Doc7
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(This story is from our weekend place in PA! Not New Jersey!)
We have a shooting range in our neighborhood so I took Mom, Dad, my Marlin 60 with brand new tech sights, my Taurus 990 Tracker 9 shot 22lr double action revolver with brand new Wolf springs and my brand new XT-22. Did I mention I got 280 rounds of Federal American Eagle by stopping in the right place at the right time. Ammo did NOT last long!
Here is a video of my day and some photos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Y-MXO9KjY
Started off showing my mom how to use the handgun and shooting some Dallas Cowboy stars (we are eagles fans in these parts). Next we broke out the spinner targets (another Christmas gift from my nephews mom). First we sighted in the new tech sights and got mom used to using the rifle. All hell broke loose on the ammo supply once I got the 4x rimfire nikon scoped XT-22 into her hands. Between my father using my Marlin 60 and her using the XT-22 it sounded like the Germans were jumping out of the trenches and charging with bayonets fixed there were so many shots going off at the spinner targets.
Two hours later at dinner her and dad are talking about how ridiculously accurate they were able to shoot with the XT22 ("you must have an amazing scope!" The Nikon prostaff 4x32) I didn't do formal group testing as that takes me a couple hours with some anal retentive routines I follow and I just wanted to give them as much trigger time as possible - sighting in consisted of using dirt clods on the berm and then handing them the gun. Don't know what my group sizes are or even if this thing likes high vs subsonic velocity as I don't have multiple ammo boxes to test.
I had an absolutely amazing day and I can't wait to get out in the woods with the bolt action rifle once I have it truly sighted in with an ammo that I prove on paper is up for the task.
We have a shooting range in our neighborhood so I took Mom, Dad, my Marlin 60 with brand new tech sights, my Taurus 990 Tracker 9 shot 22lr double action revolver with brand new Wolf springs and my brand new XT-22. Did I mention I got 280 rounds of Federal American Eagle by stopping in the right place at the right time. Ammo did NOT last long!
Here is a video of my day and some photos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Y-MXO9KjY
Started off showing my mom how to use the handgun and shooting some Dallas Cowboy stars (we are eagles fans in these parts). Next we broke out the spinner targets (another Christmas gift from my nephews mom). First we sighted in the new tech sights and got mom used to using the rifle. All hell broke loose on the ammo supply once I got the 4x rimfire nikon scoped XT-22 into her hands. Between my father using my Marlin 60 and her using the XT-22 it sounded like the Germans were jumping out of the trenches and charging with bayonets fixed there were so many shots going off at the spinner targets.
Two hours later at dinner her and dad are talking about how ridiculously accurate they were able to shoot with the XT22 ("you must have an amazing scope!" The Nikon prostaff 4x32) I didn't do formal group testing as that takes me a couple hours with some anal retentive routines I follow and I just wanted to give them as much trigger time as possible - sighting in consisted of using dirt clods on the berm and then handing them the gun. Don't know what my group sizes are or even if this thing likes high vs subsonic velocity as I don't have multiple ammo boxes to test.
I had an absolutely amazing day and I can't wait to get out in the woods with the bolt action rifle once I have it truly sighted in with an ammo that I prove on paper is up for the task.
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