After a loooong month's closure, the range resumed operation for three day, then it'll close for two weeks. Seems every year the county and the tourist industry's greediness add more on-track events thereby causing the range to close. If those closures aren't enough, because the range master and his assistant are county employees, thus unionized, the range closes on federal and state holidays.
Now, that I've vented on to this morning's session.
The previously mentioned experiment of weighing 10 each .223 cases and Hornady 55-grain FMJs, to see if weight sorted rounds shoot noticeably more accurate than non-sorted rounds, was conducted using the Ruger American. As expected, the bullets weren't the best choice for such an experiment and results were non-conclusive. If I were to repeat the experiment it'll be with Sierra 69-grain HPBT Match bullets.
This morning's other experiment was determining if my vision is compatible with a 3" Day-Glo red paster pasted on a 12" Day-Glo green target, using the Pedersoli/Navy Arms .45-70 rolling block "Buffalo Rifle's" vernier tang sight and Lyman's 17A globe front sight with an aperture insert, at a distance of 100-yards. The experiment was an outstanding success . . . I couldn't discern the dot. Finding a target that I can obtain a 100-yard sight picture has been unproductive in that my 50-yard accuracy does not carry over to the longer distance. Experiments will continue, but I'd prefer to shoot the rifle from 100-yards rather than fifty. I've till the 16th to figure out the next target experiment.