I thought Id share some images from New Zealand this past weekend of myself and Dogtown from Cali at a shoot in the central North Island of New Zealand .
Those that dont know Dogtown -he is from California but for now is living 8 hours away from me in Wellington NZ making amazing CGI effects at WETA workshop for Peter Jackson's movies in Wellington .
Some months back The Gunslingers Tactical shooting match was being organized and I touched base with Dogtown to see if he wanted to attend .As DT didn't have his own gear here I offered him a rifle and ammo so he could attend which he gladly took up .My shooting partner at last minute dropped out so I asked DT to shoot with me .
The ideal shooting arrangement was an semi auto for short range out to 500-600 yards and a bolt rifle to 1000 plus yards .Well we didn't quite have all the tools so DT went to shoot with a 338lm Barnard model 10 bolt action which was not sighted in and chronographed for perfection and I with a Barnard chambered in .284 shehane .
How did we do ? Well we had a great time but realized our short coming with his unfamiliar rifle and the swarovski range finder not giving great readings on a generally flat grassy ground - plus I made a couple of stupid errors reading the dope on my Nomad PDA wrong -how you ask! well so did I ?? 3 moa over.We had some great hits also at small things at mid range and I had one good hit at 1000 plus yards on a very slim target - I may have been one of 2 that hit
Anyway we had a great time with some really nice people whom neither of us had met who are passionate shooters like ourselves .
Hope fully the next comp well combine in again will be in Feb 12 against the NZ army sniper teams
Please go to the link to see the Pics
http://s940.photobucket.com/albums/ad242/intiflynn2/Horopito%20shoot/#!cpZZ3QQtppZZ16
Those that dont know Dogtown -he is from California but for now is living 8 hours away from me in Wellington NZ making amazing CGI effects at WETA workshop for Peter Jackson's movies in Wellington .
Some months back The Gunslingers Tactical shooting match was being organized and I touched base with Dogtown to see if he wanted to attend .As DT didn't have his own gear here I offered him a rifle and ammo so he could attend which he gladly took up .My shooting partner at last minute dropped out so I asked DT to shoot with me .
The ideal shooting arrangement was an semi auto for short range out to 500-600 yards and a bolt rifle to 1000 plus yards .Well we didn't quite have all the tools so DT went to shoot with a 338lm Barnard model 10 bolt action which was not sighted in and chronographed for perfection and I with a Barnard chambered in .284 shehane .
How did we do ? Well we had a great time but realized our short coming with his unfamiliar rifle and the swarovski range finder not giving great readings on a generally flat grassy ground - plus I made a couple of stupid errors reading the dope on my Nomad PDA wrong -how you ask! well so did I ?? 3 moa over.We had some great hits also at small things at mid range and I had one good hit at 1000 plus yards on a very slim target - I may have been one of 2 that hit
Anyway we had a great time with some really nice people whom neither of us had met who are passionate shooters like ourselves .
Hope fully the next comp well combine in again will be in Feb 12 against the NZ army sniper teams
Please go to the link to see the Pics
http://s940.photobucket.com/albums/ad242/intiflynn2/Horopito%20shoot/#!cpZZ3QQtppZZ16
