Post by psteinmayer on Aug 6th, 2019 at 1:13am
Howdy all!
Well, the Long Range Match was a success. My son and I shot both the Viale and Critchfield LR Matches. I took 200 rounds with us, and between the two of us over the course of the two matches, we shot about 140 rounds total. All were the 178 gr ELD-Match bullet with 60.0 grains of H4831SC and a CCI #34 Mil Spec primer. we had some slightly flattened primers, but nothing alarming. The gun performed well. The target was nearly impossible to see through the iron sights, but we managed by locating the adjacent target numbers and then sighted between them, which put us on our target. It took me 12 shots to get on paper, but when I did, we knew where our hold was after that. Those 178s did a nice job of cutting through the wind, although we did have to correct a little. There were a few misses... and my son hit the berm twice and cross fired once, LOL. Above all... we had a lot of FUN!!!
The picture shows me preparing for a shot!
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Well, the Long Range Match was a success. My son and I shot both the Viale and Critchfield LR Matches. I took 200 rounds with us, and between the two of us over the course of the two matches, we shot about 140 rounds total. All were the 178 gr ELD-Match bullet with 60.0 grains of H4831SC and a CCI #34 Mil Spec primer. we had some slightly flattened primers, but nothing alarming. The gun performed well. The target was nearly impossible to see through the iron sights, but we managed by locating the adjacent target numbers and then sighted between them, which put us on our target. It took me 12 shots to get on paper, but when I did, we knew where our hold was after that. Those 178s did a nice job of cutting through the wind, although we did have to correct a little. There were a few misses... and my son hit the berm twice and cross fired once, LOL. Above all... we had a lot of FUN!!!
The picture shows me preparing for a shot!
100_2637__800x600_.jpg ( 355 KB | 2
Downloads )