Some range time

[Hatchdog]

Finally made it to the range yesterday to continue some load work. First up was my Ruger AR in 300 Blackout. I’ve been working with this rifle with different bullets and powders getting acceptable but not spectacular results. BigAl here recommended trying the Speer 125 gr TNT varmint bullet which was about the same as the others I tried. Al told me to bump the velocity up for superior accuracy. Well, he was right as seen below. Interesting in this AR which is very light the felt recoil with these loads was very noticeable. Gotta love a three shot one hole group at 100.

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Next I shot my M1-A not for load test but to give the new cheek riser a try. The mount on an M1-A is very high and shooting without the riser was difficult. Happy to report this set up works fine. Good looking too.

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Finally while still on the rifle range I decided to give offhand shooting a try. For this I selected my Henry 327 Fed Mag. I shot two 10 shot groups slow fire and as you can see, I ain’t no Ranch Roper. It was fun and I’m going to work on it more. Embarrassed to say these “groups” were shot at only 50 yards.

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Then off to the handgun range to finish up some 32 H&R work with my Ruger Single Seven. I started this several months ago but was stopped with a squid load. In the meanwhile I picked up some Hornady 85 grain bullets to try along with the 100 grain I had loaded previously. My Single Seven liked the 100 bullets, especially at the upper velocities. My first shot with the 85 grain was such a soft “pop” than I feared another squid load but thankfully there was a nice hole in the target.

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[BigAl52]

Nice Hatch. Glad to see the TNT worked out well. Do you have a scope on the 327 or is that with irons?

[Hatchdog]

Nice Hatch. Glad to see the TNT worked out well. Do you have a scope on the 327 or is that with irons?

Sad to report Al these spread out patterns were shot with the aid of a 7x scope. With irons I probably would not have been on paper.

[fortyshooter]

Nice wide variety of target fun! Did you adjust the windage on that 100 yd. 3 shot one hole group or did the load bring it over to center?
Very well done and Al knows his stuff on that load!

[Sir Henry]

Wow that was a fun day.

[North Country Gal]

That's quite a spread of different guns to shoot. Very impressive with that one hole AR group. Love to see a pic of that Single Seven, scoop or no scope. I've used scopes and red dots on all kinds of single action revolvers in my time. Use what works for you.

[Vaquero]

Looks like a fun day at the range buddy.

RP

[Hatchdog]

Nice wide variety of target fun! Did you adjust the windage on that 100 yd. 3 shot one hole group or did the load bring it over to center?
Very well done and Al knows his stuff on that load!

Nope, just the load causing the impact point. Now that I have decided on the load I’ll sight in of course and get dialed in with a point of hold at 100. My scope is barely adequate, a cheap Bushnell 1-4x. I really need to get a better optic on it.

[Hatchdog]

That's quite a spread of different guns to shoot. Very impressive with that one hole AR group. Love to see a pic of that Single Seven, scoop or no scope. I've used scopes and red dots on all kinds of single action revolvers in my time. Use what works for you.

The scoped 327 is the Henry, no scope on the Single Seven. I sure like the Single Seven but have decided the front sight is too hard to pick up with the v notch rear. The front is a Big Dot from XS and I’m going to look at replacing it with a brighter color for better contrast with the rear. I find the front sight gets washed out against the targets I’m using.

Me shooting this revolver at 50 yards off hand would be an embarrassment.

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[North Country Gal]

Love the Seven. Wish Ruger would get more of them out on the market.