Saturday I finally got to take the AR-15 that I traded a dead truck for
and my never shot Yugo SKS out to a buddy's place out in the country. David has a nice set up with a berm and a piece of 1/4" plywood to staple targets to.
While I did want to zero both rifles in, the wind was out of the South at near Gale Force with heavier gusts and we had to shoot from West to East - Still, we both had a lot of F U N
Due to the wind (that's my story, and I'm sticking to it
) we were all over the targets (bull's eyes) from even 50 yards.
David remarked that we hadn't hit the red yet. I said "Oh yeah?" and pulled out my trusty old Bodyguard (M49) and put one dead center from about 10 steps away.
We were both surprised to see that the center of the target was now really reflective - VERY weird looking. So back to the targets we go and find that the reason for the shiny center was because about 80% of the bullet was sticking out of the target.
Yep - The 110 SJHP had NOT penetrated the 1/4" plywood
BUMMER! (And I've been carrying these for SD) They shoot point of aim out of the 49 from a few feet to 15 yards; but so what?
+Ps shoot WAY high out of that gun so now the quest is on for a 158gr SOO (Something Or Other) that will shoot POI at 10 paces from my constant companion....

While I did want to zero both rifles in, the wind was out of the South at near Gale Force with heavier gusts and we had to shoot from West to East - Still, we both had a lot of F U N

Due to the wind (that's my story, and I'm sticking to it

David remarked that we hadn't hit the red yet. I said "Oh yeah?" and pulled out my trusty old Bodyguard (M49) and put one dead center from about 10 steps away.
We were both surprised to see that the center of the target was now really reflective - VERY weird looking. So back to the targets we go and find that the reason for the shiny center was because about 80% of the bullet was sticking out of the target.

Yep - The 110 SJHP had NOT penetrated the 1/4" plywood

BUMMER! (And I've been carrying these for SD) They shoot point of aim out of the 49 from a few feet to 15 yards; but so what?
+Ps shoot WAY high out of that gun so now the quest is on for a 158gr SOO (Something Or Other) that will shoot POI at 10 paces from my constant companion....