Took the new Savage out to the range to site in the scope.

It has been at least 12 years since I've shot a 12ga, and
aparently I'm at least 12 years older too.

DANG that hurts.

Had to quit after 10 shots.
Still don't have it sited in yet.

People were laughing at me because I would shoot,
rub my shoulder, complain about how sore I was getting,
adjust the scope, and try again.

The first few shots were at a 5-gallon bucket on the ground
just in front of the dirt pile 50 yards away, but I was
skipping slugs off the ground in front of the pile and
couldn't tell how much adjustment the scope needed.

I couldn't keep my eye on the target after I shot,
and I was relying on my wife to tell me how far off I was.
Twice she said she didn't see where the bullet hit.
Not her fault, but darn frustrating.

I gave up on the bucket after 5 shots, and started trying
to hit a pumpkin I sat half way up the dirt pile.

After 5 shots at the pumpkin, and getting closer each
time, I couldn't take it anymore. Hurt too much.
Finally said to heck with it, pulled out the S&W 500,
and took a single shot which blew the side out of the pumpkin.
It rolled down the hill, and I blew another chunk out.
They stopped laughing, but it was really just lucky shots.

Compared to the slug gun the 500 was a kitten.

I realized my problem after I got home.
The scope has 1/4" MOA "clicks". My slugs were hitting
a foot away from the target, and I was only adjusting the
scope a few clicks at a time. (thinking an adjustment
click was a full inch at 100 yards, it would be a half inch at 50)
No wonder I didn't see much change.
For being off a foot at 50 yards, I needed more like 100 clicks.

Oh well, I'll know better next time.

Can't wait to get some Dixie Terminators for some real
punnishment.

Dave

PAST Recoil Shields
http://www.battenfeldtechnologies.com/pastshooting/

Bye
Jack

PAST Recoil Shields
http://www.battenfeldtechnologies.com/pastshooting/

Bye
Jack

Darn it anyway. I checked their list of dealers, and realized
I was at one yesterday.

I'll have to pick up one of their shields next weekend...
BEFORE I go shooting again.

Thanks for posting that link.

Dave

Hi dwebb210,

Whats up with slug shooters and the 5 gallon bucket sight in.At my range the weeks before opening day it is the target of choice.READ http://shootersforum.com/showthread.htm?t=7918 get three big pices of card bord and place a little dot in the middle of them.Place the first one at 25yds.Shoot one or two times and see wear your hitting.adjust scope and shoot again.once your close at 25yds take the other target and place it out at 50yds repeat steps above untill you are around two inches hi at 50yds.Then take the last target out to 100yds and see how your doing.I normaly zero my slug gun in at 100yds.Your zero will depend on what kind of slug you shoot.if you can use a bench for this sight in it will help.you can also remove the bolt on the savage.With the gun in a steady rest you can look down the barrel and center the target then move the cross hairs to the middle of the target and this should get you pritty close.when you shoot a slug gun from a bench you need to hold on to the front of the stock or you will get bad groups.I don`t hold on all that tight.Its more of a pulling back to the sholder than a death grip.This will help with the recoil and you can also roll up a old tee shirt and place it between the stock and your sholder.This will cost you nothing and will help,if you have a 25lbs bag of shot laying around it will work even better.

Please don`t take the 5 gallon bucket thing to heart.I loath shotguns for big game hunting and have worked very hard and have spent much$$$ to get a shotgun to shoot slugs.I now have a $600+shotgun that has a horroble trigger,and is heavy as all get out that will do 4inch groups at 200yds with Winchester Supreme partition gold sabots that cost 12.00 for a box of 5 slugs.All I want to do is take out my $200 336 Marlin in 35 Remington and shoot 200gr Remingtons at $12.00 a box for 20 rounds.

I guess I over did it.I JUST HATE SLUGS>

Riflemen10x

Hi dwebb210,
Whats up with slug shooters and the 5 gallon bucket sight in.

Well, to be honest, the 5-gallon bucket was already there.

I figured I would rough site it and THEN get the better
targets out.

I'd rather shoot at an abandoned bucket than force
everyone else to put their guns down so I can go downrange
and set up a target.

Hey, at least I wasn't the guy next to me who was shooting
at the same bucket to site in his 22 rifle's 4x scope for
squirrel hunting. Once he started hitting the bucket, he
figured it was good enough!

Dave