Range Report
Finally got the chance to take the Beretta Neos .22 out to the range this weekend. Mounted a Sig red-dot scope on it that I bought from a friend. I put 450 rounds through it(Remington Viper's, Remington Thunderbolts, CCI Blazer's, CCI Velociter's, CCI Stinger's, and Federal blue box. Was really happy with the cycling and had 0 malfuctions, even when I loaded all 6 mags and rapid-fired the 60 rounds. Was very happy with that. I can't even say the same about my Ruger 22/45. Was also pretty happy with the trigger pull. I was a little disappointed with accuracy, not quite as good as my Ruger. It is definitely acceptable, but I am hoping it gets a little better the more I get it broke in and find the ammo it likes best. In the end I am very happy with this little pistol and it should serve it's intended purpose very well(a good little squirrel/plinking gun).
Jon
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Ok, got to shoot on Sunday (finally). Took the new Glock for a spin. I like it.... a lot.
First time I shot it, I hit a pop can at 25 yrds. Made me quite happy. Was holding 6-8 in groups at 25 yrds thereafter. Not impressive by any stretch but this was the first time I'd been out with it.
Had fun with the 16 ga too. Shooting pistols is second only to shooting clays as far as enjoyable shooting goes. Clays make great 25yrd pistol targets too (why hadn't I thought of that before?)
Totally forgot how much the plastic buttplate of my 30.06 hurts when I don't hold it tight to the shoulder, and with only a t-shirt to pad it. Let that happen on the first shot and was done after 4 (was there to shoot my new pistol anyway). Needless to say I was wholly unimpressed with my shooting with it yesterday anyway. That 4 shot group was at least 5 inches at 100yrds and left of center by about a hand breadth as well. It could possibly be the ammo as I was shooting, as it was some Sellier FMJ that I hadn't ever shot before, but I doubt it.
Had the 10/22 out too. Got a new 25 rnd mag for it, which failed to feed properly for the first 20 rnds. Was about to return it, when I decided to give it another go. Thereafter, it fed as well as the standard mag (I always seems to give me at least one FTE per 10.. probably need to oil the action a bit... it's still being broke-in). I need to put a real scope on the 22. The eye relief is terrible but it does work, I guess. Of note, drilled a clay with the 22 right thru the center, and didn't break the clay.
Also tried out some bird shot in the 22. At ten yards it does put holes in an old plastic oil bottle. But only scratches the label on a beer bottle. Doesn't cycle the action. It will likely put your eye out, but not much more.
Incidentally... Shoot-n-see made a believer out of me. Had mediocre experience with it in the past. Did they improve it recently?0 -
First time I've been to the range in a couple years. Pocket pistols both fired all rounds (that had been in the guns for ages)
I function fired some .38 snubbies. All seemed to hit more-or-less at point of aim., but the Rock Island Colt style won't function in double action.
I was extremely pleased with the Rock Island 1911 9mm (first 9mm auto I've ever owned). Very tight groups.
Rock Island 1911 .22 was very disappointing repeated failure to extract. I was limited on time as I didn't get to the range until almost sundown so I didn't spend any time trying to make it work.0 -
My neighbor came up to the house this afternoon with a new Colt 1911 target grade pistol. I got out my sig 220 with a laser guide rod, Beretta 92fs, and a Smith 5906. He shot 3 rounds with his Colt from a sand bag sitting position. Group was tight but high and left. He adjusted windage and was hitting high. Re adjusted elevation and was on in in 9 rounds total. Then Its time for the fixed sight pistols. My sig was about dead on with a similar tight pattern. No adjustments necessary. When using the laser, it was 3" left but elevation was fine. The Beretta was close with fixed sights but not as tight a pattern. Now comes the Smith. That has to be the crappiest pistol I have ever shot. 3 round patterns were damn near 5" apart. He is a great shot and his pattern was almost as bad as mine when he fired it. We were shooting at a relatively close range of about 20 yards from a sandbag position on a picnic table. Question is why is the Smith and Wesson 5906 shooting such spratic patterns? That pistol may have been a bad investment and will leave quickly. Then the rain came and we had to quit a little early but him and I had a great time shooting. Total of about 150 rounds down range made for a fine afternoon of shooting. 0 -
I had three things I wanted to accomplish today, shooting related.
one was to drift the sight on my Browning High Power.
Before
The tools. I sought advice from ATE before I used any of these.
A little bit of marring.
Nothing a black Sharpie cant take care of.
The results. Fired from 15 yards with sand bags (13 shots) GTG for me.
The second item on my list was to mount my new American Defense AD Recon H throw lever mount. I received the mount today and rigged it up with a Leupold VXIII 1.5-5x20. The mounting is so easy that even I didn't have any hiccups. The mount is rock solid and looks good in my opinion. The quality is A+. I will report back at a later date with a repeat 0 test. I have no doubt that the Recon series has Larue looking over their shoulder.
After I bore sighted the carbine I shot some 55 FMJ to get it on paper.
The third thing on my list was to shoot 2 hand loads I had loaded yesterday,Sierra 52 grain HPBT MK and Midway DogTown 55 grain FBHP. Both loads show promise, but my 8 plus pound trigger does not make for bench rest tight groups. My RCBS trigger gauge only goes to 8 pounds. I had free float hand guards on my list to buy, but they are taking a back seat to a Geissele trigger.
And a Group of PMC Noise Makers
A cool hammer tool that has been in the family around 80-90 years.
All put back together.0 -
Yesterday I had a great opportunity to go to a local indoor range. One high school friend (Rob), who's also an NRA-cert instructor, came down from Indiana, and another high school bud (Jim) and his wife came up from Tampa, FL. Fortunately I was able to arrange for my wife to join us, and the 5 of us got to shoot for a couple of hours.
My Florida friend has rarely done any shooting, and his wife had never done it before, so I was glad my other friend was there as an instructor. He brought his S&W 1911, Kahr K9 (I think that was it), and his Ruger snubby .357. I brought my S&W 686+ (another .357) and my wife brought her Taurus Judge. If I'd had any foresight whatsoever, I would have thought to bring my grandfather-in-law's Ruger Mark II. That would have been a MUCH better gun for first-time shooters.
Regardless, we still had fun, even though my friend's wife was a little timid because of the kick. She fired the Judge only once (the range doesn't allow shot to be fired, even from a Judge, so we had to use .45 Colt), and put it down. But my wife shot several rounds of it to get more familiar with her gun, and we did lots and lots of .38 Specials out of my 686 and my other friend's Ruger.
We also did several .357s, which is just amazing the difference when you "warmed up" with .38's. Just the "in your faceness" of the flash and concussion. I tend not to feel it so much when I'm concentrating on my grip/sights, so it's an awesome feeling standing next to someone firing a .357 Magnum. [8D][:D]
Shooting Rob's 1911 was a good time, too. Even though I'm a revolver guy, I still want a 1911. There's no arguing with the pure fantasticalness of that gun!!
And since most of our targets were at 7 yards, I'm happy to report that every single paper bad guy out there is DEAD!![:p]0 -
Finally got some Hornady 44 mag leverevolution Henry Big boy loves them about 3" high at 100 yds compared to remington corelokts nice group for open sights and old eyes my model 29 grouped real good too the colt anconda didn't like them ran out before I could try them in the ruger carbine. forgot to bring camera this time hopefully get pictures of targets next time 0 -
Well, I went to the shooting range with my cousins. We got there, I opened my case, picked up my 44 magnum and the base pin latch nut fell off. It dropped right in front of me into the dirt. All three of us down on our hands and knees and we never found it. Oh well. My cousin had his S&W 629 in 44 mag as well as a carbine in 44 mag.
Looks like I'll be ordering from Midway tomorrow.0 -
Just returned from the range, shot the Glock 17, The Smith and wesson 10mm, and the Taurus Millinium Pro 9 mm
Glock was right on, needed a little right sight adjustment then it was right on the money.
The Smith 10mm not too bad, kept em in the black, nice feel to this one
The Taurus, leaves a little to be desired for accuracy, but again not a bad feeling pistol..
Either one of the three , I wouldnt hesitate to use..0 -
Here is my sight in target for my Remington M700 5R Mil-spec barrel in 7.62x51. I started at 25yds. and moved it out to 100yd once I had the zero close. All shots taken with Winchester 150 grain power point. I will be switching to a 168gr. bthp as soon as I get my reload supplies. I also included a picture of the rifle. 0 -
Well, I finally had the freetime to take my new Marlin 1895 45-70 out to the range the other day. It was an eventful trip and a nice walk through the Knee deep snow to get to the bench and target, but well worth it[:D]. I shot about 15 shots with Hornady Leverevolution ammo with good results. Zero jams and a pretty decent 3 shot group for shooting freehand (had sandbags with me, but that is a long story) at 25 yards. The square is roughly an inch and a half. Lets' just say I was definitely impressed and I think that I may have a new favorite gun[:0]. The only thing that I can see doing in the future is maybe ordering a set of ghost ring sites to throw on it.
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I bought a new Kimber Pro Carry 2 on sunday, today I went to the indoor range and put 100 rnds down range, not alot I know but it was all I had time for. Anyway the first 21 rds went center mass at 5 yards, the next 21 went CM at 7 yards then to 15 where they were a bit more spread out but all in the chest cavity area, the rest of that box were also good hits. Changed targets and brought it back to 7 and put 3mags into the head, ran it out to 25 yrds and peppered the body of the target pretty well, I did miss 6 times or at least the shots were un-accounted for. pretty good for a new gun. I think I will hold onto this one for a long while. 0 -
Okay, so I finally got to the range with some stuff other than just my carry weapon. My dad has been up for the week for a visit. We had hoped to get out to the outdoor range, but the weather was not cooperating. We ended up going to the indoor range instead. We had to justify him packing all those weapons in his truck for the trip after all. [:)]
First up: Glock 23 (with a twist): I took my Storm Lake, drop in, 357 Sig barrel for my Glock 23 (40 S&W) and put about 100 rounds through it. Some might ask "Why". Well, because I can.
Only complaint: You can't interchange the G23 magazines with the 357 Sig ammo and get the mags loaded to full capacity. The follower is different. 10 round G23 (40 S&W) magazines become 8 round 357 Sig mags and 13 round G23 mags become 10 round 357 Sig. I will have to buy some G32 mags so I can get 13+1 357 Sig rounds into that G23 frame.
Recoil, using "range ammo" was similar to my 40 S&W ammo. The indoor range only has 25 yard capacity. Out to 25 yards my groups with ball ammo 40 and 357 were very similar, except for the size of the hole in the paper terrorist I was shooting.
Other than the drop in barrel, I used the factory plastic guide rod and spring for about 50 rounds and then swapped it for my stainless guide rod and 13lb spring. No difference in function or felt recoil.
If you plan on doing this, check the Glock forums and the serial number of your G23. Some of the older frames are not recommended to change over to 357 Sig. If you have a Gen 3 or Gen 4 you for sure can. IIRC correctly Gen 1 and some Gen 2's are not recommended for conversion.
Next up, the Dan Wesson 15-2 357 Mag revolver I got from Locust Fork. I test fired it with 38 Special as soon as I got it, but 357 Magnum rounds are hard to come by. I finally got some last week, so it was nice to put some down range.
This weapon has the big wood grip on it, a nice fit for my paws. After I fired the first round, I was not sure if I had bought a 357 magnum or a flame thrower! The 357 sig rounds had a nice little fireball out the barrel of my G23, but it was nothing compared to that 357 Magnum!
I was surprised that I could keep a group of shots inside the torso with the 2.5" barrel on the DW 15 with magnum rounds. I recently acquired the tool kit and a 6" barrel and shroud for that little baby. At 25 yards I was putting some nice tight groups in the head and heart area when firing single action. Double action trigger is not unmanageable, but single action is sweet for keeping a tight group. Very impressive pistol. I now need to get some more barrel assembly's for that thing.
Next up: Savage Model 24 O/U 22LR and 410 combo. This one I also got from Kasey. My first O/U combo gun. My dad had one like this when he was a kid. When I let him handle that rifle, you could almost see his trip down memory lane while he looked it over. He told me that was the rifle he preferred when his mom would send him and his brother out after squirrels and rabbits.
So, I started out with just one 22 LR round chambered. Pulled the trigger and got nothing. Second strike got ignition and lift off. That was the only malfunction, and I attribute it to the cheap 22 ammo I was using. Next, 410 2.5" target rounds. No problem, and my terrorist was now peppered with tiny little holes from head to groin at a range of about 15 yards.
I varied my 410 ammo from 2.5" to 3" as well as 000 buck and rifled slugs. It took them all flawlessly. That old rifle performed great and still locks up tight.
Dad and I traded around our weapons and blew the heck out of some paper terrorists for a couple of hours. It was a good day.0 -
Went to a local indoor range nearby here today. Not my normal range, but these are nice guys. Wanted to try some different .45 loads (all hollowpoints). The rangemaster says "no hollopoints unless you're the only one on the line" (they've had problems with them fraggin'). Okay, no problem. I understood.
Well, I only had two other pistols I wanted to shoot. One was my little .25 auto, and that was fun. The other was my Ruger SBH .44 mag. I asked if it was okay, and they were fine with it (provided I was shooting FMJ's...and I was).
There are 8 lanes. Shortly after I got done shooting my .25, a couple new guys came in. One was an instructor, the other was a student. I was cleaning up some brass and making my range bag orderly while he was instructing his student.
It took me a few minutes to get ready to shoot with the .44 mag. I loaded up six rounds and took the target out to 25 yards. They were busy plinking away with some 9mm or something. The instructor starts telling his student about how he's got some 'big' gun that he can shoot sometime when he learns the "rules". I didn't look, but it sounded like a .357 mag (maybe). The student walks around the back of his instructor and he's watching. The guy was a good shot. He was 'x' ringing at 5 yards [:D]
I pull up the SBH and fire one round. Fire shoots out like your usual .44 mag shot. BOOM! The student FREAKS. "GEEZUS...WHAT THE H#LL WAS THAT???" BOOM!! ... BOOM!! I hear the instructor say ... "some kind of cannon...", then he says "Bill???"
The guy totally bolted out of the door!! He was outside! The rangemaster called to him and told him it was okay (but he later said he was even flinching and ducking outside!!!).
I kinda felt bad for him. I hadn't even planned on shooting my .44, but because I couldn't shoot any hollowpoints, I really didn't have much choice. Besides, I hadn't shot my SBH in a couple months.
(sorry to scare the new guy...I honestly didn't mean to).
FCD
"Fortes et liber"0 -
I took two new to me rifles to the range today. The first was a Japanese Arisaka type 99 re-barreled in 30-06. I picked this up at a pawn shop for $125.00. It has a rear Lyman peep sight that is windage and elevation adjustable. It has a very well tuned trigger and the bolt has been modified to cock on the up swing. This thing is a tack driver. At a hundred meters I stacked two on top of each other and the other two opened it up a bit to about 3". I was using Winchester store bought 165 grain SP. This thing kicks like a mule. I'll be adding a recoil pad soon.
The other rifle was my new JDL PTR-91. This is a sweet set up. It has a heavy trigger pull (about 9 lbs.) but other than that it's a shooter. I was shooting Sellar & Ballot 147grm FMJ. Eight of ten were in a nice group of 4 inches at 100 meters. Two were fliers that opened to 6 inches. I can live with this until I get the trigger pull reduced. Not too bad with open sights.[:D]
Stay Alert! Stay Alive. Good luck out there.0 -
Went out today for the first time in years and shot some guns my old 8mm Mauser and my brand new S&W MP40 I shot the 40 from 15 and 20yds didnt group where I wanted it to but Id bet that groups measuring 1-2 inches at that range should be possible (I never was very good with handguns) The 8mm needed to be sighted in first I sighted it in at 55 yds and I was able to get it to bullseye with every round after 8 rounds of tweaking then I moved to 150 yds and changed ammunition to get it fine tuned for deer season later on this year. Note I was using remington 170 grain round nose soft points to get on paper then I used winchester 170 grain soft points at 150yds. with the 40 I was using american eagle federal 180 grain fmj's ended up shooting 49 rounds with the 40 and 18 with the 8mm by then my shoulder just couldnt take any more of a pounding lol.
Just thought Id post a gun topic for a change.0 -
A friend of mine went on a buying spree and today was a good day for a hike so we headed out to our closest BLM site to hike and shoot.
We brought nine fire-arms:
S&W 686-6 revolver
Ruger MKIII Hunter
Springfield XD **
FN 5.7 **
Colt Commander 1911A1 *
H&K (some .45ACP thing; I never did figure out the model)**
Ruger Standard Model .22 pistol*
Ruger 10-22 Carbine
22-250 rifle that was somebody else's project gun...a total frankenstein.
* My friend's gun
** My friend's NIB gun
My guns all performed like they usually do except that the 10-22 was having some cycling/feeding issues. I've been messing with that one so it might be my fault.
My friend's guns were more interesting because they were mostly new to us. We both really liked the Colt. We both really, really like the FN. It's got a nice little pop to it without too much kick, the trigger's decent and it is, in the end, just a damn fun gun. I'm not sure how practical it is, but then who needs a good reason to buy a fun gun?
And we both pretty much hated the Springfield and the H&K. The FN is a plastic gun, so it's not about the plastic because we both loved that one. But the Springfield just had a cheap feel to it and even though the H&K did not have the cheap feel to it, it wasn't fun to shoot. For starts: WAAAAAY too much pre-travel on the triggers both of the H&K and of the Springfield. Those enormous trigger guards don't sit well with me, either. When not ready to shoot, I like my finger on the guard and that's tough to do when the guard is two inches long.
I'm glad I got to try them out. Now I know that I just don't like those two guns. And I also know that if I find myself a little flush, the amusing thing might be to obtain the FN 5.7.0 -
No matter how hard or how
many times I tried.
I could not get a 6.8 SPC
to chamber in a 223.
After I put the specs on and chambered
the right ammo both RRA's
shot just great.
We shot at 2 liter bottles with both
calibers and the 6.8 delivered a lot
more energy to the water bottles than the 223.
Bunch of fun.0 -
Went to the range this morning, and shot a few rounds of trap..Had to go to the SKEET/TRAP range, as the small trap range wasnt open.. I was the only trap shooter there. There was 6 Skeet shooters, and we were setting around talking before we got started, and I guess they didnt know I was a Trap shooter, and they were gripeing about Trap shooters coming in and interupting their Skeet Shooting, So I politely ask,, Hey why dont you guys shoot a round of trap and see what its all about, or are you afraid you cant hit em?? They took the challenge, Guess what, the best any of em did, was 17 of 25. I was pretty well on and got a 25 and a 24. Two packed up and left..and the other 4 insisted on shooting more TRAP, What a Fun Day...I may have converted a couple of Skeeters To Trappers..[:D]
"when you see the enemy, you attack and shoot him down, anything less is just bull shi*
Baron Von Richthofen (RED BARON)0 -
Took my S-I-L to the range today. He is 30 and was in the Air Force.
He loves his .40 glock, (Glock lucky for him)
He promply loaded up 2 mags with his best 9mm rounds and fired 1 it would not eject. He cleared the jam and fired again it jambed. He turned to me and said this gun is f---ed up. By then I'd picked up the first jambed round and it looked like the liberty bell. Thats when I knew what he did. He said your not able to load 9mm in a 40 mag. Well you can and he did. Talk about stove piping a round through a target, I think he's lucky he hit it. Gun was not hurt (only his pride)0 -
I took the CZ, newly aquired Taurus, and the newly aquired Marlin to the range today. I had my father-in-law tag along as a spotter.
Went to the pistol side first. The 40caliber CZ never ceases to impress me. A total pleasure to shoot. You can shoot it all day long with hot reloads and not feel it. Groups real nice off a rest. 2" @ 10yds, I'm sure with more practice I could dial it in better. I have made the conclusion that Alliant Bullseye powder is way to dirty. I put 100rds out today and it looked as though I shot 500. I have always thought that CZ's ergonomics are wonderful, but after looking at a Ruger P94 the other day with it's Hogue grips, I'd have to put the CZ second. The balance of the CZ makes for very quick follow-up shots, very easy to keep on target. I have to comment on the ease of cleaning in the CZ, hold the slide back and pop out the take-down pin, pull the slide off and your in buisness. Over 1500rds though it and not a FTF or FTE, with no misfires. Firing pin hits dead-center every time.
I'm very pleased with the Taurus Millenium Pro 9mm. I just picked it up less than a week ago. Also delightful to shoot. Not as accurate as the CZ, but much more accurate than the Keltec P3AT that this is replacing as a carry gun. I picked a box of CCI Blazer 115gr FMJ and 3 boxes of Remington 115gr MC. All functioned flawlessly, I wasn't overly impressed with the CCI's aluminum case, especially since it is a factor in producing cheaper ammo. However, the Remington green box at $6.50/box is over a dollar cheaper than the CCI. I thought the green box was also cleaner. Gun felt real nice in my hand. My father-in-law is over 350lbs and has big meaty hands, he also commented on the feel. The gun was balanced well and recoil was quite manageable, makeing in quick follow up shots. I have noticed that empty cases are not tossed the 20ft distance that the CZ puts em out. Instead they are tossed almost straight up. The CCI Blazers only popped cases about 6" out of the gun. About 2 feet with the Remington's. A few landed on my head.
The biggest suprise of the day was the Marlin 917VR that I purchased about 2weeks ago. It's their "new" addition to their 17HMR lineup. Blue heavy barrel on synthetic with their T900 trigger system. I wasn't in the mood to drop a couple hundred dollars on a scope so I ordered a Barska Huntmaster Pro 3-12x50 illuminated reticle scope to top it with, just to get a feel for their quality. I was very impressed with their intial quality and workmanship, for $40 I was a little anxious to find out how it would be. It is a very solid and well-made scope. It's multi-coated optics make for a crystal clear sight picture and it sports 12 brightness settings for the illuminated reticle. For the money, I really don't think you can beat this scope.
I took the scope and rifle in grabbed a set of Burris rings and had the scope mounted and bore-sighted. A real beauty with the scope mounted. After we finished with the pistols and cleaned em up, we drove down to the 100yds rifle range. Set up our rifle rest, targets, and rifle and got to work. We brought along Winchester Supreme, Federal, and CCI ammunition. The Winchester's sported polymer tipped V-Max bullets and the others had Speer TNT bullets, all in 17gr. The first 5rds scored in the 10ring at 4 o'clock. Immediately I could tell I really liked this gun. Just enough oomph to let you know that you were shooting something. A high-pitched "crack" told you this was no 22. From checking out the first set of rounds, I was very impressed with the consistancy of the groups and I knew this was a sweet little rifle. A few adjustments brought them to about the 3 ring at 9 o'clock, little too much I guess. A couple adjustments and 5rds later, we were cutting bullseyes.
This is the best group we had. The day was beautiful, ~80degrees, sun at our backs, just a few clouds in the sky and a soft 5mph breeze at all times. I shot this group around noon today, 5rds covered by a nickel. I haven't measured it yet. Needless to say, I am very impressed.
5 rounds at 100yds.
We then took it down to the 225yd range and set up some prarie dog shoot-n-c targets. I don't have a spotting scope so we decided to just throw some rounds out and see if we hit anything. We were a little low on our elevation as each round hit the bottom 1/4 of the P-dog. The rounds were still really close. If I had more time to run back and forth down the range we could have tried to get some tight groups, but I wasn't holding my breath. I think I'll stick the the 100yd range from here. At least for a while. We did meet a good-ol-boy who had built a Ruger M77 in 22-250, topped with a Baush and Lomb 6-24 scope and a super light trigger, you don't pull it, you just touch it. A real nice gun, he had us put some rounds through it, and I can tell you, I know what rifle I want next!
All in all it was a great day, beautiful, plenty of people out, shooting everything from 22s to 30-06's and more.0 -
Took a couple I hadnt fired yet and was suprised how good they operate..I took the 9 mm largo 1921 spanish police pistol the Astra, and been so long since I shot the hopped up 9mm , I forgot just how hot is was.. Extremely accurate.. It will also shoot the .38 auto but I dont have any .38 auto ammo.,.
The 1910/22 FN (browning patent) .32 auto was owned by a Nazi Soldier,was excellant in its performance. Not much bang but accurate..
Didnt take Beth long to zero in with the 1911A1, after almost a year of not shooting.. A good couple hours spent..[:D][:D]0 -
Just got back from the range.
I was able to take out that mini - 14 I have been looking at. Very very, very nice rifle. A definite tack driver, but, neither of the mags that he had for it would feed at all. So we used it as a single shot... gonna go to the gun shop tomorrow and see what I can get a couple of mags for, just to make sure it is only a problem with the magazines. Also took several of the .45's out, the Sig and a couple of Colt's. Every time I fire the Sig, I fall in love with it again, not that Colts aren't nice, jhust the Sig is so smooooooth. Anyway, a good time was had by my sons and I.
If you must burn our flag, please wrap yourself in it first.0 -
FINALLY had some nice weather to take the PA-63 out and do some testing since I did the repairs. MAN I forgot how fun she was to shoot!!!!
Gonna take some time to get used to the recoil again, but all in all... I kept it inside a 5 inch mark at 25ft near dusk.
Gonna have to do some daylight shooting on my next day off to get back in the swing.
Report 2:
I just could not ever find ammo for that Walther P-22. Great little gun, but finding .22lr ammo around here is like hunting for the Holy Grail. I lucked out today when I stopped in at my local shop. 9 boxes!!! at $4.95 a box.. I cleaned em out. hehehehe....Was about to walk out the door when .... she....caught my eye. I looked her over. Nice, and pretty, and felt so good in my hands....and then I saw the price.........
I said goodbye to the Walther and walked out with a brand new Ruger 10/22, mount, and scope rings!!! Now to get a beeter scope because the one I have won't focus worth a darn.. lol0 -
Well got the urge bad and had to hit the range. Had several Pistols
I had never even fired.
Targets were a 5" target with 5 per sheet. All shot a 7 yards.
Para WartHog, Kick was not near as bad as I had been told. While its not a target Pistol I now have enough confidance in it to use it as my CCW pistol. No Jams and checking all Brass none from any pistol had any extra dents of dings in them. Also after about 100 rounds thru it my hands are just a little bit sore. But this also could be my hands are still healing from Carple Tunnel Surgery in Dec.
S&W Sigma in a 40 Was actually surprised at how it shot most bullets stayed on the target. Trigger pull is not the greatest, but that could be the other pistols all had great triggers. This also would make a good CCW piece.
Taurus 1911 SS While good the sights are very hard to see, Need to adjust the sights as all were left of the target. Trigger pull was ok but had a lot of slack to take up before you hit the real trigger. Almost like a 2 stage.
Dan Wesson 15 357 used 38P+. Great trigger pull. After shooting the 45's the kick was almost like I was shooting a 22. Sights need a little work had a hard time picking up the rear sight. May need to get a New blade or repaint mine.
Kimber Raptor Wow after shooting a couple of Mags at the target the X ring was gone. Have Houge grips and they really tame the recoil of this pistol. Fantastic trigger pull.0 -
Took the little 1908 Colt Pocket .380 to the range. What a Shooter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 25 yds all rounds in a 10 inch circle.. Not precision but a gaurenteed hurt on anyone on the receiving end..[:0][:0] 0 -
Got to finally get some range time in and scrounged up enough .357SIG to try my Glock G32 out. All I can say to the Glock haters is you're missing out on FUN! I'd never shot that caliber before. I was expecting bad recoil...farthest thing from it. Very accurate(for me). No jams or failures of any kind with it. Definately have enough confidence to carry it. I do need to get a Lone Wolf barrel in .40 though as that ammo is cheaper and easier to get but that .357SIG is a winner of a caliber. Ammo was Hornady Critical Defense. I did experience my first factory centerfire dud. I had 1 round of .380 Hornady that would not light off. I have hundreds of rounds through the LCP with no failures til this one. Definately gets in your head that this could happen at the worst time so it pays to practice a drill where you get a dud. The .44 Special Bisley is lots of fun and thinking I may use it for deer hunting. The .22 is fun as always..and Cabelas actually had a ton of CCI Mini Mags in stock.
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Took a couple of guns out to the range today. (Public range - unsupervised)
Placed the new Burris AR-536 on my DPMS .308 Fired one shot @ 50 yards, adjusted once and put 4 in the black you could cover with a quarter. Moved target out to 100 and shot about a 3" 5 shot group in about 5 seconds. I like it.
I had put a new scope on my savage 22 mag and wanted to test 6 different types of ammo. Federal game-shock won with 4 in a cloverleaf and one 1/2" high of the group. Hornady 30gr v-max were close 2nd followed by CCI HP, Winchester, Remington, then Armscor.
Next was a new gun/scope. Savage 16 in 6.5 Creedmoor with a Burris E1 6.5-20X50. Sweet shooting gun. About as flat as a 270, recoils like a 243. Had it dialed in after 5 rounds and grouped well for me. I like this combination for a cutover/powerline gun. There will be blood!
Lastly I put a hundred rounds downrange from my new PSA closeout FNS40 with night sights. Gun felt well in my hand especially after switching out the backstrap. Shooting a little low and right out of the box but grouping real well. Zero FTF/FTE.
All-in-all a very enjoyable day. Met some nice folks there too.
p.s. Picked up 4-500 pieces of once fired brass above what I shot!0 -
Well this weekend my BOL & I went out to the Wenas shooting area to do some target shooting and I packed along my Taurus 850 for a little range work for it as well. The temp was in the low 30's & snow everywhere. The new ammo I wanted to try out was Buffalo Bore 158 grain .38 +p, they are a lead hollowpoint that supposedly go out at 1000fps/351 ft lbs.
All I can say is OUCH!!! Those things are definately not for the faint of heart or recoil shy/first time shooters or the ladies. I have been carrying 140 grain Hornady standard velocity loads and thought ok maybe I should step up the power scale. I think they had more felt recoil than some .357's. I dunno that I'm going to keep using them as powerful as they may be, I might have trouble with follow up shots if needed. Accuracy out of them is standard snubbie, which is to say they will do the job at 7 yards. I have also used the Speer Gold Dot for short barrel revolver but they had tons of muzzle flash(contrary to Speers' propaganda regarding that). We did also see some elk up on a hill and to my suprise they could have cared less that people were shooting.
There were quiet a few people, including my BOL, trying to hit a metal target that is 600 yards out and very few folks could hit it consistently. Even if they have whatever the new flavor of the month elk killer in .300 Super Ultra Short Mag or 7mm Maximum Rocket Mag which proves my point that FEW shooters should be trying to take an animal much past 300 or 400 yards unless they can consistently hit that 500-600 target more than 1 shot in 20.[:D]0 -
My son and I got to take my new Kimber Gold and his new Glock 23 out to the range today.
First off the Kimber is soooo sweet. I wish I had gotten one of this along time ago.
Second, the Glock, this is the first time I have fired a Glock. I am not ready to compare it to the Kimber but I may just have to go get a model 17 or 19.0 -
Well, I guess I should say 'back yard report'...
Took the AR's out today for some shootin' fun. The wife wanted to go along too. My buddy was bringing over his AR's, one of which is chambered in .204. Wife wanted to shoot that one in comparison to the .223. She wants one or the other for a coyote gun, but can't decide which (Yay...get to buy another gun!!).
Anyway did some shooting steel targets at 100yds, then further out. My buddy's got a DPMS HB 24" in .204 and another 24" HB in .223 with a brake, both scoped with some pretty nice glass. Wife shot pretty darn well with both, but the 24" HB's are just too heavy for her taste.
Then we decided to back up. The furthest we could get was 315 yards, so we decided to try from there. Lots of hits for my buddy and I, but wife unit was having a hard time getting a good cheek weld with the collapsable stocks. Plus we had a pretty stiff crosswind blowing by now.
My buddy hits a few in a row with his .204 and starts grinnin' (sorta like 'top that!'). Game on; so I grabbed my Bushy 16" M4/A3 with iron sights, clicked it up a couple clicks. He's sayin' "no way are you gonna make..." Just about then I was in position...<Bang>...<ding!> <Bang>...<ding!> <Bang>...<ding> <Bang>...<ding> <Bang>...<ding!>; "Your turn!" says me, with a big fat grin. [:D]
He hit a couple, then we went back to shooting the other guns. All in all I hit the steel 16 times out of 20 with my iron sighted M4/A3. I thought that was pretty good, considering the wind and downhill terrain.
Then we walked back and broke out the pistols. Wife recently passed her CCW so she wanted to get some training/practice in (wants a CCW pistol also...YAY, get to buy another gun!). She had never shot a centerfire pistol before, let alone a 1911. Well, holy crap, this girl can shoot!! She even did the 'Hot brass dance' when she took one down the brazier. [:D] She did great thought, and we all had a blast!
Nothing like the smell of burnt gunpowder in the afternoon breeze!
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