Strangest thing I've ever seen at the range...

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Don't knock that guy since I did that myself several years ago with a NM M1A (308 Win)that I just scoped. Since my Bushnell Bore Sighter itself wasn't high enough to zero my scope, or to fit into the muzzle brake, I jury rigged a gadget to raise my Bore Sighter. Figured I'd at least get on the paper, fired 3 sots at 50 yds...no holes. Moved to 25 yds...still no holes. Finally moved rifle and sand bags to pistol bench and moved the portable backstop to 3-4 feet and stapled a newspaper open on the backstop. It turned out my rifle WAS shooting over 3 1/2 feet high. I actually had to shim the scope to zero it in. Not being there, maybe your guy was having the same problem that I was having, since we are not all Rocket Scientists. BTW, Brownells sells a gadget that solves this problen by raising the Bore Sighter and It fits the muzzle brake...I now own one. :)
 
He was shooting for group size so he could post the target on THR and say he got the group at 600 yrds. Happens all the time ;)
 
So this thread isnt locked? but others that seam more important to more "GUN" related things is shut down? Ok the man wanted to shoot a scoped gun + bipod and all that ninja stuff at 3 yards.. He can what he wants. He didnt hurt anyone
 
I just sighted in a new cheapo BSA RGB dot scope the other day on my Hi-point 995TS . . . put the scope on nice and tight, put up a couple paper bullseye targets on my 4-foot square backstop and went back to the bench at 25 yds. Fired two rounds to see where I was . . . not on paper.

I walked up to ten yards, fired again . . . still not on paper. Okay, I'm not wasting any more ammo than I have to, and the backstop has lots of holes in it already. I got a 2x3 foot piece of fresh cardboard and nailed it to the backstop, drew a one-inch spot in the center of it, and went back to the 25 yd line and tried again -- STILL nothing.

I walked up to ten yards and fired -- a hole appeared -- about a foot and a half southwest of my target spot -- and there was still a lot of adjustment left in both directions! I think that if you'd run the adjustment all the way to one side with that thing, you could aim North and hit West. Good news: I finally did get it zeroed and it seems to work okay now.
 
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He was shooting for group size so he could post the target on THR and say he got the group at 600 yrds. Happens all the time
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A note for everyone else who does this, when I do it, I have to remember to clean the powder burns off the target in Photoshop BEFORE posting the pictures!
 
http://www.ruger.com/products/22Charger/index.html?r=y

:THE HOLLIFIELD "DOTTER" ......search Google

http://www.rifleman.org.uk/BSA_small-bore_target_rifles.html

I shoot at the same range with a couple of reloaders, I use the 15 yard range for pistols, they start on the short range when starting with a new and or pistol that is new to them, if I do not get it on paper at 15 yard range, it is going back to the house.
There is more logic when starting at the short range, I have always managed to get it on paper at the longer range.

F. Guffey
 
We're not allowed to have the Charger in NY. It's an "Assault Pistol" because the magazine is external of the grip frame. :cuss:
 
My father and I were shooting on a 100-yard range carved into the side of a mountain. While we were shooting 3 ruffed grouse wandered out of the woods on the left and walked across in front of the targets to the woods on the right. I don't recall them even glancing our way.
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I've had deer wander out to the middle of a shooting range on at least three occasions.


As for the guy shooting a scoped gun at 3 yards off the bench...

Well, as someone once said "Turns out it doesn't really take all kinds. There just are all kinds."
 
My vote is the same as others, shooting a "wallet" group to post online.

Strangest thing I've seen, a group of 13 (I counted) turkeys walk across the 300 yard line while 4 shooters were shooting. They walked from left to right, and I was shooting the far right 300 yd target when I noticed movement in the corner of my scope. How they made it across that range safely I'll never know.

Also at an Army machine gun night fire range when a group of deer bedded down immediately in front of one of the target berms. The range officer had to close the range. However later at a .50 cal range, one of a group of deer running across the range wasn't so lucky.
 
Maybe the guy just really enjoyed seeing his bullet holes up close. I dont know how the scope would focus that close though.
 
I was shooting at a range in the Sam Houston National Forest (Now only open September through January due to slobs) and a college kid came out and shot a .44 Desert Eagle exactly eight times. How do I know it was a .44? I picked up the brass :).

Just my .02,
LeonCarr
 
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My guess is he was sniping little ants crawling around on his target.

Most likely he didn't know how to sight the gun in or was trying to get a super awesome yet unrealistic grouping to show off.

The strangest thing I've ever seen at the range (at my private range) was two idiots riding up from the woods behind my berm on four wheelers, coming around and stopping in front of my target. I proceeded to stare at them in disbelief, then one asked me what I was shooting, I told him it was my S&W model 60 .38 snubby. I asked if they were going to be riding through here again because I could shoot later, they logically stated they would not and took off. I never did find out why they rushed toward the sound of my gun fire and proceeded to park where I was shooting.
 
Funny - at the local range I see lots of guys with really high-dollar tacticool rifles with nice optics, good rested position, etc - and for some reason they love shooting 25yds. Must be scared what will happen to their groups out past that range...
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I use an AR for HD...doesn't make much sense for me to practice any further than 25yds, except for kicks. Off a rest? No, except for initial sighting. But lots of work at 25yds and in.
 
My favorite thing I ever saw was 3 hill billy type guys walk up to the pistol range station (25yd) and they talked among themselves for about 5 seconds, loaded their shot gun and took turns pumping shells out pretty fast at nothing particular down range.
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It sounds to me like a gun sale - somebody just wanted to function test a shotgun before handing over some money.
 
A tip for zeroing a new bolt action rifle. Just pull the bolt and looking down the bore with the rifle braced on sandbags, put the 100 yard target in the exact center of the bore. Then fiddle the scope knobs until the cross hairs are also centered on the bull. Double check everything because the rifle may move a smidge while you're adjusting the scope, but it'll put you on paper as well as a bore-sighting device and it's free.
 
That guy is an amateur.

Usually, what I do when I enter online contests is take one good shot from 3 yards. Then I pack it up and go home, and tell everyone on the internet that one hole is actually 5 shots at 400 yards.
 
I find smearing some carbon residue on a hole punch saves me the hassle of driving to the range or pulling the gun out of the safe, but my internet bragging rights are safe.
 
I find smearing some carbon residue on a hole punch saves me the hassle of driving to the range or pulling the gun out of the safe
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You people are full of great ideas about this, maybe I should start doubting some of the posted targets on this forum! :)
 
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