What did you shoot today?

CZ 457 MTR
HK SFP9L-OR PB
Dan Wesson 744HV 44 Magnum

Not today but Friday I shot my Springfield XDm 3.8 9mm

Saturday's range time was mostly spent shooting a Voere 2115 offhand at 25 yards. It was at my indoor range and made me remember the good old days when I used to roll cans around with a .22 rifle.

PzGren said:

Saturday's range time was mostly spent shooting a Voere 2115 offhand at 25 yards. It was at my indoor range and made me remember the good old days when I used to roll cans around with a .22 rifle.

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Yet again this forum shows me something I have never seen (or heard of ) before now.

After a bit of research, I apparently need to find a Voere biathlon rifle.

Because one never knows when one will be called to the Olympic team...ahem...

Edit - Voere makes a semi-auto 22 (mdl 0014) that fires from an open bolt. That certainly caught my attention.

Grandson and I took his new rifle (444 Marlin) to try sighting it in. Just about the time he was right "on target" we discovered the rail holding the scope mounts had become loose. No allen wrenchs to be had. Shot up a bunch of .38 special and .40 reloads.

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Just about the time he was right "on target" we discovered the rail holding the scope mounts had become loose. No allen wrenchs to be had.

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Of course you know that if you would have had allen wrenches along, the screws wouldn't have come loose in the first place.

Hooda Thunkit said:

Yet again this forum shows me something I have never seen (or heard of ) before now.

After a bit of research, I apparently need to find a Voere biathlon rifle.

Because one never knows when one will be called to the Olympic team...ahem...

Edit - Voere makes a semi-auto 22 (mdl 0014) that fires from an open bolt. That certainly caught my attention.

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Voere started in Voehrenbach, Germany as a company manufacturing bicycle pumps and eventually moved to beautiful Kufstein, Tyrol in Austria. The rifle I have pictured was first made in Voehrebach as the 2114 with a beech stock and as the 2115 with a walnut stock. Those guns were usually sold through mail order catalogues in a free Germany, i.e. before 1972.
These rifles are very reliable and accurate. The Voere 2107/2108 and 2114/2115 are really underrated in the U.S.

#4 Mk 1 Enfield. Shot some HXP ammo, 100% hits on 300 yd steel.

Shot the Colt King Cobra.

Quite different than what it appears to be ---

Czech - built (and assembled) VZ-58 Sporter series, nib in 2019. Only the furniture was swapped, for this type.

Approx. 2,800 rds. so far; I keep a piece of each used ammo box in a large plastic baggy. Not a single issue.

Being gone for over two weeks, the only guns I noticed were MP5s being carried by the 2-person police teams at Munich Airport (--usually a lady paired with a guy--). It was nice to be able to plink again.

Last night,

1) PSA PA10 in 308
2) Daewoo Precision Industries USAS-12
3) High Standard Model 10A Bullpup 12ga

Took the old Remington 'SpeedMaster' to the indoor range. Only 25 yards but since I'm stuck with Mark 1 early US entry into WWII issue eyes it was more fun than I've had in ages. Took about ten shots to adjust the gen-U-wine 1949 iron sights but from then on it was shoot, bring it back (love them power target wangerdangers) and continue until there was no more red to get rid of.

Took my recently acquired Ruger 22/45 out back and went through a box of shells. Just having some fun plinking a bit.

This model 36-1 shoots so smooth, but choked today on some hard-primered lead round nose ammo. It would fire fine in single action but not double. I will save that batch for model 10.

I went to the range yesterday with a few missions in mind:

1. Try laser vs. iron sights with my SP-101, as there are a lot of people who say iron sights are just as accurate. I found that not to be true. No discernable difference at 7 yards, but a big difference at 25.
2. Try some new carry ammo in my LCR. It's Federal Punch 38+P, 120 gr JHP. It does indeed pack a punch. I shot two cylinders of it, which is half the box. I think it's $1.20 a round. I'd feel confident in it for carry, but I'm not sure I'd get off a second shot after recovering from the recoil.
3. Get some more rounds through my Springer XD-45 Tactical. Great gun; soft-shooting. I can't see why anyone would buy a Glock 21 with these on the market and the Gear Up Promotion they're running.

Here are some targets.

Except for the Punch target, all ammo was handloads.

I noted with pleasure that my 25 group with the XD-45 was not too much bigger than my 7 yard one. I just had to take my time. (let's discount the head-shot flyer, shall we?)

The 7 yard groups with the SP-101 were not great, and I think I have to blame my hand loads. You see, I like to shoot my handloads from 357 cases when I can, so I don't get a carbon ring in the chambers that may eventually block 357s from chambering. Problem is, I also like a light load, and 4 gr. of powder doesn't NEARLY fill up the case. Sometimes, it would go BOOM and sometimes boom, and I was finding powder on the table. I think I might have to go back to using mostly 38 Spl cases and a wadcutter bullet most of the time to really fill the cases better and make ignition more consistent. Do they make wads for 357 cases to keep the powder more uniform next to the primer?

Been shooting handguns the past couple of days. Today it was my 686, 69, & XDM compact 45acp.
Can you fall in love with a handgun again? I have not been shooting the XDM much lately, but I sure have been shooting it well and enjoying it.

Shot about 50rds thru my new RIA 1911 A1 , 10mm.
First couple rds were a little tight feeding in, but after that it ran perfect.
Shot some Armscor 180fmj that chronographed 1100fps and a few of my handload 155gr fmj that were 1300fps.
Busted a milk jug with every round of two mags at 30yds, scared the hell out of a full beer can and finally blew it up a couple times, so estimated I'm shooting about a 6" group right now. Gonna have to shoot paper next time and see if I can tighten that up a bit.

Went to the range with my stock Mark IV 22/45 and shot with iron sights for a while. Felt good and I could actually shoot better than with my C-More Red Dot. I also took my dot off my 617.

I'm going to try shooting my next Steel Challenge Match in Rimfire Pistol Iron so I can get classified in that division. I still don't know if I'll shoot the revolver or auto. I'll test them both for the next few weeks and see which one is better for me.

Hope to get to the range with my old Mossberg "New Haven" 251c carbine. It was made before the move from the New Haven plant to the North Haven one so before 1960. Getting in will depend on whether or not Customs is doing qualifying at the range.



AbE:

Update.

Major failure to feed issue that may simply be the spring is too soft or more likely the feed tube angle has slipped slightly. The latter has happened long long ago in a time far far away and I will remember what I did way back then. Off to find Mr. Peabody to retrieve the directions.

Another 45 rounds through my Kimber Rapide..

Round count is now up to 945. All flawless.
My loads, factory loads and even some match loads (today) from 1960!

Even though this is my first 1911 style pistol, I wish I had discovered this handgun earlier!

Having a blast with it!

My Walther (Ulm Germany)-produced ""M&P" .22, the CZ PCR (9mm)--

and the Czechpoint/CSA VZ-58 seen in post # 1711, this page.

I had put a Zeiss Diavari 1.5-6x36 on my AR and rough-sighted it in this morning at 25 yards. Of course the Zeiss went to the end of the adjustability before I was on and I had to fiddle with all three screws, both for elevation and windage, before I got it right.

The FN 150 International was as much fun as always. Five pre-loaded mags helped me to get out of the range in no time, too.

featured are the weapon, Winchester model 370 20 gauge, and the target, gray squirrel turned out to be a medium sized female (good eating) not featured the dog that made it possible, cur fiest hybrid by the name of Dotty

20 rounds of 308 factory ammo and 20 rounds of 308 reloads through my M1A today. Sighted in my new scope. Reloads were 168 GR Sierra Matchking HPBT over 42.5 GRNS of AA2520 and Ginex primers. Planning to try to do the same tomorrow.