GUNS & ROCKETS

rc dude · May 5, 2015

DRAGON64 said:
Same with me, I just bought a Remington 03A3, "The American Mauser" can't wait to get it in...

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Awesome A3! I guess I'll add mine to this thread too. It was my great grandfathers, and has been passed down to me. I use it for shooting matches that a local club has once a month. The match is for old military guns WW2 and before. It is knocking over steel silhouettes at 200, 300, 375, and 500 meters.

This past weekend my father, a family friend and I got invited to shoot with the long range club at their 1000 yard range, so I took my A3. Needless to say I was the only one without a scope. Even with that handicap I did well working out from 200 to 1000 yards. My final four shots at 1000 were within about an 18" group. Anyways, on to the pictures,
At the 800 yard line:

At the 1000 yard line:

The white squares are the numbers for the targets, and are around 8ft tall for scale.

Cheers,
Kyle

o1d_dude · May 6, 2015

rc dude said:
Awesome A3! I guess I'll add mine to this thread too. It was my great grandfathers, and has been passed down to me. I use it for shooting matches that a local club has once a month. The match is for old military guns WW2 and before. It is knocking over steel silhouettes at 200, 300, 375, and 500 meters.

This past weekend my father, a family friend and I got invited to shoot with the long range club at their 1000 yard range, so I took my A3. Needless to say I was the only one without a scope. Even with that handicap I did well working out from 200 to 1000 yards. My final four shots at 1000 were within about an 18" group. Anyways, on to the pictures,
At the 800 yard line:
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At the 1000 yard line:
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The white squares are the numbers for the targets, and are around 8ft tall for scale.

Cheers,
Kyle

Looks like Sac Valley SC out past Sloughhouse.

cherokeej · May 8, 2015

rc dude said:
Awesome A3! I guess I'll add mine to this thread too. It was my great grandfathers, and has been passed down to me. I use it for shooting matches that a local club has once a month. The match is for old military guns WW2 and before. It is knocking over steel silhouettes at 200, 300, 375, and 500 meters.

This past weekend my father, a family friend and I got invited to shoot with the long range club at their 1000 yard range, so I took my A3. Needless to say I was the only one without a scope. Even with that handicap I did well working out from 200 to 1000 yards. My final four shots at 1000 were within about an 18" group.

18" at 1000 yards, with iron sights. Pretty darn good.

Must be nice to have young eyesight.

Take advantage of it while it lasts, cuz it doesn't.

TopRamen · May 9, 2015

[video=youtube;ClEo2OfA2Zs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=40&v=ClEo2OfA2Zs[/video]

swatkat · May 10, 2015

o1d_dude said:
Looks like Sac Valley SC out past Sloughhouse.

I was just going to say the same. Only place in our area with a 1000 yard range. I usually hit the 300 yarder when I'm there, it's too far to go and change targets for the 1000.

rc dude · May 10, 2015

o1d_dude said:
Looks like Sac Valley SC out past Sloughhouse.

It is at their 1000 yard range. It is my first time being at their 1000 yard range, but I have been to their 500m silhouette range, along with their 100m and 300m ranges.

cherokeej said:
18" at 1000 yards, with iron sights. Pretty darn good.

Must be nice to have young eyesight.

Take advantage of it while it lasts, cuz it doesn't.

All of the old-timers were giving me a hard time about how good eyesight is wasted on the young, haha.

o1d_dude · May 10, 2015

rc dude said:
All of the old-timers were giving me a hard time about how good eyesight is wasted on the young, haha.

May you live long enough to learn why that is so.

swatkat · May 10, 2015

rc dude said:
It is at their 1000 yard range. It is my first time being at their 1000 yard range, but I have been to their 500m silhouette range, along with their 100m and 300m ranges.

All of the old-timers were giving me a hard time about how good eyesight is wasted on the young, haha.

Maybe a "Local TRF" outing is in order. Now if only the van Vleck's would loan us the use of their ranch for HPR!

YodaMcFly · May 10, 2015

At this point, I'd be happy if I could have my 200 yard range back ...

Photos stolen from my gun club's Facebook page...

We've gotten much of the range cleaned up, and we've actually added more property, but currently, during reconstruction, the rifle range's impact area is another pistol bay ...

"Morons who build on flood plains between fault lines" ... (For the record, that applies to all of us out here in the Low Desert)
:facepalm:

cherokeej · May 13, 2015

Got a bad case of cabin fever. It's going to be breezy, but I'm going to the rifle range anyway. I need to get the lead out.

I've also got a brand spanking new scope on my silhouette rifle. Everything above the receiver is brand new, and needs to be dialed in. Run some trajectory tests, see where it hits at various ranges. Not long range. Smallbore silhouette.

Gonna take a few other toys, too. Make some noise. I love the smell of nitrocellulose in the morning. :bangbang:

TopRamen · May 14, 2015

My Gun got a flat Tire today.

o1d_dude · May 14, 2015

TopRamen said:
View attachment 263242My Gun got a flat Tire today.

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That is definitely a gun.

cherokeej · May 15, 2015

Trip to the range went well. The new Weaver V24 scope is nice. Tested the turrets, and they proved very repeatable. :grin:

With good ammo, that rifle seems capable of things its owner is not. :eyeroll:

Now I just need to figure out how to buy match ammo without the wife finding out how expensive it is... :bangpan:

TopRamen · May 16, 2015

The best GUN.

[video=youtube;4Wob2ryCfhc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wob2ryCfhc[/video]

I don't think the current ROE allow you to use it as a Direct Attack Weapon sadly.

If Aerotech released HPR Motors to the Public, Terrorists would build MCLCS.

o1d_dude · May 16, 2015

TopRamen said:
I don't think the current ROEs allow you to use it as a Direct Attack Weapon sadly.
If Aerotech released HPR Motors to the Public, Terrorists would build MCLCS.

I see what you did there.

Well played, sir. Well played.

DRAGON64 · May 21, 2015

I'm planning to take up field target again. I just received my airgun, a Benjamin Marauder in .177 cal. There is lots of tuning and modifying yet to come to get this rifle ready for competition:

I don't know though, it's kinda growing on me...

TopRamen · Jun 26, 2015

Watching the news today, I heard someone say "Banana Clips". :facepalm:

I hate that term!!!!!!!

cherokeej · Jun 26, 2015

TopRamen said:
Watching the news today, I heard someone say "Banana Clips".
I hate that term!!!!!!!

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TALON · Jun 26, 2015

Banana Clips?????:surprised: How can that term be used to describe the AR/M-16/M-4 platform

#1 it uses a MAGAZINE not a "clip" :facepalm:

and #2 it is NOT shaped like a banana:eyeroll: So I am not worried when someone complains about a "banana clip", because there is no such thing:lol:

TopRamen · Jun 26, 2015

I've had dehydrated "Banana Chips" before, and while they were tasty they definitely would serve no purpose in any of my firearms.

JERRYR708 · Jun 26, 2015

Guns were my previous hobby until ammo became expensive and hard to get. I even stopped shooting black powder guns because the powder is getting difficult to find as well. I went back to model rockets and so far I am having a blast.

dave carver · Jun 27, 2015

JERRYR708 said:
Guns were my previous hobby until ammo became expensive and hard to get. I even stopped shooting black powder guns because the powder is getting difficult to find as well. I went back to model rockets and so far I am having a blast.

...meh...excuses, excuses...

https://www.crosman.com/airguns/air-rifles/recruit-with-scope

DRAGON64 · Jun 30, 2015

Speaking of Crosman, here is my Marauder on my scratch built "Rugged Buddy Shooting Bench"

TopRamen · Jun 30, 2015

That's a sweet looking set up you have there Dragon!

DRAGON64 · Jun 30, 2015

Thanks, the table saw some Mosin Nagant and 03A3 action this past weekend as well... to pretty here this past weekend to stay cooped up.

Deezil · Jun 30, 2015

Good stuff! I made a nice shooting bench too. Whistle pig blasting.

DRAGON64 · Jun 30, 2015

Nice, I found a plan that used table legs just like that. The legs were supposedly available from Harbor Freight... but I never located any. Nice range too!

Deezil · Jun 30, 2015

DRAGON64 said:
Nice, I found a plan that used table legs just like that. The legs were supposedly available from Harbor Freight... but I never located any. Nice range too!

I grabbed new ones at Home Depot, made my dad a table too. That was in north Idaho on a fun camping trip! You just cant bring enough ammo for a trip like that. haha.

Other fun

[video=youtube;fGxivpupZvM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGxivpupZvM[/video]

[video=youtube;_4oqiR0Iifo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4oqiR0Iifo[/video]

taiwanluthiers · Jun 30, 2015

Not a real weapon, but it's truly a gun AND rocket. It has a Gatling gun, flame thrower, and rocket launcher. Great for celebrating the independence....

[video=youtube;nT1FN6K9pD8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1FN6K9pD8[/video]

o1d_dude · Jun 30, 2015

DRAGON64 said:
Speaking of Crosman, here is my Marauder on my scratch built "Rugged Buddy Shooting Bench"

Very nice piece of kit there, Dragon. Pretty sure I want one of those Marauders, too. The shooting bench is simple and functional...need to make one them, too.

Here's a link to the Rugged Buddy Folding Sawhorse Legs website... https://www.ruggedbuddy.com/Rugged-Buddy-Sawhorse.html for anyone else considering this project.

In that there is no scuba tank in the picture I'm assuming you can get a fair number of shots without having to recharge?

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