What Did You Shoot Today?

[Mitty38]

Wow excellent deal and sounds like a nice facility.

Only down fall is the terrain. It's a little rough. No trails or access road in the hunting area. Except for natural ones. Plus you have to cross the creek. Kinda tough crossing the creek to go hunting some times. Especially in the winter when it is high.
Plus no long ranges because there is a bank or cliff every 75 yards or less.

Except, on top of the hill. Where the club house and skeet boxes are.
From the hill top(which is the only straight stretch, at 200 yards) no back stop. So anything more than shot or an arrow, would carry into a populated area.

 

[PGPKY2014]

Nope, they sold two at least.
My Father-in-law bought one and Annie became the new owner when he passed away.
We have not shot the thing yet so I can't answer Rushcreek's question...

Three

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Today was mostly shooting Marlins.

I had a new scope to test, on a 10/22. Sited in three. Box tested perfectly. Nice fine reticle. Almost too fine!

The marlins where most fun. I need shoot my levers more. First was my 1970 1895 45/70 with my Lyman Gould HP bullets. Sited quick and easy. Plopped three almost touching @ 100 yards with my Ol 3x Lyman Post perma center.

Next was my 20" 45 Colt but scope was bad. Couldn't focus. Reticule was clear but target was so blurry @ 50 the five spot was one Mickey mouse looking bloob. Its a Simmons Whitetail Classic 1.5-5.

Next wad my 32/20 W/ Leupold 1-4. Man this was most fun!!!! Factory and my hand loaded Lyman 008 bullet printed in same group!! Shot about 1" @ 100 and Nickel and dime 50 yard groups.

Last was my '55 336 30/30. My 1988 loaded 748/170 Hornady load shot 1.5" 100 yards. Site was bit of a booger... Same Leupold 1-4 but couldn't find bullet holes. Finally did and then sited easy.

Last was my Savage 24 in 357 Maxi. My 4227/200mp HP printed beautiful 1.5" 100yard groups!!

Great day!!

CW

 

[popper]

Pulled bullets from BO cases. Reloaded with a grain less and much less neck tension. Pulled had most PC scraped off and bore scope showed trash- no leading in barrel. Noticed some clear plastic stuff on the CVA extractor. Hmm. Lee sizer stem is 305, bullets are 309. Pulled cases now 308 so I get one thous now. We'll see.

 

[L Ross]

Plain as a mud fence, slick as a Krag, probably my homeliest rifle. Took it out at whanged away 3 rounds just for you guys. Missed at 160, hit at 80. Barley corn is for whiskey, not sights.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I planned a range trip for today.. But decided ta put it off till next Monday.

Today its just above freezing. And tomorrow wont hit 40 but winds called for. Rain coming in later afternoon and all day Saturday. Sunday better but after troubles Im gonna avoid weekend range idiots. Monday is calling for full sun and 50...

CW

 

[Ian]

Agreed, malted and peat roasted. As sights is better for 18-year-old eyes.

 

[Rushcreek]

My SECOND rifle was an Oviedo 7mm with those damn barleycorn sights…. I paid a gunsmith $40 to put Remington 788 sights on it and it helped(at least up close….)
My FIRST rifle was where the sights came from- a 788 22-250 - so the accuracy bar was set a bit high!

 

[RicinYakima]

Went to the range, 50 yard, with my buddy Joe. I got there first and put some rounds through the S&W 16-4, 3.5 grains of SR7625 and 100 grains RNFP, an excellent load. Then ten rounds through the F&I war flintlock with 80 grains of FFF GEOX. Trying to figure out is Ballistol is better than olive oil and beeswax. Mixed results.

 

[L Ross]

Try Ballistol mixed with bees wax.

 

[RicinYakima]

Try Ballistol mixed with bees wax.

Proportions?

 

[L Ross]

Proportions?

I don't recall. I know I made some real soft stuff for patch lube, and for melting into felt wads and shotgun wads (think Bore Butter). And some stiffer stuff for grease cookies and bullet lube, (like SPG). Because I often use Ballistol mixed 1 to 10 with water for light cleaning I thought I'd make the lube compatible.
Of course, I bought a gallon can of Ballistol for 43 bucks online. The seller contacted me and said sorry the price is now 67 dollars. I sent back, that ain't what your site says. He came back and said, "You're right, you get yours for 43 and thanks for letting me know." So I was always pretty generous in my Ballistol usage.
Ay Caramba! I just looked, a gallon is now 90 bucks!

 

[Ian]

If it's only going to be loaded for a few minutes, I sure like the way spit works on roundball patches. If you have trouble with spit, Dawn and water is pretty good too if mixed anywhere from 50/50 down to about 20% Dawn.

 

[RicinYakima]

Since I load from the hunting pouch, that is pretty hard for me to do. Maybe I could pre-wet them and keep them in a possum bladder? Spit may just have to do.

 

[RBHarter]

Just pack em' like a chaw' .
Just a pinch tween' your cheek and gum .

 

[Ian]

Since I load from the hunting pouch, that is pretty hard for me to do. Maybe I could pre-wet them and keep them in a possum bladder? Spit may just have to do.

If you're actually hunting, a five or six hole wooden loading block using patches pre-lubed with melted Crisco or pure mink fat is the way to go in my opinion. At the range or "woods walk" target course I also like to load from the pouch but use spit patch or a little squirt bottle of some aqueous solution that I can set on the bench. The problem with applying wet lubes to a patch when loading from the pouch is it takes two hands to prepare the patch.

 

[RicinYakima]

I have a six hole block, but I put balls in it years ago because it hangs with the rifle. Want it to look nice, you know. Now I'm going to have to drill the balls out as the wood has shrunk so tight I'm afraid the block will break.

 

[dale2242]

I am about to step out behind my shop and shoot my Sig P220.

 

[Ian]

I worked on guns, knapped some gunflints, and charred some Kraft paper for another experimental batch of black powder, but didn't do any shooting at all.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I shot my 358 today with its new Scope. Its a winner for sure!!! The BDC works well for my cast load of 220g MP bullet over re7 @ 2000 fps. And my 225 Sierra @ 2425 fps.

The cast load shoots nice round 1.5-1.75" patterns. The 225 load was just over 1" last trip but closer to 1.5 yesterday? I also have a LC brass load with 748 & a 220 Speer that was under 1"!!! Forgot to chrono but it was about 2350, IIRC, last year.

Real happy with this reticule. Was not so sure about it.



But shooting it a little, I am appreciating that dot. Hopefully it will show up well in the woods. If not, it is illuminated. But not really, day time brite.