August Rimfire Match:

[KSCCHTrainer]

Rifle: CZ452 Lux, with BRNO aperture sights (puts me in Unlimited, no?).
Ammo: CCI SV
Distance: 25 yards
Position: prone, with sling.
Score = 47-1x

Nope, unless those aperture sights are magnified, they count as irons I believe. If you had been in unlimited, the range would have to be 50 yards and the 12 bull target would have been appropriate. Maverick will correct me if I'm wrong but I think you did it right.

Good shooting!

Jim

 

[Maverick223]

Nope, unless those aperture sights are magnified, they count as irons I believe. If you had been in unlimited, the range would have to be 50 yards and the 12 bull target would have been appropriate. Maverick will correct me if I'm wrong but I think you did it right.

Unlimited/Target class is applicable for both magnified (12 bulls @ 50yds.) and non-magnified (6 bulls @ 25yds.) divisions. As to whether those sights qualify as target sights, and therefore bump you up to the Unlimited/Target class, I don't know as I'm not familiar with them. If they are a military type aperture, no...if a target aperture, then yes.

Impressive shooting either way.

 

[MrBorland]

As to whether those sights qualify as target sights, and therefore bump you up to the Unlimited/Target class, I don't know as I'm not familiar with them. If they are a military type aperture, no...if a target aperture, then yes.

Not my gun, but here are pics (pulled off the web) of the front & rear BRNO sights on my gun. The sight picture is precise, but too small for general all-around "sporter" use, so the gun, in this form, is likely more target than sporter.

 

[Maverick223]

I agree, looks like target sights to me.

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

Thanks for the correction Mav, I forgot there was a Target unmagnified class at 25 yards. Hey, that means I don't have to try and break a tie! Not that I'd even worry about it -

 

[Mr.Revolverguy]

First Entry Into Sporting Class

I headed out to the range today, it was beautiful 85 degrees clear sunny day with winds from 1 to 5mph. I decided to grab one of my prized possessions from the back of the safe, my grandad's 1956 Marlin 81DL with a Williams peep site. What fond childhood memories this brought back. Having shot so well with Iron sites I know an angel was looking over me today as every time I pulled the trigger I could see and feel the wind stop blowing.

Class: Sporting
Rifle: Marlin 81DL 1956 Bolt Action-- Williams Rear Peep Sight

Ammo: Wolf on the top 3 -- CCI SV on the bottom 3. I know you should never change ammo when shooting for score. I was trying to find what it liked most didn't really seem to matter.

Position: Sitting with elbow rested on the bench

Yardage: 25

Score: Top 10-3-10 Bottom 5-8-10 Total=43-0X Top middle target (3) excluded

 

[Slapshot]

Good shooting!
Elmo

 

[Centurian22]

Very nice work. Glad to see / have some more competition in the sporting categories! I'll have to step up my game a little more next month.

Edit: Though I just noticed something:
10+10+10+8+5= 43 last I checked?

 

[Mr.Revolverguy]

Yes my math is off LOL.

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

Yes my math is of LOL.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that can't add right - I've had a couple like that but it's always more face-reddening when you add an extra one rather than subtract it which is what I usually wind up doing.

Still very good shooting and those older Marlin 81DL's are really super rifles! Yours looks almost new. Wish I hadn't gotten rid of the one I had but somebody offered me about twice what I paid for it so, me being the mercenary type that I am, he now owns it.

Jim

 

[Mr.Revolverguy]

Alright fellas my 8 year old son saw me posting my results online yesterday and I explained to him what we were doing. He asked if he could try with his rifle

It is first rifle I just got him a few months back, it is a Ruger 10/22 takedown with a Leupold FX-1 4x28mm scope on it.

My question is --- this means he would have to compete in the Sporting Optics class at 50 yards right?

 

[Maverick223]

My question is --- this means he would have to compete in the Sporting Optics class at 50 yards right?

You got it. Tell your boy we're happy to have him on board!

 

[Mr.Revolverguy]

Man I took the wrong target to the range

I really screwed up so I did not score this target for my son. I took the 25yard instead of the 50yard target to the range.

Shot at 50yards
10/22 Takedown Leupold FX-1 4x28
Position Sitting with elbow rested on table
Ammo bulk box CCI Blazer 40gr

We had a great time together today even the wife went with us. Right now he is not to upset with me about not being able to score his target since we all had a blast no pun intended. I did tell him we will try to get out again before the end of the month.

I asked him what he wants his online username to be and he said "Deadeye Sniper" LOL

 

[Maverick223]

We had a great time together today even the wife went with us. Right now he is not to upset with me about not being able to score his target since we all had a blast no pun intended.

That's what's important. If you can get back out there great, if not, at least you enjoyed yourselves. If no one else has a problem with it (I don't see why they would as the maximum score is less), I'm okay with scoring it like the non-magnified (in the magnified div., sporting class) unless, of course, he has a chance to better it before the close of the match.

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

I certainly don't have a problem with that Mav, He did a good job with that 10/22. I wish I had been that good a shot when I was 8! Too many years ago to count now -

 

[Centurian22]

No problem here! Awesome shooting for anyone but especially an 8 year old!!! Looks like a 40-0x going in the sporting magnified? Congrats welcome and I hope he competes every month like this! Nothing like being kept on our toes by a "Deadeye Sniper".

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

Boy, I don't remember who told me about it. I don't think it was on here, maybe one of the local boards in the Wichita area that I frequent, but I found an absolutely outstanding drop-in replacement trigger for the 10/22!

Made by Kidd Innovative Design. They had it on sale for $89 shipped so I bit the bullet and ordered one. Wow. when they said drop-in, they really meant it. Took less than 15 minutes from start to finish (included take-down & re-assembly of the rifle to the stock).

It's actually a trigger & hammer combination and includes precision machined pins to eliminate any wobble at all. The trigger has an allen screw in it to adjust for over-travel and the sear has one as well to adjust the take-up to eliminate creep. Both were perfectly adjusted for the polymer trigger housing group and it really was a "drop-in" fit. Pull measures a consistent 2.6 pounds on my Timney gauge and feels really nice.

Gotta get it back to the range sometime this week and see if I can maybe tie Slapshot's score -

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

Hey Jim,

What are you making the extension out of? Also you going to hollow out that inch long extension so you have just a little more storage space?!? Lol I bet it would do just fine in the optics with that 4x, let's see it.

Hey Centurian, the stuff I was trying to make that extension out of turned out to be too brittle to cut well so I gave up on it. I did manage to pack quite a bit of minimalist survival stuff in it and wrap the stock with 30' of para cord. As soon as I find a small (31 or 32") case it's going to get racked under the back deck in my car trunk. That way, if I ever get stranded off the beaten path for very long, I'll have some of the necessities and packed that way, it will meet the federal requirements of "unloaded & cased" for most states. I ain't planning on going to Illinois, New York or New Jersey though as they don't abide by any laws known to man anyway!

 

[MrBorland]

I took another target with me to the range today. Mostly curious to see if I could improve on the 47-1x I scored with my BRNO-sighted CZ452 (target/unmagnified class). Sorry for the poor quality pic (camera has a bug, it seems), but I managed a 48-1x (prone, with a sling), which is about as good as this shooter can do.

 

[Maverick223]

If you keep it up you'll have it aced in a couple more outings.

 

[MrBorland]

If you keep it up you'll have it aced in a couple more outings.

Thanks, but that's as good as we (me, gun & ammo) can do right now.

I use CCI SV as general target ammo; it seems to do relatively well across the board, so I can stock up on it and use it in a number of guns with reasonable accuracy. A little time spent experimenting to find this gun's preferred ammo would be worthwhile, though. 'Course, more practice never hurts, either.

Thanks for a good match!

 

[KSCCHTrainer]

Final outing with the 10/22 for this month. Came close but didn't ace it. Had a bunch of local swat guys getting some instruction on 3 of the 5 lanes and they were pretty raucus, not to mention the fact they seemed to think the range rules didn't apply to them! would have liked to stick around and shoot a couple more targets, but those guys were swinging M4 carbines all over the place with magazines inserted and muzzle sweeping everyone. Had to go up and get management to come talk with them about safety rules.

Class Unlimited/Target Hi Mag optics
Rifle custom 10/22 - 18" Adams & Bennett bull barrel
Choate "Dragunov" stock
BSA 6-24 X 44 scope set to 18 power
Ammo Wolf Match Target 40 grain .22LR
Rest - Caldwell shooting bag front, sand sock rear
Position, seated at bench

First target wound up scoring 100-6X but the one I'm showing is 100-8X

 

[Centurian22]

Nice work squeezing in one more on the last day of the month Jim, and as always nice shooting!

 

[Maverick223]

I'd call that aced, you might not have every possible X, but you have the largest possible number to put in front of em.

 

[ifit]

nice shooting everyone, maverick its already sept and never had time to shoot these matches, is there anyway we could continue this onto september? or you have other ideas for the month

thanks