Stop butt condition
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:26 pm
I was at Short Siberia for 100 yds this morning (I'd thought it was actually Melville, so took my .22 and lever action instead of the K31) and was doing my marking stint on target 7. Every now and then sand and gravel was landing on me, and I worked out that when a shot went into the stop bank it was spraying sand and small stones, like pea shingle, for some distance. The hole in the bank was quite large.
At one point a stone hit me on the nose with enough force to just draw blood, and I was glad to be wearing glasses. At the end of that marking detail the chap I was with approached the shooters at the firing point for target one, and they seemed surprised as they were shooting with a 270 which a bit of research suggests should be within energy limits.
The matter was reported to the range office, but I was wondering if it would make sense to report a problem if the stop butt has a hole of clearly greater depth than usual in future.
Other than that, it was a great morning, the sun was shining, if with very little apparent warmth, and using the 22 at 100 yards was interesting too. I might try that again, I need a slightly better scope, but .22 ammunition is still much cheaper than full bore so I can save too. My Rossi was up to its usual tricks, despatching some rounds with ease, and just dimpling the primer on others, all factory Magtech which I believe is decent enough. Following previous comments on this matter, each misfired round was set aside without a second go. I'll have to sort this problem out somehow, and get a kinetic puller to get rid of the misfires - what is the procedure for dealing with empty cases still containing a live primer?
What did impress me was the accuracy of the Rossi at 100 yds with my firing without a rest of any sort.
At one point a stone hit me on the nose with enough force to just draw blood, and I was glad to be wearing glasses. At the end of that marking detail the chap I was with approached the shooters at the firing point for target one, and they seemed surprised as they were shooting with a 270 which a bit of research suggests should be within energy limits.
The matter was reported to the range office, but I was wondering if it would make sense to report a problem if the stop butt has a hole of clearly greater depth than usual in future.
Other than that, it was a great morning, the sun was shining, if with very little apparent warmth, and using the 22 at 100 yards was interesting too. I might try that again, I need a slightly better scope, but .22 ammunition is still much cheaper than full bore so I can save too. My Rossi was up to its usual tricks, despatching some rounds with ease, and just dimpling the primer on others, all factory Magtech which I believe is decent enough. Following previous comments on this matter, each misfired round was set aside without a second go. I'll have to sort this problem out somehow, and get a kinetic puller to get rid of the misfires - what is the procedure for dealing with empty cases still containing a live primer?
What did impress me was the accuracy of the Rossi at 100 yds with my firing without a rest of any sort.
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