Lately my wife showed increasing interest to spend more time with me at the range. In the past I only taken her to shoot pistols and practice home defence type of shooting. Her newly gained interest drove me to put a little rifle together for her so she could try something light recoiling before eventually growing into a 6.5 or 308. I settled on a Proof MTR 223 with a Nightforce 4x16 and a TBac bipod on a JP Arca rail. I velcro'd a little cheek rest on the stock to make it fit better and off we went. Ammo used was Frontier 75 grain Hornady. I experienced this ammo years ago in my MR556 and shot easily under 1 inch all day with that setup. I figured for 70 cents/round its perfectly suited for training/playing at the range.
I worked with her on the basic fundamentals; Square behind the rifle, using a rear bag, trigger pull and follow through as well as manipulating the bolt and scope while staying on the rifle and in the scope. I had her shoot steel at 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards. After an hour or so I figured I'd give her some room and let her continue by herself. I put some splash targets up and told her to try to shoot some groups at 100 yards and turned around to get my rifle out. A few min later she asks:" how many do I shoot in a group". "try 5" I replied. " i might have done 7 or 8, is that bad?" she says. I turned around to look and saw what she did. Pictures attached.
A little later she is shooting my 6.5 and tells me she likes that one better....
I worked with her on the basic fundamentals; Square behind the rifle, using a rear bag, trigger pull and follow through as well as manipulating the bolt and scope while staying on the rifle and in the scope. I had her shoot steel at 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards. After an hour or so I figured I'd give her some room and let her continue by herself. I put some splash targets up and told her to try to shoot some groups at 100 yards and turned around to get my rifle out. A few min later she asks:" how many do I shoot in a group". "try 5" I replied. " i might have done 7 or 8, is that bad?" she says. I turned around to look and saw what she did. Pictures attached.
A little later she is shooting my 6.5 and tells me she likes that one better....
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