RECCE ROOM

This past weekend, I went camping with my cousin and a couple of his buddies. Before camping, we shot guns a bit. My uncle has a place that is out of the way, and he has plenty of land for these sorts of activities. At one point, we moved from close shooting (under 100 yards) to a spot on the farm that had a clearing that went on for a bit more than 600 yards. I had my recon rifle (RECCE), and my cousin had a mini-14 with him. The mini-14 had a 3-9x scope, and my RECCE was outfitted with a TA31F ACOG. The RECCE rifle also had a bipod. We took a moment to guess the range, and both came to the agreement of 600 yards. We took another moment to find a good spot, and once we had it, I set up the rifle. I shot first with 55-grain Federal AE. This stuff mimics M193 very closely, and I've found it to be extremely accurate for what it is. Note: My cousin's friend took a rangefinder to the same spot and determined the distance was 614 yards.   The target was 18" square. I fi...

I go shooting fairly frequently. Here is a review of a recent range session. At each range session, I begin by warming up. As a warmup, I take an Army Target - used to zero their M16 or M4 at 25 meters - and make sure I can still hit 10/10 shots in the black. For this range trip, I started with my Marlin 795 (with 4x scope): First, I shot from prone with a sling: That turned out OK, so I tried from sitting: At this point, I felt fairly warmed-up, so I decided to shoot a string of 10 with my AR15... which is set up like an M16A4 clone. It shot OK: (yes - the "head-shot" was on purpose, not a "flyer") At that point, I remembered that I had recently purchased a box of ammo that I'd never tried. The ammo was American Eagle 62-grain (M855 clone) in a 150-round box and sold for $69.95 at the local Wal Mart. Cheap enough for bulk use, but I'll only bulk up on it if it shoots straight. One of the main reasons I haven't bulked up on 62...