOOO HOOOO!!!
Range report is forth coming.....
Oh, Happy Birthday Honey!!!
Neil
