Off to the Range...
Woohoo...today starts my holiday weekend. I'm off to the Fort Dix range with the SKS. I want to sight in the holosight and shortie scope I installed. I'll double-check the iron and long scope while I'm at it. Williams rear peep sights have a tendency to loosen up...if they are off I'll resight them and freeze the threads with loc-tite. Pictures and report when I get back.
Hope it doesn't rain.
The Weather Channel: Mixed clouds and sun with scattered thunderstorms. High 83F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
130 rounds....120 of Wolf and 10 of Federal factory grade. The Wolf (still) sucks. I had three failures to fire with it. I never have any problems with the factory stuff. Although at less than $90 for 500, the Wolf is a bit cheaper than the Federal at $10 for 20.
I was able to sight in the iron and shorty scope with no problem. The Holosight had reverse verniers and I kept anti-sighting it in to the point I was ready to throw the thing in the garbage. Eventually I fixed the rifle to the bench, lined up the iron sights, and without shooting I dialed the holosight close while looking thru it. Then I was able to tweak it in. Much better.
The fellow at the bench next to me had a Garand and an 03 he had built from parts. They both worked beautifully. He has about 30 various rifles he got from the CMP...mostly Garands. He also had a couple of M1As from Springfield. He takes the best parts of them and builds shooters and sells them. The rifle he showed me today looked like it had just come from the Remington factory in 1942...literally NIB. He wanted $500. I got his number and will get one after I get a couple of paychecks from my new job. Its better than taking a chance with the CMP.
He shot the rifle off-hand at 100 yards and shot a beautiful group right away. Using mil-spec ammo he got from the CMP, the rifle was quiet. I love the 'ping' sound when the clip gets flung.
The young guy on the other side had a Springfield Armory Garand fitted out with a scope mounted to the back sight base. Interesting. It also sounded like a cannon with the hi-end handloads he was shooting.
Garands to the right of me, Garands to the left of me, volley'd and thunder'd. Storm'd at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well...
I got the SKS dialed in and was able to play with a piece of history...a good day at the range.
130 rounds....120 of Wolf and 10 of Federal factory grade. The Wolf (still) sucks. I had three failures to fire with it. I never have any problems with the factory stuff. Although at less than $90 for 500, the Wolf is a bit cheaper than the Federal at $10 for 20.
I was able to sight in the iron and shorty scope with no problem. The Holosight had reverse verniers and I kept anti-sighting it in to the point I was ready to throw the thing in the garbage. Eventually I fixed the rifle to the bench, lined up the iron sights, and without shooting I dialed the holosight close while looking thru it. Then I was able to tweak it in. Much better.
The fellow at the bench next to me had a Garand and an 03 he had built from parts. They both worked beautifully. He has about 30 various rifles he got from the CMP...mostly Garands. He also had a couple of M1As from Springfield. He takes the best parts of them and builds shooters and sells them. The rifle he showed me today looked like it had just come from the Remington factory in 1942...literally NIB. He wanted $500. I got his number and will get one after I get a couple of paychecks from my new job. Its better than taking a chance with the CMP.
He shot the rifle off-hand at 100 yards and shot a beautiful group right away. Using mil-spec ammo he got from the CMP, the rifle was quiet. I love the 'ping' sound when the clip gets flung.
The young guy on the other side had a Springfield Armory Garand fitted out with a scope mounted to the back sight base. Interesting. It also sounded like a cannon with the hi-end handloads he was shooting.
Garands to the right of me, Garands to the left of me, volley'd and thunder'd. Storm'd at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well...
I got the SKS dialed in and was able to play with a piece of history...a good day at the range.
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