I went out again today with a new shooter. We were both shooting AR's, both with scopes in the 5-6X range. We set the full size silhouette out first at 525 yards, then moved it out to 675. I'd have gone farther, but it's a heavy bastard.

I shot first and found the wind to be 1/2 and then 2/3 value. The crummy little 77g bullets don't make the target move much and usually left very little or no splash in the dirt. Getting the wind figured out was tricky at 675. It took 4 or 5 shots just to spot some splash. Once we got it dialed, I was hitting about as fast as I could get on target and break the shot.

My friend was shooting a new AR I helped him build with a Leupy 1-5X scope. The elevation turret was calibrated for M855, but it proved to be very close for the ammo he was actually shooting. That was the surprise of the day. He was using blaster ammo out of my Dillon 650. Hornady bulk 55g over Varget. He hit surprisingly well considering that ammo is 1 - 1.5 moa at 100 yards.

I need to figure out how to see or hear hits better. The target is so heavy it doesn't visibly move at those ranges. I have a Swarovski spotter that we were using, but the mirage was pretty bad. I'm thinking about either a bike flag or a cowbell stuck to the back of the target to try to get some more motion and noise.

It was a gorgeous day and we didn't see another soul the whole time.