Testing the bullseye target camera system at one mile.

[waco]

This system is really cool at "normal" distances for marking and noting hits on target. We were using it as a visual aid to spot misses at extreme ranges. It worked well until my brother put a .338" bullet through a 1/4" cord at one mile......

 

[Pistolero]

Your brother is one hell of a shot!

I assume the cord can't run all the way back? Hope that it was just a cord between the camera and battery
pack or something like that. I can't imagine laying and recovering a mile of wire every trip, I assume it
has to be radio.....doesn't it?

OK, watched the (excellent!) video. A few inches left and the antenna would have been toast, probably not
$7. I'm thinking that some AR500 may be in order or the camera itself. It may be bad to have steel in
front of the antenna. Is a longer cable to get the antenna WAY off to the side available?

 

[waco]

The wire he hit runs from the camera to the antenna all of which is downrange. It's maybe 10'-12' long. It was a $7 cord.

 

[358156 hp]

Way to go Aaron. Another 6 inches to the left could have been painful.

Kidding aside, you guys do some damn fine long range shooting!

 

[S Mac]

Cool video. Don't know much about YouTube, is it beneficial to you if I subscribe? I think I did, don't know for sure. How would I know?

 

[Pistolero]

I'd be armoring the camera, for sure.

 

[Brad]

Nice shooting and a rear video. His editing is really good.
A nice steel plate to protect the camera would be a wise project? And then move the antenna off to the side more?

 

[waco]

Cool video. Don't know much about YouTube, is it beneficial to you if I subscribe? I think I did, don't know for sure. How would I know?

Not beneficial to us, no. Would just keep you updated when we post new stuff. Thanks for watching!

 

[Brad]

If it wasn’t so damn far we could all road trip to Oregon to shoot with Walter and Aaron.

 

[waco]

Nice shooting and a rear video. His editing is really good.
A nice steel plate to protect the camera would be a wise project? And then move the antenna off to the side more?

As said in the video, the trees are kinda in our way. we need to scout out a better place to shoot. Believe it or not, even out here with endless BLM land, it's tough to find a good flat area to shoot out to 1800+ yards were it's easy enough to set up targets and your stop to shoot from.

 

[waco]

If it wasn’t so damn far we could all road trip to Oregon to shoot with Walter and Aaron.

That would be awesome! You guys would enjoy it!

 

[Brad]

As said in the video, the trees are kinda in our way. we need to scout out a better place to shoot. Believe it or not, even out here with endless BLM land, it's tough to find a good flat area to shoot out to 1800+ yards were it's easy enough to set up targets and your stop to shoot from.

Got a chain saw?

 

[waco]

It's all about having some clear ground on a slight uphill slope. Seeing splash is very beneficial to the spotter. WAY too much brush on the ground where we shoot. We even cleared out a bunch. Still not quite enough.

 

[waco]

There are some nice big alkali flats 70-80 miles down the road from this spot. We might go check that place out in the near future.

 

[Brad]

A nice vertical backstop would help too.
Color me jealous, I have no place even close to that for shooting long distance. I can do 600 anytime I want but not any farther.

 

[waco]

600 is no joke. You can learn a lot from that distance. We do a bunch of 500 yard shooting because it's close to home. I can get 1000 with an hour and a half drive.

 

[Cherokee]

Great shooting...

 

[fiver]

far?
Oregon is like 5' away.
[from the eastern border]

 

[Brad]

Yes, far.
iPad map says 1695 miles, 1 day and 44 min drive from me. I consider that far.

I could drive to Miami faster than Springfield, OR

 

[Ian]

I think Fiver's like 1500 miles away from me, and that's more or less on the way.