Did You Go Shooting Today
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Yep, took the 9mm Saint and the Brownells Retro AR10 for a little range time.
The Saint was exclusively shot at steel, the 10 got a slight DOPE change, but it's pretty much dead on now.
The Saint was exclusively shot at steel, the 10 got a slight DOPE change, but it's pretty much dead on now.
A forum member and I went to Woody’s today to have some recoil therapy. 5 suppressed AR15s, a suppressed Scorpion SBR, a suppressed Rossi 92 in 38/357, a 9mm AK, a Taurus TX22 competition and a 9mm 1911 joined us. 158gr 38spl thru a YHM R9 was the highlight of the trip. Even quieter than the 9mm bunny fart rounds I previously made (147gr over 2.8gr of TG)
Got back on the .45 yesterday (the NC Shooting Sports Games and Camp Perry are both happening over the next two months).
Practicing long line doubles for Perry (the wind off Lake Erie is notoriously tricky).
I was stuck around 90 all morning with the .45. The longslide .22 conversion was in the mid-90s. Too many 8s with the .45 and too many 9s with the .22.
Short line training was boring and consistent. Need to get back in the .45 recoil rhythm again.
Practicing long line doubles for Perry (the wind off Lake Erie is notoriously tricky).
I was stuck around 90 all morning with the .45. The longslide .22 conversion was in the mid-90s. Too many 8s with the .45 and too many 9s with the .22.
Short line training was boring and consistent. Need to get back in the .45 recoil rhythm again.
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I went to my Military rifle match yesterday. My back was really sore so I only shot in one event, but I got first place in it so that was a good day.
I didn’t really go to the range, just in my back yard. I got my new Garmin Xero chrono and wanted to try it out, so I got out my air rifle and shot a few rounds.
The Garmin is even smaller than I thought it would be, it is tiny. It will fit in my pants pocket even with the folded tripod attached.
With my Labradar, I would have to use an external sensor to pick up the air rifle firing, but not with the Garmin. It picked up the shots with no problem.
Even though it has a smaller screen and fewer buttons, the user interface is much easier to navigate than the Labradar. For me, the Labradar is a real pain to use without the phone app. The Garmin is very useable without the app, I can see myself only using the app to extract the session data when I get home. On the other hand, the Labradar has a SD memory card that I can read the information from with my laptop.
The Labradar does have one advantage that I have used a few times. It stores data for each shot, which includes the velocity as it goes downrange. It can read 223 bullets past 50 yards, and 45 caliber bullet much farther. I would say 99% of the users will probably never use this information, but I have found it useful.
Garmin really did their homework with this product.
The Garmin is even smaller than I thought it would be, it is tiny. It will fit in my pants pocket even with the folded tripod attached.
With my Labradar, I would have to use an external sensor to pick up the air rifle firing, but not with the Garmin. It picked up the shots with no problem.
Even though it has a smaller screen and fewer buttons, the user interface is much easier to navigate than the Labradar. For me, the Labradar is a real pain to use without the phone app. The Garmin is very useable without the app, I can see myself only using the app to extract the session data when I get home. On the other hand, the Labradar has a SD memory card that I can read the information from with my laptop.
The Labradar does have one advantage that I have used a few times. It stores data for each shot, which includes the velocity as it goes downrange. It can read 223 bullets past 50 yards, and 45 caliber bullet much farther. I would say 99% of the users will probably never use this information, but I have found it useful.
Garmin really did their homework with this product.
Wife and I went to TSA today. We shot a total of about 200 rounds, split between 22, 9mm, 38spl and 45acp. She shot her Ruger SR22 and CZ97, I shot a CZ 75 and Ruger GP100. Had a couple of failures to feed with the 22, it ejected the case but did not cycle far enough to pick up the next round.
When we were done, she said she is rusty and we need to go shooting more often.
We left there and went for supper at Bob Evans. It was a good day.
When we were done, she said she is rusty and we need to go shooting more often.
We left there and went for supper at Bob Evans. It was a good day.
I am pretty sure I fired the best 25-yard group of my entire life yesterday.
Long story short, I went from nearsighted with astigmatism, which didn’t affect me with iron sights, to presbyopic and nearsighted with astigmatism at the same time. So, I need a dot (with my distance glasses) or custom reading lenses to shoot irons.
I put a Sig Romeo 5 on my ribbed 1911. According to the bullseye forum, they’re holding up great on the downloaded .45s. So are the Holosuns and Primary Arms dots.
It seemed pretty close to zeroed. Once the Loctite dried, I was dryfiring, and the dot seemed to point where I was looking.
I went to OnPoint. I loaded a mag with five rounds of Atlanta Arms match .45 (185gr JHP at 800 fps), and I cranked five rounds, one-handed, at a 25-yard B8 repair center. I saw no holes in the white, so I figured the dot was pretty close to zeroed.
In two decades, I have never had an optic mount to a near-perfect zero. I also don’t think I’ll ever shoot a group that small ever again. Not without sandbags.
Long story short, I went from nearsighted with astigmatism, which didn’t affect me with iron sights, to presbyopic and nearsighted with astigmatism at the same time. So, I need a dot (with my distance glasses) or custom reading lenses to shoot irons.
I put a Sig Romeo 5 on my ribbed 1911. According to the bullseye forum, they’re holding up great on the downloaded .45s. So are the Holosuns and Primary Arms dots.
It seemed pretty close to zeroed. Once the Loctite dried, I was dryfiring, and the dot seemed to point where I was looking.
I went to OnPoint. I loaded a mag with five rounds of Atlanta Arms match .45 (185gr JHP at 800 fps), and I cranked five rounds, one-handed, at a 25-yard B8 repair center. I saw no holes in the white, so I figured the dot was pretty close to zeroed.
In two decades, I have never had an optic mount to a near-perfect zero. I also don’t think I’ll ever shoot a group that small ever again. Not without sandbags.
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