What did you do at the range today?

[JohnJohnson]

I've been doing pistol related things at the range lately. I've done four range sessions totaling 1,800 rounds of 9mm in the last 6 weeks just getting different guns broken in. Today's session was putting 350 rounds through my new CZ Shadow 2 to check for manufacturer defects before sending it off to get Cajunized. I'll be taking a pistol class in May and in the meantime I'm in the process of developing a dryfire routine.

 

[Austin Kaufman]

I bought a Tikka ranahan 223 for the action. Rebarreled it with an urban rifleman prefit nut barrel, 26" .86 muzzle, wilde chamber. I use an oryx chassis and aics mags giving me 2.5 max coal. Ive had really good results with almost everything ive feed it from 50gr vmax factory to 75 berger handloads. Its heavy, probably 15lb with the night scope, but its the cheap and fun choice, and probably the most accurate though the other tikka ace game 6.5 prc might beat it.

Good to know. Once I get a bolt face and 223 wylde barrel for my prs gun I’m excited for the longer mag length for the trainer setup!


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[Q_Sertorius]

After a cold, but beautiful morning, wandering around the farm looking for things to shoot at, I sat down to sight in my new Tikka .243 with a 20” 1:8” twist. The first four ten shot groups averaged just around 1.54”. I love shooting a rifle with a RokStok.

 

[ChrisAU]

Put 50 rounds through my new 6 Dasher, maybe including a few in some pests around the pond. Also checked zero after swapping scopes from my factory class NRL Hunter rifle to my teams class one for a match in a couple weeks.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Only a five shot group, but after another walk around the farm, I decided to do a magazine dump with the FN Mauser .25-06 and my new 134-grain ELDM handloads. I think this will work okay… with a slight adjustment before setting the zero stop.

 

[coyotekilla]

Only a five shot group, but after another walk around the farm, I decided to do a magazine dump with the FN Mauser .25-06 and my new 134-grain ELDM handloads. I think this will work okay… with a slight adjustment before setting the zero stop.

What velocity are you getting with the heavies? I like my 75's on paper, need to try them on varmits soon.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

What velocity are you getting with the heavies? I like my 75's on paper, need to try them on varmits soon.

I’m getting 2799.

I used to shoot a lot of groundhogs with the .25-06 using 70 and 75-grain bullets, but I don’t see the need to burn that much powder. So now I use a .22-250 or .223 for varmints.

 

[justinspicher]

Introduced a buddy to a 6arc in an AR platform. I also shot a pdog after feeding the cows.

 

[rookieforever33]

My quick shot range is a 6 inch steel plate 130 yards from my back deck. Today walking back to the house past it I let my 11 year old nephew shoot the cartridge in the chamber at it. 40 yards kneeling with a trigger stick. It was his first time shooting bigger than 22lr. Nailed it.

 

[Chris in TN]

Shot the 6.5cm at 550 this morning seated behind my poles/sticks. First round was very nearly perfect. Second two, marginal hits. A bummer for me, but still ~2moa on a windy day. I'll take it.

It's likely to be a few days or even weeks before I'm in this thread again. Tomorrow morning I get a cataract removed and a new lens replacement. It's a bit intimidating, but at the same time I'm excited at the prospect of better vision. I mean, I can shoot, but getting both target and reticle 'clear' is not happening now.

 

[RockAndSage]

New irons - installed and sighted in these Ultradynes. Took them out to 200yds, and enjoyed them. They're excellent.

Part of the theory behind them, is you essentially have 4 concentric rings for your eye to reference off of, making alignment quick and easy, while just putting the target inside the center-post's aperture. There's a balance I've always been fighting with irons, between wanting a super-fine front for accuracy, and a bigger front for easier acquisition at speed and in low light. Haven't shot these in low-light yet, but it's an excellent blend of speed and accuracy.

 

[justinspicher]

Yesterday we did the walk through course. Everyone shot fairly well, despite the wind. Everyone is continuing to improve in shooting as well as being a spotter.

Today I shot 42 prairie dogs while dragging the hayfield.

 

[KingOfTagSoup]

Started working loads in my Howa mini 6ARC. 107 TMKs atop Leverevolution is averaging 2709 fps and printing groups around .6-.7 in

 

[Kauaihunter]

Just messing around. Saturday I spun a Preferred 22CM 18.75” barrel on my 350 Legend, borrowed my 6.5 bolt and put on UM rings with an SWFA Ultralight BDC. Test run, the rifle is not in its final configuration but that’s what I had on hand. 6lbs 10oz no ammo.

Eyeball bore sight at 25, fire one shot and was on paper. Fired one more at 100 to verify still on paper.

Fired a 3 shot group and had my friend also shoot a 3 shot group. Eight rounds averaged 3105fps for the HP 80gr ELD-X. Adjusted windage over to the right and fired at the 350 and 450 yard steel a few times. Lucky guesses on the BDC. Missed the first 600 steel and hit the second.

Will see what the final set up ends up being but definitely will be interesting moving forward. More so hunting than target for me but will test it out for sure once I get finished.

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

Had a 223 load I wasn’t thrilled with. 75Eldm with Xbr 8208. Had probably 60 rounds left. Worked on shooting off my pack seated and prone, then moved to tripod work which is very new to me, but seated was pretty easy to get a stable position. 10” plate @ 322yds

Great day on the coast to shoot

 

[KingOfTagSoup]

Laddered up the charge in the 6 ARC another grain to see if I hit pressure. No signs of pressure and that 107 TMK is at 2773. We'll see if it still groups.

 

[coyotekilla]

Today I managed to find a bullet / powder combo my contender likes. 50gr vmax, 21gr of h322. Sd of 10, 100yd target. Flyer was me, its a 4x scope.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I had a fun trip to the range today. It was quite hot out (in the 80s).

I started off testing out some Norma Golden 6.5 CM in my Sauer 100. That was the only box of factory ammo I had purchased, but had not tried.

It shot about like I have come to expect from this rifle, but I decided to go ahead and finish off the half box. With the mirage, I had to swap out the suppressor or wait a while. So, I swapped over to the OG 6.5 and shot the rest of that box.

I literally dropped one round and it rolled forward of the firing line and into a crack. I had to fish it out later, so there are only 9 in this group.

Then I went ahead and shot the rest of a box of Hornady 140-grain ELDMs. I think that’s one of the best groups I have gotten from this rifle.

After that, I did the same with the rest of a box of Federal.

After all that, I took my trainer over to the 300-yard range and practiced transitions and shooting from field positions. That went very well, except for the first four that I tried shooting from seated unsupported without taking off my backpack. They didn’t work very well (1/4 hits). The dudes next to me on the range were impressed when I went 26/26 shooting prone over my backpack, prone with bipod, and seated with bipod (shooting 8” steel at 300). It was a good day.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Another hot and beautiful day at the range. I started off seeing how well I shoot my Tikka T3 .223 with different suppressors. Not much difference between them. This was all with the Frontier 5.56 62-grain FMJ. I’ve shot some great 10-shot groups with that ammo. It flies out of my 16.5” barrel too, right around 3105 FPS.

AB Raptor 10

OG 6.5

Airlock ZG 6.5

All groups were fired ten at a time (i.e., 10 through each, then let the barrel cool, then fire ten through each in reverse order).

In between the two groups, I shot my T1X and CZ 457 standing and prone over backpack. The dots are 0.5”. The colored circles are 3.5”. Range is 50 yards. I fired 25 per target today.

T1X standing.

T1X prone over backpack.

CZ 457 standing.

CZ 457 prone over backpack.

After that, I went to the 300-yard range with the Tikka T3 .223 and four magazines of ADI 69-grain. I did transition drills going from standing to shooting position, then firing a pair as quickly as possible at the 8” steel. Each drill begins with rifle in hand, condition 1, with turrets zeroed out. I use my binocular harness as the rear rest.

Standing to prone over backpack (300 yards):
10/10

Standing to seated with long-legged Spartan bipod (carried on pack) (300 yards): 10/10

Standing to prone with short Spartan bipod (carried on binocular harness) (300 yards): 10/10

Standing to seated, unsupported (200 yards): 7/10

Prone over backpack with binocular harness as rear support is such a great position. It might be the most useful thing I’ve learned on RokSlide.

But, since I don’t always carry a backpack, I really need to work on my other positions more. Especially seated unsupported and offhand.

The other thing I would like to do is practice doing it smoothly and slowly. I’m relatively quick right now, but I definitely move more abruptly than I would in a real 300-yard hunting scenario.

 

[BCsteve]

Bought some 75gr ELD-M a while back not realizing that they were too long to mag feed and they had been sitting on the shelf since. Finally got around to get a mag that allowed longer COAL. It was a good purchase!