i just came back from the range. we were on the 100 yd range shooting my mosin, an ak, my new M&P 40, an xd 40, and a savage 243.
i never shot a .243 before, what a fun rifle. amazing accuracy, and a little more kick than i had anticipated. we were shooting core lokt 100 gr bullets.
i shot the xd before, no big deal there. as well as the ak, fun as ever just nothing really worth talking about.
at the back of the range there is a stack of tires filled with gravel, with a 4x4 post holding them up. in front of that post there is a piece of angled steel to keep the bullets from tearing up the wood post. it makes a nice loud ting when you hit it, its about 5" across and maybe two feet tall above the tires.
hitting it with the .243 was childs play, very easy with the scope, we only missed maybe twice out of 20 shots.
hitting it with the mosin was pretty easy too. i hit it 4 out of 5, and my buddy who never shot the mosin before hit it on his first shot. he kept remarking over and over how nice the mosin was, how he could not believe how accurate it was, and of course, how he needed one. i shot the .243 off a rest, all mosin shots were off hand, open sights.
just for fun i tried to shoot that piece of steel with my M&P, while my buddy looked through the scope on the savage to see where i was hitting. i just put 5 rounds in the magazine. he couldnt see my first shot, but we both heard my second one. thats right, .40 s&w at 100 yds i hit that small piece of steel 2 out of 5 shots. im not that great of a pistol shooter by any means. you should have seen the looks on our faces after hearing that *TING*
any body else ever even bother shooting a pistol that far? or am i getting worked up over not really that big of a deal. i never thought i would hit even close to it. poa was at the center of the pole, halfway up, and right in the center, there was sooo many marks/holes in the steel we couldnt tell where poi was.
just thought id share my day at the range. other than being 19 degrees with a wind chill of 6 degrees. it was a great time.
i never shot a .243 before, what a fun rifle. amazing accuracy, and a little more kick than i had anticipated. we were shooting core lokt 100 gr bullets.
i shot the xd before, no big deal there. as well as the ak, fun as ever just nothing really worth talking about.
at the back of the range there is a stack of tires filled with gravel, with a 4x4 post holding them up. in front of that post there is a piece of angled steel to keep the bullets from tearing up the wood post. it makes a nice loud ting when you hit it, its about 5" across and maybe two feet tall above the tires.
hitting it with the .243 was childs play, very easy with the scope, we only missed maybe twice out of 20 shots.
hitting it with the mosin was pretty easy too. i hit it 4 out of 5, and my buddy who never shot the mosin before hit it on his first shot. he kept remarking over and over how nice the mosin was, how he could not believe how accurate it was, and of course, how he needed one. i shot the .243 off a rest, all mosin shots were off hand, open sights.
just for fun i tried to shoot that piece of steel with my M&P, while my buddy looked through the scope on the savage to see where i was hitting. i just put 5 rounds in the magazine. he couldnt see my first shot, but we both heard my second one. thats right, .40 s&w at 100 yds i hit that small piece of steel 2 out of 5 shots. im not that great of a pistol shooter by any means. you should have seen the looks on our faces after hearing that *TING*
any body else ever even bother shooting a pistol that far? or am i getting worked up over not really that big of a deal. i never thought i would hit even close to it. poa was at the center of the pole, halfway up, and right in the center, there was sooo many marks/holes in the steel we couldnt tell where poi was.
just thought id share my day at the range. other than being 19 degrees with a wind chill of 6 degrees. it was a great time.
