Long Time since I have been behind a rifle!

JWFilips

JWFilips

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Well it actually has been 1 year since shooting Rifle on the target range!
Today my shooting buddy, Ed and I went to the range to shoot rifles in "low node" at 50 yards. Last year all we shot was pistol for the year until we ran out of primers!
Ed was shooting his Ruger Hawkeye 77 .257 Roberts 22'' barrel.6.3 gr Win 231, bullet was NOE 63 FN, not sized, Alox lube, 20 shots at 50 yards benched.
He turned this impressive 20 shot target!
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I on the other hand was shooting my Savage 340 in 30-30 for 10 shot groups ( not my best but I guess I didn loose it to bad in one year hiatus!
Loads all subsoninic except for the little Lee 90 gr SWC! Those need some speed to get accurate
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The 196 Spitzers are loaded long into the lands....Have to be hand fed single shot!
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Ian

Ian

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"Bret's Syndrome", it's official, will have to put that one in the DSM-6. Prognosis is poor and can lead to "buying the farm". Treatment options include selling the farm, "getting a real job", moving to a condo in Florida, or winning the lottery.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Ian said:
"Bret's Syndrome", it's official, will have to put that one in the DSM-6. Prognosis is poor and can lead to "buying the farm". Treatment options include selling the farm, "getting a real job", moving to a condo in Florida, or winning the lottery.
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L Ross

L Ross

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Ian said:
"Bret's Syndrome", it's official, will have to put that one in the DSM-6. Prognosis is poor and can lead to "buying the farm". Treatment options include selling the farm, "getting a real job", moving to a condo in Florida, or winning the lottery.
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They may as well add it to DSM-6 as there is plenty of room because apparently they are main streaming behaviors that used to be in the manual.
 
Ian

Ian

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L Ross said:
They may as well add it to DSM-6 as there is plenty of room because apparently they are main streaming behaviors that used to be in the manual.
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So they're editing out all the frivolous crap that made 5 about 600% thicker than 4?
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Great shooting!

I need to catch up as well. I have two which have been rescoped and not yet zeroed - since like last year, plus PC'd bullets from this winter I haven't tried (much) and haven't poked holes in paper in a determined and deliberate manner in over a year.

Need some of that "therapy" to mitigate the effects of Brt's Syndrome myself. I think we need to rename this affliction though, so we don't have to tell people we suffer from "BS." I have no shame sharing that I suffer from CRS, but having a bad case of BS might send the wrong message.:oops:
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This makes me want to shoot.
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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Well Ed and I went out tp the range this morning. Overcast and no wind. Shooting on the 50yd range... Even though I was having a "very bad floater" eye day, I was quite happy with my shooting. Definitely an improvement over the last time. I was shooting the same gun and much of the same loads with the exception of a 7.1 grain Unique loading with the 165 Noe Ranch Dog..... Decided that that was the more accurate load over the 6.3 grain American Select loading.
Target below All 10 shot groups:
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Ed shot well also with his 22 Hornet! He was shooting both jacketed and Cast bullet loads .... The Cast bullet loads out shot the Jacketed loads! The photo below was what most of his CB load groups looked like for 10 shots ( using 2.0 grains BE and Bullshop cast 38 gr Solid base bullets I made a typing error on the text on the target....It was a 38 grain cast bullet not 30 gr
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popper

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I go a tad hotter (~1500 fps) but yup, lots of fun. 10gr Unique under a 170PB RD.
 
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