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Well, maybe not so much a battle, but that I just went out and shot my 6.5's today .. So now we can legally go out and shoot in the national forests and our clubs again and I'm taking advantage of it my friends!!!! All I took to the range today were my 6.5 caliber rifles. A new Savage 12FV, chambered in a newer cartridge (6.5 Creedmoor) and an old Carl Gustav Swede 6.5x55. I set up 1 rifle per bench and proceeded to shoot them today. I shot the Creed left handed and the Swede right handed. Here's my club's range and how the 2 sweethearts did today:
Ok, so I should add, I haven't shot the Swede very much. Purchased the rifle to shoot in our military rifle shoots at the club I belong to. When I first got it, It shot mucho high. So I bought 2 different front sight blades to try. The taller sight blade helped bigtime to bring the poi down where I needed it. Here's the first group of the day at 100 yards:
Not bad for a 100+ year old rifle huh. Looks like the new front sight blade did the trick:
....and I thought it was a wall hanger
So I proceeded to shoot some groups with the Creed for some friends at another site:
Then my last group of the day was shot with the old rifle with iron sights:
You may ask, which one do you like better? Well, at this present time, I like them equally. Their both from different ends of the spectrum, but that's what makes them so enjoyable. Hope you guys got out and did something fun this weekend. Happy hunting as well!!!!
Ok, so I should add, I haven't shot the Swede very much. Purchased the rifle to shoot in our military rifle shoots at the club I belong to. When I first got it, It shot mucho high. So I bought 2 different front sight blades to try. The taller sight blade helped bigtime to bring the poi down where I needed it. Here's the first group of the day at 100 yards:
Not bad for a 100+ year old rifle huh. Looks like the new front sight blade did the trick:
....and I thought it was a wall hanger
So I proceeded to shoot some groups with the Creed for some friends at another site:
Then my last group of the day was shot with the old rifle with iron sights:
You may ask, which one do you like better? Well, at this present time, I like them equally. Their both from different ends of the spectrum, but that's what makes them so enjoyable. Hope you guys got out and did something fun this weekend. Happy hunting as well!!!!
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