Klunatic
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Nice work, you even got a shot of your feet in the pic. Good luck on the hunt. I am headed to the Hill country of Texas next week for 4 days of hog hunting.
It looks like you did a pretty good job getting it dialed in. I'm not surprised the Fusion shot better out of your gun. Everything I've read about it was positive. Also you might want to put a defined bulls eye on those plates to be certain your aiming point is constant.
Nice work, you even got a shot of your feet in the pic. Good luck on the hunt. I am headed to the Hill country of Texas next week for 4 days of hog hunting.
Good Luck - looking forward to some pics
The screws really should be torqued, but I'm not sure if anyone actually does it
Where are you headed to hunt? Want to see your kills as well.
You can load 6.8 for around .40 a round maybe less if you really shop around.Depending on where in the country you are, hogs are not just a nuisance but an invasive species.
There are people that will pay you to kill as many as you can.
If you've got family that are or know farmers like I do, you can do a lot of hunting.
I've found that they tend to cluster, so be ready to take as many as you can when they come out in the open. 7.62x39 tends to be my round of choice for areas with limited sight. For longer ranges like open fields, the classic hunting rounds work great, but frankly can be a bit expensive.
Just for the record, medium hogs will fall to .40 S&W ball ammunition fired out of a pistol caliber carbine. I have a ruger police carbine that has accounted for a good few.
If I could afford it I would do all my hunting with 6.8
It does the job GREAT, it's just more expensive than the scoped SKS to shoot.
Man, you can really really reach out with that cartridge.
A good scope on a 6.8 upper and you've got a gun that will keep you safe up close and accurately put rounds where they need to be hundreds and hundreds of yards away.
I do.
Try these targets, when sighting in.
These print on 8-1/2 x 11" paper and I've found they work a LOT better than a blank paper plate.
First target has 1/4" grids. The second target has 1/2" grids.
I like those targets too. You can stick a target dot or use a magic marker to put another bullseye in each quadrant, too, for 5 targets on each page.
I do too. I torqued the base and ring screws. And, I regularly check the torque on the action screws, which tend to loosen after a while. Should I be using one of the Loctite's on the action screws too?
Try these targets, when sighting in.
These print on 8-1/2 x 11" paper and I've found they work a LOT better than a blank paper plate.
First target has 1/4" grids. The second target has 1/2" grids.
I use Loctite blue on the ring screws (clamping the scope).
I do not use it on the ring to base screws or the action screws.