Open Sight AR 15 at 440 yards

Rudedog · Apr 17, 2020

Last year I placed this handy watermelon sized rock at a convenient spot to shoot at 440 yards. It is on a log landing surrounded by dirt so that a miss is easy to spot. I had the sidekick (age eleven) spot using a 60x scope. The rock stood out since the sun was illuminating it as well. I was unable to hit it with the M48 Yugo and 24x scope. However both of us nailed it with the iron sighted Bushmaster !

ron · Apr 18, 2020

nice is that minute of rock??

Spitpatch · Apr 18, 2020

I'd say those guns are "Rock On."

Rock On, Dude. Rock On.

Alexx1401 · Apr 18, 2020

That is a damn fine shot with irons. I don't think I would even be able to see the damn thing at that distance any more unless you painted it some kind of bright color.

P7M13 · Apr 18, 2020

Stomper · Apr 18, 2020

Dayum.... that's good enough to shoot one of my testicles at 440yds!!

DB is Here · Apr 18, 2020

To surmise, you were shooting between a rock and a hard place?

arrowshooter · Apr 18, 2020

That's great shooting, but your son is an ace for being only eleven. :s0155:

Rudedog · Apr 18, 2020

Our first attempt at the rock a few weeks ago was dismal. The kid couldn't find the rock. So he couldn't spot hits. Due to 8X57 recoil I couldn't spot hits/misses.

Since then we went varmint hunting. After about 30 minutes of instruction he became a do it all hunter of hole diggers. I was impressed yesterday when he he was able to operate the 60X scope sans tripod.

My eyes started to go bad 15 years ago. The late evening sun lit up our rock. It is fuzzy when you look down the sights . We shot up 290 rounds of hand loaded .556. We also saw a bobcat on the drive out.