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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i met up this morning with a guy I had worked with 6 years ago, both of us retired now, at one of the local gun ranges. targets were placed from 10 yards, 30, 50 and 100. I brought along a Saiga 308, SKS 7.62x39, Ruger Blackhawk 44 mag with 44 special and 44 mag defense loads, and my Taurus 40S&W. Mark brought a Ruger 9mm, a Rock Island 1911 45acp and a ruger 1022, not wors class. all open sights fun was had, targets were hit occasionally, sometimes even surprisingly!!!, lies were told and a sad assessment was delivered as we were packing up after a sack full of empty brass was retrieved from the grounds-ours!. neither one of us old coots need to be shooting open sights anymore with rifles. and a more restrictive coffee intake was recommended prior to our next ammo blast with our pistols.. this was only my 2nd trip shooting my pistols so I am still a fledgling with them. the Saiga 308 I was shooting pretty damn good in my opinion, but man oh man the muzzle blast from that short barreled SOB was powerful. I LOVE IT! a good all around day to get out with an old friend doing what old farts do. 0 -
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I had a job today that was close to the range. So I put my two 91/03's in the work van, then hit the range after I did the job.
When I got these rifles they would hit high and to the left. I had to aim low off the paper and to the right off the paper. Just to hit the target. So I did some reading up then some tuning up. And here is how it turned out. There is a couple of things I can do more (which i will) to tighten the groups up. But from not hitting the paper, to this I am very happy so far. Oh yea 50yrds with cheap surplus ammo and 20 shots each.0 -
I finally made it the range today, but only had 1/2 an hour to spare. Took the new Beretta 9000S-F in .40 S&W and the Ruger Security Six in .357. The Beretta Neos remains unfired at this point. [V]
I did OK with the Security Six at 15 yards -- 3" group. With a 2" barrel, I figure that is acceptable. This was also with the factory grips, which were not unpleasant to shoot. I did install a set of Hogue Monogrips this evening, so I'll be interested to see how much of a difference they make.
The 9000S-F is another story, and I think it needs another trip to the range. I don't know if is the gun or me. I shot it last, and I was running out of free time. Most of my shots were low and to the left. If I aimed at the head of the target, I was able to hit the center consistently with S&B 180 Gr FMJ. With Federal Premium 180 Grain HydraShocks, I was all over the place -- always on target, but no consistency. I picked up some Remington Golden Sabers to see if they make a difference.0 -
Took my Rem 700 270 and 308 out
of moth balls to see if my jitters
have settled down any.
At a 100 yds the targets
looked like they were hit
with a ten inch pattern of
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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 -
well...i've had my first gun for about a month now and have finally gotten to take it to the range and get some time with it.
this is me with my pa-63
this is my first target.....all green dots are my fiance's attempt0 -
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 -
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 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 -
Zeroed in a couple of rifles today using Federal fusion ammo. I set up a 100 yard range at a buddy's place using my range finder.
One was a .243 H&R single shot youth model using 95gr rounds. After getting what I wanted I shot a 3 shot group of 7/8" center to center, I was surprised. Not the best platform and the trigger is fairly tough, But dang did it shoot good. Like I said I am surprised.
Second is my Tikka .300 WSM using 150gr rounds. The tikka shoots good and has a great trigger. After zeroing my 3 shot group with it was 3/4". I had a fair rest for both rifles but not the best and I didn't feel like I was doing them justice, but the groups were good so I'll take it.
Fusion ammo shot well, I'll hunt with it this year, see how it performs on Indiana whitetails and let you know.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 -
SKS worked well, shot 200 rounds of my wolf ammo...FUN...we were all safe none of us were hurt...(friend got burnt on barrel,his sks), I would never get my SKS barrel that hot. Bottels and targets didn't stand a chance... 0 -
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 -
Finally got a chance to shoot my S&W Model 10-6. 4" heavy barrel.
I love it.
Shoots far easier than any of my Sigs. Cut the center dot out at 25 feet
I could knock down the 6" plates at will.
I'm shooting my cast reloads and it just ate them up.
I am more than thrilled.
I will see my father in law and thank him again for his generosity in giving me the gun.
I put a set of mother-of-pearl grips on and she's beautiful as well.
Not smart enough to post pics from my Kindle0 -
Just bought my 6 year old a Cricket rifle for her birthday. I must say the gun is very low quality and I'm not impressed a bit with the thing. I'd rate it about the quality of a raven or jennings. Had several issues with the bolt out on the range. 0 -
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 -
I went out to shoot my 1896 Swedish Mauser 6.5x55 today. Making a long story short. Results are: 140 gr. Core Lokt Remington; 4+" group at 85 yds. (odd range, I know). 120gr. Nosler Balistic Tip Handload; 1.5" group, same distance. Conclusion: Remington Factory fodder sucks in my rifle. I shot two groups of 3 from the Remington box 1ST, then shot one group of 3 shots of the Nosler. If anything, the Remington had the advantage of a cleaner barrel, and a cooler barrel. Purpose of this exercise was to decide whether or not to continue on with a sporterizing project of an old stock for this gun. The project will go on, that group is promising, and good enough if it doesnt get any better than that.
SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC0 -
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 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 -
I bought an Inland M1 Carbine
and it is fun to shoot.
What is odd with this rifle is
that I don't need a scope (tired eyes)
to hit targets (which I am very pleased to say)
Easy to reload, fun to shoot.
I think I'm gonna get a Ruger mini-"something".
Seems pretty close to the Carbine-looks wise.
Any advice on which Ruger to get would be greatly
appreciated.I'm not expecting much in the accuracy
dept. I shoot steel out to 100 yds 12" plates.
I have a RRA .223, I was kind of wondering about
the mini 30.
Thanks-Ron0 -
on a lighter report if anybody gives a ---- [8D]
Nobody shot themselves or anybody else today .[:D]
was a little crowded a lot of new shooters.[:)]
no jams no duds wasted about 500 rounds (300 22s)[;)]
new AK worked, AR,DE50 AND ,DE44 all good EVEN THE REM 522 [:p][:p]
NOW I GET TO CLEAN THEM UP[^][:(][^]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 -
took the encore 7mm-08 out this weekend to site it in for deer season
the one in the bulls eye was the 3ed shot the other 3 above it were
the 1st two and then the 4th shot. not bad for a 100 yards the shot on the left and right were at 150 yards and I could not see the black bulls eye with the 4x scope (the cross hairs covered the thing up)
not bad out of a 15" pistol
I may work on the 150 yard shots some more but for this season Im sticking to 100 yards or less untill I get to shot it more.0 -
Went top the range this morning with Roger Ruger and the Trapdoor twins.
Since I was a kid, going to the movies every Saturday morning and watching Western movies, I always wanted to own a six shooter like the cowboys. While I was on the police department, we carried S&W 38's, but somehow it just wasn't the same, LOL.
Now that a shooting iron by Ruger in 45 Long Colt has joined my collection, I feel just like Tom Mix. (I'll wait while you youngins go and ask your parents who Tom Mix was, haha.) Anyway with my western holster slung low on my hip, I was having fun.
Then it was time to try out the Trapdoor twins. I have two Springfield Trapdoor rifles both made in 1884, in 45/70 caliber. This was their first time at the range for me and both performed very well. We have discussed this before, but it is a real feeling of history to fire these weapons. It is a strange feeling to shoot a single shot rifle after firing an M1 Garand so often.
The 45.70 round is a powerful cartridge and watching plastic soda bottles fly high into the air after getting hit is a rush. (doesn't take much to excite me )
One of the rifles had a small problem in that the extractor is weak and I had to extract spent casings by hand. It wasn't extracting them fast enough to hit the ejector. I guess it's time to try and find a new spring for a 120 year old rifle. If'n anybody has one, shout out, OK?
All in all, it was a fun morning, and now I have three guns to clean, so I'll sign off and get to work..........
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Charlie0 -
I received my Mosin Nagant
and took it to the
field, My friend and hid boy loved
it.I shot nice and accurate once
we got used to the "take up"
in the trigger.Shooting this relic
is quite a bit of fun.I"m used to
bull barrels with strong scopes but
I tell ya, I'm looking forward to the
next outing and also looking for another
military rifle.I"m gonna buy another,they're
inexpensive and I'll lose mine,I'm sure as soon
as my grandson shoots it.
Question:I shot non-corrosive ammo.
Just how difficult is it and what do you use
and how thorough are you cleaning your rifle
after using corrosive ammo?
Thank-rong0 -
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 -
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 -
took the wife to ft lee skeet range to derust some shotguns. wife shot 2 games with her 20ga M50 and i shot 4 games with my M12 16ga. perfect day. talked with some joes' up from bragg and they tell me not eveyone in 82nd airborne is airborne any more. theyre hurting so bad for men, they take legs. they tell me airborne troopers have to beg SPECOPS for jumps. sad indeed.
anyway, i had lunch in the shade, drove around town, and headed back home with my best friend in the world. [:X]
leaves are starting to change. its gonna get nice in a month.0 -
Buddy and I made it to the range today and shot for a short while. P238 performed flawlessly, just as I expected it to. Very nice shooting. Wish the trigger was a little lighter, but I guess I can live with it. After all, it's not a target pistol. LOL. 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
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