What did you do at the range lately?

Nearly every day for the past two weeks I've gone to a high mountain lake to watch for the ice break up and look for river otters that dive for fish and consume them on the ice sheets. Still two or three days from full ice break but on my way back I stop at a place in the forest where I can safely shoot. I've been shooting almost every day, mostly with the .300 Blackout rifle suppressed, the Kimber Micro 9, the old Taurus PT92, and the Glock 27. Tomorrow will take the DDM4V11 suppressed, and maybe a Garand. I always have a Garand. Have to go early before the weekenders show up. Paper and cardboard targets only and always retrieve the brass.

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Originally Posted by Hummer

Nearly every day for the past two weeks I've gone to a high mountain lake to watch for the ice break up and look for river otters that dive for fish and consume them on the ice sheets. Still two or three days from full ice break but on my way back I stop at a place in the forest where I can safely shoot. I've been shooting almost every day, mostly with the .300 Blackout rifle suppressed, the Kimber Micro 9, the old Taurus PT92, and the Glock 27. Tomorrow will take the DDM4V11 suppressed, and maybe a Garand. I always have a Garand. Have to go early before the weekenders show up. Paper and cardboard targets only and always retrieve the brass.

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Man, that sounds like the life! Enjoy it, sir!

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Originally Posted by Sawin

Man, that sounds like the life! Enjoy it, sir!

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Come up Sunday. There's a fair chance we'll see river otters.

In 2019, watched 3 Bald Eagles swooping at the otters trying to steal the trout they had caught, but the otters gobbled the fish quickly. Last year the ice broke and melted in one day and I only saw one otter. It might happen again like that this year given the conditions.

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Originally Posted by DenverGP

Getting my 10/22 all set up for appleseed, and practicing using the loop sling during standing.

20 rounds standing a couple weeks ago, no loop sling (was using hasty sling)
https://i.imgur.com/CizIx2L.jpg

20 rounds today using the loop sling.
https://i.imgur.com/v0AkUfR.jpg

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... and THAT is the true purpose of having a sling. Good job!

Earned this @ the Nightforce ELR Steel Challenge charity side match yesterday with my Bergara 6.5cr & Hornady 140gr eldm factory ammo. Took two rounds to hit. Match starts today but anything more this weekend is honestly just a bonus.

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

Earned this @ the Nightforce ELR Steel Challenge charity side match yesterday with my Bergara 6.5cr & Hornady 140gr eldm factory ammo. Took two rounds to hit. Match starts today but anything more this weekend is honestly just a bonus.

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Nice shooting. ;)

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

Nice shooting. ;)

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Thanks GK!

Started out the day pretty solid with some 4s, 5s & even a 7. Later in the afternoon the wheels came off & I zeroed one stage & my hits dropped to 1, 2 or 3 @ the remaining 4 stages. (6 or 8pts possible @ each stage, 2 for first round hits & 1 pt for re-engagements). Lots of corrections as I'm learning to read the complicated winds for these distances & @ crazy small targets, respectively. Think maybe, I just got hot & tired & lost bandwidth.

12 stages yesterday & 8 more stages today. Hopefully I come back rested & with decent mojo & finish strong today but I still have the mover stage so I'm a bit nervous as I've not done that before & hope I can sort it quickly. Glad I came to this match - it's been an amazing learning experience.

Oh, Im going to check my mv in a few hours before the match, think its changed & my data might be a little off & * could * explain why my data stopped tracking perfectly past 1400yds mid match day. Still think it was probably due to my deficit in the afternoon but I want to rule it out & or correct for it if I'm seeing what I think.

I shot 33 rounds through my BA Tactical 300WM today, 5x of 6 loads and 3 sighters.

It seems that the closer to max pressure/velocity I go with IMR4831, the better the group with 168gr and 190gr SMK’s.

Ran my Wilson Combat CQB in Fieldcraft Survival’s Gunfighter Pistol 2 today. Lots of reloads in today! [ROFL1]

I took Gunfighter Pistol 1 and Gunfighter Carbine 1 back in January. Great training. Check them out for sure.

She’s dirty…

https://i.ibb.co/1qH6sXt/2-F4-D2-F73...EA3-FAADCD.jpg