What did you do at the range today?

[43.6N]

My 11 year old son passed Hunter Education last Saturday. This means he will be hunting big game for the first time this upcoming season.

Hes never shot any way other than Prone or off a bench. So today we started training. Ruger 10/22 in a KRG Chassis. Burris Fullfield II 4.5-16x. We kept the scope on 4.5x and hung a 4" steel plate at 50 yards.

10 shots per position.

Bipod Prone 10/10
Sitting tripod supported 10/10
Kneeling Tripod 8/10
Standing Tripod 8/10

We did more shooting than just these 40 rounds, but I made it a point to "keep score" on every position for 10 consecutive rounds to track his progress.

I was really blown away and proud of how well he shot for his first time in these positions. Im hoping to have an arca plate on the gun for next weekend to clip into the Tripod. We will probably ditch the bipod and shoot off his pack or just a bag next weekend also.

He doesnt have the muscle to shoot free hand unsupported at the moment. Im going to start having him do reps and dry firing in the evenings to build the muscle memory.

Hopefully I have time to get an optic mounted on an AR so we can stretch out his range to 100 yards, maybe 200 yards next weekend with the same 4" steel plate and repeat the same drill at 100 or 200 yards.

Elk, deer and antelope are all on the table for him this year. We will focus on building up to the AR and then have him start shooting my 6.5 CM.

.223 is a no go for elk in Wyoming and I dont have anything in between, so we will see how handles the recoil.

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Well done young man!

 

[RockAndSage]

My 11 year old son passed Hunter Education last Saturday. This means he will be hunting big game for the first time this upcoming season.

Hes never shot any way other than Prone or off a bench. So today we started training. Ruger 10/22 in a KRG Chassis. Burris Fullfield II 4.5-16x. We kept the scope on 4.5x and hung a 4" steel plate at 50 yards.

10 shots per position.

Bipod Prone 10/10
Sitting tripod supported 10/10
Kneeling Tripod 8/10
Standing Tripod 8/10

We did more shooting than just these 40 rounds, but I made it a point to "keep score" on every position for 10 consecutive rounds to track his progress.

I was really blown away and proud of how well he shot for his first time in these positions. Im hoping to have an arca plate on the gun for next weekend to clip into the Tripod. We will probably ditch the bipod and shoot off his pack or just a bag next weekend also.

He doesnt have the muscle to shoot free hand unsupported at the moment. Im going to start having him do reps and dry firing in the evenings to build the muscle memory.

Hopefully I have time to get an optic mounted on an AR so we can stretch out his range to 100 yards, maybe 200 yards next weekend with the same 4" steel plate and repeat the same drill at 100 or 200 yards.

Elk, deer and antelope are all on the table for him this year. We will focus on building up to the AR and then have him start shooting my 6.5 CM.

.223 is a no go for elk in Wyoming and I dont have anything in between, so we will see how handles the recoil.

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Nice work man.

 

[KingOfTagSoup]

Shot a 9 round group at 31.0 gr Leverevolution in the Howa Mini 6 ARC, 107 TMKs. Group size was .786", avg velocity was 2777. I think that's gonna be the load.

 

[Chris in TN]

My vision (post-surgery) seems to be stabilizing. I can see handgun sights well enough to shoot again and enjoy it. I've shot my bow a few times in the last few days and at least 100 rounds through a peep-sighted .22lr out to 225 yards and at least another 100 through a scoped .22lr at ranges from up close to out past 350 yards (all the elevation I could dial, all the reticle I could hold, and then some, to finally make a couple of hits).

Shot maybe 100 rounds through a suppressed .22lr pistol this afternoon with my oldest daughter.

The surgery went VERY well. I'm tickled pink with the new vision. Seems to be landing somewhere close to 20/25 and at times I'm pushing 20/20. It'll still likely be a while before centerfires are safe, I assume.

One thing that's really obvious now - I've been using magnification for a crutch, of sorts, for the last couple of years. I'm not saying that's a bad thing to do for people with bad vision - just that, well, it seems like I can do more with less, now. I shot a bunch of .22lr at 225 yards on 4x and 6x with no issues at all.

 

[BLJ]

If you have a Scheels near you, they have a giant 1900 count Scheels branded box of 40gr federal standard velocity.

In my cz457 it grouped just as well as Eley target and SK match at 50yds.

It’s clean burning, and reliably cycles my 22lr handguns

Significantly cheaper too than Eley or SK too.

https://www.scheels.com/p/60454464760?queryID=5b602d7e9ac90843

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None close unfortunately.

But I’d say I can pay someone to bring me some.

 

[Chris in TN]

If you have a Scheels near you, they have a giant 1900 count Scheels branded box of 40gr federal standard velocity.

In my cz457 it grouped just as well as Eley target and SK match at 50yds.

It’s clean burning, and reliably cycles my 22lr handguns

Significantly cheaper too than Eley or SK too.

https://www.scheels.com/p/60454464760?queryID=5b602d7e9ac90843

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Thank you. I'mma gamble on one of those.

 

[Hazarmaveth]

I'll take the annoying, loud rifle over the unsafe, nut jobs that appear in open to the public ranges. I'll take the SBR over the guy that parks next to me with the 338 lapua and a giant brake. My whole brain shakes every time he pulls the trigger. At public ranges you end up with the guy who sets his target on the side berm next to his car and starts shooting in the direction of the next bay, or the guy who sets his target and then shoots about 10 yards in front of the normal firing line, or the guy who has to walk down the range every other shot to check his impact at 200 yards because he doesn't have a spotting scope, etc.

 

[UnckleBob]

I tested my 243 Tikka with 5 different inexpensive factory SP loads. All of them shot about 1-1.5 MOA except the Core-lokt ammo which shot 3 MOA & was 100fps slower than I expected based upon the other 4.

I also tested my 108g Eldx hand loads. I shot 4 shots into a 1" square box. I am looking forward to seeing if I can get to 2,900fps out of a 20" barrel.

 

[JohnJohnson]

I've been burning through 9mm the past couple months and will be going through another 400 rounds of it on Wednesday. I plan to do the first shots through my Springfield Kuna and to put some more rounds through my Sig P211 to get its round count to 1,000.

 

[Nicaburns]

Getting ready for my first trip to Africa in June and swapped over to the new 170gr Barnes ttsx for my 7prc. Cold bore shot at 500… I think it’ll do!
Averaging 2.8” groups at 500 out of my Weatherby Alpine CT.

 

[Ohiohuntr]

Took my new tikka 6.5 prc out today with 143 eldx, 147 eldm and 156 eol’s my 24” factory t3x lite was about 100fps less on each box of ammo which I’m not to worried about because it’s new and I hand load, however the best group I could get out of this ammo was 1.33” for 4 shot groups, i degreased the gun before I took it out, including the action bolts and re torqued everything so I’m kinda worried. This is my first tikka but I have serval customs and I don’t know if I’m asking too much

 

[coyotekilla]

Verified / corrected the night operation rifles at 500 yards, both the night vision and the thermal sights. A hot hands isn't very big at 500 yards.

 

[justinspicher]

Yesterday I worked on shooting off my tripod while standing. Shot at 174, 325, and 485 yards.

Shooting went well, everything felt good. Now I’ll have to add par time to see if I’m actually doing everything efficiently.

 

[justinspicher]

Today was a high angle day. It was a chore to get up high, but very much worth it. We shot between 225-600yds at angles between 6-18°. Gotta trust that bubble level.

 

[CMcCormick1805]

Confirmed zero on my 7PRC for the upcoming bear season. Gun shoots lights out as usual.

Shot the .223 trainer on steel 200-600 yards with first shot impacts using hold overs. Did a 21 dot drill that revealed some weak points in my shooting off a tripod. I ran about 80 rounds through the rifle if I include some zeroing and groups I shot for the fun of it.

Tested scope rings from Arken on both my trainer and a 7PRC used by a buddy.

Shot my first shots through my new Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-15x42 Needless to say I may finally have a scope I absolutely love.

Helped another buddy with load development and found that the cheap Franklin armory scale does suck. I suspect this resulted in wildly inconsistent velocities and poor group size in a 6 shot group out of a 6.5 PRC.

 

[wyosam]

Shot a quick ladder in my 223-ran out of TAC so switched to H4895 because I have a bunch. Also rechecked zero on a couple rifles that were in the trunk of my car and I threw a 50 pound bag of dog food on top of them. Black soft cases in a black trunk, and I usually take my truck to the range but the price of diesel has it parked unless I need it. Tikkas with sportsmatch rings, on SWFA 3-15 and one Credo 2-10x36. No issues, both still right on the money.


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[waspocrew]

I have two 22 Creedmoors with thermal scopes that I needed to verify zero with (one shooting 77 TMK and the other 62 ELDVT). Grabbed my plastic ammo boxes and hit the range. First rifle was zeroed in just a few shots. Went to zero the other rifle and when I opened the ammo box, I realized I had grabbed my 6 ARC ammo instead of the 22 Creedmoor.

Didn't have time (nor did I really want to) rush home and grab the other box. I'll hit it again soon!

 

[Nicaburns]

Shot my first shots through my new Trijicon Credo HX 2.5-15x42 Needless to say I may finally have a scope I absolutely love.

I’m shooting the MRAD version but agree 100%

 

[coyotekilla]

Banged some paper at 100, then steel at 500 with my tikka upr 6.5cm. It shoots pretty well.

 

[CMcCormick1805]

Sighted in some Red Dots. One on a Shadow Systems 9mm and the other on a Ruger Mark 4. Nothing of note other than that I was impressed with the new Vortex Venom 3MOA Enclosed red dot. Shooting it side by side with the Leupold Delta Point Pro (my current favorite) reminds me why I love the bigger window.

The Venom gives off Holosun EPS Carry vibes. It feels cheap but so does every other pistol dot in my opinion. I feel it’s a good fit for a pinking .22 like my Mark 4. I wouldn’t say it runs in the same class as the RMR and Acro but it’s a pleasure to shoot with. Zeroing was quick. Vortex provided a handy print out with what each click did at varied distances.

I’m looking forward to shooting more with the Venom. I am sure I’ll be using the warranty but there’s always a chance I’ll be surprised.