Hey guys,just got back from a week vacation in the High Desert. The first day of my trip I was accompanied by a good friend of mine,this was his first Airgun hunt.After bagging his first Jack with my Marauder I think he may have gotten the Airgun bug,I hope. The second day I spent with the FLEX .30 was trying out various pellets,shooting at ranges 50/100/150/200yrds. The targets I was using were empty soda cans filled with sand as to keep them from blowing around. After shooting for several hours I finally narrowed my pellet of choice down to the 44.75gr JSBs.I spent the entire next day practicing at the 50/100/150/200yrd ranges until I was consistently hitting all the targets and confident in wind.The next day I got up early and started it all over again,this time my wife decided to show me how its done. She is a ridiculously amazing shot and was hitting a 3/4" wire dangling off a pipe at 90yrds,she smashed my ego needless to say.After spending some more quality time with the gun,I felt very confident with its potential.Today was my last day of the trip so I got up super early around 5:15am and drove several miles down the mountain and into the desert jungle. The morning was cool and had almost a beach breeze going on,very beautiful sunrise it was.The area I was hiking into was a place I had found days before,it was one of very few places that offered a good field of view and had a good overlook.I set up at the spot at 6:00am and could already see movement in the distance.The area I was looking down on was fairly flat with short bushes and some larger Joshua trees near the outer area.I used a laser link to find 200yrds and sat and waited for a Jack to get into that range,really wanted a long range kill.The sun by this time was bringing them out,could see the amber ears everywhere in the distance.The first Jack I encountered into my range was hopping along a trail and stopping frequently,usually BEHIND something.Hunting Jacks gets frustrating because they move directions so quickly and are sometimes impossible to see,especially at 200yrds.I sat for over an hour waiting until one finally stopped and sat coincidentally right under the Joshua Tree that marked 200yrds.I aimed right at the top of his head at 4 1/2mil holdover and slightly to the right for a slight breeze over my right shoulder.I fired and could see the pellet arch down and right into his head,couldnt hear any hit.He flopped down,kicked a few times and was OUT like a light.I cant tell you how happy I was,so amazing what these guns are capable of.I want to thank Travis for lending me the gun,and outfitting it with his custom Centerpoint 10x scope as well. The FLEX is a great gun and I cant wait to see it in some capable hands,with practice it will put a pellet anywhere you need it to.Enclosed are some pics of my adventure.
