Sporting Rifle

Buck hit list

We were still in lockdown during the early part of May 2020 and whilst things were starting to start to ease south of the border, here in Scotland there was no change. We had hoped that we might be able to recommence training and taking some clients out by mid-May but it was not to be.

This was particularly frustrating as there were good bucks appearing all over the place, so I needed to redress the balance and I had had guys booked to come for more than a year. However, the enforced downtime did allow me get the scope on the Haenel Jagersport in 6.5 Creedmoor fitted, set up and zeroed in.

Regular readers will know I am a fan of the 6.5x55 ‘Swedish’, as it is commonly referred to, and this

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