The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - I'm impressed. That's excellent. Kudos. NT

I'm impressed. That's excellent. Kudos. NT (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 02:19:40 +0000

How did you do on the scoring? It's not easy. NT (reply)

Slow Hand — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 17:18:40 +0000

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They seemed impressed, especially running a bolt gun...

How did you do on the scoring? It's not easy. NT (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 02:14:37 +0000

Appleseed Project (reply)

Slow Hand — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:32:01 +0000

Lots of good advice. Elbow pads or suffer in a long sleeved shirt. My elbows were mostly raw after the first day and the second day, I was next to a Garand shooter. Still have the scars from his hot '06 brass rolling down my shooting mat and burning into my arms! Take an open mind and lots of water. I took a notebook, but was too busy listening to write anything down! I'm looking forward to taking my boys in a few years.

Good advice. I've got most of the gear. Excited to go. NT (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:35:44 +0000

Everything Byron wrote is........ (reply)

Otony — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 04:29:32 +0000

.......wisdom. Let us attend.

Otony

Appleseed Project (reply)

Byron — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:27:38 +0000

Good on you for signing up for an Appleseed Project event. I have earned 2 Rifleman patches. One with a AR15 DCM Service Rifle with A2 NM sights and one with a Ruger 1022-T with a 4.5-14x Leupold telescope.

I will say without reservation that every American should attend and shoot an Apple Seed. It is free or cheap and even if you don't have a proper rifle and ammo they will hook you up for free.

In my experience the telescope was of no advantage over the AR NM peep system and if you are planning on shooting a 1022 I would suggest going with the Tech Sights system. You will like them, for sure. If you are sold on a telescope make sure that it has a AO that will allow you to dial in parallax for the 25 yard mark. Still, scopes are no big deal for this.
http://www.tech-sights.com/ruger-products/

Furthermore, planning and being prepared for the weekend is more important than the equipment that you bring.

1. Be familiar with the course of fire by buying some Appleseed targets from "Fred's M-14 Stocks" and shooting at least half a dozen of them following the printed instructions. If you want to do this right, do not skip this.
http://www.fredsm14stocks.com/The-Riflemans-Quick-n-Dirty-QD-AQT-Qty-of-50-AQT09.htm

2. Most events are held at public shooting ranges with gravel or other rough ground. At the minimum bring a shooting mat. The best is to bring a sheet of .25 plywood to shoot from. This gives you a nice smooth surface to kneel on and shoot prone from. Elbow and knee pads are not out of line. Bring a lawn chair to sit on. You will thank me for this.

3. It is summer and it will be hot. Be prepared with lots of cold water and a lunch.

4. Make absolutely sure that your rifle is reliable with the ammo you bring. There is a time limit on most strings of fire and you will be dead in the water if you rifle ties up.

5. Make sure that you have a proper sling for position shooting. Get them from Fred's M14 Stocks.
http://www.fredsm14stocks.com/US-GI-Web-Slings-EXC-or-better-SL0004.htm

6. Brush up on your American Revolution history with a focus on Paul Revere and that big day. Get ready to learn more.

7. Make sure that you have a proper case for carrying your rifle to and from your truck and the range. The cadre will be crazy strict about gun handling. Don't give them a chance to yell at you.

Show up, have fun, shoot straight and be a better American at the end of the day.

Cheers,

Byron

It's for an Appleseed shoot on a 10/22. NT (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:50:25 +0000

Rifle application....very specific. Appleseed. NT (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:22:45 +0000

More information needed... (reply)

Byron — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:50:04 +0000

To really get an idea of what would work the best for you we need more information.

What kind of firearm is this for and what kind of shooting is involved.

I note that many times I see very cheap optics on very nice rifles. In fact a neighbor has a Walmart $20.00 Chinese Tasco on a classic Sako sporter. He thinks it's great.

A reasonable factor for picking a telescope is to spend about as much on telescopes as on the rifle. After all it is the only connection between you and your target.

Byron

Are you talking about for a rifle or handgun???? (reply)

JD — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:31:02 +0000

Under 25 yards is awful close for a rifle, so I assume you are talking about for a rimfire handgun?????

My current short range scope... (reply)

Paul — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:28:24 +0000

is a Hawke 4X32. It's got adjustable parallax down to 10 meters. It's not mounted on a rimfire as I've none to mount it on here, but it's doing great work on the old 10 meter Haenel 303 Super that Rich Hoch gave me years ago.

This is the one I'm talking about.

rimfire scopes (reply)

Catoosa — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:14:58 +0000

Bryan, I have always had good service from the Bushnells on .22 rimfires. They are inexpensive scopes but I don't recall ever having trouble with the several I have. Still using the 4x32 I bought at Gibson's in the late 1970s for $20! Not made to stand heavier recoil, of course, but on a .22 they seem to hold up fine.

Of course if you want a serious glass, there's Leupold.

rimfire scopes

Bryan Pettet — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:27:35 +0000

What would be your favorite rimfire scope (not red dot) for 25 yards or less? I'm looking for something that would work well at an indoor range.