Carlos Hathcock Method of Sighting in a Rifle

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 9/7/20 | C Cocole

[wardaddy]

Is this thread about malware or gunny?

[Osage Orange]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VADFpAfDLY

Watch it...you will be glad you did.

[wardaddy]

The irony is what you just did to that poster is also free wolf ticket indulgence

Internet bullying.....and yes I hate that word too

Not that I care dealing with intimidation is part of being a man

He should bully back...like a man...lol

I’ve been to freeper gatherings and seen what you’re likely up against here

It’s not that scary.....although some of the cat ladies are pretty tuff

I know Matt Bracken and know he’s capable but it takes a lot to get him cranked up and like me he’s getting older

Squantos ...knows his guns....and lives in long range land

Those are the two I know I’d watch

Other than that the forum has a lot of chatter...myself included

[wardaddy]

Thank u

I sent it to my oldest son.....he’s always got a new rifle he traded for he needs to get glass on

These east bloc rifles are notorious for taking scope mounts poorly and he likes them cause they are cheap

[TexasGator]

WEBSITE BLOCKED DUE TO TROJAN VIRUS - MalwareBytes Premium, Norton 360.

[TexasGator]

I think you missed a key detail ...

[baclava]

Sighting in by firing ONE shot a day?, then taking notes?

LOL

right, with $20 a day range fees, nope

[SkyDancer]

My uncle showed me how to sight in my rifles. He'd lock them in a holder of sorts then remove the bolt and sight down the barrel lining up the black dot/circle; then adjust the scope cross hairs to that. He'd next fire a shot and see where the bullet landed and then re-adjust the cross hairs over that hole. Worked every time - always sighted to 100yrds.

Home schooling is great!

[Chainmail]

I hope you don’t mind my saying that what you wrote had too many obscure references - what are you hinting at?

If you are referring to my post, some background: I was assigned to backstop a sniper while I was with Golf Company 2/1 in Vietnam. We’d go out in the dark while he chose his hide position and I’d move back on the trail to cover his back door with my M-14. When the sniper shot, an enemy died.

I shot several Marine Corps Division matches and once for the Marine Cops matches and we used exactly the described techniques to know our rifles. At one point, I broke a range record at 600 meters with my match M-14.

So when some know-it- all pops off with “I don’t need to know all that stuff to shoot deer”, I get annoyed, ya know? The Second Amendment has nothing to do with deer shooting.

[Osage Orange]

Here's another video I like...not a gun video though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McAVq4-rsJU

Never heard of this guy before...but he's talking my talk.

And yes...the Trump Ad is awesome.

[Carriage Hill]

Now, I’m not getting the Trojan message anymore; someone fixed it.

[imardmd1]

Same here, but from AVG Internet Security (paid) & Malwarebytes Free Version.

I don't know what's going on here.

[imardmd1]

The blocker is Malwarebytes, not AVG

[Big Red Badger]

Good post,
Bullies Abound.

[Carriage Hill]

I got the message from both MalwareBytes Premium (paid) and Norton 360 (paid).

[Clarancebeaks]

Whats with the big talk s##t. I never claimed to be a tough guy, and I said Hathcock’s method was a good one IF you have all that time to sight in a rifle which I do not. Are you maybe a PETA member and are upset over my reference to shooting deer? Don’t get so butt-hurt over someone elses respectfully offered opinions. The last thing I would ever do is say I knew as much or that I experienced anything like Carlos Hathcock did. By the way, I met him at a gunshow years ago, he was selling and signing copies of his book Marine Sniper.

[Chainmail]

"I can sight in in a few minutes without worrying about flys (sic) farting and never have to worry about missing a deer or a varmint, so why bother?"

Remember?

[imardmd1]

The blocker is Malwarebytes, not AVG.

"Secure Connection Failed"

IP Addr: 107.154.146.227

Port: 443

Type: Outbound

File: C:\Program Files\(x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

Same issue comes up when trying to access

https://americanshootingjournal.com/

through Mozilla Firefox/StartPage

Maybe Malwarebytes doesn't want you to be interested in guns & shooting? (/sarc)

[Chode]

can somebody PLEASE post the pertinent part of the article for those of us that get warnings?

[Stanwood_Dave]

"... worrying about flys farting and never have to worry about missing a deer or a varmint, so why bother?"

What's that old saying, you can't see the forest because of the tree's!!!!!!!!!

let me help cut a few of those tree's out of your eye line, so you may see the Forest.

I'm a former "Hand Loader," i.e., I used to "roll my own," I did so for a "25-06" {NOT A TYPE-O} a "30-06,-O3-A3," Full Military version (Loved the peep-sight on that thing,) also a 35 Whalen (a poor mans 375 H&H African Hunting Rifle.) For the first 100 yards, a 35 Whalen & a 375 Holland & Holland are exactly the same. I'm, 66 yr's old as I write this out, and when I was a young punk, I thought rifle scopes was a form of cheating. I've learned to accept rifle scopes for working men. (Read that as I think all Sniper's should use a glass / scope.)

What flew over your head @ approx. 35 thousand feet, is when a Sniper has to "TAKE THE SHOT," the barrel of his / her rifle is 100 percent COLD / room temp. So depending on just what is the ambient (room) temperature, (are you taking the shot in southern California) during the winter, or Alaska.

I was self taught, reloading pre internet. I was a semi happy camper when I could keep a group of three shots @ 100 yards (the longest shooting facility I had access to) less than the size of a quarter, hoping to keep under the size of a dime, but most times just making a nickel in size. Wish I would have learned to keep a "DOPE-BOOK." (Dope = Data- on -Previous - Engagements,) only the military could come up with such a phrase & word {Engagements} for killing people.

One-Shot-One-Kill, doesn't happen because some fly farted, it happens when a shooter and his weapon are on the same page, physically (room Temperature, etc) can see the target, and most importantly have the confidence from experience (range time in all weather conditions) to take the shot!!!! Knowing just where that shot will land on a piece of real estate the size of a dime, or less.

Lesson to be learned, Carlos Hathcock Method of Sighting in a Rifle, is the gold standard, if that's your line of work, even today, in the year 2020.