Groundhog Rifles and Loads

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Scearcy posted this 29 April 2018

I am going to shoot two rifles in the Groundhog match this year. One is a Henry single shot shown in another thread in the forum. The second is a Ruger American 300 Blackout that I acquired a few years ago.  This rifle has a tight throat and refuses to accept any bullet with a nose larger than .300 or so. After rumaging through my odd lots of left over bullets I found two I can chamber.  These are  both from Accurate molds. They are the 31-200G and the 31-200NR.

Last year I ran out of prep time and I just loaded Bullseye in my Groundhog loads and of course it worked fine.  This year I want to try something new so I am going to shoot Trail Boss in both rifles. This tiny case accepts 5 gr as the maximum load w/o being compressed.  My starting load will be 4 gr.  That is all I know right now.

Here is a picture.

Many of the Groundhog match entrants are shooting very interesting rifles. I hope some of you will do a post with pictures.

Jim

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longhunter posted this 19 July 2018

Ummmmm,

Makes me think I should try.

Jon

Jon Welda CW5 USA Ret.

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Scearcy posted this 18 July 2018

Hey  Guys

Is anyone going to shoot an AR in the 100 yd Groundhog shoot? This is the ideal opportunity - any rifle, any sight!

Jim

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tlkeizer posted this 13 June 2018

Greetings,

Scearcy, you bet.  I would not dream of not shooting them, especially after they did better than the "modern" rifles in the earlier shoot.

TK

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Scearcy posted this 13 June 2018

TK Nice - it was worth the effort. Are you going to try those two Springfields at 100 yards? That will be a serious challenge I think.

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Bohica793 posted this 13 June 2018

... just had a great idea for another fun shoot ..... set our computers at 100 yards and take 20 shots ... hollowpoints preferred .... heh ...

Can we include a cell phone category also?

 

 

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 13 June 2018

... just had a great idea for another fun shoot ..... set our computers at 100 yards and take 20 shots ... hollowpoints preferred .... heh ...

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 13 June 2018

tk: ... nice guns !! ... hey, usually after you attach the photo in a post, you can grab the lower right corner with your cursor and pull it toward upper left ... that makes it smaller here ... i will copy your last photo and make it smaller ... i hope ( g ) ...  sometimes the little corner hook is hard to snatch ...

this is 202 x 152

ken, who really hates computers ....

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tlkeizer posted this 13 June 2018

Greetings again,

Photos are kind of stubby, I guessed at the reducing of size.

TK

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tlkeizer posted this 13 June 2018

Greetings,

I think I finally got the photos to work.  Shown are Savage 99 .308, Remington 700 ADL 25-06, Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor 45-70, Springfield Model 1884 Trapdoor 45-70.  The Savage I bought in a pawn shop while going through the Benning Boys School in 1975, It will whoot 1 inch groups at 100 yards on occasion.  The 25-06 I bought at Ft. Bliss for my father for Christmas in 1971 before I went to Viet Nam.  The trapdoors my grandfather bought as a young man for the then high price of $5 each, cash.  He said it took him over a full summer to get enough cash to buy them.  The barrel of the 1873 has been re-ligned by Mr. Hoyt after I sent it in to him and it shoots great, the rifle stock re-finished and barrel re-blued before I inherited it.  The model 1884 is all original.

Thought someone may be interested in the picts.

TK

 

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tlkeizer posted this 08 June 2018

Greetings,

I will try to show the rifles I used.

 

Doesn't seem to be working, maybe later.

TK

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 01 June 2018

delmarskid ... if you shot the targets before 1 june, go ahead and send them in to me ... i am giving a few days for the postal gears to grind their way slowly to my attention before i do the final scoring.  

besides, lever gun targets are always fun and the 32-20 with cast needs more support ....  i spent a few quality years in my youth loading for a very nice win. 92 a friend had ..... 

ken campbell   box 156    lorimor iowa    50149

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delmarskid posted this 01 June 2018

Well I shot three guns on three targets too late to get them in on time. A Savage 99 in 303 Savage with aged Weaver 2.5 scope. A Ruger single Seven in 327 Federal. A Marlin 1889 in 32-20.

rlin 1889 in 32-20. I fed the kitty and had a ball!

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Millelacs posted this 30 May 2018

I shot mine on Memorial Day's almost 100 degree heat.  Target went out in Tuesday's daily mail.

It was good to get the old Model 94 out.  Now it's brother is crying that it wants to go out and play.

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GWarden posted this 30 May 2018

It has been mentioned doing the ground hog shoot at 100yds? To make it simple, any cast bullet and center fire, any scope. This would give a fella a  chance to see how he would do with his " chuck" rifle at 100yds shooting from field positions. I would be willing to help with this match. Just wanted to toss it out for a consideration for next year. Have a good summer of shooting.

Bob

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 29 May 2018

... one of the side benefits of this fun match is ( for me at least ) that it has given me an excuse to dig out a few guns that i haven't shot so much ... and even check out my loading equipment ( and buy a couple new gadgets ) that didn't get much use lately. 

i have shot several hundred rounds in preparation for a fun match that doesn't pay much for " winning " ... ( heh ) ... so

maybe it is the journey, not the destination ...

ken

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Bohica793 posted this 29 May 2018

Shot and mailed my targets today.  Decided to use my two lever guns for this one -- 45 Colt and 38-55.  Love this match.

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Brodie posted this 26 May 2018

I think a Buffalo, or Elk, or Elephant shoot would be a heck of a lot of fun as long as we keep it simple, and can find a reduced size target for the critter.  I could put a full sized buffalo target up here in the National Forest, but members who are limited by the facilities at their home range might have a bit of trouble keeping their target in their lane.  Just design the match with the idea of getting the most participants, not narrowing the parameters (and therefore the participation) as tight as possible.

B.E.Brickey

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TRKakaCatWhisperer posted this 25 May 2018

Hey Ken,

Not a bad idea.....perhaps a minimum caliber to be specified, i.e. .35 and up / or .40 and up?  Distance at 100 yds...maybe a bit less? I admit though, I don't recall seeing a full blown buffalo printed on a target sheet.  Neat idea though.

 GREAT!   (I've used my .458WM on prairie dogs before.)

 

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4060may posted this 25 May 2018

There is a reduced Bear target we shoot OH at 50yds with patched round ball, would be a booger at 100dys Iron sights, it's like the groundhog target maybe a little smaller...the GH target was really big with a very hard to discern scoring area, this is for an old guy with bad eyesight.....I'm in  for whatever

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Tom Acheson posted this 25 May 2018

Ken,

Fire up the new thread!

The CBA has a BPCR Postal shot @ 200-yards, off crossticks. The target is a reduced-size turkey silhouette, mimicking the sight picture you'd see looking at the NRA 385-meter turkey.I'd suggest that the use of bench type cross sticks are allowed IF you must share the line with bench shooters and for safety you cannot get out front to stab your normal sticks into the ground and shoot. The bench type sticks cannot be secured to the bench.

The Scheutzen approach to scoring marginal hits would work good, where the center of the bullet must be on the score area. Most hits like that on the steel targets seem to do good at knocking them over. How about a reduced size buffalo?

I'm biased...I have a .40 caliber!

Starter thoughts...

Tom

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