FINALLY Got the 223 SS Out to the Range!
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 4:39 pm
Between the weather, range refurbishments, and other projects, the 223 SS has been sitting, waiting for some attention.
Got it out today. First shots, new gun, new scope, new ammo, new range. Markiver's 3-9X40 Nikon Buckmasters was on board. Ammo was just off-the-shelf 55 gr Federal something-or-other. AND, I'd modified the spring action, thanks to BigAl's donation of a Grainger hammer/trigger spring. More on that later. Just bags, not a sled/rest, seated, had a spotting scope for seeing POIs and scope tweaking.
Range was outdoors, wind quartering from the right at probably 15-20 mph, but I'd never been to this range before, and it's outside, but weirdly baffled, with lots of concrete overhangs, so I'm not sure if wind was a factor or not. Let's say negligible.
Other than that, I was totally in my comfort zone!
Started at 25 yds, tweaked the scope a bit, went to 50 yds, some more tweaking, seemed okay, so I jumped to 100 yds. For what I was doing, the newness of just about everything, I was pretty happy (still am!) with the way it turned out. It's a covered booth and that's me, waaay down there. You can see the light/shadow/light/shadow thing going on with the concrete structure. The rest of the pics are noted appropriately, I think.
It'll get better, and it's a good start, in my world!
Got it out today. First shots, new gun, new scope, new ammo, new range. Markiver's 3-9X40 Nikon Buckmasters was on board. Ammo was just off-the-shelf 55 gr Federal something-or-other. AND, I'd modified the spring action, thanks to BigAl's donation of a Grainger hammer/trigger spring. More on that later. Just bags, not a sled/rest, seated, had a spotting scope for seeing POIs and scope tweaking.
Range was outdoors, wind quartering from the right at probably 15-20 mph, but I'd never been to this range before, and it's outside, but weirdly baffled, with lots of concrete overhangs, so I'm not sure if wind was a factor or not. Let's say negligible.
Other than that, I was totally in my comfort zone!
Started at 25 yds, tweaked the scope a bit, went to 50 yds, some more tweaking, seemed okay, so I jumped to 100 yds. For what I was doing, the newness of just about everything, I was pretty happy (still am!) with the way it turned out. It's a covered booth and that's me, waaay down there. You can see the light/shadow/light/shadow thing going on with the concrete structure. The rest of the pics are noted appropriately, I think.
It'll get better, and it's a good start, in my world!