What did you do at the range today?

[BLJ]

I knocked out some repeats. Started at the target run to 10/25yds and shoot two rounds, continue until empty.

10yds x 20 rounds with the pistol.
25yds x 20 rounds with the rifle.

I went 17/20 on both.

Sounds like a good drill and looks like some good shooting.

What size targets do you use?

 

[justinspicher]

 

[DB29]

Shot a 30rnd group of a new load for my M70 .270. 16in barrel with a Reaper on it. 145eldx over 54gr of H4350, going about 2840fps.

Waiting for a rokstock to drop this into.

 

[justinspicher]

Shot steel today, worked off the tripod, mostly standing, a little kneeling and sitting. Shot at 425yds, 20rds.

 

[RifleJunkie]

Finally got a decent enough day to sight in the new Waypoint 7mm mag. 180 grain ELDms in the 1-8" barrel performed quite nicely at 2880 Fps. Also played around a bit more with a 110 Trail Hunter in 6.5 PRC

 

[KY_coop]

Been helping a friend learn to reload. He met me to shoot some of his first loads for a new rifle. I decided to try some 160 tmk's in the 284. We shot in a sloping bean field in some cold 20ish mph wind and i had one of my junky amazon bipods on the rifle( its terrible). May revisit the tmks later but will keep loading 162 eldm for this rifle this year.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Practice like you play. I drove to the farm yesterday afternoon and the weather wasn’t too bad. Woke up this morning to about an inch of snow, 15 degrees, and heavy gusting winds.

I took the .223 trainer and went for a walk. Went in a loop around the farm, covering about a mile over the rolling terrain. My dogs scared a doe up out of her bed in one of the bale yards and I felt bad for her.

Towards the end of the walk, I stopped and shot the 8” steel target from about 218 yards. I fired 20 rounds rapid fire prone, using the Spartan javelin lite for a front rest and my Sentinel SG binocular harness for a rear rest.

No issues with mirage today, but I did have to hold for wind. Not used to having to do that on an 8” target at around 200 yards.

The “ping” didn’t sound quite the same in the cold and with the wind howling, but I was happy to see the steel move 17 times and three close dirt splashes to the left or right of the target when I got the wind hold wrong.

I didn’t even bother shooting at the 425 yard target. There’s no way I would have attempted that shot in these conditions.

Today was definitely Type 2 fun. I don’t think I am ever going to attend the winter S2H course. A tip of the hat to those who do!

When I go back out this afternoon, I’ll practice seated shots.