quicksylver
Well-Known Member
Where to start ?
About a month ago a friend asked if I was going to try the "Egg Shoot" at one of our local ranges , he also asked that if I did go what gun would I bring..I responded "my AR probably"..but then I got to thinking .."why not cast bullets?"
First I had to follow through with one of my "forever projects"...that being switching over the Weaver mounts and rings that were on my Remington 700 VS in .308 to a Redfield one piece mount ...I did so during a quiet moment last Sunday..ANOTHER FOREVER.. DONE!
Boy was I happy the scope is lower and the whole rig feels better...feeling pretty good about my acomlishment I even lowered the trigger pull a wee bit...nice..
So being the impatient person I am I didn't wait for the designated 200yds range time this week but rather took a chance and headed down there to see if anyone was shooting at the 100 yd station...It was empty..Yes!!!
So I ran back and closed the gate..It's all Mine!!..
After setting up my target and gear..I went to turning the knobs on the scope ..focus first, elevation 28 clicks to start..I had placed the target high on the paper to give myself some leeway...two clicks to the right for windage ..these were needed the last time I shot 100 yds ..might as well do it now..
I settled down and squeezed off the first round..not bad about four inches low and to still to the left..a little more adjustment and tried again..the adjustments were being made while shooting Accurate's 31-167N ..they drop about 160 grains with my alloy....a couple more and I'm nicking the bottom of the target..
At this point I'm running out of those so I fired the last two for group on another target..HUUUUM 1/2" apart..and now I'm out of those...I'll have to wait to find out how 5 shoot.
BUT I've got 5 rounds loaded with the NOE 311-188FN Hunter....dang just have to bring more ammo next time..before firing off the first round I changed the windage again..YA ! Dan in the same direction dummy..heaven only knows what compelled me to change it again but I did...so here's my four round group with the Hunter at 200 yds...if I can shave another 1/4" plus off the group size I'll be on par with about what it shoot at 100yds..1/2"- 5/8"....think I can hit an egg at 200?.." suppose I could have just posted the picture..
About a month ago a friend asked if I was going to try the "Egg Shoot" at one of our local ranges , he also asked that if I did go what gun would I bring..I responded "my AR probably"..but then I got to thinking .."why not cast bullets?"
First I had to follow through with one of my "forever projects"...that being switching over the Weaver mounts and rings that were on my Remington 700 VS in .308 to a Redfield one piece mount ...I did so during a quiet moment last Sunday..ANOTHER FOREVER.. DONE!
Boy was I happy the scope is lower and the whole rig feels better...feeling pretty good about my acomlishment I even lowered the trigger pull a wee bit...nice..
So being the impatient person I am I didn't wait for the designated 200yds range time this week but rather took a chance and headed down there to see if anyone was shooting at the 100 yd station...It was empty..Yes!!!
So I ran back and closed the gate..It's all Mine!!..
After setting up my target and gear..I went to turning the knobs on the scope ..focus first, elevation 28 clicks to start..I had placed the target high on the paper to give myself some leeway...two clicks to the right for windage ..these were needed the last time I shot 100 yds ..might as well do it now..
I settled down and squeezed off the first round..not bad about four inches low and to still to the left..a little more adjustment and tried again..the adjustments were being made while shooting Accurate's 31-167N ..they drop about 160 grains with my alloy....a couple more and I'm nicking the bottom of the target..
At this point I'm running out of those so I fired the last two for group on another target..HUUUUM 1/2" apart..and now I'm out of those...I'll have to wait to find out how 5 shoot.
BUT I've got 5 rounds loaded with the NOE 311-188FN Hunter....dang just have to bring more ammo next time..before firing off the first round I changed the windage again..YA ! Dan in the same direction dummy..heaven only knows what compelled me to change it again but I did...so here's my four round group with the Hunter at 200 yds...if I can shave another 1/4" plus off the group size I'll be on par with about what it shoot at 100yds..1/2"- 5/8"....think I can hit an egg at 200?.." suppose I could have just posted the picture..
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