Wow, what a great weekend it turned out to be.
Being my first KD shoot, I have to admit, I was a bit intimidated. The weather didnt look promising and I have never even attempted going beyond 100 yards. When we fired our first string, and I wasn't even on paper, I thought, "oh brother, is this how this weekend is gonna go?" After figuring that my 25 meter zero is 9 inches high at 100, I started to settle in.
I appreciate all of the help the instructors were able to give in establishing zeros out to 400. I think I learned more about my rifle in 2 days than I have in the previous 2 years.
Ended pulling off a 42 on the second AQT for my first KD rifleman score. What a great feeling!
Weather aside, sunday was a ton of fun! Got a 2nd rifleman score, (barely, but 40 still counts) The ranging excercise was pretty neat. I think steel thunder should make a game of ID'ing the soldier. (Maybe with a prize of some sort for fellow history buffs?) Of course, that means you would have to continue to test your artistic prowess.
Thanks to grindstone for hooking me up with the chrono. That info is nice to have.
And thanks to number 6 for walking me in at 500 on the spotting scope. It was cool to be able to hit the steel at such a distance. Even managed to hit the 10 inch target once with my little
.223. (By the way,I did the math, my bullet drop was like 100 inches or so) I'm thinking next time I need to bring the .308 or 06 so i can actually get a bit of feedback from the steel.
Finally, thanks to mike, down on the end for letting me try out that rifle. That thing was sweet... I went 3/5 on the 10 incher with that thing. Also, congrats on the distinguished, that is a hell of an achievement.
Thanks again to steel thunder and all the other red and blue hats, you guys did a great job, and the time you give is greatly appreciated!
All in all, I had a great weekend. Hopefully we can all do this again soon. (Maybe with better weather)
