Went out shooting this morning for the first time since my thumb surgery back in November. Wasn't too bad, still a little tender in the palm, but overall it went well.
Took out the M1A and managed some half-decent shots at 100 yards with iron sights. What made the shots better is that I did them without my prescription glasses - they were fogging up, so I shot with my regular safety glasses. I couldn't get a sharp look at the front sight, but still managed to land some decent groups. I think the sights could use just a little adjustment, but I had limited time to shoot, so I'll do that on the next outing.
Now, for the bonehead move. I got a new Vortex scope to put on top of my .308 AR. I laser bore-sighted it at home before going out to shoot. I was coming in low and right, so I started making some adjustments, but the shots weren't moving where they should. After about 5 shots, it hit me, I had installed the scope rotated 90 degrees to the left. So my adjustments were going the wrong direction. Never done that before, but once I noticed it, I felt like a total dip Oh well, easy enough fix, but damn son, get a clue
Took some shots with the RIA .22TCM too - man, if you haven't shot .22TCM, you're missing out - big noise and big muzzle blast - very impressive for such a small cartidge.
Anyway it was just good to get back out and shoot again, even with the moronic scope issue.
100yd shots, open sights (no prescription glasses), M1A:
First 5 shots, a little wide:
Second group, 4 shots, tighter:
Took out the M1A and managed some half-decent shots at 100 yards with iron sights. What made the shots better is that I did them without my prescription glasses - they were fogging up, so I shot with my regular safety glasses. I couldn't get a sharp look at the front sight, but still managed to land some decent groups. I think the sights could use just a little adjustment, but I had limited time to shoot, so I'll do that on the next outing.
Now, for the bonehead move. I got a new Vortex scope to put on top of my .308 AR. I laser bore-sighted it at home before going out to shoot. I was coming in low and right, so I started making some adjustments, but the shots weren't moving where they should. After about 5 shots, it hit me, I had installed the scope rotated 90 degrees to the left. So my adjustments were going the wrong direction. Never done that before, but once I noticed it, I felt like a total dip Oh well, easy enough fix, but damn son, get a clue
Took some shots with the RIA .22TCM too - man, if you haven't shot .22TCM, you're missing out - big noise and big muzzle blast - very impressive for such a small cartidge.
Anyway it was just good to get back out and shoot again, even with the moronic scope issue.
100yd shots, open sights (no prescription glasses), M1A:
First 5 shots, a little wide:
Second group, 4 shots, tighter:
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