Prairie dog shooting with my AR-15 Pistol

[xphunter]

To change things up last week, while I was out dogging, I zeroed my Burris 1-4 at 50 yards. This is my AR-15 pistol, that has two uppers. The lower and the two uppers are from Glen Seekins. Timney trigger. This one has a Rock 1-7 twist barrel, that is 7 inches long, and has one of Chuck McIntosh’s brakes.

I carried Holland‘s small brick bag with me some of the time, but most of the time I was just shooting prone with no bi-pod or bag. The first picture is of a dog at 124 yards (prone), and the second one I shot right at 50 yards standing off hand. I use the sling on all shots. The Black Hills Ammo with a 50 grain V-MAX did an awesome job as you can tell.

I am going to be putting a different optic on the second upper as well, to specifically play at distance a little bit. I use the 69 grain Smacks and TAC for my 15 inch upper.

 

[LAH]

That is different.

 

[climbnjump]

The Black Hills Ammo with a 50 grain V-MAX did an awesome job as you can tell.

I use the 50 gr V-MAX in my handloads and it is my favorite for P-dog shooting. There are hollow points that are more explosive, but if you can take the time to line up your shots, the V-Max will hold together well enough to get "doubles".

Nice job with the AR pistol. Not sure I'd go prone on the ground out there w/o a mat - those small cacti can be both hard to see and painful...

 

[xphunter]

I was roving, so a mat wasn't practical.
I avoided areas that had a lot of cactus

 

[Walkalong]

Neat, but not as sexy as your bolt action pistols.

 

[cfullgraf]

I'm impressed.

I've shot IHMSA handgun silhouette and it is not as easy as it looks. A 200 meter ram or 150 meter turkey is a lot bigger than a prairie dog at similar ranges. Kudos for hitting the prairie dogs with a handgun.

I've gone on several prairie dog "hunts" over the past several years with rifles. Lots of fun. A handgun would make it quite the challenge.

 

[cfullgraf]

It has been a while since I shot competitive handgun silhouette but when I was shooting competitive silhouette, the "Creedmore" position was used for most prone shooting position. The shooter was laying on his back with the gun supported across his leg and knee. I'm sure this kind of position would be useful shooting at prairie dogs with "pistol' length barreled guns.

The sport may have evolved and have better shooting positions we had in the 1980s.

 

[xphunter]

I don't and have never competed in IHMSA.
Prone is what I usually use with my specialty pistols.





10” targets @ 400, 496, 575, 645, and 673 yards Black Widow

 

[cfullgraf]

I don't and have never competed in IHMSA.
Prone is what I usually use with my specialty pistols.

Upon thinking about it, we were not allowed to use any gun rests in silhouette competition.

 

[xphunter]

Upon thinking about it, we were not allowed to use any gun rests in silhouette competition.

You are correct. That is one reason I was never interested in the sport. It was not practical for hunting and varminting.
Plus they had all the weight restrictions, which again, was not practical for me.

 

[xphunter]

Neat, but not as sexy as your bolt action pistols.

Agree!
It is fun and different though.
I am going to put a Burris Eliminator III with touch-pad on my 15" upper, and see how fast I can hit multiple targets at a variety of distances.

 

[bikerdoc]

I'm impressed, you are a cool old guy. It you didn't live so far away as would make a good team.

 

[xphunter]

I'm impressed, you are a cool old guy. It you didn't live so far away as would make a good team.

You put a smile on my face-thanks.