Lyman Case Prep Multi Tool

Hello all,

If you didn't know already I have been putting  together some video reviews for the blog on YouTube , trying to add a little more content for you.

This week is the Lyman Case Prep Multi Tool video review.

Here is the link to the YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/Qz7Jg8F2VLs

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Plinking Day

My son doing some plinking at the local range, video is better on my phone sorry about the quality.

Firearm: Keystone Cricket, Single shot.
Ammo: Winchester 22Lr 100 round pack
Target: Random Steel at 15 yards 

A Little Shotgun Choke Safety

Good New Year to Everyone,

As the title states this post will be on Shotgun Choke Safety. Over the Christmas holidays we had a little issue arise with chokes before we went out shooting our shotguns.

An associate of mine has a Mossberg Maverick 88 he bought used from his local shop. I was getting ready for the next day and asked what choke he had in case we needed to change it to adapt to our shooting conditions, he is new to the shotgun world and didn't know the choke type. With that being said, I looked at the tip of the barrel and notice it was a fairly tight choke, almost like a turkey choke. He also said that he has shot slugs and standard lead shot out of it.

So I grab my choke wrench and pull out the choke, the bottom of the choke it eroded away and the thread's in the barrel are gone near the eroded choke area. This is most likely contributed to the slug being fired through a 680 Turkey choke, then repeated round of shot being fired. So I also have a Maverick 88 which I have dedicated as a turkey gun, Scope,choke, ETC. So I pull the barrel off of that to stick on his with a modified choke so we can do some shooting.

This is the choke I pulled put of his barrel, don't have any pictures of the barrel threads.

 

This could have ended worse, many different outcomes could have arisen. Slug stuck in barrel and barrel blows out or blows end of barrel apart.  All outcomes are dangerous to your self and others around you. Always wear Eye and Ear Protection.

Get to know your firearm and how it works, operation, cleaning, inspections, chokes, ETC.

Thanks for reading this little post about safety,
Rex

22-250 range day report

Hello Everyone,

It's been over three months since I have posted on here, work has been a little hectic with more work load added due to some restructuring within the company and my children's extracurricular activities take up some of my extra time as well but for good reason.

I have had two RSO days at the range this year with my third and final one sometime in January. I always enjoy my days RSOing at the range, mostly due to people bringing out there new fancy guns and I get to see how they do without buying them! I also like seeing the different varieties of firearms brought out by the many people who visit the range, anything from AK-47s to high end Sako target rifles.

The first range day I had the night before I decided to bring out the Remington 700 in 22-250, so I loaded up some 55 grain Hornady V-max's that night, to try out for the upcoming 3rd annual sage rat shoot in Central Oregon. After the range closed for the general public, I pulled out the 22-250 to see how she was doing since I haven't shot her for quite a few years. For my starting load with the V-max's my groups at a hundred yards averaged less than one inch, which I was happy with for just starting load development with these bullets.

I have been pretty lax on reloading during these past couple of months due to the below freezing temps and my reloading room in the garage, which is always close to the temps outside. I was using CCI BR primers, and AA 2015 behind the 55 grain Hornady V-max. I am going to adjust my powder charge a little hoping to tighten the group up a little, also change seating depth a little bit to get me off the lands the proper amount. Hopefully with this combo the groups will tighten up and will be deadly against the sage rats farther out in the fields.

I have not tried any other brands of tipped ammo for varmints yet, my family and I have been using Hornady V-max's for a long time against varmints and I don't plan on changing anytime soon. With that note I have great interest in the Hornady's new ELD match tipped bullets, I have read quite a bit about them in the publications I subscribe to. I think the tips on these will revolutionize the tipped bullet market. Many times have I thought about what the tips do during flight, and now Hornady has proved they are degrading during high speed flight. I have noticed that some V-max's that I had the tip got damaged during storage or in the field still fly very accurate for being deformed.

I was very happy with the results of pulling the 22-250 out of the cobwebs and shooting it. I am very impressed with the bullet drop within 400 yards, I forgot how great the 22-250 was for varmint shooting, I have been neglecting the 22-250 for a few years by only shooting the 223's. It sure is a great all around shooter and you will be hearing more about it in the near future.

The Remington 700 I purchased probably around 2006 from a local store, the main reason for buying was the varmint taper barrel and the HS-Precision black with grey spiderweb stock. Which I will probably never change cause it's awesome. I have tuned the trigger a little to bring down the trigger pull. Next item I may change will be a picatinny rail and 6-24x scope instead of the 4-12x currently on it.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog, hopefully I can push some more out sooner.
Rex

Mentioned product websites

• V-max Bullets www.hornady.com
• Model 700 Rifle www.remington.com
• Primers www.cci-ammunition.com 
• Powder www.accuratepowder.com
• Rifle Stocks www.hsprecision.com 

300/500 Yard range report

Hello everyone,

    Hope all is well with everyone on this labor day weekend. In today's blog post I will be talking about my trip to the range for some 300 and 500 yard shooting practice, my local range has a 300/500 yard open any rifle match which I have shown some interest in, but haven't pushed myself or the rifle that far before.

    The rifle used in the blog is the savage .223 that was shown in the earlier blog post when I tuned up the stock a little. I am shooting hand loaded 69Gr Sierra HPBT Matchkings at a 5v Target with a 12 inch black center.

 







    I was at a 100 zero on my scope before shooting at 300 yard first, wind was light at about 5-8 mph blowing right to left 90 Degrees to the flight of bullets and Mirage was slight but visible.  On the 300 yard line I adjusted the scope a few clicks to compensate for wind and bullet drop. First shot was low, after two more sighters I was in the black and put 10 more in the 5 ring and the 5V ring, at this point I am pretty happy with the outcome on the 300 yard line.

    While in the pits after pulling targets for my friend who was just shooting on the 500 yard line with his 308, we began a conversation on the Strelok ballistics app, which I had deleted off my phone a month or two ago. With it being my turn on the 500 yard line I downloaded it on my phone while driving to the 500 yard line to shoot. At the line I input all the factors, 300 yard zero, scope, weather and cartridge. Calculated shooting solution was 60.1 vert. clicks, and 24.7 hor. clicks. First shot was in the black high and left. After another sighter shot and scope adjustment I was consistently hitting the 5 and the 5V ring. With the outcome at the 500 yard line I am a happy camper, very ecstatic about hitting a target consistently at 500 yards.

    Now the Strelock App, I was very impressed with the calculations it provided me from the 300 to 500 yard line. Very simple to use, more input factors you put the better your shooting solution will be. You will need to know your weather, elevation, scope and cartridge info(Grains/BC/FPS). Once you input that you just click Calculate! and it gives you MOA adjustment and clicks, and hold over position for your cross hairs as well.

Thanks for taking some time to read my blog, please feel free to comment on a blog post if you want or if you would like some additional information on a certain post.







   Also found this beauty on the backstop behind the pits, 50 cal, it weighs 780 grains and is brass, from what I have read online it is a custom target round CNC machined out of solid brass stock.

Just a post/link to keep this blog going.

Hello everyone,

Been a busy few months at work, had some extra time this evening figured I would try to get a post in. Not a full post or review just a link to the accurateshooter.com website to the guns of the week page.

The link below will be to a bench rest gun that I like that is on the accurateshooter.com "Guns of the Week"

http://www.accurateshooter.com/guns-of-week/gunweek058/

The link below will be to the accurateshooter.com "Guns of the Week" page.

 http://www.accurateshooter.com/category/guns-of-week/


That is all,
Rex
Thanks for checking the blog out!!

Aguila .22 Rimfire SuperExtra Ammo Review With Range Report

Hello Everyone,

Hope all is well in your world and you had or are having a good weekend. This review will be on the Aguila .22 RimFire SuperExtra 40 Grain Solid Point Sub Sonic. I will be using this ammo this year for my Mini-Palma matches, due to the availability of it at my local store, I don't use enough to justify buying match ammo in bulk from online retailers. The way I think about it is if I can find a good quality standard or sub sonic velocity round that my rifle will shoot good I will go with that, last year my local store had a good inventory of CCI Standard Velocity so I used those with good results, this year the shelves have been pretty full of this type and brand of ammo so I am going with it.

Basic Specifications

• Bullet Weight 40 Grains
• Muzzle Velocity 1025 Feet Per Second
• 100 Yard Velocity 911 Feet Per Second
• Muzzle Energy 93 Lb Ft
• 100 Yard Energy 74 Lb Ft
• Made With Eley Prime Technology 

Range Report And Review

Conditions at the range weren't excellent but I worked with what I was given. I got to the range around 5 PM tonight as the sun was setting behind the hills, pretty cool around 47 Degrees with a variable wind from 1 to 5 MPH, coming from the South or Southwest either directly behind me or left to right across the range.

I shot a Total of 15 rounds due to the amount of sunlight I had left, my barrel wasn't even warmed up either. My rifle is a Ruger 77/22 with a 18x Bushnell scope. All shots at 100 yards.

I zeroed it with 5 rounds on a extra target then proceeded to put 5 rounds on each of the reduced 800 yard and 1000 yard targets. If you haven't read any other post on my blog the targets for the mini palmas are reduced 800, 900, 1000 yard targets to a size to shot at 100 yards with 22 rimfire smallbore rifles.

• Simulated 800 Yard Bullseye for 100 yard Rimfire. 5 Shots, 3 X's and 2 10's
• Simulated 1000 Yard Bullseye for 100 Yard Rimfire 5 Shots, 2 X's, 2 10's and a 9

Overall I am impressed by the accuracy of this ammo for the price and availability of it. It wasn't a warm day, my rifle barrel was still cold after 15 round and I was in low light. At 100 yards I am hitting the X's and 10 rings, it may not be a 5 shot group covered with a dime, but a 22 rimfire subsonic at 100 yards it will do just fine for my matches. X rings are about 1" and under on these targets between the 1000, 900 and 800 targets.



Thanks for taking the time to read my blog keep checking in for new posts.
Rex