Those grooving along with me know Managed Recoil is great. Given I have alot of youth hunters around me I use alot of Managed Recoil. Dad's have to have some fun so I keep pushing on Managed Recoil - balistically. Meaning, how does my gun hold zero, how far is reasonable, bullet performance, etc.
"Playing" is the word we used as kids for this kind of activity.
Now that I have wrinkles it is "testing." (which is boring).
I continue to play with my doctored up 30.06 and met up with Tom Gaylor a buddy of mine who runs Texas Gun Enthusiasts (you don't have to be from Texas to join - so join) http://www.texasgunenthusiasts.com/user and join him on Facebook. We went to Best of the West shooting range in Liberty Hill, Texas. Anyhoo, Tom is an ex-police dude who taught me how to shoot a .45 in a combat situation - correctly.
Maybe a new playing opportunity.........
After ripping off a bunch of pistol rounds and some totally essential laughter, we went over to the rifle range. It is handy. Best of the West has knockdown rifle targets to 1,000 yards. Readers that is not a misprint - 10 X 100 yards. Actually, they offer 50, 100, 250, 500, 750 and 1,000 yard targets. All targets have nice high berms around them for safety and for your spotter to laugh at your misses. Some of those misses are 40 yards short when you are launching shots over 500 - the hold off is crazy.
With Managed Recoil 250 yards was not out of the question - we videoed a shot. Notice a few things in this video clip.
1. Shameless product placement which is essential for all small boys and fat, southern, "outdoor TV personalities".
2. The rifle has a muzzle brake too. Notice the recoil is very straight back and soft. (REMEMBER - this is a kid gun!!! No recoil is good - a bunch of you would feel envy after shooting it) .
3. Turn up the volume and listen for the bonk!
4. Shot is at 250 yards, gun zeroed at 100, bullet hit 8 inches low but still knocked the target down. Electric targets are fun, so we popped it a few more times. Remember - it is testing! (Or whatever you want to call it)
But, of course, that wasn't enough. Good Gosh MAN! there are longer range targets out there! We ramped up to standard 30.06 ammo and started some serious work at 500, took about 5 shots each to find the hold off, then to 750. Wow, that was a challenge. Took us 10 more to hit it once. Cool thing, you could shoot, recover from recoil, and see the bullet hit the dirt in the scope.
Super Fun - for Testing by shooting about 30 rounds through the rifle on a Thursday late afternoon.
Since I am a tester, I tested it this weekend at the ranch. To double check my Managed Recoil zero. This picture is 100 yards on one of those "dirty bird" targets.
Not bad for a guy who plays and calls it testing.......stay tuned for more outdoor updates. Extreme pellet gun accuracy, snake catching, and feral hog blasting along with random outdoors coming soon!
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