George Hill
Staff Alumnus
1200 rounds. Not a bad weekend.
Most of it was benched, time spent wise...
5.56mm Nato
Commercial .223 loads
.223 Hand Loads
7.62mm Nato Surplus
Commercial .308 loads
.45 ACP factory loads
I did an ungodly amount of shooting - and I feel great!
Most of my shooting time was spent with the M96 Expiditionary Rifle, and my FAL.
See my M96 information in the related thread in Rifles.
After I benched the M96 I benched my FAL. My FAL Loved Winchester Fail Safe ammo... Loved it. It was shooting a sub MOA group when I did everything right. AMMO was a big factor in it's shooting, but only in group size... It digested everything with no hicups. After I got it zeroed for 100 meters I started reaching out further and further - re-zeroing ever hundred aftwards untill I was shooting out to 800 Meters and making consistant hits on a certain smallish bolder I was using for a target. About the size of 55 gallon drum. Maybe a tad bigger.
I had switched scopes to a more powerful scope that was better suited to long range - and the difference was marked. I could easily aquire several small furry desert critters very far away and then blow them up.
During an extended session - that big .308 was still comfortable to shoot.
My Nato cases all turned out to be Berdan primed - so that irked me... But the rest of the cases were okay - and fellow in Vernal paid me a good penny for the empties...
After firing 200 rounds more of .45 through my Springfield 1911A1 (aka "Loaded" Model) I have determind that for a production slab-side, its the best there is. Rough compaired to the TRP, but very good none the less. No Jams... No Problems.
Cleaning it was annoying as I am not sure I am a fan of the Guide Rod. Not a real NEED in the .45, and adds extra steps in the take down and back together process. Not a real problem per say.
Nice Weather... Had some grilled burgers out there... a grilled steak and peppers and onions... spiced with cordite and Shooter's Choice... Great weekend.
Most of it was benched, time spent wise...
5.56mm Nato
Commercial .223 loads
.223 Hand Loads
7.62mm Nato Surplus
Commercial .308 loads
.45 ACP factory loads
I did an ungodly amount of shooting - and I feel great!
Most of my shooting time was spent with the M96 Expiditionary Rifle, and my FAL.
See my M96 information in the related thread in Rifles.
After I benched the M96 I benched my FAL. My FAL Loved Winchester Fail Safe ammo... Loved it. It was shooting a sub MOA group when I did everything right. AMMO was a big factor in it's shooting, but only in group size... It digested everything with no hicups. After I got it zeroed for 100 meters I started reaching out further and further - re-zeroing ever hundred aftwards untill I was shooting out to 800 Meters and making consistant hits on a certain smallish bolder I was using for a target. About the size of 55 gallon drum. Maybe a tad bigger.
I had switched scopes to a more powerful scope that was better suited to long range - and the difference was marked. I could easily aquire several small furry desert critters very far away and then blow them up.
During an extended session - that big .308 was still comfortable to shoot.
My Nato cases all turned out to be Berdan primed - so that irked me... But the rest of the cases were okay - and fellow in Vernal paid me a good penny for the empties...
After firing 200 rounds more of .45 through my Springfield 1911A1 (aka "Loaded" Model) I have determind that for a production slab-side, its the best there is. Rough compaired to the TRP, but very good none the less. No Jams... No Problems.
Cleaning it was annoying as I am not sure I am a fan of the Guide Rod. Not a real NEED in the .45, and adds extra steps in the take down and back together process. Not a real problem per say.
Nice Weather... Had some grilled burgers out there... a grilled steak and peppers and onions... spiced with cordite and Shooter's Choice... Great weekend.
