What did you do at the range today?

[WestTN2288]

Verified Zero on the replacement SWFA today.

Also got a few more rounds down range on the 7 PRC.

Got to be more clear. I was really excited thinking that was the PRC for a second…

 

[Chris in TN]

More sitting behind trek poles with and without a pack for rear support today.

 

[flyfisher117]

Got to be more clear. I was really excited thinking that was the PRC for a second…

That’s the 6.5 Micro PRC.

 

[waspocrew]

Pressure test with CFE 223 and the 95 TMK in my Howa mini. No stellar group worth posting, but got up to ~ 2815 (31 gr) in Starline brass with normal bolt lift.

Zeroed my 7 SAUM for the upcoming elk season. 145 LRX at 3040 should do. After this group, made a nice cluster on the steel at 300.

 

[RWT]

Tried 3 different stocks today in my 16” 6.5CM
RS, Mesa Precision, Bastion
3 different load with the new chronograph
ACC 140 black tips out of my Alamo
Cooper Creek 130 OTM in the Tikka and Alamo
Hornady 140 Bulk ammo in a tikka as it is my practice round

I’ll a full review of the 3 stocks soon. They all have trade offs of some sort.

 

[Chris in TN]

Tried 3 different stocks today in my 16” 6.5CM
RS, Mesa Precision, Bastion
3 different load with the new chronograph
ACC 140 black tips out of my Alamo
Cooper Creek 130 OTM in the Tikka and Alamo
Hornady 140 Bulk ammo in a tikka as it is my practice round

I’ll a full review of the 3 stocks soon. They all have trade offs of some sort.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on all of them.

 

[Chris in TN]

Spent some time working more on field positions with my daughter this morning before work.

She's struggling with using a pack for a rear rest. In any position. A full sized pack works better than our little day pack, but I'm trying to avoid hauling a full sized pack around just to use as a rest. I think there are better options.

So this morning we went back to ol' faithful, my rubberbanded arrows that I have used to kill deer from a seated position:



The orange fencepost wedged under my knee, was an attempt to figure out if it's worth bringing a third arrow. We always have a handful of those fenceposts in the SxS so I just grabbed one this monring instead of getting out a third arrow shaft.

I think a guy could make a cheap gadget - and sell it - that would clamp to a trek pole and hold an arrow shaft where it was adjustable up-down to make a third leg to convert trek poles from a bipod to tripod configuration. Or perhaps a mounting plate that locked to the trek pole and held the arrow shaft securely but not fixed permanently, so that the arrow (for seated you don't need more than 26" max) would be out of the way when not being used as a tripod leg, but the plate would rotate and allow the arrow (under tension) to slide in-out to adjust length quickly. The goal here isn't to make a tripod that'll hold a kettle of stew over a fire; it's just to make something that makes a worthwhile marginal improvement in front rest stability, and I think that would be worthwhile for the ~1.5 ounce weight penalty of a simple mount and an arrow shaft.

The rubberbanded arrows for a rear support are not perfect. But they offer a whole lot of stability for their costs (weight and money).

I'm not expecting to start a trend of everyone rushing to turn arrows into field rests, but I think there's worse ideas for making quick but steady positions.