General Tso
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Went to the range Sunday with my dad and brother, and brother-in-law. We
took out the M-1 carbine and Garand, the AR-15, FAL and the 590. Just
plinked with the rifles at jugs mostly but it was fun to get out with the
militaries again. I spent most of my time with the 590.
The Mossy worked like a champ. I put about 135 rounds through it. Mostly #6 remington
game loads but also a limited amount of 3" mag buck and 2 boxes of slugs.
The Ghost Rings are pretty nice, although I need to raise them up just a bit.
No malfunctions, hitches etc between the 4 of us shooting. Performed pretty much as expected.
What was most impressive though was the slugs. I was using generic
Winchester rifled hollowpoint slugs (the cheapo ones you get at K-Mart or
Walmart during deer season) and not really trying to shoot "groups" per se,
mostly just seeing where they would hit before I played with the sights. At 25 yards from the standing
offhand position I put 3 slugs overlapping and the other two within a 1/2"
of the main group. You could cover all 5 with the palm of your hand. I
repeated the same thing again a bit later in the day. I was pretty impressed
with that because I wasn't really trying too hard to group them. I pretty
much just took a quick sight picture and dumped them into the target. The
groups were well centered and just below my point of aim (see note above
about adjusting elevation).
I wasn't totally sold on the Ghost Rings from shooting shot loads, they were
fine but nothing better than I'd do with a bead. After seeing how easy it
was to place slugs though I'm sold. I would still like to try regular shotgun
rifle sights and slugs for comparison but I think the GR's are going to work
out real well.
Well, see how well the 590A1 does long term but I'm pretty pleased with the initial results. Next step is the trap range .
took out the M-1 carbine and Garand, the AR-15, FAL and the 590. Just
plinked with the rifles at jugs mostly but it was fun to get out with the
militaries again. I spent most of my time with the 590.
The Mossy worked like a champ. I put about 135 rounds through it. Mostly #6 remington
game loads but also a limited amount of 3" mag buck and 2 boxes of slugs.
The Ghost Rings are pretty nice, although I need to raise them up just a bit.
No malfunctions, hitches etc between the 4 of us shooting. Performed pretty much as expected.
What was most impressive though was the slugs. I was using generic
Winchester rifled hollowpoint slugs (the cheapo ones you get at K-Mart or
Walmart during deer season) and not really trying to shoot "groups" per se,
mostly just seeing where they would hit before I played with the sights. At 25 yards from the standing
offhand position I put 3 slugs overlapping and the other two within a 1/2"
of the main group. You could cover all 5 with the palm of your hand. I
repeated the same thing again a bit later in the day. I was pretty impressed
with that because I wasn't really trying too hard to group them. I pretty
much just took a quick sight picture and dumped them into the target. The
groups were well centered and just below my point of aim (see note above
about adjusting elevation).
I wasn't totally sold on the Ghost Rings from shooting shot loads, they were
fine but nothing better than I'd do with a bead. After seeing how easy it
was to place slugs though I'm sold. I would still like to try regular shotgun
rifle sights and slugs for comparison but I think the GR's are going to work
out real well.
Well, see how well the 590A1 does long term but I'm pretty pleased with the initial results. Next step is the trap range .