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Well Wednesday I was sick. I felt better Thursday and went to the firing range out by Marcola. I took my Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22. I took six 25 round mags with me loaded with Aguila Super Extra. I was just checking at 50 yards and 25 yards. I couldn't get smaller than a 2 inch group at those distances. I had sighted it in for 100 yards a couple of weeks ago.
I had managed to get a 2 inch group of 24 shots at 100 yds with Iron Sights. The group was one inch to the right of the X ring and about 1 inch high at 100 yds. I figured that was good enough. I had shot from a rest.
When I shot at 25 and 50 yds, I couldn't see holes in the paper. I had forgot to bring my binoculars, and the ranges spotting scopes were blurry. I went to the 40 ft target and dumped a mag from the rest with a one inch group of 25 shots about an inch low. I just did this to see where it would print at different distances. I was only out there for an hour before I was out of ammo and packed it in. You know what they say about the worst day at the range, being better than the best day mowing the lawn.
I spent Friday cleaning my rifle. I had a thick layer of sludge on the bolt face and the chamber was really funky. I have put about 2/3 of a brick through the gun and I had only cleaned the barrel between shooting sessions. I had to scrape the bolt face and the area around the chamber with a dental scraper. I also power cleaned the chamber with a 25 cal brush. I also used copper and lead remover on the barrel and chamber and let it sit for a few hours, and then cleaned it, and reapplied the Tetra Gun copper and lead remover. Gun is super clean now.
Then today, Saturday, I was met by a seller from the Classifieds to pick up the pair of P85 pistols that I bought from him. He drove all the way up from Grant's Pass. I couldn't believe how nice the pistols were. They are 35 years old. Those are the second oldest guns I have. Just got a WWII 1903 Springfield made in 1943.
I was really sick by the time I got home an hour later. When we entered the queue we were at 26 at noon. 20 minutes later we cleared and were out of there after about a half hour total.
Here's some pics of the pistols….
I had managed to get a 2 inch group of 24 shots at 100 yds with Iron Sights. The group was one inch to the right of the X ring and about 1 inch high at 100 yds. I figured that was good enough. I had shot from a rest.
When I shot at 25 and 50 yds, I couldn't see holes in the paper. I had forgot to bring my binoculars, and the ranges spotting scopes were blurry. I went to the 40 ft target and dumped a mag from the rest with a one inch group of 25 shots about an inch low. I just did this to see where it would print at different distances. I was only out there for an hour before I was out of ammo and packed it in. You know what they say about the worst day at the range, being better than the best day mowing the lawn.
I spent Friday cleaning my rifle. I had a thick layer of sludge on the bolt face and the chamber was really funky. I have put about 2/3 of a brick through the gun and I had only cleaned the barrel between shooting sessions. I had to scrape the bolt face and the area around the chamber with a dental scraper. I also power cleaned the chamber with a 25 cal brush. I also used copper and lead remover on the barrel and chamber and let it sit for a few hours, and then cleaned it, and reapplied the Tetra Gun copper and lead remover. Gun is super clean now.
Then today, Saturday, I was met by a seller from the Classifieds to pick up the pair of P85 pistols that I bought from him. He drove all the way up from Grant's Pass. I couldn't believe how nice the pistols were. They are 35 years old. Those are the second oldest guns I have. Just got a WWII 1903 Springfield made in 1943.
I was really sick by the time I got home an hour later. When we entered the queue we were at 26 at noon. 20 minutes later we cleared and were out of there after about a half hour total.
Here's some pics of the pistols….
