So I spent this morning and early afternoon with my retired Father (lovemywoods) and photographer Mother. They were helping me with a review of the ISD carbine rail ( https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...-in_carbine_rail_for_ar-15_a.html#post1573556 ). After we finished taking some photos, lovemywoods and I sneaked away to do some shooting.
As always, we had some goals for this trip to the range.
The adjustment knobs on the H1 are pretty small. I'm used to making adjustments with a small flat-head screwdriver, but elevation and windage are adjusted on the H1 using the other side of the screw-off caps. On the inside of the caps its tells you which direction the adjustments make.
While it was a neat idea to use the caps, I don't like that they aren't captured. If I had dropped one, finding it would've been very difficult.
Zeroing it at 50 yards went pretty straight forward. I started shooting at 10 yards to get on paper and make gross adjustments, and then moved back to 50 to make finer adjustments.
Next, I got more acquainted with my Eagle Patrol Bandoleer. This was my first time with it at the range with live fire. Its normal role is one of quickly providing supplemental ammo (pistol and rifle) in a home defense or bug-out scenario, where the ability to "throw and go" is paramount. It has a "belt loop" with a snap that helps keep it grounded and stable when one has the time or ability to do so.
The belt loop REALLY helps, and keeps reloads going smoothly. Its very similar to simply having a belt-mounted pouch, although I'd prefer the order of mags to be slightly different. I think I might try and devise a way to get two more belt loops fore and aft to further increase stability.
Finally, we tested some of lovemywoods' reloads.
The .223 wasn't seating well in the first magazine I was loading. We realized that the overall length was off and the too-long bullets were hitting on the front of the mag as they loaded, causing the spring to bind and loose tension. Easily fixed, albeit at a later time.
The 9mm was a practice load he recently developed based on the loads many other reloaders currently use. It ran through his Glock 19 without any issues, even in the freezing temps.
On my way home I heard on the radio that we're supposed to get 6+ inches of snow over the next 24 hours, so I was double thankful for getting the time and opportunity to get some time "behind the gun".
As always, we had some goals for this trip to the range.
- Test the new ISD rail
- Zero Aimpoint H1
- Function test lovemywoods' first .223 reloads
- Function test a new batch of lovemywoods' 9mm reloads
- Get some more time with my Eagle Patrol Bandoleer
The adjustment knobs on the H1 are pretty small. I'm used to making adjustments with a small flat-head screwdriver, but elevation and windage are adjusted on the H1 using the other side of the screw-off caps. On the inside of the caps its tells you which direction the adjustments make.
While it was a neat idea to use the caps, I don't like that they aren't captured. If I had dropped one, finding it would've been very difficult.
Zeroing it at 50 yards went pretty straight forward. I started shooting at 10 yards to get on paper and make gross adjustments, and then moved back to 50 to make finer adjustments.
Next, I got more acquainted with my Eagle Patrol Bandoleer. This was my first time with it at the range with live fire. Its normal role is one of quickly providing supplemental ammo (pistol and rifle) in a home defense or bug-out scenario, where the ability to "throw and go" is paramount. It has a "belt loop" with a snap that helps keep it grounded and stable when one has the time or ability to do so.
The belt loop REALLY helps, and keeps reloads going smoothly. Its very similar to simply having a belt-mounted pouch, although I'd prefer the order of mags to be slightly different. I think I might try and devise a way to get two more belt loops fore and aft to further increase stability.
Finally, we tested some of lovemywoods' reloads.
The .223 wasn't seating well in the first magazine I was loading. We realized that the overall length was off and the too-long bullets were hitting on the front of the mag as they loaded, causing the spring to bind and loose tension. Easily fixed, albeit at a later time.
The 9mm was a practice load he recently developed based on the loads many other reloaders currently use. It ran through his Glock 19 without any issues, even in the freezing temps.
On my way home I heard on the radio that we're supposed to get 6+ inches of snow over the next 24 hours, so I was double thankful for getting the time and opportunity to get some time "behind the gun".
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