White Feather Centerfire Match:

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Here's a pix of it with the SS barrel on it. I'm still working on a 75 grain PPU match bullet load for the 26" barrel. It doesn't quite like what the 24" does as you can see from the initial 100 yard target. Gonna take a little tweaking but that will have to wait until I get some more of the 75 grain match bullets from Graf's.

Jim
 

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When I was at the range a couple of days ago working on that 75 grain PPU load, I did have a couple of the White Feather targets with me. There was another guy there sighting in a really pretty camouflaged .223. I forget the brand now, but it had a normal taper barrel and he didn't know the twist. It was grouping pretty good from a Caldwell Lead Sled rest at 100 yards, so I half jokingly handed him the WF target and said here, put one through the eyeball.

He was shooting handloads with 55 grain bullets, and I didn't get the recipe, but he fired one, it was about a quarter inch low and just right. Using Kentucky windage, he fired a second one and it was absolutely dead center in the eyeball! Both would have qualified as X's. He said he was going to frame the target but nobody would believe it was shot at 100 yards. I signed his target as witness and so did 2 other guys that watched him shoot it.

I gave the range a blank and they were going to have some printed off and run a challenge match in a couple months after they finish re-modeling the rifle range in June.

Mav, I thought you'd like to know. I told them where it came from and you might get a few more participants in the next matches here.

Jim
 
Jim, that's outstanding news, whether or not they decide to participate here or not...a little friendly competition is always a good thing. Thank you for the advertisement!

:)
 
Yesterday, I made the mistake of looking over the used gun rack at my favorite indoor range in Wichita! There, just waiting to be grabbed up was a used Remington model 7615P Police patrol rifle. It's a Pump .223 carbine with a 16.5" barrel that is modeled on the 7600 action but has an insert that uses AR-15 magazines (the metal type, it don't like the polymer ones). It's drilled and tapped for a scope, but the normal iron sights consist of a wide front post with a very prominent white dot and the the rear is a Wilson Combat ghost ring peep sight. Normally they come with one 10 round magazine, but this one had a 20 round AR-15 mag in the box instead. Not having the money at the time, but hoping it would stick around, I immediately advertised my little Citadel 1911A1 compact .45 (Officer's model) on the local CCW forum for $450. It wasn't 20 minutes later and I had an "I'll take it" and the gentleman offered to meet me right away. I took the money back to the range and that 7615 followed me home last night!

The barrel is stamped 5.56 NATO or .223 Remington Caliber so I don't even have to worry about which type of ammo to use in it.

Took it to the range this morning (didn't have any White Feather targets with me) and with irons and my eyes I only shot it at 25 yards where I could still see the front sight and the target. It has a 1:9 twist barrel so I tried it with 55 grain FMJ surplus, (OK) 62 FMJ handloads (better), 75 grain match handloads (back to OK), 69 grain match handloads (good) and finally some of the 62 grain BTHP FBI surplus Winchester Match ammo that Midway had on sale a while back (BINGO!) It absolutely loves that surplus FBI stuff and I found out Midway has more of it in stock and still on sale at $10.99 a box of 20. Wonder of wonders, wifey told me to order 1000 rounds of it while it was still available! Don't even ask me how fast I got that order placed with Midway - :D:D:D:D

I've wanted a .223 carbine for quite a while, but I don't like the AR platforms as I reload and hate coming home from the range with less brass that I went there with in the first place. At least this pump lets me bring it all home and has the capability of using 30 round magazines when necessary.

May shoot it with irons or unmagnified optics in next months centerfire match.

The target is the 25 yard group I shot with the Winchester 62 grain match ammo.


EDIT: Just got the Tasco Red-Dot scope mounted so here's another picture of it.
Jim
 

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I'm late! Don't count it for anything (not that it's good anyway), but here's an unlimited class submission nonetheless :)

Assuming I sized it right, I think they are all scope tube and in, with maybe 2x's.

I will be more timely with next months.
 

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I havent been able to get to the range all month!!
I sure hated to miss this one. I'm off Monday so if the weather is decent I'm going. I'm propably so rusty couldnt hit the broad side of a barn anyway
 
Forgive me for coming in late, but I have been down sick for over s week now. I'm starting to feel a bit better, but it's slow going. If it's fine by you folks I'm thinking of extending this match by an additional month (concluding at the close of June) with future centerfire matches being held on a quarterly basis (rimfire will likely remain a monthly affair with the possible exception of the winter months). It's my hope that this change will give more folks the opportunity to shoot in each match. Let me know what you think.

:)
 
so keep this competition up the whole quarter, but only change it once a quarter. rimfire changes every month.

sounds like a good deal. compensates for the increased burdens on the centerfire match that often make it harder to complete (price, distance, etc.).

more time to try and beat ones own score too. plus if I want the challenge, I can always print off the rimfire and go for it.

I think it sounds good. Feel better!
 
That's what I was thinking. This one would be open an additional month that way future matches will fall on "business quarters" and keep any match from spanning a year.

Thank you for your thoughts and well wishes.

:)
 
Works for me. Was going to be out part of June and my local range has moved their rifle range remodel to July so running this one through June and then the next one for a whole quarter would really help out here.

Jim
 
I have tried on two diferent computers to print the target and I cant seem to get it to work. Anyone else having issues??
Well I'm off to the range
 
Does it help if I attach it?
 

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Orlando, I don't know whether this will help but I've attached a JPEG below. If it still doesn't work and you think it would be helpful I can insert the image into a Word document or the like, just let me know...

:)
 

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Thanks for the offer Mav, I'm not sure what the heck is going on with my home computer.
I can get print them off at a friends house.
Thanks again
 
No problem, Orlando; and like Jim I don't mind dropping a few in the mailbox if anyone is having trouble and would like a few.

:)
 
KSCCHTrainer- Thanks for the offer on sending targets but I got some printed


Mav, I was able to print the target in JPeg, for some reason suddenly I cant print any Pdf files ??
Anyway, I'm off to the range tomorrow to shoot the Rimfire and Centerfire Match
 
Orlando, glad you were able to get it to work one way or another. Have you checked to see if Adobe Acrobat is installed (properly).

:)
 
I think I found the problem, just dont know how to fix it
I cant get Windows Service pack3 to download, since it wont download the latest Adobe wont update. I cant download the Adobe Update but it wont install.
I'm no computer guru, I just know enough to get into trouble. I have messed with it for a few days and cant get anywhere. May have to take it in to get worked on
 
Wish you were closer as I'd tell you to bring it by and I'd fix you up, but Ohio is a mighty long drive. My best advice is to upgrade to Win. 7 if you have the specs to accommodate it, as it really is a smooth running OS (support for XP recently expired so there will be no more updates and some new software will be unusable or not operate properly). I hope you're able to get it sorted, but I don't mind creating .jpegs or sending a few via snail mail until which time.

:)
 
Beautiful day to spend at the range
Target Rifle Division
Armalite AR-15
100YDS
Bench , front rest
Hornday 75gr Match 223 Factory ammo
20 Power scope
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Tried again last week, just cant get the group I know the rifle is capable of
I'll let someone score this for me, please
Target Rifle Division
87 degrees
Armalite AR-15
100YDS
Bench , front rest
Hornday 75gr Match 223 Factory ammo
14 Power scope
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