What did you shoot today?

The other day actually.
Howa Mini-action 223 Rem in a Boyd Stock, wearing a Banish 30 can.
Vortex Diamondback 4-16 x 40 scope.
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Notice what you don't see in the pics ? A magazine for the Howa.

Know why you don't see a mag for the Howa? Because the idiot in charge of bringing the gear (who shall remain nameless, but looks identical to me) forgot the magazines.

Again.

Sigh...

I've taken that Howa to the range 4 times. 3 times without a mag. I own 3 of them - proprietary Howa mags - and cannot for the life of me remember to bring them.

What I have discovered, is that if I stick 3 fingers of my left hand up in the mag well, I can feed the cartridge in from the right side, balancing it on the tips of those 3 fingers, long enough to (gently now, very gently...) slide the bolt home and chamber the round.

Yeah, fun. That act gets old quickly.
 
One long gun; the CVA Scout in 444 Marlin, plus three handguns: Single 6 convertible with the 22 Mag. cylinder in it for the first time in about a year and a half. Ruger Blackhawk in .357 Mag. and Ruger Mark I 22LR. Along with the chronograph; which did 2 different 444 Marlin handloads, and 3 different factory 22 mag. loads, and two 38 Spl. loads in the Blackhawk and Aguila 22LR pistol match ammo in the Ruger Mark I. Busy morning with very little target shooting, but I was way overdue for a good chronograph session and I got a lot done. Sun was out this morning and the temps hit 50 degrees by about noon... IMG_8185.JPG ..
 
Brand-new (was nib this week) Springfield M1A.

The main challenge from 50 yards? To consistently see the upper edge of the dark post against the mostly-black Shoot N See target (outside the orange bullseye).

I've been aware of the option of a painted post tip -- used by many people -- for many years, but never followed up on it.
Maybe it is Time to put a little orange or white on the edge of the M1A's front post.


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Hooda Thunkit said:
The other day actually.
Howa Mini-action 223 Rem in a Boyd Stock, wearing a Banish 30 can.
Vortex Diamondback 4-16 x 40 scope.
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Notice what you don't see in the pics ? A magazine for the Howa.

Know why you don't see a mag for the Howa? Because the idiot in charge of bringing the gear (who shall remain nameless, but looks identical to me) forgot the magazines.

Again.

Sigh...

I've taken that Howa to the range 4 times. 3 times without a mag. I own 3 of them - proprietary Howa mags - and cannot for the life of me remember to bring them.

What I have discovered, is that if I stick 3 fingers of my left hand up in the mag well, I can feed the cartridge in from the right side, balancing it on the tips of those 3 fingers, long enough to (gently now, very gently...) slide the bolt home and chamber the round.

Yeah, fun. That act gets old quickly.
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ouch, I've done that too. Sorry brother that stinks. Have a better one.
 
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Got a chance to spend a little time behind my Waypoint in 308 earlier this week. Pretty impressed with it so far. Factory rifle and factory ammo turned in a .43 MOA three shot group at 400 yards. HSM 168 grain BTHP ammo, Vortex Razor HE LT 2-10x40 and Thunderbeast Ultra 7 suppressor. I think I’m going to upgrade the glass to a Leupold VX-5HD 3-15x44 next week.
 
Nothing. It's March on the south plains which means wind and more wind. I'm looking out a south window at my wind meter, a tall, skinny elm tree out in the pasture. It's telling me 20-25 mph and it's only 9 AM. April should be some better.
 
doubleh said:
April should be some better.
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April should be better for getting out and doing some shooting here too. In fact, I'm pretty sure it will be because last week I hired a contractor to pull the snow off our roof.
It's kind of like washing your car brings rain the next day, you know. There's several houses and buildings with caved in roofs around here this year, so I finally got tired of worrying about the snow-load on our own roof and hired someone to remove it. Doing that is sure to bring on spring, rain (instead of snow) and ground squirrel shooting. :thumbup:
 
I didn't go today, but Thursday, I shot my Taurus Tx22, Kel Tec Pf9 (finally got it to shoot reliably, I think, I need 100-150 more rounds to be 100% sure), Glock 19 and SIG P365. I don't think I'll be able to go again until Monday or Tuesday, when I may shoot the same lineup (though I may replace the Tx22 with my LCP to see if the feed ramp polishing has made feeding JHPs any more reliable out of the gun).
 
Ignition Override said:
Brand-new (was nib this week) Springfield M1A.

The main challenge from 50 yards? To consistently see the upper edge of the dark post against the mostly-black Shoot N See target (outside the orange bullseye).

I've been aware of the option of a painted post tip -- used by many people -- for many years, but never followed up on it.
Maybe it is Time to put a little orange or white on the edge of the M1A's front post.


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I've always wondered why militaries don't make fluorescent green sights (or something similar) mandatory on rifles.
 
My mouth, mostly.
It is Saturday, 25th March, A. D. 2023. Not planning to shoot anything today. Cold enough outside (better than snow!).

Nearly a month ago I used my engraved 1903 Colt pocket pistol in a local 'practical pistol' match. (Just for fun, I do not use this as a regular defense arm.) I used a gun show find as a second magazine for reloads - humorous thought - and it rubbed enough on the trigger yoke to not allow the sear to reset normally. But the arm itself fired on cue and accurately.
I found out by partially removing the suspect magazine, the sear would reset. So I was convinced the magazine was indeed the culprit. When I returned home, I sprayed the suspect magazine (empty, of course) with penetrating oil and scrubbed all the not so loose rust and gunk from the exterior of the magazine. All seems well now. Seems. I need to test it out. Tuesday.
 
.308 Norma said:
April should be better for getting out and doing some shooting here too. In fact, I'm pretty sure it will be because last week I hired a contractor to pull the snow off our roof.
It's kind of like washing your car brings rain the next day, you know. There's several houses and buildings with caved in roofs around here this year, so I finally got tired of worrying about the snow-load on our own roof and hired someone to remove it. Doing that is sure to bring on spring, rain (instead of snow) and ground squirrel shooting. :thumbup:
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Snow is NOT a problem in this area. I do have several shingles weighted down with bricks after our last really serious blow had a few lifting up some. They are 70 mph rated and the weatherguy said 69 mph wind that day. Of course he wasn't measuring it on my roof. As soon as the weather warms a little and the wind isn't a factor I will glue them down, let bricks set on them for a couple of weeks to make sure they are stuck down, and then back the bricks go to be stacked and await next spring. Washing your car in March is a pretty safe bet as we hardly ever get any moisture during the month. They just get covered with dust. When we finally get a nice day I will hate to work on shingles instead of going to the shooting range.
 
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