Other than for Matches or when I was on the cop job...I seldom ever see a real Range. I have a nearby quarry that folks shoot at, but I seldom see anyone else there. And I have a decent 200 yd range in my west field. So much open property here in central Montana that it's fairly easy to find a nice place to shoot.
Went to Portland this past weekend to visit my Niece and her new baby. Took her husband out to shoot a few AR's/AK's as he wants a .223 type auto, but not sure WHAT.
We went to a parcel of State land with several small shooting areas most only 40 or 50 yds long. Finally found a quarry area that allowed 100 yds, uphill. Unfortunately had to share it with a few other groups of shooters.
I was amazed that most of the attendees basically shot mag after mag from either their Ruger 10/22's or AR's , AK's ...pretty much as fast as the trigger could be pulled....and how infrequently they actually HIT anything. We heard a near constant stream of rapid fire, with rifles from the short ranges that were below us. Shooting rifle at 40 yds...what a challenge.
We shot some pistol and our pistol performance at 50 and 75 yds on plastic litre pop bottles was about as good as most of these clowns did with their rifles.
Did get to see a few 20 pound AR's though. Never knew one could hang that much "made in China" shit on an AR. Lights, lasers, slings, sling adapters, Medevel looking flash hiders, double mag adapters, Zombie warnings, much of it either camo'd or desert tan.
And the OPTICS! NC Star and no name red dots.
FN in MT
Went to Portland this past weekend to visit my Niece and her new baby. Took her husband out to shoot a few AR's/AK's as he wants a .223 type auto, but not sure WHAT.
We went to a parcel of State land with several small shooting areas most only 40 or 50 yds long. Finally found a quarry area that allowed 100 yds, uphill. Unfortunately had to share it with a few other groups of shooters.
I was amazed that most of the attendees basically shot mag after mag from either their Ruger 10/22's or AR's , AK's ...pretty much as fast as the trigger could be pulled....and how infrequently they actually HIT anything. We heard a near constant stream of rapid fire, with rifles from the short ranges that were below us. Shooting rifle at 40 yds...what a challenge.
We shot some pistol and our pistol performance at 50 and 75 yds on plastic litre pop bottles was about as good as most of these clowns did with their rifles.
Did get to see a few 20 pound AR's though. Never knew one could hang that much "made in China" shit on an AR. Lights, lasers, slings, sling adapters, Medevel looking flash hiders, double mag adapters, Zombie warnings, much of it either camo'd or desert tan.
And the OPTICS! NC Star and no name red dots.
FN in MT
