great day at the range

uchi said:
took the wife with me today, she had no interest in shooting until she took her first shot with the sks, then finished off the mag, then even shot the r700 30-06 a bunch of times. so now she seems like shes hooked and wants to do it more, which means i get to buy more guns and toys and shes gonna support the habit :D also i ended up shooting some good groups with the 700 once the scope was dialed in properly again. 100 yards i put 4 in the same holes and basically made it into a nice clover hole. tried my hand at 200 yards and ended up getting them pretty much dead on for elevation but they were hitting a few inches to the right. maybe even a bit more. 12x scope didnt see out that far so i made a new friend with a 308 savage who spotted for me. great gun too, the muzzle brake really made it a joy to shoot that thing. felt like shooting the sks for recoil. and to top it off, someone had a 50 out there. man the bullets whistle on this ##### as they go down range and what a bang it makes. tried to explain to the wife how big a 50 cal round is, she didnt believe me, then i showed her. haha great time. unfortunately no pics of todays shooting. also id like to add the crappy tire spotting scopes are complete and utter crap and i plan on finishing mine off with a 3 inch slug from my shotgun. 100 yards is iffy with them, 200 is a waste of time and i could eye ball 200 better than this piece of crap will. what a waste. i did however learn that id like to jump from my 12x to a 20x for the 200 yard stuff. its just no fun when you cant see what youre hitting out there. great day none the less :)
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Try mounting your spotting scope on a camera tripod with adjustable tripod head this will make the spotting scope nice and steady for the spotter and make focusing with a cheap scope a little easier. The whistling sound was me you are mistaken in that it came from the .50 bullets:ninja::ninja::D yeah nothing to see here :ninja: gong needs to be replaced with AR500 and tilted 30 degrees forward I will be working on that. If you need help getting started in reloading I can help! also with zeroing and load development. I have a weighted led sled and chrony just pm me I was the guy on the end making big bang.
 
DG Photography said:
Try mounting your spotting scope on a camera tripod with adjustable tripod head this will make the spotting scope nice and steady for the spotter and make focusing with a cheap scope a little easier. The whistling sound was me you are mistaken in that it came from the .50 bullets:ninja::ninja::D yeah nothing to see here :ninja: gong needs to be replaced with AR500 and tilted 30 degrees forward I will be working on that. If you need help getting started in reloading I can help! also with zeroing and load development. I have a weighted led sled and chrony just pm me I was the guy on the end making big bang.
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haha well whatever you were shooting it was loud and make a hell of a noise, that 50 was a beast aswell. ill pm you and see if we can organize a day to meet at the range. any help you can offer would be great. ill try the camera tripod idea. ive got one i use for my camera so ill bring it with me next time i go.
did that 50 end up wrecking the gong at the range or what? i figured it probably would have put a hole into it.

what were you shooting with?
 
I had a good day today at the range the group showing is a group of ten shots out of my Savage 116FHSAK 300 Win Mag at 200 yards I used Winchester cases with Hornady 165 grain A-Max winchester magnum primers and 75 grains of Hogdon H4831
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uchi said:
haha well whatever you were shooting it was loud and make a hell of a noise, that 50 was a beast aswell. ill pm you and see if we can organize a day to meet at the range. any help you can offer would be great. ill try the camera tripod idea. ive got one i use for my camera so ill bring it with me next time i go.
did that 50 end up wrecking the gong at the range or what? i figured it probably would have put a hole into it.

what were you shooting with?
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regular ball ammo from a .50 has good penetration but not what you would expect when it encounters material equal to or of greater hardness like steel.
If the ammo is AP though penetration is allot more impressive in steel.

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those holes are impressive, id love to try one shot from a 50 one day. told the wife when we eventually go to vegas i wanna hit one of their outdoor ranges and try a 50 out there :D

thats a good group, i think the ones i shot were about 5 inches apart, all of them a good bit off center but only about 5 inches apart, lol
 
uchi said:
those holes are impressive, id love to try one shot from a 50 one day. told the wife when we eventually go to vegas i wanna hit one of their outdoor ranges and try a 50 out there :D

thats a good group, i think the ones i shot were about 5 inches apart, all of them a good bit off center but only about 5 inches apart, lol
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You can have a shot of .50 if you want no problem. We were not shooting groups on the gong just fooling around. Here are pics of groups at 100m and 200yards I still have a #### load to learn especially at long distances and consistency the learning never stops I plan on joining the ORA in the future as well lots of knowledgeable shooters. There is allot of knowledge here on CGN as well helped me lots.

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oh man that would be fantastic. ill treat you to lunch sunday :D

those are impressive groups there. i think that later on in my day i start to flinch a little when pull the trigger. probably due to a sore shoulder.

let me know about the ora, i plan on joining them aswell once things settle down after my honeymoon. and your right this place is a great source for information, ive learned lots here in the last month when i first started shooting my r700 and its thanks to guys like you who are willing to help new guys out
 
DG Photography said:
regular ball ammo from a .50 has good penetration but not what you would expect when it encounters material equal to or of greater hardness like steel.
If the ammo is AP though penetration is allot more impressive in steel.

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THIS IS ONE INCH PLATE and it goes right through!!!!!!, and I thought the 300 win mag had some punch, that is amazing. I hope some day someone shows up at our range with one so I can bug the bejesus out of him to let me shoot it :)
 
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