I'll be honest, we haven't been shooting this summer. Still have three months before the trip and our rifle league starts the beginning of September. Baseball season is over, vacationing is mostly done and food plots are in. Kid can mow the lawn while I'm at work so it's go time.
We'll be knocking some rust off this weekend, can shoot to 100 yards here at home and we have a friend who has a flat range to 200 and another 100 yards rising uphill behind that. The plan is to check zero with our intended ammo (Barnes TTSX) for our elk rifles and dial in a new scope on my .22-250 and possibly do the same for his .222 if i swap out the scope on that for my take off one. So four rifles in rotation to keep barrels from overheating.
Now more to the question.
Next Thursday I'm taking the day off work as a friend who shoots High Power matches has offered to take us to a range he competes and practices at. The plan is to see what we're capable of and hopefully get drops out to 400 yards. (I think we'll end up trying his gear out to 600 as I have a feeling he's trying to get the boy interested in the High Power game)
We'll be taking the same four rifles and likely a .243 to rotate. I'll bring my spotting scope, a cooler for our ammo and our daypacks filled with some of the gear we plan on carrying to use as a rest. Obviously shooting glasses and muffs/plugs. My friend says we won't need targets. Drinks and food.
Off the top of my head I can't think of much else. This is to simulate hunting shots so no competition gear is necessary. I've never really shot at a real outdoor range, let alone spent a day away from home for hours of practice, so for you guys that do what else am I forgetting?
We'll be knocking some rust off this weekend, can shoot to 100 yards here at home and we have a friend who has a flat range to 200 and another 100 yards rising uphill behind that. The plan is to check zero with our intended ammo (Barnes TTSX) for our elk rifles and dial in a new scope on my .22-250 and possibly do the same for his .222 if i swap out the scope on that for my take off one. So four rifles in rotation to keep barrels from overheating.
Now more to the question.
Next Thursday I'm taking the day off work as a friend who shoots High Power matches has offered to take us to a range he competes and practices at. The plan is to see what we're capable of and hopefully get drops out to 400 yards. (I think we'll end up trying his gear out to 600 as I have a feeling he's trying to get the boy interested in the High Power game)
We'll be taking the same four rifles and likely a .243 to rotate. I'll bring my spotting scope, a cooler for our ammo and our daypacks filled with some of the gear we plan on carrying to use as a rest. Obviously shooting glasses and muffs/plugs. My friend says we won't need targets. Drinks and food.
Off the top of my head I can't think of much else. This is to simulate hunting shots so no competition gear is necessary. I've never really shot at a real outdoor range, let alone spent a day away from home for hours of practice, so for you guys that do what else am I forgetting?
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