Range trip with GAP and OPS 3rd

evilsvt

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Today was the first day that I had a chance to shoot the Crusader after getting it back from GAP.

It was an absolutely beautiful day and we finally got rain which got things nice and green.

POI shift was only .5mils which is pretty damn nice since they cut the thing down 20" and profiled it for me as well.

Felt recoil was reduced and I didn't really shoot it for accuracy, just 2 3 round groups to rezero and we headed to 1000yds where I screwed myself. I completely forgot about the velocity change from getting the gun cut down. I had a couple of skips that hit around the target and caused me basically waste my first 15 shots before I took a second and thought about it.

I was having a hard time today with the mirage and the target was angled downward due to the wooded rod bending so I was presented with a dark target that I could only see about 8" of. I was dancing around the sucker and I should have moved to the 10" gong but was hard headed and stuck at that one. When we got down to the berm, you could see that I basically shot all around the thing, all of my rounds were in about a 13" group in the dirt right behind the target.

Obligatory pictures

The range from the hill
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The hill after adding a couple more feet to it
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The guns

GAP
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JP MOR
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Targets through S&B 3-12
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And a random picture from when i was looking for my ear pro that I thought I had dropped
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VID, sorry about the radio in the back ground but it gives a good indicator as to how much the suppressor works

Video
 
Re: Range trip with GAP and OPS 3rd

Very nice! I was also noticing some mirage yesterday even all the way down on 8 power. Anyone know what can be done to cut down on mirage?
 
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Nice range, I'm jealous of all the nice space you got in Texas.

I wouldn't sweat the 15 wingers, at least you weren't at a packed range where everyone could see and shooting a more expensive round.
 
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Man, 600 got boringly easy and I hoesntly didn't think that 1000yds would be this big of a challenge. But now that I got things some what figured out I can't wait to get back out there. This was only my 2nd time at 1000. I'm building up a 300WM but don't know when it'll be done and with summer approaching I don't think the 5.5-22NXS will do me much good at 22X with our awesome mirage.
 
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damn thats nice. Crusader is on my dream list of guns to own.

Now the real question.

How much Shiner and brisket do I need to buy to get an invite down that way!
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evilsvt</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Man, 600 got boringly easy and I hoesntly didn't think that 1000yds would be this big of a challenge. But now that I got things some what figured out I can't wait to get back out there. This was only my 2nd time at 1000. I'm building up a 300WM but don't know when it'll be done and with summer approaching I don't think the 5.5-22NXS will do me much good at 22X with our awesome mirage. </div></div>

Once you get out past 600 with a .308, that is where wind calls get mucho important. Your nightforce will serve you well as long as you shoot before 8-9am LOL (plus it will be somewhat bearable). I've been shooting my .22's more than my big boys as of late to save some on ammo costs. It's great that you have got a place to shoot to 1,000 yards. I've only got 800 yards on my steel range.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: superde</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Once you get out past 600 with a .308, that is where wind calls get mucho important. Your nightforce will serve you well as long as you shoot before 8-9am LOL (plus it will be somewhat bearable). I've been shooting my .22's more than my big boys as of late to save some on ammo costs. It's great that you have got a place to shoot to 1,000 yards. I've only got 800 yards on my steel range. </div></div>

I'm not looking foward to the heat and the wind was blowing at maybe ~5 and I could see it in the mirage but it was constantly shifting by 15* or so.

and I've been shooting a lot of .22 as well. I built up a Spikes .22 AR so I can get some trigger time in doing transition drills, shooting on the move, and multiple target drills. Hell, I built up a sako quad that i've been shooting the most. I'll shoot a couple hundred rounds of .22 then go shoot maybe 20rds through the centerfire.