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Boys get a physics lesson, Reeder style...
Tuesday, January 08, 2019, 15:48

This nice college boy comes over every so often to do some target practice with Roman. This time he brought a couple Foreign students from China in tow. They had not handled forearms before and Roman gave them some lessons. In the melee, Roman decides to drag out Uncle Doug's Reeder built .500 Nitro Express Encore rifle. It has a 1" diameter 22" barrel with muzzle brake. I modified the laminate stocks and added lead to the mix bringing up the weight in the field to about 9-1/2 lb. Actually a pound or two light for a .500 but you are supposed to carry it more than shoot right? This one has well over 100 rnds. through it.

The thing is recoil moves the gun back 6". It matters not how big or tough you are, it's coming back 6". The scope eye relief is about 5". Pre-shoot briefing always included this information. The boys ambled out with (3) prized 570 gr. SP (Perhaps Roman forgot they are $10 each, or more). The Lion Loads run about 2150 fps. Roman showed the boy how it was done first. The young man has some AK type carbines and a few handguns of his own, a young enthusiast.

Now he is a member of the Crescent Club. Almost everyone has done it, if not you just were not trying. My last was a .308 Win. bolt gun that surprised me with my loose grip, I remember Doug got dinked, rightfully so with a .375 Rem. UM. Now this boy has a bragging scar from a prestigious .500 Nitro Express, not many can say that. He's actually proud of it well after the fact, not really hurt but now smarter. Roman fired a follow up to save face for himself, he got dented but not cut once, he remembers. lol