shooter521
Certified Glock Nut
Hey, INGOers!
Recently, fellow INGOer 42769vette, aka Alan from A&A Optics - High Quality Scopes, invited me to come and shoot at his family's farm near Richmond. He said that they would start planting in a few weeks, which would prohibit use of their 750 yard range. So I decided to take him up on his most generous offer sooner rather than later, and made the trip down today. Weather forecast said sunny and 70+; I arrived to heavy cloud cover and showers. Not to be deterred, Alan suggested we shoot suppressed .22s from inside the barn while we waited for the rain to pass. Oh, we can "only" get out to 150 yards from there? Twist my arm.
I broke out my Savage MkIIFV-SR/Gemtech Outback II-D/Nikon Prostaff rig, while Alan shot his CZ-452/Huntertown Arms/Vortex Viper setup.
Our shooting position from the barn loft
A couple quiet guns ready to sling lead
Vortex Viper scope on a CZ-452... lotta scope for a little gun, but wicked accurate!
Alan's CZ dope... yeah, he's done 300+ yards with a .22LR. STUD.
View from the gun (the white smudge is just in front of our 100 yard target)
Multiple targets - only the first two were visible from the barn loft; the nearest one is a 3" piece of steel (hung on an oblique angle, so it presents a 1" to 2" target) at 100 yards; the orange one is a pepper popper at 150 yards
I have a ~50-yard zero on my scope, and the BDC reticle allows me to (theoretically) get out to 150 yards without having to dial in any changes. It seemed to work pretty well with the CCI Subsonics I normally favor, but round-to-round inconsistency with other ammo types proved frustrating (I haven't found the Gemtech-branded subsonic .22 to group well out of anything I own – which is odd, since CCI loads it for them).
While I continued to shoot .22s from the barn, Alan ducked out to mount a brand-new (as in, the truck showed up while we were shooting) Vortex Razor HD scope on his Savage .308 rifle, in preparation for the day's main event. He got a rough zero on the gun from the barn, before we packed up and headed outside.
That scope is one bad mamma-jamma!
Alan locking down the turrets after zeroing
Close-up of Vortex Razor HD turrets with lots of numbers and stuff
Recently, fellow INGOer 42769vette, aka Alan from A&A Optics - High Quality Scopes, invited me to come and shoot at his family's farm near Richmond. He said that they would start planting in a few weeks, which would prohibit use of their 750 yard range. So I decided to take him up on his most generous offer sooner rather than later, and made the trip down today. Weather forecast said sunny and 70+; I arrived to heavy cloud cover and showers. Not to be deterred, Alan suggested we shoot suppressed .22s from inside the barn while we waited for the rain to pass. Oh, we can "only" get out to 150 yards from there? Twist my arm.
I broke out my Savage MkIIFV-SR/Gemtech Outback II-D/Nikon Prostaff rig, while Alan shot his CZ-452/Huntertown Arms/Vortex Viper setup.
Our shooting position from the barn loft
A couple quiet guns ready to sling lead
Vortex Viper scope on a CZ-452... lotta scope for a little gun, but wicked accurate!
Alan's CZ dope... yeah, he's done 300+ yards with a .22LR. STUD.
View from the gun (the white smudge is just in front of our 100 yard target)
Multiple targets - only the first two were visible from the barn loft; the nearest one is a 3" piece of steel (hung on an oblique angle, so it presents a 1" to 2" target) at 100 yards; the orange one is a pepper popper at 150 yards
I have a ~50-yard zero on my scope, and the BDC reticle allows me to (theoretically) get out to 150 yards without having to dial in any changes. It seemed to work pretty well with the CCI Subsonics I normally favor, but round-to-round inconsistency with other ammo types proved frustrating (I haven't found the Gemtech-branded subsonic .22 to group well out of anything I own – which is odd, since CCI loads it for them).
While I continued to shoot .22s from the barn, Alan ducked out to mount a brand-new (as in, the truck showed up while we were shooting) Vortex Razor HD scope on his Savage .308 rifle, in preparation for the day's main event. He got a rough zero on the gun from the barn, before we packed up and headed outside.
That scope is one bad mamma-jamma!
Alan locking down the turrets after zeroing
Close-up of Vortex Razor HD turrets with lots of numbers and stuff
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