Hope there weren't any buildings or people over the horizon...

[mitt]

What is the saying- something like "know your backdrop"?   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0Xx4DXkYk&feature=player_embedded#!



(any politics and this thread will be locked)


mitt

[The Architect]

"know your back drop"

It's Alaska!  There's nothing or no one in the horizon for miles except for Russia.








(sorry Mitt, I couldn't resist!)     If my response is over the line or too tempting for others let me know and I'll remove it. 

[mitt]

True.  How about "know your gun" and the five misses she let go?



mitt

[erkishhorde]

Bahahaha "Somethin's not right here cause this gun is right on." Yeah, she's a horrible shot.

[The Architect]

Bahahaha "Somethin's not right here cause this gun is right on." Yeah, she's a horrible shot.

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=39943.msg809585#msg809585

If you need more than 3 with that style of rifle, then you need to find another job.

[okpanic]

it's easy to miss standing like that. if she really wanted to hit it she should take a knee and properly support the weight of the rifle.

[okpanic]

okay i should have actually watched it before i just assumed by the picture.

[duccarlos]

It's a tough shot for someone that is out of practice. I'm surprise it didn't bolt after the first shot.

[Triple J]

Dumbest Caribou ever. You think it might have ran after the first 4 misses! 

...and why can't she operate the bolt herself? 

[sno_duc]

My M1A1 did someting simular to me.
The scope mount was moving during recoil, not every time, just often enough to drive you nuts.
We finally covered a 4' sq pallet with white butcher paper, stapled 1 target to it, and set it out at 100 yds.
Lloyd spotted for me with a 50x spotting scope.
3 shots nice group......make adjustment.....3 shots.....and then out of the blue 2 ft high and 1 ft right.....WTF
After cleaning the appropiate area with brake clean and appling a liberal dose of red locktite, the problem went away.


So my wild ass quess is during transport the scope was damaged. You always assume that a miss is your fault, if the scope is off it will drive you nuts, especially if the rifle in question has been a tack driver in the past.

[muskrat]

didn't her Dad shoot the rifle at the camp after they returned swearing it was dead on?  their buddy placed a paper plate and the guy missed as well.  don't know if Sarah can shoot for shit but six total shots by two people and no target hit.  the rifle is off.

[sno_duc]

Dumbest Caribou ever. You think it might have ran after the first 4 misses! 

...and why can't she operate the bolt herself? 

At the range between Kenai and Soldotna, we had to cease fire and wait, a small herd of Caribou walked over the berm and slowly walked between 5 of us and our target on the 50yd pistol range.
Caribou do not associate gun fire with danger. People smells are a whole different matter, if you're upwind, they will take of 100's of yards away, as soon as they get the scent.

[MendoDave]

I have to assume that they know the area and that they know there were no stuctures over the hill, but you can't be sure there wasn't a person on the other side. I don't know, I wasn't there. Maybe they did know.

[sno_duc]

I have to assume that they know the area and that they know there were no stuctures over the hill, but you can't be sure there wasn't a person on the other side. I don't know, I wasn't there. Maybe they did know.

IIRC it was said that they were north of the arctic circle, if so not much other than miles and miles of miles and miles. An area about the size of the state of California with maybe 30k people.
Google maps..... look ~ 150 miles north of Fairbanks.

[muskrat]

nearest neighbor is over 100 miles away.  If there was someone over the ridge they were lost. 
When I went to Prudhoe Bay and surrounding area I couldn't believe the vastness of the place.  Went in winter and summer both times seeing a Polar Bear......scary as hell.