gmstack wrote:Hoot, my condolences a bad day at the range is quite depressing. At least it is for me.
It wasn't totally disappointing. I helped a thin, frail, 85 year old member, with a catheter bag hanging out his pant leg, get his scope mounted and zeroed in. Even with his poor health and shaky hands, his first shot using his reloads and my BR setup, went into the tiny bullseye (on my target) at 100 yards. Both of us were shocked.
His grin from ear to ear was my payoff. He didn't want to shoot it anymore. Shook my hand, packed it up and went home to clean it. Ah, to be retired...
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I carry a pretty thorough gunsmithing compliment of tools to the range every time I go. That's why loading up and unloading the truck is exhausting. Needless to say, I'm very popular, but its the least I can do as the Rifle Range Coordinator. Sometimes it cuts into my time and concentration for what I'm doing, but its hard to sit there doing my thing with other shooters struggling around me. If I'm in a grumpy mood, I sit in the far right shooting position, so I don't have to see them.
Hoot
EDIT: Working on the range report and despite varying velocities, the 200 XPB's over Lil Gun were not as disappointing on paper as the 275's over W296. The latter began grouping up at max case capacity charge that also began to flatten primers. Haven't measured CHG yet. Neither flew as well as my last time out with them about 7 yrs ago.