Recent content by GC51

Hand-loading is going to be my next endeavor, I haven't gone there yet, but will be looking at a reloading set-up this fall...we are kind of at the mercy of availability here for off the shelf ammo, small town and the hardware store is the only place to even get it, sometimes I can't even rely...

The results are in! I just took my 600 out and shot 4 five shot groups, one box. The first 5 shot group was widened significantly, thanks to two outfliers, about 1 1/4...by the time I averaged in the other 3 groups, I was looking at close to 2", yikes...fortunately it started raining before...

I didn't mean to say I get 1/2" groups every time, just that I have gotten them often enough to feel the gun is capable of it. I've also seen others get groups like that often enough to feel the same...I didn't mean to bash the shooters either, I'm sure if they are testing for the NRA they are...

Will do, thanks for the advice! Should have the new gun by the end of the week, but it'll have to sit until my work season gets going and I get the scratch saved up...that's going to be hard...

So far I have only used win factory loads and usually only about a box at a time...usually shoot 3 shot groups, and no, I didn't check the gun before floating it...the group I mentioned was my best, but I have consistently shot .5" (after getting it sighted in 2" high @ 100) with just a Redfield...

I was looking for a Colt when I bought my 1911 about 6 years ago. The gun store I was at only had two Colts, a used gold cup and a combat commander. I wanted the standard length slide so the commander was out, they wanted $888 for the gold cup and I was hesitant about paying that much for a used...

The Buckmark is a good shooter, the Ruger Mark 2 has a good rep(haven't shot one myself) and Colt did make a bull barreled model I had a few years back that was phenomenal. I think it may have been called the Cadet, mine wasn't stamped with a model name. The mag catch on it was problematic, it...

My dad gets the American Rifleman and I usually end up with them after he is done. I've noticed in the evaluations of new guns that the 100 yard groups seem pretty loose on the average. Even with reputable makers, a lot of these groups with the .308 are upwards of 1.5"...I'm no sniper or...

That Viper is looking pretty good to me right now, is the EBR-1 the reticle I want? I'm not familiar with MRAD, I would assume MOA is what I should be looking at...

Yeah, the guy who told me about it obviously got a hold of some rumor version of the truth, the article makes it plain that these were produced by Ruger for France...interesting, the gun pictured looks like the first mini I had some years back, except for the checkered stock...I'm taking my Mini...

Also on my dad's mod 39D, which is the same gun with a straight grip and lever, like a Winchester 94...

Yeah, I was not impressed, seems like you can't depend on quality much anymore...today I heard the some of the Ruger mini-14's are being made in France...France?!!!

Looks like a nice scope...I too have got older eyes, need reading glasses now for anything close and/or small and open sights are nearly un-usable for me...two of my hand-guns are a problem now, my 1911 Kimber is okay, I rue the day I have to put a red-dot on it!

I hope the VLS is better, I think the receiver was the problem, it had that matte black metal and yes, even the barrel seemed like junk, the gun was really light considering the 26" bull barrel...

Went looking for a .300WM today, couldn't find the 700P I was looking for and after rejecting a 7mag model 770(the bolt was gritty and rough and not what I would expect in a Rem) I ordered up a 700VLS in .308 Win. Next step is the glass. I want to make this a long range rifle, and want something...