A bit of hunting...

Just lately the freezer has been running low on rabbits, so i decided it was about time i got myself out and filled it back up again. I have been out a few times lately and have a handful of "stories" to tell but i will do them one at a time rather than all at once. 

The first of the bunch was a 3/4 grown rabbit I took with the Logun Solo (12ft.lb) at about 35 yards. 

I stepped outside for a wander around the grounds with the Logun fully charged with air and 10 pellets in the mag. Around my place 10 shots is wayyy more than I need in 1 outing as i generally just have a short wander around and take opportunities that crop up and then go back into the house and let the quarry settle down and come back out again. Due to not having a silencer on the Logun (soon to be rectified) one shot will usually clear most of the quarry for a good 10-20 minutes. 

So, back to the story... I stepped out of the house and headed down the drive to see if there were any rabbits out in the field or on the drive itself. Just as I got down the drive, past the holly bush I saw a white tail running bouncing along, moving towards the hedge, stopping just at the entrance to its escape. My first instinct was to want to quickly draw the rifle up to my shoulder and rush the shot before it made it to safety through the hedge. Luckily sense prevailed and I SLOWLY raised the rifle to my shoulder as I dropped to one knee, with the rifle rested on my shooting sticks. I was 99% certain that the rabbit was in the bag before I even took the shot thanks to the shooting sticks giving me such a solid rest. 

As predicted the rabbit went down thanks to a shot just behind the eye and didn't even give a twitch or a kick. I paced out the distance to the rabbit as usual (always like to check my rangefinding assumptions) and carried it up towards the incinerator. 

I thumbed the rabbit down and set to work skinning, gutting and preparing the rabbit for the freezer. Most of my kills are used as food for the dog with the odd one being eaten by me or friends and family.

 

My Logun Solo will soon have a custom painted stock!

I have decided that enough is enough, I don't like the colour of the stock on my Logun Solo and luckily for me I have a contact that is amazing with a spray gun. So this leads to one logical soloution... Get the stock painted!!

I am currently waiting for some samples to come through with a few options for me. I have asked for a dark colour, probably matte effect and if possible with a texture. If anyone has seen "Ted's holdover" on YouTube AKA "EdgunUSA" then you will know how nice his stock looks. Well, his is a painted wooden stock and I love that kind of look. Apparently there will be a couple of samples coming to me, they are currently applying a heavier texture to one... I'm guessing this is the one I will choose and haven't even seen the samples yet!!



Here is a picture of the gun how it currently is:

Watch this space to find out how the gun turns out, I am very excited about how this could turn out!

New scope on the Ripley AR5s

Some of you will think I am daft for doing this but today I have swapped the £800 Swarovski Habicht 8x50 scope off the Ripley and changed it to now be wearing a £50 Richter Optik 3-9x50AOE scope!

The new scope (not my picture)

The reasoning behind this madness is there though - I wanted a mil-dot scope on the rifle.

The Swarovski had a much clearer picture even without parallax adjustability and it never seemed to need it either to be honest. But, having said all of that, the new scope does the trick nicely. I zeroed it in earlier at 50 yards and I only need to aim half a dot below for 30 yards which is perfect for me as quite a few of my shots are at less than 50 yards.

The Richter Optik scope has an adjustable objective lens for parallax, an illuminated reticule and a 3-9 variable zoom which is all I personally need. 

Next on the cards is a new scope cam mount seeing as the one I am using will only fit on my Logun Solo and was home made by me out of Polymorph. It just isn't cutting the mustard when it comes to shooting with it on and I can't do any hunting with it until I can shoot accurately with it on.

Before anyone asks... The Swarovski hasn't gone to waste, it is now sitting on the .22lr

Happy hunting everyone!