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Weather was good, a little cloudy, but got the rifle scoped. After getting it zeroed (took about 20 rds on a different target) here's the result. The gun doesn't much like the 30grn V-max - trouble chambering the first 2 or 3 rnds from a full mag due to that tiny little shoulder hanging up. Once it gets past that no problems.

10rnds. Red Bull is 1.5" dia. Not so steady from a sitting position. A better position would tighten up the group, but at my age this is about as good as it's gonna get.

Nothing shabby about that group. Thats good shooting to me.

Paul

That will do fine! Nice shooting.

From the sitting position that is a good group. Got some pics of the rifle?

leverjc wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:47 pm

From the sitting position that is a good group. Got some pics of the rifle?

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12247 . Last couple pics in the thread. Put a 3-9 x40 Thrive ZT scope on this morning. Never heard of the brand, but it looked pretty good at my lgs for $200, and I didn't want to spend more on a scope than I did for the rifle.

Definitely a good, consistent and tight group from that position. Well done.

The local Varmints are in trouble. These guys I know with theres Gene set golf balls out at 250 yards hangin on a string and shoot them for fun.

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:49 pm

The local Varmints are in trouble. These guys I know with theres Gene set golf balls out at 250 yards hangin on a string and shoot them for fun.

The rifle, with the right ammo and scope, is capable of that. Unfortunately, I'm not.

Hang ‘em at 100. Your target says you’re more than capable enough for that. Still great fun. Besides - at 250 yards even if you hit one it’s hard to see the result even through a scope.

We get a drill, put some holes in an old 2X4, put golf tees in the holes, tee up the balls and shoot ‘em. Farthest “drive” gets bragging rights. The only thing more fun is a few Ruger Mark II’s (or a reasonable facsimile) and marshmallows floating down the creek. Marshmallows can take quite a beating from a .22. The original self healing target.

zara_puppy wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:12 pm

Hang ‘em at 100. Your target says you’re more than capable enough for that. Still great fun. Besides - at 250 yards even if you hit one it’s hard to see the result even through a scope.

We get a drill, put some holes in an old 2X4, put golf tees in the holes, tee up the balls and shoot ‘em. Farthest “drive” gets bragging rights. The only thing more fun is a few Ruger Mark II’s (or a reasonable facsimile) and marshmallows floating down the creek. Marshmallows can take quite a beating from a .22. The original self healing target.

No need to spend money on golf balls. I've got a magnolia tree and a lot of pine trees.

When I worked midnight patrols, I was often assigned a zone in which our county's sports facility was located. It had eight ball fields in it. I would patrol the closed facility during that dead time between 0200 and 0400 when it was hard to stay alert. I'd park the car in the center of the location of the fields, among the snack bars, check them all for security. (You know, to make sure they hadn't been broken in to,) then walk the fence lines of all the fields. Those lime green softballs glowed in the moonlight, rarely did anyone fetch the ones the folks hit over the fences. I collected them and tossed them in my duty bag. Same with the lost golf balls the duffers would chip over the fences. Usually find baseballs as well.

I ended up with a huge plastic horse's water tub filled with the mix, and I'd take them and screw an eye hook in, and hang them from a T post. They dance and spin when shot. Action targets were always a kid favorite and they were free.

well done .. .. I'd take that group any time

Sorry, it was zero dark thirty when I posted my previous comment. I forgot to add what a nice group it was. Nice shooting for a new rifle. Once you get comfortable with 'er it'll probably look even better. Nice shooting. You must have been a ...
... Marine.

I used to have a Ruger American in wmr and it was real picky on ammo. Ultimately it liked the Winchester Super X hollow points best. However your group shown above is great, definitely minute of ground squirrel at 50 yards. I sighted mine in at 75 figuring I could do a body hold from 25 to 100 with the speed of the wmr.

BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:36 am

Sorry, it was zero dark thirty when I posted my previous comment. I forgot to add what a nice group it was. Nice shooting for a new rifle. Once you get comfortable with 'er it'll probably look even better. Nice shooting. You must have been a ...
... Marine.

Who me? Well, maybe. Depends on who's asking.

A quick update.

Y'all are probably gonna have a little fun with this at my expense, but that's ok. I figured that as long as I'd already bought the MBUS sights I might as well put 'em on even tho I'll likely never use them except for sighting them in or the occasional pumpkin, etc. Besides they make the gun look more like a evil sniper rifle.

Yeah, there at 90* since they don't fit at 45*.

Great looking target Gene!
Jake

I have those on my pig gun. Armalite AR10 308. If one comes charging...
That 2.5x 12 Vortex Viper Scope might not be much help.

BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:04 am

I have those on my pig gun. Armalite AR10 308. If one comes charging...
That 2.5x 12 Vortex Viper Scope might not be much help.

That's a good round for them. Y'all keepin' 'em under control? We kill about 60-70k every year, but the population keeps growing. Here's some videos from USDA for MS, OK, TX as of 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG2OOlk ... nv&index=1

Here is a look at the Pig's Pill, IF we ever have any show up. When Miss Tina came out to look at the house, she told the owner that I was a former Marine, LE Firearms Instructor, Competitive Shooter, and asked if they had an issue with PIGS since I had been watching the videos online and seen that Oklahoma and Texas did... I guess he thought I WANTED there to be pigs so he told her yes, lots of piggies.

I started to look for a 308, to insure clean kills, didn't want them tearing up the garden Miss Tina was going to have, or messing with the livestock feed stores. Found the AR10 in a local area gunshop and came up and bought it when we got moved to Oklahoma before we closed on the house. Great deal and I hadn't seen another 308 that looked decent in the area.

Found out after I moved into the farm that there weren't any pigs in the area, although South and west they did have a big problem. Had thought about trading it, but it's a very nice gun, and I got a great price. Not costing me anything and I am slowly building a stock of 308 ammo. Think I'll keep 'er unless someone offers me something I want more in 223 which I have a LOT of ammo for...