I went out Monday morning, beautiful mid 70's sunny day. First went out to the rifle range, only 1 full box +8 loose rds of surplus 41 y/o Portuguese "brass case, mild steel copper jacketed ball" ammo. That stuff will loosen the fillings in your teeth. Flattened all the primers but the Ruger 77 bolt opened effortlessly. Very mediocre shooting at 100 yds on an 18" target. 27 rds in at least the 9 ring and 1 all the way to the right. Lesson: Don't change position with finger on the trigger. I don't feel so bad, guy next to me had no hits on target with 3 different guns. I did better on the pistol range with Ruger .22 (120 rds) and the most excellent CZ P07 (65 rds). I've been carrying it for over a month, even put the 6906 in the safe (still loaded for now).
Some observations:
1) Ammo don't go bad. Old stuff is way more stout than today's factory loads, of which I am out of (Well, I have a full case of 500 Denel S.A. soft point ammo made during apartheid. Somebody else will have to shoot it).
2) The few folks on both the rifle and pistol ranges shot more **** than guns, sometimes not firing a round during entire "hot range" intervals. They were when I got there and still there when I left 2 hours later.
3) Seems like 9mm and .22's are the only pistol calibers getting used looking in the "spent brass buckets." They brought back the "magnet roller" to pick up the steel case many folks are using.
4) When pasting/repairing targets on the 100 yd range, giant "booms!" almost got me in the dirt when I realized there was no cold range on the 200 yard adjacent range, separated by a 20+ ft tall berm. The pucker factor was pegged.
5) Shooting has great health effects, evidenced by actual readings after cleaning the guns. Joe
Some observations:
1) Ammo don't go bad. Old stuff is way more stout than today's factory loads, of which I am out of (Well, I have a full case of 500 Denel S.A. soft point ammo made during apartheid. Somebody else will have to shoot it).
2) The few folks on both the rifle and pistol ranges shot more **** than guns, sometimes not firing a round during entire "hot range" intervals. They were when I got there and still there when I left 2 hours later.
3) Seems like 9mm and .22's are the only pistol calibers getting used looking in the "spent brass buckets." They brought back the "magnet roller" to pick up the steel case many folks are using.
4) When pasting/repairing targets on the 100 yd range, giant "booms!" almost got me in the dirt when I realized there was no cold range on the 200 yard adjacent range, separated by a 20+ ft tall berm. The pucker factor was pegged.
5) Shooting has great health effects, evidenced by actual readings after cleaning the guns. Joe
That roller delay system is not as good as a gas system for softening recoil. Shoot that ammo from a properly adjusted FAL, AR-10 or M1A and you would find it much less nasty.
