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Offline Wildgoose

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Finally Some Shooting Weather
« on: April 11, 2010, 12:49:14 PM »
Nice to see folks posting about getting back outside to shoot. I made it to the range yesterday with the AR to shoot all of the test loads I put together over the winter. Hoped to find a good one or two for DCM matches. My AR is an A2 DCM with a SS 20" 1-8" twist. I went to shooting all of the test loads with open sights as I wanted to see how my improved battle sight setting worked out. Things went well. I found two loads with the 69 grain SMKBT, Varget and RL-15 that I could keep under two inches off the bench. Good as its going to get with my eyes these days. If I can shoot anywhere near the potiental of the rife/load combo the matches may go well enough. Of course that will take some time and experience. Looking forward to having some fun now that the sun has come back.

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Re: Finally Some Shooting Weather
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2010, 02:35:55 PM »
Did you ever pick up that CMMG .22 adapter you were talking about?  I wonder how it would work with a 1-8 twist.

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Re: Finally Some Shooting Weather
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2010, 05:35:35 PM »
No kidding!  the weather was awesome today!  i even went to the bullet hole in la vista and broke in my new MAC10.  its no longer NIB!!  its really fun and im loving this sun!!
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Re: Finally Some Shooting Weather
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2010, 06:50:33 AM »
Did you ever pick up that CMMG .22 adapter you were talking about?  I wonder how it would work with a 1-8 twist.
You nailed the problem with that idea Mr. B. I did some research and found that the 1-8 twist isnt recomended. Accruacy would be poor at best. So, if I want a .22lr AR I may as well get a complete upper. Could have a problem with getting that one past the "Borad Of SO Finance" but I am looking anyway.  :angel1:

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Re: Finally Some Shooting Weather
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 09:37:15 PM »
Just tell her about all the money you'll save by shooting .22LR instead of .223......