Range pics thread

[Threeband]

Do people stop to look that this is in the C&R section?

I ride the "New Posts", and usually have no clue where I am anyway.

I took it as pictures of the ranges, not of the guns so much.

Most of mine do have C&R guns, though some have no guns at all, just the range.

I'm not sure about the artillery in post 126. I think some of those guns are original.

 

[sentinel]

Not sensitive at all sir, I don't understand why you wait until Oldcarjunkie and I posted our pictures to complain. I see lots of pictures posted on this thread (going back to page one) of non C&R firearms and it didn't seem to bother you then.

I do agree that a general Range Pic thread would be a good idea.

So no worries I'll not post pictures on this thread again, sorry if I pooped in anyone's Wheaties.

 

[Melnic]

It was not directed at any one individual. That was just timing
Just to let people know. Cause I have seen non C&R in the last page or two.

I think a Rifle Range pic thread may be in order. I'd be posting to it as well.

That's why I mentioned Forum Runner. I was wondering if people are using an app where they don't know where they are posting.

 

[Oldcarjunkie]

You didnt offend me.. i didnt care. I was just messing with you on the moon smiley . Like I said I did realize where I posted it After I posted and it refreshed. But j was like screw that taking it back off. It took me 15 mins to upload pics from my phone out here in the boonies.lmao

On the flip side... these Mofo's out here in Tennessee have .22 bricks in stock for 36.00!

Having dinner right now. Then think we are going to Smokey mountain knife works.

 

[Melnic]

Took the recent M1 Service grade out. It was windy so I also took out the Special Grade Garand out for comparison. All from Greek Surplus.
The Service grade did not need any sight adjustment to hit within 1" of X at 50 yards. Took it to 100 yards and here are 2 5 shot groups.
This is all from the bench with bags @ 100 yards. Winds were about 10+. Don't know how much that can affect a 30-06. I did feel my groups were larger than normal. Could have been just me or the Greek surplus or maybe the wind. I also finally learned how to set the windage knob to calibrate at 100 yards. I got both adjusted properly
First Paper is the Service grade, 2nd is the Special Grade.
If I had received in this Service grade last year, I probably would not have purchase the Special Grade.
I still have one more Service grade in the queue.

I separated the surplus by head stamp, I did notice previously some POI changes from each headstamp. Some of them had some corrosion on the bullets and I separated those out.

I'll be anxious to try this one with my Reloads cause I know my Special Grade M1 and the Smith Corona 1903a3 shoots better with my reloads then the Greek ammo

 

[Abulg1972]

I love my Star B. It shoots anything and shoots it well.

I also broke out the Luger.

 

[toolness1]

Nice M1's!

I worked up my first reloads for mine last night. Hornady 150gr FMJBT with 4064 in new PPU brass.

Also started oiling the new stock down some, and installed a repro leather sling.

 

[toolness1]

Shot my Garand at my friends range to test out the extractor repair. We decided to see what some Greek surplus would do to a couple bowling balls and a steel pistol target.

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[Melnic]

ouch on the plate. What fills the bowling ball there?,
Did they go straight through?

Greek surplus is metal/steel jacketed. It attracts a magnet. It should hit pretty hard and not break apart so easily. One reason I don't like to shoot it through my Minty bore Smith Corona 03a3. I don't know if anyone ever did a test to see how many rounds it takes to wear down a barrel with the greek surplus on a Garand

 

[somd_mustangs]

That's pretty impressive. Especially that hole through the plate.

 

[Melnic]

My Dad and I shooting the 1956 dated Springfield M1 Garand
Dad is all bundled up in his cammo jacket.

 

[toolness1]

ouch on the plate. What fills the bowling ball there?,
Did they go straight through?

Greek surplus is metal/steel jacketed. It attracts a magnet. It should hit pretty hard and not break apart so easily. One reason I don't like to shoot it through my Minty bore Smith Corona 03a3. I don't know if anyone ever did a test to see how many rounds it takes to wear down a barrel with the greek surplus on a Garand

Those are two different bowling balls and you are looking at the exit wounds. They entered the other side of the ball with just a tiny hole. Crazy!

That's a mild steel plate that it went straight through. We have another larger plate that I hit 8 times with the Greek surplus and you could just BARELY feel a dimple in the plate where the rounds hit. It's not AR500, I'll have to ask my friend what it is.

Edit:
And on the filling inside the bowling ball, I am not sure what it is. When I approached the ball, it looked exactly like concrete to me. It's some kind of pourous polymer, a really weird material. Almost the same texture as the inside of a malted milk ball!

 

[Abulg1972]

I love my new Carl Gustafs Model 1896. Hornady 140 grain match bullets on top of 39.9 grains of IMR 4350.

As an aside, I think I made a young guy's day today. After observing him watching me shoot my Chinese T53, I offered it up to him and he really got a kick out of it.

 

[Abulg1972]

Here is another target of the Swede and my Chinese T53. The Swede is the 7 rounds in the center, and the outliers are the T 53 but actually not bad at all considering this is 100 yards with surplus ammo

 

[DC-W]

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[reverendbeer]

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We decided to see what some Greek surplus would do to a [...] steel pistol target.

I am physically aroused.

 

[Abulg1972]

C&R

 

[toolness1]

Vz 24 from Rguns

 

[toolness1]

5 shot, 50 yard group from the Vz 24 using my cast powder coated reloads (was aiming for black 8" shoot n see)

 

[toolness1]

5 shots at 50 yards with my 91/30 using sized down 175gr .323 cast powder coated bullets at .314