Range Report: Marlin 101 and Springfield 53-B
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:34 pm
Both singleshot rimfire rifles that I posted about recently made it to the range today. So did two shooters. My neighbor Miss Evelyn and I shot for just over an hour today.
We each shot both rifles benchrest at 50 yards. I had to zero the Marlin after I glued the scope together. Turned out it was perfectly zeroed.
Here Miss Evelyn shoots the scoped Marlin. I hadn’t noticed till I took this picture but her eye relief was much to long. After she snuggled closer to the scope her groups got a lot smaller.
After putting out fresh targets we each shot ten rounds with each rifle.
My target with the Marlin. While Miss Evelyn shot this with the Springfield. We were shooting at 50 yards not 100. Then my turn with the Springfield. This was a real disappointment. I had no expectations with the Marlin but I did with this one. And Miss Evelyn’s final target with the Marlin. We both didn’t shoot very well but she thought we did great and I didn’t say anything. She really liked shooting the rimfire. There were several others also shooting big bangers and she didn’t like that.
My target with the Marlin. While Miss Evelyn shot this with the Springfield. We were shooting at 50 yards not 100. Then my turn with the Springfield. This was a real disappointment. I had no expectations with the Marlin but I did with this one. And Miss Evelyn’s final target with the Marlin. We both didn’t shoot very well but she thought we did great and I didn’t say anything. She really liked shooting the rimfire. There were several others also shooting big bangers and she didn’t like that.