What did you do at the range today?

[Steve300xcw]

I think you’re right about the CTR/AICS.


Thanks

That said. If you can score some DBM on the cheap. Its about a 2 beer job to carve out a t3 stock for it.

 

[Chris in TN]

.22lr seated at 100 and 200 today, with a few shots at 230.

I intended to shoot seated behind my trek poles and arrow shafts today but I left the trek poles at the house. Once I realized this I tied two fiberglass fence posts together (I mean the 5/16" diameter ones) and used them as a single set of cross sticks with me seated behind them. I've came to enjoy my trek poles with the arrow shafts, but they are not fast to deploy, so I need to force myself to spend more time with simple stuff like two cross sticks (or just two trek poles) with no rear support except my own body. Simple is faster and sufficiently stable inside 300 yards, perhaps 400 under good conditions.

 

[BLJ]

That said. If you can score some DBM on the cheap. Its about a 2 beer job to carve out a t3 stock for it.

You’ve seen my stuff.
It will be a no beer job that looks like a 7 beer job.

But it’ll work.

 

[Steve300xcw]

6.5x55 turned into a 308. And the 6x turned into a 1-6x. So ran up to the range to see how that did. Kinda cold and I'm not hardcore so I mostly stayed in the truck. Need to chop the barrel down so it fits a single cab toyota , but otherwise, I think this thing will be handy

 

[BLJ]

Need to find a bag that fits over the mirror.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Need to find a bag that fits over the mirror.

Naa. That mirror is the perfect height as it is. Been a lotta rounds shot off of it.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Oh yea. If you get lazy and just grab random bolts that are too short. You're probly goona pull some threads when you break the barrel loose

 

[BLJ]

Aluminum is good about that.

What vise and wrench do you use?

 

[Steve300xcw]

Aluminum is good about that.

What vise and wrench do you use?

I jumped on the SAC sale for whatever holiday just happened.

Chased the threads and longer bolts. Why are they always to long or too short? Lotsa washers and nuts I guess Wheeler wrench this time

 

[BLJ]

Probably lucky the table held up.

 

[Chris in TN]

What I did at the range yesterday: walked back about 50 yards behind my bench to see if it’s possible to clear a second shooting position to get 550 yards.

I can go a little further the other way but I can’t build a new backstop. Can’t get equipment behind the existing backstop due to the rock formations back there. I could hang a big steel plate, but not necessarily right at 600 yards. It might be 575 or 625. The hill peaks at what would make about 635. But anything beyond 550 would be of value. Whether it’s worth the expense, I don’t know. I sort of have a stairstepped rock face back there and to gain any yardage I have to either find a place where a target can be backstopped by a flat rock face for safety reasons, or don’t do it. Not sure it can be done.

If I had 600 yards there’d be no need to keep paying range memberships. I do sometimes shoot 600-750-1000 there and once in a great while I’ll shoot 1250, but it’s purely for fun, not realistic hunting practice. If I could do 600 from home that would be awesome.

Leaving my yard to walk it out, I shot 3x at a ~3.5” spinner offhand at 50 yards. Hit it twice. Then while I was out walking I fired two shots at 100 standing offhand. Snapped a picture of the results (16” plate).



I’m pretty happy with that but I’d be lying if I said I could do it every time. I picked off a squirrel the other day offhanded at maybe 25 yards but I’d be pretty happy if I never shot completely offhanded at a big game animal again unless it’s within 50 yards.

 

[Wrench]

Played a game of 7-1100 yard pig shooting bird shit off of rocks.

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

Ran the first 4 rounds of 30-06 through my new Shilen AlterNut barrel mounted on my Remington 78 action. I would have loved to run more, but these were the last 4 rounds of 30-06 I had on hand (yes, I know, shame on me, LOL). These weren't even top shelf loads by any stretch, WLR-M primers (mighty hot for stick powder), a full case of some AmericanReloading powder they say is "similar to N160" (I'm not sure it is at all N160 like, LOL), some R&P brass I picked up at the range and reloaded without measuring or sorting, and some 150 AccuBond's (factory seconds) stuffed to 3.340 OAL.

Anyway, 4 rounds is no big sample size, so this could all go to hell next trip, but -- those loads weren't (even close) to the best high accuracy thing I ever loaded up either, and I typically loose about 1/4 MOA off what I can do at a real range when shooting in my backyard like this, so - I'm feeling like this barrel is gonna work out great! For round one with this barrel/setup, I could not be happier!

Also note, the 1 not touching the other 3 was the first shot from the cold/never-before-fired bore of a freshly assembled rig, and my point of aim wasn't exactly perfect, given the lack of a defined center-point in my drawn on dot.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Plinkin

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I sighted in my Tikka 9.3x62 on Thursday evening. It’s got a nice heavy push to it as far as recoil is concerned. I need to dial up another 0.5 mils. I also need to make sure I check that the suppressor is tightened as I keep shooting it, but apart from that, I think I have a reasonably decent rifle. I think the suppressor started to wiggle loose around shot 6, possibly while I was reloading I grabbed it wrong or something.

The ammo was slow (a bit lower than the advertised 2265 muzzle velocity).

 

[BLJ]

Found a zero shift with the Athlon on the 308 yesterday. Not great.


Shot the 22 at 50 today. Made me feel better.

 

[justinspicher]

I built some new targets for the range this week and today I went and set up a walk through for tomorrows Sunday Gunday.

 

[Steve300xcw]

20 rounds of 223. Have a lil tweaking left to do before I'm happy with it, but its almost there

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I went to the range on this cold rainy afternoon, but I left half the things I wanted to use. No Garmin, no backpack, no binocular carrier, no gloves, no coat. That sort of disrupted my plans, but I decided to go ahead and shoot what I had. I couldn’t get into the range for most of the past month due to heavy snow.

I started off shooting 50 shots offhand with my CZ 457 at a 6” plate 50 yards away. I originally had a black dot for a fine aiming point, but it fell off so I said to hell with it. I was also supposed to trace a line around the center of the plate, but I forgot my marker. I shot very fast.

After shooting the first 50 shots, I started testing factory ammo in my Sauer 100 6.5 CM. After the first five shots from the Sauer, I reloaded my .22 magazines, then shot the second 50 after the next five 6.5 CM shots. So, the target above had 100 shots taken at it offhand.

The Sellier & Bellot 156-grain SP seems the most promising option so far. I was feeling really good after the first six, but of course that could not last.

The 156-grain load outshot the 131-grain load (not even worth posting that one up). Still more testing required.

I hope to get back there later this week and try out the others.

 

[justinspicher]

I completed a walk through course today with a couple of buddies. We had 6 stations with a total of 18 targets. Distances ranged from 150-460 yards.