Author Topic: Laser sited contender ;-) off hand wonderment (Read 566 times)

Dr. Michael · « **on:** July 14, 2003, 11:02:32 AM »

I have a Contender and a 4x leupold, which is great for shooting off the bipod, but is real heavy for off hand shooting. Well, I inletted a forend for a 20x Aimshot so that it is recessed into the stock. Now, off hand it is still dangerous as far out as I can see. I figured it would be great for the end of the day shooting when things quiet down. Now, when that bullberry 17ah gets here, we may stretch that dot out to 150-200 for some off hand fun.

Anybody else shoot their contenders off hand?

Doc

Double D · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2003, 11:05:04 AM »

Do you really think you will be able to see that dot outdoors in bright daylight that far out?

Dr. Michael · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2003, 11:38:03 AM »

there's a laser site company here in town and they just release a 20x, and I can see it outside, now perfectly but it'll do. I would imagine on an over cast day it would be amazing or where I call yotes; in the woods.

Doc

Double D · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2003, 05:34:42 PM »

I think you are going to be disappointed unless they have a dot that gets larger the further out it get.

I don't think the dot at 10 feet is as big as a dime. Do you think you can see a dime at 100 or 200 yards. We used one in darkened warehouse and had a hard time seeing it 100 feet.

The other problem is that light goes in a straight line, bullets don't. The best way to get some idea what you are dealing with is with a ballistics program that will do graphs. Or even without a graph. Run the program with a 100 yard zero and a 200 yard zero in increments of 5 yards. You wanna see a rainbow!

Now that said We once mounted a laser sight on top of rifle scope. That worked really well. You could see that dot a long wasy out. At night we could see the red dot on the bosses house about a mile away. We got a phone call from the boss and he told us to quit pointing the laser at his house because it made streak on the TV everytime it crossed his screen.

Ladobe · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2003, 08:07:58 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Michael

.....Anybody else shoot their contenders off hand?
Doc

Hey Doc,

Offhand for most of the 33 years to be exact - only use the bench in the digger fields and for load developement (sticks/bipod hunting sometimes or a "lean".

And don't forget I was one of the umpteen thousand silhouette shooters who shoot their TC's offhand 2-3 weekends a month year round. A well balanced Contender is a joy to shoot while standing on your hind legs my friend.

Sounds like you think you are getting pretty proficient with your new Contender already. Since I now have two 375JDJ's, lets get together and see who can shoot the tightest group pard - say 100 shots each, you at 100 yards and I'll shoot at 200 yards. :wink: (BTW - got a little more done on your calls tonight)

OK, chain yanking session over.... catch you on the land line Doc.

L.