Hey guys,
Have been trying to get to the outdoor range thirty miles away for a while with my '03's. Tried Sunday but it didn't happen.
Figured I'd try an experiment with my Erma pump .22 and go to the nearby indoor range instead.
Posted about the best target for shootin' '03's at a hundred yards a while ago, and many shooters replied with excellent info. Asked about what the black on an SR-1 target looked like over a service front blade...Bob S. replied, the width of the blade. Sounded like hard shootin' for me, trifocals and all.
Printed some targets on letter paper and went to the range Sunday evening. Almost nobody there. The targets I printed have a three inch diameter and the black is one inch. Sent one out to twenty five feet just to see if I could hit anything. Got very good results. Nary a round outside of the targets and several hits in the black. Well I had to try Bob's info and started sending the targets out until the black matched the width of my sight blade. Just shy of twenty five yards. Figured I wouldn't hit crap. Shot twenty five year old Federal HV long rifles and new Remington HV shorts.
The black looked blurry but could hang with that, contact lenses at the end of the month!
Man, at say twenty two yards the black looked like a tenth sized BB and a little blurry. Didn't expect to hit anything. Also shooting with cheap oldtime Buckhorn sights (Maybe that's not the right term?). Rifle and ammo functioned almost flawlessly, think the rifle was a little dry.
Shot ten rounds at each of three targets before bringing them back. First round made me very happy. Hits in the black on all targets and only one or two fliers off target, but close.
Shot ten rounds on thirteen targets and every one had hits in the black, from one to five. Some had groups of a half an inch. Boy I was happy. Only shot for one hour, paid attention to my breathing, pulled the butt into my shoulder, and especially paid attention to my front sight.
Think this session will pay off when I do get a chance to shoot the big boys again, though recoil will be an issue. By the way, I only shoot offhand, don't own a scope and don't want one, that's just the way I like to shoot. Nothing against you men that shoot with glass.
The next Springfield might have to be a 1922. Have to do some studying and save some bucks or sell a piece or two.
Wasn't doing any braggin' tonight, just wanted to pass along some things that I learned yesterday, and it didn't cost me a small fortune in thirty ought six cartridges. Guess the Military figured that out.
Hey Herschel, what is the going price for an M2?
Death to paper targets and bad guys,
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