aarondhgraham
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Man did I get surprised,,,
When I took my Beretta NEOS Carbine out for a spin.
A few years back I had a small windfall of cash come my way,,,
I had a Beretta NEOS pistol so I thought a carbine kit would be fun.
It was a fun thing to shoot but I had one problem with it,,,
The sights on it were so low I couldn't scrunch up enough to use them.
So I used some of my Cabela Bucks and purchased a red dot for it,,,
That brought the optics up high enough that I could shoot the carbine,,,
But there was still one problem and that was that I couldn't hit a thing with it.
I relegated the carbine kit to short range fun shooting.
Since then I have become more enamored with the NEOS pistols,,,
I really wanted to use that carbine but it wasn't accurate,,,
It seemed like a waste of ammo when I shot it.
Fast forward for a couple of years,,,
I mounted that red dot optic on a Crickett .22 rifle,,,
I have a friend with two young boys and I thought this would work for them.
Neither of the boys could hit a soup can at 25 yards,,,
Then when I tried it I couldn't hit either,,,
We hit with the iron sights,,,
Just not with the red dot.
Bad red dot optic?,,,
I think so.
I took it off the Crickett,,,
And pitched it downrange as far as I could.
I still had the problem about not being able to use the open sights,,,
But I have had it with things that need a battery to work.
Anyways, for a self-given birthday present,,,
I bought this inexpensive BSA Tactical Scope from Cabela's,,,
I mounted it on the NEOS Carbine and headed to the range with 200 rounds of ammo.
It took forever to get that scope on paper,,,
First at 15 yards, then 25, then 50, and finally 100 yards.
But once I finally got it on the 4" sighting grid,,,
I was able to dial it into a 2.5" group on the targets bullseye.
By the time I got it there I only had 20 rounds of ammo left,,,
But I put up a new target and from a plastic rifle rest,,,
I was able to put those 20 rounds in a 3" circle.
I had collected my targets and was feeling pretty good about the day,,,
When a range acquaintance of mine pulled up with his daughter,,,
She saw the carbine and asked if she could try it out.
She loaded up 30 rounds into my three magazines,,,
And placed 10 water bottles on the rail at the 50 yard range,,,
Eleven shots later all ten of the water bottles were laying on the ground.
I let her shoot another 60 rounds and she was channeling Annie Oakley,,,
I bummed ten rounds and placed ten bottles at the 100 yard range,,,
Leaning against the awning support I was able to hit eight,,,
I scared the heck out of the other two bottles.
So the moral of the story is,,,
Don't write off a rifle until you have verified the optics,,,
The NEOS Carbine proved to be a decent little shooter after all
For two years I thought I had a cute but unusable carbine,,,
Now with the proper optic it's not a sub-MOA gun,,,
But it's easily a minute of water bottle shooter.
Now, for the first time since I've owned it,,,
I'm glad I bought that Buck Rogers looking range toy.
Aarond
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When I took my Beretta NEOS Carbine out for a spin.
A few years back I had a small windfall of cash come my way,,,
I had a Beretta NEOS pistol so I thought a carbine kit would be fun.
It was a fun thing to shoot but I had one problem with it,,,
The sights on it were so low I couldn't scrunch up enough to use them.
So I used some of my Cabela Bucks and purchased a red dot for it,,,
That brought the optics up high enough that I could shoot the carbine,,,
But there was still one problem and that was that I couldn't hit a thing with it.
I relegated the carbine kit to short range fun shooting.
Since then I have become more enamored with the NEOS pistols,,,
I really wanted to use that carbine but it wasn't accurate,,,
It seemed like a waste of ammo when I shot it.
Fast forward for a couple of years,,,
I mounted that red dot optic on a Crickett .22 rifle,,,
I have a friend with two young boys and I thought this would work for them.
Neither of the boys could hit a soup can at 25 yards,,,
Then when I tried it I couldn't hit either,,,
We hit with the iron sights,,,
Just not with the red dot.
Bad red dot optic?,,,
I think so.
I took it off the Crickett,,,
And pitched it downrange as far as I could.
I still had the problem about not being able to use the open sights,,,
But I have had it with things that need a battery to work.
Anyways, for a self-given birthday present,,,
I bought this inexpensive BSA Tactical Scope from Cabela's,,,
I mounted it on the NEOS Carbine and headed to the range with 200 rounds of ammo.
It took forever to get that scope on paper,,,
First at 15 yards, then 25, then 50, and finally 100 yards.
But once I finally got it on the 4" sighting grid,,,
I was able to dial it into a 2.5" group on the targets bullseye.
By the time I got it there I only had 20 rounds of ammo left,,,
But I put up a new target and from a plastic rifle rest,,,
I was able to put those 20 rounds in a 3" circle.
I had collected my targets and was feeling pretty good about the day,,,
When a range acquaintance of mine pulled up with his daughter,,,
She saw the carbine and asked if she could try it out.
She loaded up 30 rounds into my three magazines,,,
And placed 10 water bottles on the rail at the 50 yard range,,,
Eleven shots later all ten of the water bottles were laying on the ground.
I let her shoot another 60 rounds and she was channeling Annie Oakley,,,
I bummed ten rounds and placed ten bottles at the 100 yard range,,,
Leaning against the awning support I was able to hit eight,,,
I scared the heck out of the other two bottles.
So the moral of the story is,,,
Don't write off a rifle until you have verified the optics,,,
The NEOS Carbine proved to be a decent little shooter after all
For two years I thought I had a cute but unusable carbine,,,
Now with the proper optic it's not a sub-MOA gun,,,
But it's easily a minute of water bottle shooter.
Now, for the first time since I've owned it,,,
I'm glad I bought that Buck Rogers looking range toy.
Aarond
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